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IB Union Calendar No. 105 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2601 [Report No. 109–168] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 24, 2005 Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. Payne) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations July 13, 2005 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 24, 2005 A BILL To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes.
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Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007.
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Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short Title Sec. 2. Table of contents Sec. 3. Definitions Title I—Authorizations of appropriations Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs Sec. 102. Contributions to international organizations Sec. 103. International commissions Sec. 104. Migration and Refugee Assistance Sec. 105. Centers and foundations Sec. 106. United States International Broadcasting activities Title II—Department of State authorities and activities Sec. 201. Consolidation of law enforcement powers; new criminal offense Sec. 202. International litigation fund Sec. 203. Retention of medical reimbursements Sec. 204. Buying power maintenance account Sec. 205. Authority to administratively amend surcharges Sec. 206. Accountability review boards Sec. 207. Designation of Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza Sec. 208. Removal of contracting prohibition Sec. 209. Translation of reports of the Department of State Sec. 210. Entries within passports Sec. 211. United States actions with respect to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel Sec. 212. Availability of unclassified telecommunications facilities Sec. 213. Reporting formats Sec. 214. Extension of requirement for scholarships for Tibetans and Burmese Sec. 215. American Institute in Taiwan facilities enhancement Sec. 216. Activities related to Cuba Title III—Organization and personnel of the Department of State Sec. 301. Education allowances Sec. 302. Official residence expenses Sec. 303. Increased limits applicable to post differentials and danger pay allowances Sec. 304. Home leave Sec. 305. Overseas equalization and comparability pay adjustment Sec. 306. Fellowship of Hope Program Sec. 307. Regulations regarding retirement credit for government service performed abroad Sec. 308. Promoting assignments to international organizations Sec. 309. Suspension of Foreign Service members without pay Sec. 310. Death gratuity Sec. 311. Clarification of Foreign Service Grievance Board procedures Sec. 312. Repeal of recertification requirement for members of the Senior Foreign Service Sec. 313. Technical amendments to title 5, United States Code, provisions on recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses Sec. 314. Limited appointments in the Foreign Service Sec. 315. Statement of Congress regarding career development program for Senior Foreign Service Sec. 316. Sense of Congress regarding additional United States consular posts Sec. 317. Office of the Culture of Lawfulness Sec. 318. Review of human resources policies of the Department of State Title IV—International organizations Sec. 401. REDI Center Sec. 402. Extension of authorization of appropriation for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Sec. 403. Reform of the International Atomic Energy Agency Sec. 404. Property disposition Title V—International broadcasting Sec. 501. Short title Sec. 502. Middle East Broadcasting Networks Sec. 503. Improving signal delivery to Cuba Sec. 504. Establishing permanent authority for Radio Free Asia Sec. 505. Personal services contracting program Sec. 506. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands education benefits Title VI—ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2005 Sec. 601. Short title Sec. 602. Findings Sec. 603. Statement of policy Sec. 604. Definitions Subtitle A—Department of State Activities Sec. 611. Promotion of democracy in foreign countries Sec. 612. Reports Sec. 613. Strategies to enhance the promotion of democracy in foreign countries Sec. 614. Activities by the United States to promote democracy and human rights in foreign countries Sec. 615. Democracy Promotion and Human Rights Advisory Board Sec. 616. Establishment and maintenance of Internet site for global democracy and human rights Sec. 617. Programs by United States missions in foreign countries and activities of chiefs of mission Sec. 618. Training for Foreign Service officers Sec. 619. Performance pay; promotions; Foreign Service awards Sec. 620. Appointments Subtitle B—Alliances With Other Democratic Countries Sec. 631. Alliances with other democratic countries Sec. 632. Sense of Congress regarding the establishment of a Democracy Caucus Sec. 633. Annual diplomatic missions on multilateral issues Sec. 634. Strengthening the Community of Democracies Subtitle C—Funding for Promotion of Democracy Sec. 641. Policy Sec. 642. Human Rights and Democracy Fund Subtitle D—Presidential Actions Sec. 651. Investigation of violations of international humanitarian law Sec. 652. Presidential communications Title VII—Strategic Export Control and Security Assistance Act of 2005 Subtitle A—General Provisions Sec. 701. Short title Sec. 702. Definitions Sec. 703. Declaration of policy Subtitle B—Revising and Strengthening Strategic Export Control Policies Sec. 711. Amendments to the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 Sec. 712. Strategic Export Control Board Sec. 713. Authorization for additional license and compliance officers Subtitle C—Procedures Relating to Export Licenses Sec. 721. Transparency of jurisdictional determinations Sec. 722. Certifications relating to export of certain defense articles and defense services Sec. 723. Priority for United States military operations Sec. 724. License officer staffing and workload Sec. 725. Database of United States military assistance Sec. 726. Training and liaison for small businesses Sec. 727. Commercial communications satellite technical data Sec. 728. Reporting requirement for unlicensed exports Subtitle D—Terrorist-Related Provisions and Enforcement Matters Sec. 731. Sensitive technology transfers to foreign persons located within the United States Sec. 732. Certification concerning exempt weapons transfers along the northern border of the United States Sec. 733. Comprehensive nature of United States arms embargoes Sec. 734. Control of items on Missile Technology Control Regime Annex Sec. 735. Unlawful use of United States defense articles Subtitle E—Strengthening United States Missile Nonproliferation Law Sec. 741. Probationary period for foreign persons Sec. 742. Strengthening United States missile proliferation sanctions on foreign persons Sec. 743. Comprehensive United States missile proliferation sanctions on all responsible foreign persons Subtitle F—Security Assistance and Related Provisions Sec. 751. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries Sec. 752. Transfer of obsolete and surplus items from Korean War Reserves Stockpile and removal or disposal of remaining items Sec. 753. Extension of Pakistan waivers Sec. 754. Reporting requirement for foreign military training Sec. 755. Certain services provided by the United States in connection with foreign military sales Sec. 756. Maritime interdiction patrol boats for Mozambique Sec. 757. Reimbursement for international military education and training Title VIII—Nuclear Black Market Elimination Act Sec. 801. Short title Subtitle A—Sanctions for Transfers of Nuclear Enrichment, Reprocessing, and Weapons Technology, Equipment and Materials Involving Foreign Persons and Terrorists Sec. 811. Authority to impose sanctions on foreign persons Sec. 812. Presidential notification on activities of foreign persons Subtitle B—Further Actions Against Corporations Associated With Sanctioned Foreign Persons Sec. 821. Findings Sec. 822. Campaign by United States Government officials Sec. 823. Coordination Sec. 824. Report Subtitle C—Incentives for Proliferation Interdiction Cooperation Sec. 831. Authority to provide assistance to cooperative countries Sec. 832. Types of assistance Sec. 833. Congressional notification Sec. 834. Limitation Sec. 835. Use of assistance Sec. 836. Limitation on ship or aircraft transfers to uncooperative countries Subtitle D—Rollback of Nuclear Proliferation Networks Sec. 841. Nonproliferation as a condition of United States assistance Sec. 842. Report on identification of nuclear proliferation network host countries Sec. 843. Suspension of arms sales licenses and deliveries to nuclear proliferation network host countries Subtitle E—General Provisions Sec. 851. Definitions Title IX—Foreign assistance provisions Subtitle A—Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and Related Provisions Chapter 1—Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 Sec. 901. Assistance to establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries Sec. 902. Support for small and medium enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa Sec. 903. Assistance to support democracy in Zimbabwe Sec. 904. Restrictions on United States voluntary contributions to the United Nations Development Program Sec. 905. Assistance for the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland Sec. 906. Report on foreign law enforcement training and assistance Sec. 907. Assistance for disaster mitigation efforts Sec. 908. Assistance to promote democracy in Belarus Sec. 909. Assistance for maternal and prenatal care for certain individuals of Belarus and Ukraine involved in the cleanup of the Chornobyl disaster Sec. 910. Assistance to address non-infectious diseases in foreign countries Chapter 2—Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 Sec. 921. Economic support fund assistance for Egypt Sec. 922. Inter-Arab Democratic Charter Sec. 923. Middle East Partnership Initiative Sec. 924. West Bank and Gaza Program Sec. 925. Economic Support Fund assistance for Venezuela Chapter 3—Part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 Sec. 931. Support for pro-democracy and human rights organizations in certain countries Sec. 932. Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority Sec. 933. Assistance for law enforcement forces Subtitle B—Other Provisions of Law Sec. 941. Amendments to the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 Sec. 942. Amendments to the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 Sec. 943. Amendments to the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 Sec. 944. Assistance for demobilization and disarmament of former irregular combatants in Colombia Sec. 945. Support for famine relief in Ethiopia Sec. 946. Assistance to promote democracy and human rights in Vietnam Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 951. Report on United States weapons transfers, sales, and licensing to Haiti Sec. 952. Sense of Congress regarding assistance for regional health education and training programs Sec. 953. Sense of Congress regarding assistance for regional health care delivery Sec. 954. Sense of Congress regarding elimination of extreme poverty in developing countries Sec. 955. Sense of Congress regarding United States foreign assistance Title X—Reporting requirements Sec. 1001. Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Initiative Sec. 1002. Annual Patterns of Global Terrorism Report Sec. 1003. Dual gateway policy of the Government of Ireland Sec. 1004. Stabilization in Haiti Sec. 1005. Verification reports to Congress Sec. 1006. Protection of refugees from North Korea Sec. 1007. Acquisition and major security upgrades Sec. 1008. Services for children with autism at overseas missions Sec. 1009. Incidence and prevalence of autism worldwide Sec. 1010. Internet jamming Sec. 1011. Department of State employment composition Sec. 1012. Incitement to acts of discrimination Sec. 1013. Child marriage Sec. 1014. Magen David Adom Society Sec. 1015. Developments in and policy toward Indonesia Sec. 1016. Murders of United States citizens John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde Sec. 1017. Diplomatic relations with Israel Sec. 1018. Tax enforcement in Colombia Sec. 1019. Provision of consular and visa services in Pristina, Kosova Sec. 1020. Democracy in Pakistan Sec. 1021. Status of the sovereignty of Lebanon Sec. 1022. Activities of international terrorist organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean Sec. 1023. Analysis of employing weapons scientists from the former Soviet Union in Project Bioshield Sec. 1024. Extradition of violent criminals from Mexico to the United States Sec. 1025. Actions of the 661 Committee Sec. 1026. Elimination of report on real estate transactions Title XI—Miscellaneous provisions Subtitle A—General Provisions Sec. 1101. Statement of policy relating to democracy in Iran Sec. 1102. Iranian nuclear activities Sec. 1103. Location of international institutions in Africa Sec. 1104. Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship program Sec. 1105. Prohibition on commemorations relating to leaders of Imperial Japan Sec. 1106. United States policy regarding World Bank Group loans to Iran Sec. 1107. Statement of policy regarding support for SECI Regional Center for Combating Trans-Border Crime Sec. 1108. Statement of policy urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch Sec. 1109. Statement of policy regarding the murder of United States citizen John M. Alvis Sec. 1110. Statement of Congress and policy with respect to the disenfranchisement of women Subtitle B—Sense of Congress Provisions Sec. 1111. Korean Fulbright programs Sec. 1112. United States relations with Taiwan Sec. 1113. Nuclear proliferation and A. Q. Khan Sec. 1114. Palestinian textbooks Sec. 1115. International convention affirming the human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities Sec. 1116. Fulbright Scholarships for East Asia and the Pacific Sec. 1117. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan energy pipeline Sec. 1118. Legislation requiring the fair, comprehensive, and nondiscriminatory restitution of private property confiscated in Poland Sec. 1119. Child labor practices in the cocoa sectors of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana Sec. 1120. Contributions of Iraqi Kurds Sec. 1121. Proliferation Security Initiative Sec. 1122. Security of nuclear weapons and materials Sec. 1123. International Criminal Court and genocide in Darfur, Sudan Sec. 1124. Action against al-Manar television Sec. 1125. Stability and security in Iraq Sec. 1126. Property expropriated by the Government of Ethiopia
3.
Definitions
In this Act: (1)
Appropriate congressional committees
Except as otherwise provided, the term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2)
Department
The term Department means the Department of State. (3)
Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of State.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorizations of appropriations</header> <section id="H266DB84C2A7345E2A147CA698430B0C9"><enum>101.</enum><header>Administration of foreign affairs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State under <quote>Administration of Foreign Affairs</quote> to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of foreign affairs of the United States and for other purposes authorized by law:</text> <paragraph id="H892AB2875E0B4F7FB92FBB3FF779D82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Diplomatic and Consular Programs</header> <subparagraph id="H8140F9C31D394120A2879D008E9092E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>For <quote>Diplomatic and Consular Programs</quote>, $3,769,118,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $3,896,611,500 for fiscal year 2007.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB2756C351214E34B584C86597BCCB5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Worldwide security upgrades</header><text>In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $689,523,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $710,208,690 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for worldwide security upgrades.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C3DCB1824E34AC78E960053C8A67C85"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public diplomacy</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $333,863,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $343,699,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for public diplomacy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC9A86A64B79A40BA001DF00E0A57227"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Bureau of Democracy, human rights, and Labor</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E82915632C44649906F7B353C35CF28"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Anti-Semitism</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $225,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $225,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses to fund secondments, hiring of staff, and support targeted projects of the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) regarding anti-Semitism and intolerance and for the OSCE/ODIHR Law Enforcement Officers Hate Crimes Training Program.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB5B4CD12EEE441E7AC4428FB99457743"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Religious freedom</header> <clause id="HB16E3EBB6DEC4EA69382E96EB6A601EB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $205,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $205,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses to fund activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe relating to freedom of religion and belief.</text></clause> <clause id="HBBA5B635D9CF4E9D90D4E2974C81973D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>OSCE projects, activities, and missions</header> <subclause id="HF096C0D0E67C4F508C6261D35EB91C9E"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Projects and activities</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $125,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $125,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses to fund for secondments, hiring of staff, and support targeted projects of the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) regarding religious freedom and for the OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5C4570EF50BB4C97B7806C6F7366DB89"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Missions</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $80,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $80,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for OSCE Missions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for activities to address issues relating to religious freedom and belief and to fund the hiring of new staff who are dedicated to religious freedom and belief.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAE97A559C9FA4CE6B2F40031FA443E6F"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program at Howard University.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5CB31CBED83046B39C4F5EE2B1D9C7F"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Minority recruitment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for the recruitment of members of minority groups for careers in the Foreign Service and international affairs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H864E490FC10945959F095243E2C04404"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Capital Investment Fund</header><text>For <quote>Capital Investment Fund</quote>, $131,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $131,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9D650BE7DB574883B8FE5DFF9FFABD31"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Embassy security, Construction and maintenance</header><text>For <quote>Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance</quote>, $1,526,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,550,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE669AB6AE7A45F2B1A2F81B58887C6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs</header> <subparagraph id="H34FD34E026BF48068611E723B8E7C964"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>For <quote>Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs</quote>, $428,900,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $438,500,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8DAD914CF21A4927AD577DA7B9222037"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Summer institutes for Korean Student Leaders</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $750,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $750,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for summer academic study programs in the United States (focusing on United States political systems, government institutions, society, and democratic culture) for college and university students from the Republic of Korea, to be known as the <quote>United States Summer Institutes for Korean Student Leaders</quote>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC0ECE5B4C07F4E78901D8B6D4EC00042"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Sudanese Scholarships</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $500,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for scholarships for students from southern Sudan for secondary or postsecondary education in the United States, to be known as <quote>Sudanese Scholarships</quote>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEC3F6E2DAF984962003511C351C63FDD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Scholarships for indigenous peoples of Mexico and Central and South America</header><text> Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $250,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $250,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for scholarships for secondary and postsecondary education in the United States for students from Mexico and the countries of Central and South America who are descended from the indigenous peoples of Mexico or such countries.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H010960E6A9B44CCCB54376F3280095FC"><enum>(E)</enum><header>South Pacific exchanges</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $650,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $650,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for South Pacific Exchanges.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HACAF5966E8F34F9D856367CCEDD5EFF7"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Tibetan scholarship program</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $750,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $800,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Tibetan scholarship program established under section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/319">Public Law 104–319</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H17B671C5B2884A8AA960B8027BE3DBE7"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Ngawang Choepel exchange programs</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $500,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for the <quote>Ngawang Choepel Exchange Programs</quote> (formerly known as <quote>programs of educational and cultural exchange between the United States and the people of Tibet</quote>) under section 103(a) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/319">Public Law 104–319</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0819BA76D4BC4CC0834F47B07276B4E0"><enum>(H)</enum><header>HIV/AIDS Initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for HIV/AIDS research and mitigation strategies.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC2B15CB3D414E52816618396FDA007B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Project children and cooperation with Ireland</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), $500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $500,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appropriated for people-to-people activities (with a focus on young people) to support the Northern Ireland peace process involving Catholic and Protestant participants from the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to be known as <quote>Project Children</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BEA898F123F4F49AFEB493F80860025"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Representation Allowances</header><text>For <quote>Representation Allowances</quote>, $8,281,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $8,281,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07BF7D67A4E94ACDA99ED2F4E9467D36"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials</header><text>For <quote>Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials</quote>, $9,390,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $9,390,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01D98B59B30647D686939300FA652712"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service</header><text>For <quote>Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service</quote>, $12,143,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $12,143,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5641399806E4659A482F25F5BA57E1E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Repatriation Loans</header><text>For <quote>Repatriation Loans</quote>, $1,319,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,319,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A103C7997D54E11A4F282FCBB4EA727"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan</header><text>For <quote>Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan</quote>, $19,751,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $20,146,020 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7AB24C8878E4AE80020516FE8B164ED"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Office of the Inspector General</header><text>For <quote>Office of the Inspector General</quote>, $29,983,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $29,983,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H210380478C694239B8B61B3606EF4E81"><enum>102.</enum><header>Contributions to international organizations</header> <subsection id="H4D3F31AE49B14489AE130000798988C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessed Contributions to International Organizations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for <quote>Contributions to International Organizations</quote>, $1,296,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,322,430,000 for fiscal year 2007, 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.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H25381839D01943ECAB3D946CE2D049F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for <quote>Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities</quote>, $1,035,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, for the Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities of the United States with respect to international peacekeeping activities and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF4E61E8979DD4E019D08CBDB09560400"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Foreign currency exchange rates</header> <paragraph id="H33D620F451C84ED1837EC0214BC5DA19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H76BD7A73159C48D289DFDD6E14E5DC1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text>Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain available for obligation and expenditure only to the extent that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines and certifies to Congress that such amounts are necessary due to such fluctuations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HEC01EFF0C0714BED8F6700C2A48235C7"><enum>103.</enum><header>International commissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated under <quote>International Commissions</quote> 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:</text> <paragraph id="H1231DAA9D7D4447A95E6DC472FEB5D8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>International boundary and water commission, United States and Mexico</header><text>For <quote>International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico</quote>—</text> <subparagraph id="HEEBC0A5F3AA346ADB27D1790D7C60010"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for <quote>Salaries and Expenses</quote>, $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2007; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F7931868B7A4EB694FDFCF2975984F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for <quote>Construction</quote>, $6,100,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $6,100,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB588D9F88FCA4537A32CA4ECFB0778B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>International boundary commission, United States and Canada</header><text>For <quote>International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada</quote>, $1,429,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,429,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H44A9CEA021754D74A96B94B1B1A8CEA7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>International Joint Commission</header><text>For <quote>International Joint Commission</quote>, $6,320,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $6,320,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8E38E3402FA4B7EBE7CED0071F5887C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>International Fisheries Commissions</header><text>For <quote>International Fisheries Commissions</quote>, $25,123,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $25,123,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HDB37A8B464364B3783995CB5E072CD69"><enum>104.</enum><header>Migration and Refugee Assistance</header> <subsection id="HB7634FB34ABB4AB38323B6DCB3C898DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State for <quote>Migration and Refugee Assistance</quote> for authorized activities, $955,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $983,650,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC5B6BD92502C45EEA600C8482C45CC1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Refugees resettling in Israel</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 for resettlement of refugees in Israel.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8D7641CF392F47A39E9BCE268200E244"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot program for long-term refugee populations</header> <paragraph id="H4A89484CB163445DA9623E3C82AA064E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2007 for the establishment and implementation of a two-year pilot program to improve conditions for long-term refugee populations that are currently assisted in camps or other segregated settlements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H865A93BC697E43778EF56680162E7396"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H69C3ED9C1FC5447F95452D0915C0996D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek to protect and ensure basic rights granted to refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E113A12FB2B4F558900063087B3E46"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">seek innovative modules or methods to assist long-term refugee populations both within and outside traditional camp settings, as appropriate, that support refugees living or working in local communities, such as integration of refugees into local schools and services, resource conservation and livelihood projects designed to diminish conflict between refugee hosting communities and refugees, and engagement of civil society components of refugee hosting communities in a policy dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and international and nongovernmental refugee assistance organizations to enhance options to assist refugees and promote the rights to which refugees may be entitled under the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D507AAB70B94A62ABE608E81F662125"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide a United States voluntary contribution to UNHCR to conduct the pilot program in cooperation with nongovernmental organizations with expertise in the protection of refugee rights, one or more major operational humanitarian assistance agencies, and in consultation with host countries, the United States, and other donor countries; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E64548E2F334672994ED34FD891367D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">urge UNHCR to select not less than three host countries in which to conduct the pilot program.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H486DD8A374E04EF9BE9FCEFCD2817E73"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date on which the first pilot program is established pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this subsection, the development of innovative models to protect and assist refugees, and recommendations for ensuring refugee rights are respected in countries of temporary asylum.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H745036FF99324B1A82002D28DAD928E5"><enum>105.</enum><header>Centers and foundations</header> <subsection id="H020075972A904D0A99C461D3963FC03C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Asia Foundation</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for <quote>The Asia Foundation</quote> for authorized activities, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC2ED65E9DF604E1DA1C013F1223C12E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Endowment for Democracy</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for the <quote>National Endowment for Democracy</quote> for authorized activities, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H87B511C6815D46DBAE2ECA42662BC842"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for the <quote>Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West</quote> for authorized activities, $13,024,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $13,024,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6DD1AAFB1432458CAF81BDAED87907B"><enum>106.</enum><header>United States International Broadcasting activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out United States Government international broadcasting activities under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes:</text> <paragraph id="H3010EFC40E5A4B6B98EF00BBB7698385"><enum>(1)</enum><header>International Broadcasting Operations</header><text>For <quote>International Broadcasting Operations</quote>, $603,394,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $621,495,820 for fiscal year 2007. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under under this paragraph, $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2006 and $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for increased broadcasting to Belarus.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB17B85A5895F49599040265C419BDF71"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Broadcasting Capital Improvements</header><text>For <quote>Broadcasting Capital Improvements</quote>, $10,893,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $10,893,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H319EBA3C1D3E4A23B4E500D500A007E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Broadcasting to Cuba</header><text>For <quote>Broadcasting to Cuba</quote>, $37,656,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $29,931,000 for fiscal year 2007, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of Governors to carry out broadcasting to Cuba, including the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio and television transmission and reception, and the purchase, lease, and installation of necessary equipment, including aircraft, for radio and television transmission and reception.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A2AAF14B8154344B3A15D6A658ED2C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Radio Free Asia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to such amounts as are otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the Broadcasting Board of Governors, there are authorized to be appropriated $9,100,000 for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia by Vietnam.</text></paragraph></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Department of State authorities and activities</header> <section id="H9E701D917C474A51BE9BBD914D9D37D3" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Consolidation of law enforcement powers; new criminal offense</header> <subsection id="HFB0E8DFC305C4566B621006189B3101C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/203">Chapter 203</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H6A1CDB3E3FF847AE9E928FA9DF6681D2" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H50DA40D2E5E7456886A49873427D5535"><enum>3064.</enum><header>Powers of special agents in the Department of State and the Foreign Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent engaged in the performance of the protective functions authorized by section 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 or by section 103 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H651BF67AFAD14959AC855B7BAE643183"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of sections amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/203">chapter 203</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HE57CB3DF37F24014B446A4A5C57FF669" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">3064. Powers of special agents in the Department of State and the Foreign Service</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H4245B98970AE494F86E709CA428E1573"><enum>202.</enum><header>International litigation fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 38(d)(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SDBAA">State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2710">22 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC64438AFC2264D19A6EE503500D3A7E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>as a result of a decision of an international tribunal,</quote> after <quote>received by the Department of State</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H076749EDF0A14FE791014E7D0611E5D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting a comma after <quote>United States Government</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HCDAB439E473C413B97105BFFEDC3F72"><enum>203.</enum><header>Retention of medical reimbursements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 904 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4084">22 U.S.C. 4084</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Foreign Service Act of 1980" id="H49E666E959914BD6BF232FD2E3725904"> <subsection id="H3D70496887A94B75871876C13BDE9B03"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Reimbursements paid to the Department of State for funding the costs of medical care abroad for employees and eligible family members shall be credited to the currently available applicable appropriation account. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such reimbursements shall be available for obligation and expenditure during the fiscal year in which they are received or for such longer period of time as may be provided in law.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H4F999F2C8116462E9DB2002FF1BB7B1D"><enum>204.</enum><header>Buying power maintenance account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 24(b)(7) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SDBAA">State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2696">22 U.S.C. 2696(b)(7)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (D).</text></section> <section id="H507FF20E404B4C83B602EAEB9620D00"><enum>205.</enum><header>Authority to administratively amend surcharges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the Secretary of State is authorized to amend administratively the amounts of the surcharges related to consular services in support of enhanced border security (provided for in title IV of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</external-xref>)) that are in addition to the passport and immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 2004.</text></section> <section id="HE19F4D1FAE8F4386893916794FB10023"><enum>206.</enum><header>Accountability review boards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4831">22 U.S.C. 4831(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H84F0B783DADA486FB144D1266C1C7445"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02ACF6DDE70D44A98561A59C084FCBE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H6BFE52C84C8E4B869F6ECDCA29D93BD8"> <paragraph id="H37B406F1444E4CFDB86579BBC9D0F147"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq</header> <subparagraph id="HA3359065B02E4AF5ABFDAC09F5EF4850"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Limited exemptions from requirement to convene Board</header><text>The Secretary of State is not required to convene a Board in the case of an incident that—</text> <clause id="H2001965589D44CF6AC8FC253901D6EC3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>involves serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, a United States Government mission in Afghanistan or Iraq; and</text></clause> <clause id="H9A069EFF3CFE4ACB888632001E3100B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>occurs during the period beginning on July 1, 2004, and ending on September 30, 2009.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H94AAFF8C67AF4702868B67DE34A27EE0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text>In the case of an incident described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="HFC310AAC7C19424DBC55C18B708210FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promptly notify the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the incident;</text></clause> <clause id="H35DDD8D8AB5C4AFA89DA6C88A19DCE89"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>conduct an inquiry of the incident; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF0FEE54710C14E169D8886EE432D65F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>upon completion of the inquiry required by clause (ii), submit to each such Committee a report on the findings and recommendations related to such inquiry and the actions taken with respect to such recommendations.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H2555E0FAA5E34DDDBC3CBAC7528BD853"><enum>207.</enum><header>Designation of Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza</header> <subsection id="H560B271298DF447EA585D2BA79BD8637"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The Federal building in Kingston, Jamaica, formerly known as the Crowne Plaza and currently a staff housing facility for the Embassy of the United States in Jamaica, shall be known and designated as the <quote>Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H133AE77E94D04F0E92738300A099868D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal building referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the <quote>Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEDF7C34F0CE54843BC19DB86B666D69"><enum>208.</enum><header>Removal of contracting prohibition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406(c) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/399">Public Law 99–399</external-xref>) (relating to the ineligibility of persons doing business with Libya to be awarded a contract) is repealed.</text></section> <section id="H78CFFE6C9F074070B296637300873232"><enum>209.</enum><header>Translation of reports of the Department of State</header> <subsection id="HF39FC4900D1C4A8F9453B49DCB115EA5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Translation</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of issuance of each of the reports listed in subsection (c), the appropriate United States mission in a foreign country shall translate into the official languages of such country the respective country report from each of such reports.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC95DC21570BE4672A0A5C4725352DFAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Posting on website</header><text>Not later than five days after each of the translations required under subsection (a) are completed, the appropriate United States mission shall post each of such translations on the website of the United States Embassy (or other appropriate United States mission) for such country.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HACE431ED68C94E61BFEB485800463AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The reports referred to in subsection (a) are the following:</text> <paragraph id="H79E6A83265B8488C00A19FB952D595C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, including the Trafficking in Persons Report, required under sections 116 and 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n and 2304).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H621C158AA5F944B6805D5D73C3CF2487"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, required under section 102b of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6412">22 U.S.C. 6412</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB5B3D7A064C34E1A86E3149313DFB538" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>210.</enum><header>Entries within passports</header> <subsection id="H8FA96E4185D04562ABC5AB9035DB9C46"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HB6BEEEEB1D494BC6A9108520DE41537B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The power of the executive branch to issue passports or other travel documents to United States citizens is derived solely from law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE6A0063F3A7048DC819C5CB61829E76"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State has caused entries to be made in passports of United States citizens who were born in Jerusalem, Israel, that are inconsistent with the usual practice of entering the name of a country and not a city as a place of birth.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H751A0ABA24D34DC897003F2B5FD255FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that United States citizens who have passports should not be required to carry passports which inaccurately or inconsistently represent their personal details.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCA736AADD8E9409800152DAA95CCCD6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>This section is passed in exercise of the power of Congress, pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States <quote>To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3DD5A1BB681C4506A8F137D93DEE25"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement that accurate entries be made on request of citizen</header><text>The first section of <quote>An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, and for other purposes</quote>, approved July 3, 1926, (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/211a">22 U.S.C. 211a</external-xref>; 44 Stat. 887), is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: <quote>For purposes of the issuance of a passport to a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary shall, upon the request of the citizen or the citizen’s legal guardian, record the place of birth as Israel.</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H1B127B3815054FC8AC6500430086E318" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>United States actions with respect to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel</header> <subsection id="HCE117C4550714668A704CF005218A8D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds for consulate in Jerusalem</header><text>None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be expended for the operation of a United States consulate or diplomatic facility in Jerusalem unless such consulate or diplomatic facility is under the supervision of the United States Ambassador to Israel.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE2A48AEA848D49EFB2C368B7E58C9FE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds for publications</header><text>None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be available for the publication of any official United States Government document that lists countries and their capital cities unless such publication identifies Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H7FA379CD7A0448CFABE6860007A699ED" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>212.</enum><header>Availability of unclassified telecommunications facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall make available to the appropriate congressional committees the use of unclassified telecommunications facilities of the Department of State that are located in an embassy, consulate, or other facility of the United States in a foreign country to allow such committees to receive testimony or other communication from an individual in any such country.</text></section> <section id="HBA06372FC2964BE28FF1001100467ED8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header>Reporting formats</header> <subsection id="H64D65542BB5A42A6B8F171DF12B2464F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall, with respect to a report that the Secretary is required to submit to the appropriate congressional committees, submit each such report on suitable media in machine-readable format, including in plain text and in hypertext mark-up language (commonly referred to as <quote>HTML</quote>), in addition to submission in written format.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA614BAB7810747968DA4803B006D4B80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The requirement specified under subsection (a) shall apply beginning with the first report that the Secretary is required to submit to the appropriate congressional committees after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF939E739C87940958D8598CC89AE75D3" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>214.</enum><header>Extension of requirement for scholarships for Tibetans and Burmese</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/319">Public Law 104–319</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>for the fiscal year 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H85BF454E8CC24F4DB0A9B34F67E4FD1"><enum>215.</enum><header>American Institute in Taiwan facilities enhancement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(a) of the American Institute in Taiwan Facilities Enhancement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/212">Public Law 106–212</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the sum of $75,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>such sums as may be necessary</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H8A8896BB57A5463A92B7E827D5C1B924"><enum>216.</enum><header>Activities related to Cuba</header> <subsection id="HA9FF4BC40E874E39874C8024009C754E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2006 for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State, $5,000,000 shall be used for activities related to Cuba under—</text> <paragraph id="HF67BB93E69DC427AB0FF701F2342107"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB8C44B0F24F4E38B0C3A600ADB7A062"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54CE157F384240EFB1871BF2EE148F58"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the International Visitors Program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6C84FE3C616495C85293C9B49196638"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20BD989546F24E90975BA6D541612919"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the EducationUSA Program; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB138E75738AC45F0A0F75FDED9EF5802"><enum>(6)</enum><text>professional, cultural, and youth programs operated by the Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7FB2E8AA72954473A1524C72BF6B36B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary of State shall give priority to human rights dissidents, pro-democracy activists, and independent civil society members for participation in the activities described in subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H51705BD7BD074F4F9295EDC88C794D1E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees on efforts to identify eligible participants for activities described in subsection (a). Not later than 15 days prior to a final determination of eligible participants for activities described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such determination and provide a list that contains the names of such eligible participants.</text></subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Organization and personnel of the Department of State</header> <section id="H97F9D2C9B21E4D479C49C26F358E8928"><enum>301.</enum><header>Education allowances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5924">Section 5924(4)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9148594FC74D4E09976024E46F81E0F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>United States</quote> after <quote>nearest</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5D1B7951F3F474D8C93456D44D4483B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HB91919083C6849A798E18ECF6005F523"> <subparagraph id="H2CBFB68ECD314DC58E81A4F2E110C454"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The travel expenses of dependents of an employee to and from a secondary or post-secondary educational institution, not to exceed one annual trip each way for each dependent, except that an allowance payment under subparagraph (A) may not be made for a dependent during the 12 months following the arrival of the dependent at the selected educational institution under authority contained in this subparagraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CCC942F31624D3FBA00EAC234E5CAEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H766AFEA1870A4DF0ACBC64A7899CCF4D"> <subparagraph id="H1984145C5387482AB40023E90088C6F3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Allowances provided pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) may include, at the election of the employee, payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred to store baggage for the employee’s dependent at or in the vicinity of the dependent’s school during the dependent’s annual trip between the school and the employee’s duty station, except that such payment or reimbursement may not exceed the cost that the Government would incur to transport the baggage with the dependent in connection with the annual trip, and such payment or reimbursement shall be in lieu of transportation of the baggage.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H5AA8AAE1335E4D96B8021F53FA84C551"><enum>302.</enum><header>Official residence expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5913">Section 5913</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HD82010507D1F4AC7AF4CF1666BC0A4EB"> <subsection id="HCD7C15645DA048C0A558F7A6E8CA171"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Funds made available under subsection (b) may be provided in advance to persons eligible to receive reimbursements.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H801D99CEEE4545F6B3F4539866ECBDB"><enum>303.</enum><header>Increased limits applicable to post differentials and danger pay allowances</header> <subsection id="HB761AC5976B74CF39BB4BD3C2D11971D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of Limited-Scope effective date for previous increase</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 591 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 (division D of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/199">Public Law 108–199</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0F0C100B6A8A49EA92F76901303B6D98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Post differentials</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5925">Section 5925(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the third sentence by striking <quote>25 percent of the rate of basic pay or, in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Development,</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H429A7D677711426C84BC60C6362EB464"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Danger pay allowances</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5928">Section 5928</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>25 percent of the basic pay of the employee or 35 percent of the basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Development</quote> both places that it appears and inserting <quote>35 percent of the basic pay of the employee</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB038069FCBDB46D38E95AEF11B2E8800"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Secretary of State shall inform the appropriate congressional committees of the criteria to be used in determinations of appropriate adjustments in post differentials under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5925">section 5925(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b), and danger pay allowances under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5928">section 5928</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, as amended by subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2190192F9C4B47C1AFCE00F300D4CD37"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Study and report</header><text>Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall conduct a study assessing the effect of the increases in post differentials and danger pay allowances made by the amendments in subsections (b) and (c), respectively, in filling <quote>hard-to-fill</quote> positions and shall submit a report of such study to the appropriate congressional committees.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEC40BE35425B4F79A84E003E59C269A5"><enum>304.</enum><header>Home leave</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 9 of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (relating to travel, leave, and other benefits) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H159F92C47F17410093B0EFDBA41EE8C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 901(6) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4081">22 U.S.C. 4081(6)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>unbroken by home leave</quote> both places that it appears; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0E77B4112284255AB92590334BFF8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 903(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4083">22 U.S.C. 4083</external-xref>), by striking <quote>18 months</quote> and inserting <quote>12 months</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HC9540E480BED45FCB0EFC9D05CAF43"><enum>305.</enum><header>Overseas equalization and comparability pay adjustment</header> <subsection id="HA828EF334BDF44E19B0016D9D72D00B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Overseas comparability pay adjustment</header> <paragraph id="H2F743B567AAB45DFBEFA9C3D8574809F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 4 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3961">22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.</external-xref>) (relating to compensation) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Foreign Service Act of 1980" id="H0F5C43FC6A404B95AE3660C091898018"> <section id="HA4DA97C4C255474F89167BE0DFF9C2A7"><enum>415.</enum><header>Overseas comparability pay adjustment</header> <subsection id="H4D02015E730F42619B1E264D9C316646"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with subsection (c), a member of the Service who is designated class 1 or below and who does not have as an official duty station a location in the continental United States or in a non-foreign area shall receive locality-based comparability payments under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5304">section 5304</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, that would be paid to such member if such member’s official duty station would have been Washington, D.C.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8A7F307E22AD4F1D85C71C09D933F9B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment as basic pay</header><text>The locality-based comparability payment described in subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="H993988E8E1AD427BB99F790485DD9B07"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be considered to be part of the basic pay of a member in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5304">section 5304</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for the same purposes for which comparability payments are considered to be part of basic pay under such section; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D1F913D12BD4D03BA51ED96E82D8CB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be subject to any applicable pay limitations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD374842F39A74EB30007B29C3692BB26"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Phase-In</header><text>The comparability pay adjustment described under this section shall be paid to a member described in subsection (a) in three phases, as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HA39ED2F286BA403A9C63803084A739EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In fiscal year 2006, 33.33 percent of the amount of such adjustment to which such member is entitled.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H148B9CAC9ADF454881002779EBE33085"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In fiscal year 2007, 66.66 percent of the amount of such adjustment to which such member is entitled.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9EA610BB340B4264ACED00D494D9E5D8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In fiscal year 2008 and subsequent fiscal years, 100.00 percent of the amount of such adjustment to which such member is entitled.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A40D43AF0BE4759BF6C690679B65E00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections in section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 414 the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE0FB0E48336442968C3D6C454BFD8CF6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 415. Overseas comparability pay adjustment</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H97229C3AFF2E4778AB8B4D6C7EC54732"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments relating to the retirement and disability system of the Foreign Service</header> <paragraph id="HE200AC030BF742DAB62FD073C9508361"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contributions to the fund</header><text>Section 805(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4045">22 U.S.C. 4045(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H1178FF7B6D5A44E999835206A2381F13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="H364D13EF76CA4E819D4CB0500CA10C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>7.25 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>7.00 percent</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H42619F2616B045589302D4CE20ECB3F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The contribution by the employing agency</quote> through <quote>and shall be made</quote> and inserting <quote>An equal amount shall be contributed by the employing agency</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7195D4CAA3A84F6C0031AE84DB87F535"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H925EDB43AA2649708F688C130088FA49"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>, plus an amount equal to .25 percent of basic pay</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H77ABD7897DBD432992D08943E3528488"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>, plus an amount equal to .25 percent of basic pay</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E6520ECF8464177A6CADB3966CE501"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>, plus .25 percent</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04D23B34A4674FB3A29800D670A29159"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Computation of annuities</header><text>Section 806(a)(9) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4046">22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(9)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA541A72D0B31421ABB720317BFB5EDC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>is outside</quote> and inserting <quote>was outside</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6522DE6F78B421385CA54C0710BF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>continental United States</quote> the following: <quote>for any period of time from December 29, 2002, to the first day of the first full pay period beginning after the date of applicability of the overseas comparability pay adjustment under section 415</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H138BF0ACF53648D2A6016CFC66511158"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Entitlement to annuity</header><text>Section 855(a)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4071d">22 U.S.C. 4071d(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HF839F62516C44D9EA7E0FF2EF7BB8885"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>is outside</quote> and inserting <quote>was outside</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEB59186F795F4618A1096CAC620034BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>continental United States</quote> the following: <quote>for any period of time from December 29, 2002, to the first day of the first full pay period beginning after the date of applicability of the overseas comparability pay adjustment under section 415</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED095475A0FE42918EAD37BD629583AC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deductions and withholdings from pay</header><text>Section 856(a)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4071e">22 U.S.C. 4071e(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HCD0CC10EFE7D4E4096821989EA037DBF"> <paragraph id="HCE843AA54ED24E3200689C92FBF8C4FB" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The applicable percentage under this subsection shall be as follows:</text> <table line-rules="no-gen" rule-weights="0.0.0.4.0.0"><ttitle> </ttitle> <tgroup cols="2" ttitle-size="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="8.8.12" grid-typeface="1.1"><colspec colname="col1" coldef="txt" colsep="0" min-data-value="100"/><colspec colname="col2" coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colsep="0" min-data-value="95"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1"> </entry><entry align="center" colname="col2"> </entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1"><bold>Percentage</bold></entry><entry colname="col2"><bold>Time Period</bold></entry></row> <row><entry stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2" colname="col1">7.5</entry><entry colname="col2">Before January 1, 1999.</entry></row> <row><entry stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2" colname="col1">7.75</entry><entry colname="col2">January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999.</entry></row> <row><entry stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2" colname="col1">7.9</entry><entry colname="col2">January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000.</entry></row> <row><entry stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2" colname="col1">7.55</entry><entry colname="col2">January 11, 2003, to September 30, 2004.</entry></row> <row><entry stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="2" colname="col1">7.5</entry><entry colname="col2">After September 30, 2004.</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H767DA6B561E44AF4859BD586BD34E6DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply beginning on the first day of the first full pay period beginning after such date.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HDFCD655C499F43AEAAB9007D7312F351"><enum>306.</enum><header>Fellowship of Hope Program</header> <subsection id="HFF68A9894DB849C9AE330076919052A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fellowship authorized</header><text>Chapter 5 of title I of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3981">22 U.S.C. 3981 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Foreign Service Act of 1980" id="H609D30BC7F3F4C41AD46E533984C0002"> <section id="HF7F3E3C0490F420F9298CEEB8F3C096F"><enum>506.</enum><header>Fellowship of hope program</header> <subsection id="HCA5E67946609410F9E43A7610061F48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to establish a program to be known as the <quote>Fellowship of Hope Program</quote>. Under the Program, the Secretary may assign a member of the Service, for not more than one year, to a position with any designated country or designated entity that permits an employee of such country or entity to be assigned to a position with the Department.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H73ADF6EE1B6D43A189DE15032000250"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Salary and benefits</header><text>The salary and benefits of a member of the Service shall be paid as described in subsection (b) of section 503 during a period in which such member is participating in the Fellowship of Hope Program. The salary and benefits of an employee of a designated country or designated entity participating in the Program shall be paid by such country or entity during the period in which such employee is participating in the Program.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H81A0631B42A84BF1A64625C42E1ED077"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H415B94326BCD4494AA003600FB7E65BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>designated country</term> means a member country of—</text> <subparagraph id="H4B0AC807A5FE4EAE81AF285138C765F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H47E83677783643148FEBFDB681B8FDE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the European Union.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F3CBD5BF34645AC9ED5278CC00080DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>designated entity</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HBD3EFD95C2B646B382747B00D7C75125"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF8B5D4B2CC94B67AE9834E785DF88A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the European Union.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB9D7E5CC907348C28B862E381FB2FF6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to—</text> <paragraph id="H7F97EAFD431B4F5EA31C49A37117A5FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorize the appointment as an officer or employee of the United States of—</text> <subparagraph id="H55B7A8C1EA43481395472C783F02D162"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual whose allegiance is to any country, government, or foreign or international entity other than to the United States; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6031AF325C724174AC03F3102213D784"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an individual who has not met the requirements of sections 3331, 3332, 3333, and 7311 of title 5, United States Code, and any other provision of law concerning eligibility for appointment as, and continuation of employment as, an officer or employee of the United States; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E7F9AB2C689468589EF2862234E4877"><enum>(2)</enum><text>authorize the Secretary to assign a member of the Service to a position with any foreign country whose law, or to any foreign or international entity whose rules, require such member to give allegiance or loyalty to such country or entity while assigned to such position.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H246F74A8445E4CB5A5AC9F841200F167"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><text>Such Act is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDEFBED67F6D94DB3B7976402668EE213"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 503 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3983">22 U.S.C. 3983</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="H820E19CDDF7E4581B6CA0093879D4D51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and</header-in-text>” and inserting “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">foreign governments, or</header-in-text>”; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H84B6CF587A66436AB23726DF98E136F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <clause id="H519A9BB421DF4A6BACA4C2B8EE638978"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>foreign government,</quote> after <quote>organization,</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H951792B208BC4703A02E705C07536C6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, or with a foreign government under section 506</quote> before the semicolon; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D8CC930923C48E58D8582CBEDE5D1B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 2, in the table of contents—</text> <subparagraph id="H4A230A4A9B084E618EBED962C6A32CF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 503 and inserting the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCCCFE9D3DE2E471593DB18B4BE304B21"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 503. Assignments to agencies, international organizations, foreign governments, or other bodies</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H722A0B3105DB4199A768555F454F68BE"><enum></enum><text>and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H239B148F71A44EADB5C13CA881BF2A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after the item relating to section 505 the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H62D97C56700D4C62B65CACAB8E5C8000"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 506. Fellowship of Hope Program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HDD7EC5456F384E81926C007400407EC5"><enum>307.</enum><header>Regulations regarding retirement credit for government service performed abroad</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 321(f) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FRAA">Foreign Relations Authorization Act</act-name>, Fiscal Year 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8411">5 U.S.C. 8411</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the <act-name parsable-cite="FRAA">Foreign Relations Authorization Act</act-name>, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007,</quote> after <quote>regulations</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H11386C39C3B24B3E9300CF2125061F5F"><enum>308.</enum><header>Promoting assignments to international organizations</header> <subsection id="HEC8BE10F3F9346ED9C77F3EFFC32C7F5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Promotions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4003">22 U.S.C. 4003</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>, and shall consider whether the member of the Service has served in a position whose primary responsibility is to formulate policy toward or represent the United States at an international organization, a multilateral institution, or a broad-based multilateral negotiation of an international instrument.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0B4E46D6E54548A0A9B73DAEA8F8CFD8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect and apply beginning on January 1, 2010.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD3EEBFA6CE324DB49C160623A74EDE1F"><enum>309.</enum><header>Suspension of Foreign Service members without pay</header> <subsection id="H5126066D25FE42178B8B4F61039F65BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Suspension</header><text>Section 610 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4010">22 U.S.C. 4010</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block act-name="Foreign Service Act of 1980" id="H90B33CDD40724B7FA4A45B87924709E5"> <subsection id="H92793A1BD1AD4BFF8F008DE394885529"><enum>(c)</enum> <paragraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBB2BE904F1D74138A9EAC9B0854EE887"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary may suspend a member of the Service without pay when there is reasonable cause to believe that the member has committed a crime for which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed and there is a connection between the conduct and the efficiency of the Foreign Service.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="subsection" id="HFA98739A169A421299619094E0ABD752"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any member of the Service for whom a suspension is proposed shall be entitled to—</text> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H2D4B68448E074086B2499FEFA9284682"><enum>(A)</enum><text>written notice stating the specific reasons for the proposed suspension;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H863457836C07491182E93D63935E4822"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a reasonable time to respond orally and in writing to the proposed suspension;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H174430635D544F74B6E5E92016FEF698"><enum>(C)</enum><text>representation by an attorney or other representative; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H3FD4F21F983B4C24828957CFEA524B42"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a final written decision, including the specific reasons for such decision, as soon as practicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph indent="subsection" id="HF51F88ED687F42FDB9C575D79946A1E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any member suspended under this section may file a grievance in accordance with the procedures applicable to grievances under chapter 11 of this title.</text></paragraph> <paragraph indent="subsection" id="HE0085BE6692342269F005D0712E4AEFA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="HFD7E71C124B64E1AAD0093E55F5333DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>reasonable time</term> means—</text> <clause indent="subparagraph" id="H1EF9F851676F4380AD7727F4DCFEAC97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with respect to a member of the Service assigned to duty in the United States, 15 days after receiving notice of the proposed suspension; and</text></clause> <clause indent="subparagraph" id="H6338C129D3284ED7B79045C664E1D24D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to a member of the Service assigned to duty outside the United States, 30 days after receiving notice of the proposed suspension.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H1E3831C833EA4930A178C45629517E5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The terms <term>suspend</term> and <term>suspension</term> mean the placing of a member of the Service in a temporary status without duties and pay.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H70CC98358CCD4B96B6C9F4BF71466500"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming and clerical amendments</header> <paragraph id="HBD4FC70D4A034F7082DC895FBABD5487"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment of Section heading</header><text>Such section, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended in the section heading by inserting “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">; suspension</header-in-text>” before the period at the end.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3B0F70CA0E4D40D592109C11D1EA777C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>Section 2 of such Act is amended, in the table of contents, by striking the item relating to section 610 and inserting the following new item:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0DA16970EA1A4FC782DC15DA3F32A205"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H02F5D2D5BFB24D618900D7E5BA7DB6A7"><enum>310.</enum><header>Death gratuity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 413(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3973">22 U.S.C. 3973(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or $100,000, whichever is greater</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H9BFD16603DA4407CA1C4DA6B8935CAE"><enum>311.</enum><header>Clarification of Foreign Service Grievance Board procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1106(8) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4136">22 U.S.C. 4136(8)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence—</text> <paragraph id="H67EFA98D6E7F4860809BDBE91465EE98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the involuntary separation of the grievant (other than an involuntary separation for cause under section 610(a)),</quote> after <quote>considering</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H05EC82A2911E49EEA66C032676E84C13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the grievant or</quote> and inserting <quote>the grievant, or</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H96E6C76540964E6684C053FAD57EA9A0"><enum>312.</enum><header>Repeal of recertification requirement for members of the Senior Foreign Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3945">22 U.S.C. 3945(d)</external-xref>) is hereby repealed.</text></section> <section id="H411543D74BB84EE98330003E31F9BB18"><enum>313.</enum><header>Technical amendments to title 5, United States Code, provisions on recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HBCFF2EC288A94548A54FA811EAE9BC17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 5753(a)(2)(A), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, but does not include members of the Foreign Service other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors-at-large</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAAB9279886274621BA2684583BA70042"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 5754(a)(2)(A), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, but does not include members of the Foreign Service other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors-at-large</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H2B74F251A1914290B1F8DA7CA64F80"><enum>314.</enum><header>Limited appointments in the Foreign Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 309 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3949">22 U.S.C. 3949</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4E325423811C450F94FB49BAA0ED8DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (b) or (c)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49D560E0209E474EA7B12D0060F766A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF81773074DDB4CE4A76533FF1EE136D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H7A7C98ED916F4F989B766300FAEE1733"> <paragraph indent="subsection" id="H6A78BE0A0A8741328E22215D40D837D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>as a career candidate, if—</text> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H87C62A9475664BF7B5DBB673C97EDD54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>continued service is determined appropriate to remedy a matter that would be cognizable as a grievance under chapter 11; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H9644FA55D34A4C21B7C9E03E00CDDC42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the career candidate is called to military active duty pursuant to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/353">Public Law 103–353</external-xref>; codified in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/43">chapter 43</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code) and the limited appointment expires in the course of such military active duty;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H12A13AAF53364F3AB33022107856FA09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFAA01FA9599D4B0F86687900B9E2113E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote> ; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF9213679546446FAA4EC7F3E65630011"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H5E463000921C4665838ED7CD9F062DA"> <paragraph indent="subsection" id="H27ACB90E143146BAA95F56F7B6672DEB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in exceptional circumstances where the Secretary determines the needs of the Service require the extension of a limited appointment—</text> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="H0F32719DA2E44FD69FBAC0855D4B00A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a period of time not to exceed 12 months, provided such period of time does not permit additional review by the boards under section 306; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="HB1D6ADEACB404A32BA3BCFC572F08EF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the minimum time needed to settle a grievance, claim, or complaint not otherwise provided for in this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FF66B32177746A98208E8ABB625092B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H4893A74A5A754EB485885CA2BEF9779B"> <subsection id="HED3208A7B9D74EB095B4298E358E7884"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Noncareer specialist employees who have served five consecutive years under a limited appointment may be reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment provided there is at least a one year break in service before such new appointment. This requirement may be waived by the Director General in cases of special need.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H342CCA5DD952480092DCEB9DBAB5E52"><enum>315.</enum><header>Statement of Congress regarding career development program for Senior Foreign Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress declares that the recent changes proposed by the Department of State to the career development program for members of the Senior Foreign Service will help promote well-rounded and effective members of the Senior Foreign Service, and should be implemented as planned in the coming years. Congress fully supports the proposed changes that require that in order to be eligible for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, a member of the Foreign Service must demonstrate over the course of the career of such member the following:</text> <paragraph id="H72660139DAC84D219D11E9A14BFF185F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Operational effectiveness, including a breadth of experience in several regions and over several functions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65445A0F2CD7442BAA2FCEA85043F340"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Leadership and management effectiveness.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86E130E8CC1147C6A04435DBA6E2ED76"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Sustained professional language proficiency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD81EE0F76575417282DD18BC2966F5B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Responsiveness to Service needs.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H43245687374741BE9DF3ACEFEDE8F368"><enum>316.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding additional United States consular posts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that to help advance United States economic, political, and public diplomacy interests, the Secretary of State should make best efforts to establish United States consulates or other appropriate United States diplomatic presence in Pusan, South Korea, Hat Yai, Thailand, and an additional location in India in an under-served region.</text></section> <section id="H12CD83ED4EAA471CBAD0A1D0082CF20"><enum>317.</enum><header>Office of the Culture of Lawfulness</header> <subsection id="H48F3ECE430F843F6AA45E3002780CD95"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Bureau for International Law Enforcement and Narcotics of the Department of State an Office of the Culture of Lawfulness.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H16F0D0886A2D4EF691FB13C61328BCAD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director and staff</header><text>The Office shall be headed by a Director and staffed by not less than two professional staff.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD1C5F6715F114CADA58DDA36DD3C1124"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Director of the Office shall coordinate and increase the effectiveness of existing culture of lawfulness programs in the Department that can directly support foreign efforts to develop a culture of lawfulness, including—</text> <paragraph id="HD40BF258419E415499BC71370579C772"><enum>(1)</enum><text>seeking coordination between various programs and activities to support international narcotics and other law enforcement, public diplomacy, foreign assistance, and democracy efforts by the personnel of the Department in Washington, D.C., and in United States embassies in foreign countries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC990B0B1960A40CAAC700470677E65F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>developing new initiatives to foster a culture of lawfulness through international organizations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D909A740A64418B0000C1AE6EC00F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensuring that culture of lawfulness education is included in the curricula of all law enforcement and public security academies and training programs that receive assistance from the United States, and in democracy, civic education, and rule of law assistance programs conducted with foreign governments and nongovernmental organizations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8B97C6C031DC4977861FF0C736C5FC1F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2291h">22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H83EF658AA46B471EBDF17BB39CE2C8E4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H56CF16BBE56A48B79BEE242191316B32" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition, the efforts of the United States to foster the culture of lawfulness in countries around the world.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H6ECDBE31B9ED464EA289EF9189543697" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>318.</enum><header>Review of human resources policies of the Department of State</header> <subsection id="H597B57F1E5954139BB478C8D3D4190B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Bottom-up review of elements of the Department of State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall conduct ongoing, thorough reviews of the organizational structure and human resource policies of all elements of the Department of State to determine those organizational structures that are most effectively organized and whether personnel with the appropriate skill sets are being hired, trained, and utilized to meet national security challenges, including those posed by international terrorist threats.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H970A225C46694E6F9F8BD4B4312C25B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emphasis on diversity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The review conducted under subsection (a) shall include an emphasis on improving the ethnic, racial, cultural, and gender diversity of personnel of the Department of State.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD86B35D91D544BC384CD7956D300C1E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Biennial report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a biennial report on the reviews conducted under this section and efforts to improve diversity of the personnel of the Department of State.</text></subsection></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>International organizations</header> <section id="HA0C5A6399CAF4B9A985000B3A86313DE"><enum>401.</enum><header>REDI Center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State is authorized to provide for the participation by the United States in the Regional Emerging Disease Intervention (<quote>REDI</quote>) Center in Singapore.</text></section> <section id="HD81DEA13489E45D4AAA37D258E8EDEBD"><enum>402.</enum><header>Extension of authorization of appropriation for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom</header> <subsection id="HAFC756498BD04B8483E6305196F2A2C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 207 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6435">22 U.S.C. 6435</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$3,000,000 for the fiscal year 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDB2C040799B44335AE6F599000C4ED3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking <quote>subparagraph</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HF2BA1832972B4CC89D93BB98845E6805" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>403.</enum><header>Reform of the International Atomic Energy Agency</header> <subsection id="HEE34FFB1249B49E48457F487A0552886"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings with respect to the International Atomic Energy Agency</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HD870BAD6CCEA4624B1E2B10029FCE81"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Efforts to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons capabilities would be enhanced by universal membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDA9485568D8E4A588BB25C326F62FF05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The enhanced authorities provided by the Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreements between the IAEA and Member States of the IAEA are indispensable to the ability of the IAEA to conduct inspections of nuclear facilities to a high degree of confidence.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D1C1200F25A43FCABF8B4E59C7767F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The national security interests of the United States would be enhanced by the universal ratification and implementation of the Additional Protocol.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82B633EF4E9F4F3F892582DC12BE9CCA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The national security interests of the United States would be enhanced by the rapid implementation by all Member States of the United Nations of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, which prohibits all Member States from providing any form of support to non-state actors that attempt to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or use nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons and their means of delivery, and requiring all Member States to adopt and enforce appropriate and effective domestic laws criminalizing such acts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB610C848C57F4ACF00995E07984038B9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The national security interests of the United States require that the IAEA possess sufficient authorities and resources to comprehensively and efficiently carry out its responsibilities for inspections and safeguards of nuclear facilities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2E8F70E47CD45AE83673057CA7EF597"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Regularly assessed contributions of Member States to the regular budget of the IAEA are due in the first quarter of each calendar year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86F9954307214F699CF4156842EA4E5B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Currently, the United States does not pay its regularly assessed contribution to the regular budget of the IAEA until the last quarter of each calendar year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0022F145AE9C4C39859272D4D0EFFE75"><enum>(8)</enum><text>This delayed payment results in recurring shortages of funds for the IAEA, thus compromising its ability to conduct safeguards inspections and nuclear security activities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6EEB00C462184CD3A87E617C1F649DF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings with respect to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HCF1B988831754E11B9FDA46CB78DCBF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (21 UST 483) (commonly referred to as the <quote>Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty</quote> or the <quote>NPT</quote>) is the foundation for international cooperation to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons capabilities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04EBCF395E404BC2A574AF00F014871F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The NPT was conceived, written, and ratified by State Parties as a treaty for the specific purpose of preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear explosive devices, as stated in the Preamble and first three Articles of the NPT.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFF48AF6FD444DB5A206C9FF01A9939"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The overriding priority of the NPT is preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear explosive devices.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD83D2B4925724D9FAD1711FF1CF38784"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Article IV of the NPT conditions the <quote>inalienable right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination</quote> on conformity with Articles I and II, which obligate signatories <quote>not to manufacture of otherwise acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; and not to seek or receive any assistance in the manufacture of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47025E8D701240528B9FB6D3C8E76539"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Because the processes used for the enrichment of uranium and the reprocessing of plutonium for peaceful purposes are virtually identical to those needed for military purposes and thereby inherently pose an enhanced risk of proliferation, even under strict international inspections, Article IV of the NPT cannot be interpreted to recognize the inalienable right by every country to enrich uranium or reprocess plutonium.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35CE288517CF4F6C992556CDFFA6F593"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Because the factors needed for the development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes are virtually identical to those required for the development of nuclear weapons and devices, Article X cannot be interpreted to allow a signatory country to develop a nuclear weapons program based on materials, facilities, and equipment it has acquired through its Article IV cooperation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAB95A11CCB1845B79CA597C4B364FCC1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statement of Congress</header><text>Congress declares that—</text> <paragraph id="H8D37FB4FF82A4F1BAAB547BBAE965BD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all provisions of the NPT must be interpreted within the context of preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear explosive devices;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD641500A0D404FA4901FE386809DCB89"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Article IV of the NPT, interpreted in conformity with the NPT’s purpose, spirit, and freely undertaken obligations by State Parties, does not guarantee every country that is a State Party an inalienable right to enrich uranium or reprocess plutonium; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F7328BE4F684A878DFE42A9529D575F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>if a State Party chooses to exercise its Article X right of withdrawal from the NPT, such State Party must surrender all of the materials, facilities, and equipment it has acquired through its Article IV cooperation, and no State Party will be recognized as having legally exercised its Article X right of withdrawal from the NPT until it has surrendered all such materials, facilities, and equipment.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H34C664C67FB543E48D9B840096C9E58"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HBE172F10448745CFBE6FB9920077A07E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director General of the IAEA should strengthen efforts to secure universal ratification and implementation of the Additional Protocol; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17C1EE1225AE4670B51FC335662939F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the IAEA possesses statutory authority, including under Articles II, III, VIII, IX, XI, and XII of the IAEA Statute, to undertake nuclear security activities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H743FF7196D7046F8801EC8E446BBB7E1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Promotion of Additional Protocol and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540</header> <paragraph id="HEF8160609C4B4D649E6F1DF713B533E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Universal ratification and implementation; full compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall take such steps as the President determines necessary to encourage—</text> <subparagraph id="HCAAC0B29F7BF4901BBA73388B4F36B80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>rapid universal ratification and implementation by Member States of the IAEA of the Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreements between the IAEA and Member States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD8B003F250774D0D88AC3A0762255A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">full compliance by all foreign countries with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, which calls for the adoption and enforcement by all foreign countries of <quote>appropriate effective laws which prohibit any non-State actor to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer or use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their means of delivery, in particular for terrorist purposes, as well as attempts to engage in any of the foregoing activities, participate in them as an accomplice, assist or finance them</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C2F844E07C04716B75497ADC1DCB700"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Suspension of United States non-humanitarian foreign assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is authorized to suspend United States non-humanitarian foreign assistance to any country that—</text> <subparagraph id="HD2EABF5856744237B1E77422DA52D588"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has not signed and ratified the Additional Protocol; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEB52D6E83067414CBBDC49426BEEAC38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has not fully complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB713222D6674421989CC625C28F691C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header> <subparagraph id="HE88DFC741E474F0D8FB71FF3AA653516"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until September 31, 2010, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United States efforts to promote full compliance by all countries with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, with particular attention to the following:</text> <clause id="HEA77F9B49B384B09850631583908AD7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States efforts in appropriate international organizations or fora to elaborate and implement international standards for such full compliance.</text></clause> <clause id="HB88C328CF4CD4AB993E8E3CAAA9BD64D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Steps taken by the United States to assist other countries to meet their obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB86722FF21FE44149BD42BACDC8BDA00"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>The report required under this paragraph may be submitted together with the report on <quote>Patterns of Global of Terrorism</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC24CEE5EC91740E58989CF96DC2BA0C3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Payment at beginning of calendar year</header><text>The Secretary of State shall take expeditious action to ensure that the United States regularly assessed contribution to the IAEA is made at the beginning of each calendar year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA794A26DAAD54477BD655EEB3DDF0843"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State under this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to permit the Secretary to ensure that the United States regularly assessed contribution of its annual dues to the IAEA is provided to the IAEA at the beginning of each calendar year to compensate for the current delayed payment described under subsection (b).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H94426FADC3E1466F82AB19E401FC54EF"><enum>404.</enum><header>Property disposition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 633(e) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/199">Public Law 108–199</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2078">22 U.S.C. 2078(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HEEEDF9D8F073429D80DAE52FE08C37A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The United States, through the Department of State, shall retain ownership of the Palazzo Corpi building in Istanbul, Turkey, and the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCED764C7931A409FAD4F5D8691A96CAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>at such location</quote> and inserting <quote>at an appropriate location</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <enum>V</enum><header>International broadcasting</header> <section id="H4ECD04D7AAD345959C79FE2B9C36D184"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H748952351266428A9DA5D5F0FD058042"><enum>502.</enum><header>Middle East Broadcasting Networks</header> <subsection id="H2228BC8AEEA641D400E3E6C35E97BFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Middle East Broadcasting Networks</header><text>The United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6201">22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 309 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6208">22 U.S.C. 6208</external-xref>) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="HFCE33AC481BB4245B56387D34B271937"> <section id="HCBEC5AD69BA94F22A57E009D3E759062"><enum>309A.</enum><header>Middle East Broadcasting Networks</header> <subsection id="H69B371E89EE04AD598565B60F6533127"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Grants authorized under section 305 shall be available to make annual grants to the Middle East Broadcasting Networks for the purpose of carrying out radio and television broadcasting to the Middle East region.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC784A06D7B964068A637CCB4CFFD82EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Function</header><text>Middle East Broadcasting Networks shall provide radio and television programming consistent with the broadcasting standards and broadcasting principles set forth in section 303.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H57F9C68DF4DD493A9B6900933FA51EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant agreement</header><text>Any grant agreement or grants under this section shall be subject to the following limitations and restrictions:</text> <paragraph id="HDF4ADC1364AA4F18A055F17F2D05F264"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Board may not make any grant to the non-profit corporation, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, unless its certificate of incorporation provides that—</text> <subparagraph id="HF6C9F068E3B742D8868DB82567D37948"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Board of Directors of Middle East Broadcasting Networks shall consist of the members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors established under section 304 and of no other members.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD5096CAB5E3F41169044003E5F2456EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Such Board of Directors shall make all major policy determinations governing the operation of Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and shall appoint and fix the compensation of such managerial officers and employees of Middle East Broadcasting Networks as it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the grant provided under this title, except that no officer or employee may be paid basic compensation at a rate in excess of the rate for level II of the Executive Schedule as provided under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5313">section 5313</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3823F8842874437CB2147BE878711035"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any grant agreement under this section shall require that any contract entered into by Middle East Broadcasting Networks shall specify that all obligations are assumed by Middle East Broadcasting Networks and not by the United States Government.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDC8B7F176D2A4EADB468F193B96FFBEF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any grant agreement shall require that any lease agreement entered into by Middle East Broadcasting Networks shall be, to the maximum extent possible, assignable to the United States Government.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD2973EF4AC74A5283C130199E03077F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Grants awarded under this section shall be made pursuant to a grant agreement which requires that grant funds be used only for activities consistent with this section, and that failure to comply with such requirements shall permit the grant to be terminated without fiscal obligation to the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9110CAA1A255413EA30073CD847485DA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Duplication of language services and technical operations between the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (including Radio Sawa), RFE/RL, and the International Broadcasting Bureau will be reduced to the extent appropriate, as determined by the Board.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFCD36D04F33A4B82BB2F2759E67622E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Not a Federal agency or instrumentality</header><text>Nothing in this title may be construed to make—</text> <paragraph id="H670DF23775254C4A9BA33310AC97A477"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Middle East Broadcasting Networks a Federal agency or instrumentality; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8405029A684A431086F9F6E1119F8112"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the officers or employees of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks officers or employees of the United States Government.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H6ED986C09D4142239B9F8B1662C103ED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><text>Such Act is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="HED59FA7C545C49F2A7754782C044DD34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 304(g) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6203">22 U.S.C. 6203(g)</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks,</quote> after <quote>Incorporated</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H791215E6C22446F4BC1776A3AC3871E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 305 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6204">22 U.S.C. 6204</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="HADA1958050634CB50031006CCC1B234D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <clause id="H09B430E2485F4018AAEEC523D4278E72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>308 and 309</quote> and inserting <quote>308, 309, and 309A</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H378CA5FE8B4B4478A1E0E028BDDDAE15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>308 and 309</quote> and inserting <quote>308, 309, and 309A</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC6F408AAF81487FB3373534AE119FDC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>308 and 309</quote> and inserting <quote>308, 309, and 309A</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38ECF838895A4856A9093EA830976B4D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 307 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6206">22 U.S.C. 6206</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8BE056636C4548AB81B1A40005B59D1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>308 and 309</quote> and inserting <quote>308, 309, and 309A</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF111F39876A4059AA3F5679649F4FDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c), in the second sentence, by inserting <quote>the Middle East Broadcasting Networks,</quote> after <quote>Asia,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H89892BCDAF1845C797EE35E7F6863070"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendment to Title <enum-in-header>5</enum-in-header></header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8332">Section 8332(b)(11)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>the Middle East Broadcasting Networks;</quote> after <quote>Radio Free Asia;</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H57C3A7E8157F47AC974199C4B16D33F6"><enum>503.</enum><header>Improving signal delivery to Cuba</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/1465a">22 U.S.C. 1465a</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/98/111">Public Law 98–111</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H58D5B0A34B2F42248B1B35EE5CC18E86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFA6DF3C26884F39AAFA87DE01A9063"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HA318DF2B479B4D039B4B31670035067B"> <subsection id="H09C3CF0A6315431D92BF7C281B94264D"><enum>(c)</enum><text>To effect radio broadcasting to Cuba, the Board is authorized to utilize the United States International Broadcasting facilities located in Marathon, Florida, and the 1180 AM frequency used at those facilities. In addition to the above facilities, the Board may simultaneously utilize other governmental and nongovernmental broadcasting transmission facilities and other frequencies, including the Amplitude Modulation (AM) band, the Frequency Modulation (FM) band, and the Shortwave (SW) band. The Board may lease time on commercial or noncommercial educational AM band, FM band, and SW band radio broadcasting stations to carry a portion of the service programs or to rebroadcast service programs.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A760D40CE7148618415E9066F40BECF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5683D794118346FD9837778B8022AC00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H4594774E475B45A5A7B7E8F1BAF7CDC"> <subsection id="HFAB0873763BB4394903240C5E2F213B0"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Any service program of United States Government radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this section shall be designated <quote>Radio Marti program</quote>.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0FAE1EBEDEC1423F8C471FA68E11C706"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52FE213DA7774A00B3B606313F22D048"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (e) (as amended by this section) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HBBD2964EBC974E109E92F8D97C8B05A1"><enum>504.</enum><header>Establishing permanent authority for Radio Free Asia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 309 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6208">22 U.S.C. 6208</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFEB8F93A108D4286A6ED5FD1CA32D9AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>, and shall further specify that funds to carry out the activities of Radio Free Asia may not be available after September 30, 2009</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8CD049D514B4E9F83A6AC1D407ADB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f).</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H16A805D7B8A841AD80C6ED511F3BA037"><enum>505.</enum><header>Personal services contracting program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FRAA">Foreign Relations Authorization Act</act-name>, Fiscal Year 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H10CD4D4175804B1AA9027E531F47035B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking “<header-in-text>pilot</header-in-text>”;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2C7603F93564FB7824C2EB3F30600B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B5F17EE18634872960406AD3CA7BA5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>pilot</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7DEB4ED43554FDC8477B931B49CC571"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(in this section referred to as the <quote>program</quote>)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7EE91BE049FB4065B1B98E8E01FBFC1E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>producers, and writers</quote> and inserting <quote>and other broadcasting specialists</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC594F48029F145E1B3BCBBE3007C40F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4), by striking <quote>60</quote> and inserting <quote>100</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9DC936E15098450600C34474B500BE9E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c).</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H0280449201B243D788A6B735764B8EC"><enum>506.</enum><header>Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands education benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6204">22 U.S.C. 6204(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H6815F75D07214C82B6CDC807F11FBE77"> <paragraph id="HCF97D6D51CA84BD49BE92831C7712916"><enum>(19)</enum> <subparagraph display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H12F2742644AB42D1B72D333EFD0F430"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To provide for the payment of primary and secondary school expenses for dependents of personnel stationed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) at a cost not to exceed expenses authorized by the Department of Defense for such schooling for dependents of members of the Armed Forces stationed in the Commonwealth, if the Board determines that schools available in the Commonwealth are unable to provide adequately for the education of the dependents of such personnel.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph indent="paragraph" id="HDE2D7959499D427789C64813C0070003"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To provide transportation for dependents of such personnel between their places of residence and those schools for which expenses are provided under subparagraph (A), if the Board determines that such schools are not accessible by public means of transportation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <enum>VI</enum><header>ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2005</header> <section id="H376C566B6E114552893C40C7B488F0FA" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005</quote> or the <quote>ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2005</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H4C863A1CD8334F029FA7AF4F36FD91C6" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>602.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HCDB768BBDA8B412F9EAC5168CA8BBD3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>All human beings are created equal and possess certain rights and freedoms, including the fundamental right to participate in the political life and government of their respective countries. These inalienable rights are recognized in the Declaration of Independence of the United States and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6D5E5C9FC2A846D98BB7000836D38200"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The continued lack of democracy, freedom, and fundamental human rights in some countries is inconsistent with the universal values on which the United States is based and such continued lack of democracy, freedom, and fundamental human rights also poses a national security threat to the United States, its interests, and its friends, as it is in such countries that radicalism, extremism, and terrorism can flourish.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC75A617EAAA4F92B2AACFD1C826A154"><enum>(3)</enum><text>There is also a correlation between nondemocratic rule and other threats to international peace and security, including threats from war, genocide, famine, poverty, drug trafficking, corruption, refugee flows, human trafficking, religious persecution, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E0B37B3218D47BAB78D4F10600091EE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The transition to democracy must be led from within nondemocratic countries, including by nongovernmental organizations, movements, and individuals, and by nationals of such countries who live abroad. Nevertheless, democratic countries have a number of instruments available for supporting democratic reformers who are committed to promoting effective, nonviolent change in nondemocratic countries.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5EE33DD2020D415AA5B64CF092589F8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>United States efforts to promote democracy and protect human rights in countries where they are lacking can be strengthened to improve assistance for such reformers. United States ambassadors and diplomats can play a critical role in such efforts to promote democracy by publicly demonstrating support for democratic principles and supporting democratic reformers. Training and incentives are needed to assist United States officials in strengthening the techniques and skills required to promote democracy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A6FFFCF4D0049B1B6E982D7993B153"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A full evaluation of United States funds expended for the support of democracy is also necessary to ensure an efficient and effective use of the resources that are dedicated to these efforts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB695425161BA42C59F00DFBA0389FAE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The promotion of democracy requires a broad-based effort with collaboration between all democratic countries, including through the Community of Democracies.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA40381F93AD04A8F850900AA1F63F377" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The promotion of such universal democracy constitutes a long-term challenge that does not always lead to an immediate transition to full democracy, but through a dedicated and integrated approach can achieve universal democracy.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HB533ADF557E9486D82EEA0929892FAA5"><enum>603.</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States—</text> <paragraph id="H3B758DF6CE474988ABF5ED3B59B89ED9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to promote freedom and democracy in foreign countries as a fundamental component of United States foreign policy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H370529B9FD574104B8A91267D927D1BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to affirm fundamental freedoms and human rights in foreign countries and to condemn offenses against those freedoms and rights as a fundamental component of United States foreign policy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F4405F002ED46F2984CD7677262E96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to use all instruments of United States influence to support, promote, and strengthen democratic principles, practices, and values in foreign countries, including the right to free, fair, and open elections, secret balloting, and universal suffrage;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A5C568B037849A9B6E7C763FA9FE2C0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to protect and promote fundamental freedoms and rights, including the freedoms of association, of expression, of the press, and of religion, and the right to own private property;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C20A291FCD142DAB04770956F299D6F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to protect and promote respect for and adherence to the rule of law in foreign countries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0FF76081B74943BBB8E7378F4B4BE112"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to provide appropriate support to organizations, individuals, and movements located in nondemocratic countries that aspire to live in freedom and establish full democracy in such countries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD590AB987B084CD59900F3D78CEAE9CC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to provide, political, economic, and other support to foreign countries that are willingly undertaking a transition to democracy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H779C3FF8EE7C488A95E5859D118F01BA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to commit United States foreign policy to the challenge of achieving universal democracy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA8AE58959E1C403DA141FAF2F97301D4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to strengthen alliances and relationships with other democratic countries in order to better promote and defend shared values and ideals.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H8F080A2BE2E648E99DF6471B00AAD011"><enum>604.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="H9C83218A0CBA47118C3017F881A4BEF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual Report on Democracy</header><text>The term <quote>Annual Report on Democracy</quote> means the Annual Report on Democracy required under section 612(a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H25F6A28B605B41ABA0DD571C79BC7C4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Community of Democracies and Community</header><text>The terms <quote>Community of Democracies</quote> and <quote>Community</quote> mean the association of democratic countries committed to the global promotion of democratic principles, practices, and values, which held its First Ministerial Conference in Warsaw, Poland, in June 2000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2F21F222848413A8DC91DFF83DDF6C4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>eligible entity</quote> means any nongovernmental organization, international organization, multilateral institution, private foundation, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity, organization, or group engaged in (or with plans to engage in) the promotion of democracy and fundamental rights and freedoms in foreign countries categorized as <quote>democratic transition countries</quote> or as <quote>nondemocratic</quote> in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5014CD126F26454E00E07ADEF00A700"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible individual</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>eligible individual</quote> means any individual engaged in, or who intends to engage in, the promotion of democracy and fundamental rights and freedoms in foreign countries categorized as <quote>democratic transition countries</quote> or as <quote>nondemocratic</quote> in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB281703EA2654367AF16AD5870008136"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Regional Democracy Hub and Hub</header><text>The terms <quote>Regional Democracy Hub</quote> and <quote>Hub</quote> mean the Regional Democracy Hubs established under section 611(c)(2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF5EF63E917A414C864CCDA4527549F4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of State.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF70A63CCF2E43D9B05E962FB5BC7E87"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Under Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Under Secretary</quote> means the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs established under section 1(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)</external-xref>), as amended by section 611(a)(2) of this Act.</text></paragraph></section> <subtitle id="HA345969A95CE436889F418B8A039002B"><enum>A</enum><header>Department of State Activities</header> <section id="H3125F8C32F59478E0098F770CD42F88E"><enum>611.</enum><header>Promotion of democracy in foreign countries</header> <subsection id="HCFA5E440D6234219ACD20361D1B0F7E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Codification of Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs</header><text>Section 1(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB52C5DF457AF4CB38443D9AB3D0135A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H09BE25936B6D441B8153CD4B068F7D8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HD2B4BF95BAE64F2E9C1396ABB82223EA" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7CBF7990B4A54F91B5C975E1B2135589"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs</header><text>There shall be in the Department of State, among the Under Secretaries authorized by paragraph (1), an Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, who shall have primary responsibility to assist the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary in the formulation and implementation of United States policies and activities relating to the transition to and development of democracy in nondemocratic countries and to coordinate United States policy on global issues, including issues related to human rights, women’s rights, freedom of religion, labor standards and relations, the preservation of the global environment, the status and protection of the oceans, scientific cooperation, narcotics control, law enforcement, population issues, refugees, migration, war crimes, and trafficking in persons. The Secretary may assign such other responsibilities to the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs as the Secretary determines appropriate or necessary. In particular, the Under Secretary shall have the following responsibilities:</text> <subparagraph id="H526FBE9FD23E43269B192EF5D59BB590"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Coordinating with the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and officers and employees from the regional bureaus of the Department of State to promote the transition to democracy in nondemocratic countries and strengthen development of democracy in countries that are in transition to democracy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9C1CF57DB73E4954AD83C8B7A4C02769"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Advising the Secretary regarding any recommendation requested by any official of any other agency that relates to the human rights situation in a foreign country or the effects on human rights or democracy in a foreign country of an agency program of such official.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBDEB4D3FDF004B55B9DCB730BDBBFE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional duties for Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor</header><text>Section 1(c)(2)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: <quote>The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall also be responsible for matters relating to the transition to and development of democracy in nondemocratic countries, including promoting and strengthening the development of democracy in foreign countries that are in the early stages of a transition to democracy and evaluating the effectiveness of United States programs that promote democracy.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB6FDC38D0AFA4993A7EC6E86EEE7D57F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Department of State and United States missions abroad</header><text></text> <paragraph id="HE3F4468139444907A94BA3B5E0E87EC9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Office related to democratic movements and transitions</header> <subparagraph id="H3A6E042E7BDC450E8BF5B200EBA0F8FF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There shall be within the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State an office that shall be responsible for working with democratic movements and facilitating the transition of nondemocratic countries and democratic transition countries to full democracy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H67E008883F9746C28DF81C1E7900379B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any other responsibilities conferred on the office, the office shall promote transitions to full democracy in countries that have been categorized as nondemocratic or as democratic transition countries in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy required under section 612(a).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF53A9653564445090D63BF7F70379E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor described in paragraph (4) and employees of the office shall—</text> <clause id="HE4CA61AE55A44918A2C02F554079E2A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develop relations with, consult with, and provide assistance to nongovernmental organizations, individuals, and movements that are committed to the peaceful promotion of democracy, democratic principles, practices, and values, and fundamental rights and freedoms in countries described in subparagraph (B), including fostering relationships with the United States Government and the governments of other democratic countries;</text></clause> <clause id="HD59605F567FA44ADB6403E431F8D4E00"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assist officers and employees of regional bureaus to develop strategies and programs to promote peaceful change in such countries;</text></clause> <clause id="HCF3A4637440E4498A7D7E12F162CB5B8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>foster dialogue, to the extent practicable, between the leaders of such nongovernmental organizations, individuals, and movements and the officials of such countries;</text></clause> <clause id="H622A62A39E7E46A59041C1F196E204D5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>create narratives and histories required under section 616 for the Internet site for global democracy and human rights and assist in the preparation of the report required under section 612; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3A3788B59A3044B9A62C2606F9013DC1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>facilitate, in coordination with public affairs officers and offices of the Department of State responsible for public diplomacy programs in such countries, debates and discussions, including among young people in other countries, regarding the values and benefits of democracy and human rights at academic institutions in such countries.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H12B901CBD239435B8ED9D9EB9E087F87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regional Democracy Hubs at United States missions abroad</header><text></text> <subparagraph id="H79F46EE9DE0C466C81B6F3932059E6B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Pilot Program</header> <clause id="H79673307E6CC4164BCEFAFF44D812745"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish at least one Regional Democracy Hub at one United States mission in two of the following geographic regions:</text> <subclause id="HBB8B218C3F034135A5C9D1DBC3793C50"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The Western Hemisphere.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H61710F8A7256493088F15C47F7574DD3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Europe.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6D927734491B4A999BAD001CE442669E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>South Asia.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H24B34E404FF74A7CB4C7D535753DF126"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>The Near East.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H0D09D5FD47FF4F37BF9C74A91DAF91D"><enum>(V)</enum><text>East Asia and the Pacific.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFF6D2FCAE62B473F8B00A330DE077828"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Africa.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HD786D91128AF4FCAAB49FD150700509B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Director</header><text>Each Regional Democracy Hub shall be headed by a Director. The Director and the associated staff shall be selected by the Secretary of State in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H778F71CE4DEC430C9F5E00CECED386DC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>Each Regional Democracy Hub shall support the appropriate United States ambassador and United States employees assigned to United States missions in each such geographic region to carry out the responsibilities described in this Act, including assisting Ambassadors and other United States officials in each nondemocratic country or democratic transition country in the geographic region to design and implement strategies for a transition to democracy in such county, including regional strategies as appropriate. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1EFB6C1C06DB4A8D899C9FFE047DAAEF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Accreditation</header><text>As appropriate, the Department should seek accreditation for the Director to all nondemocratic countries in each geographic region for which each Hub is responsible.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA8F3ECD9D2E46B08CC173672BACBC47"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Secretary may terminate each Hub established under this paragraph five years after each is established.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1E9CFA71677C485D9149418348ABC6AE"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Continuing Responsibilities</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as removing any responsibility under this or any other Act of any chief of mission or other employees of United States diplomatic missions, including the development and implementation of strategies to promote democracy.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA28AFAD5E0DF49238C4D15F81339F2EB"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities described in subparagraph (B), including hiring additional staff to carry out such responsibilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H69EA75416E314BCDACDCA6E8C6F13804"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research</header><text>The Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research should coordinate with the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Central Intelligence Agency, other appropriate intelligence agencies, and, as appropriate, with foreign governments to—</text> <subparagraph id="H10DBE54A46254267B9E9303463EF0968"><enum>(A)</enum><text>monitor and document financial assets inside and outside the United States held by leaders of countries determined to be nondemocratic countries or democratic transition countries in the Annual Report on Democracy under section 612(a);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E52D26861C04CE5B4CBFF4E361165E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify close associates of such leaders; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD38E9BB3AA404E03BCB7547631778CAC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>monitor and document financial assets inside and outside the United States held by such close associates.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96F49376DF6145F299000090F4ABDA31" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination</header> <subparagraph id="H04D66D0DBFE74F7898521D643FD7AF93"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor</header><text>There should be in the Department of State a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Any such Deputy Assistant Secretary shall be in addition to the current number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries. In addition to considering qualified noncareer candidates, the Secretary of State should seek to recruit senior members of the Senior Foreign Service to serve in such position.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7A39EA796F91483BA41ED5B3C4633CE3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>In addition to the responsibilities described in paragraph (1)(C) and such other responsibilities as the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor may from time to time designate, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor should—</text> <clause id="HE6CB6839DD334E5BA5359DD3594A643"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the work of the office described in paragraph (1) with the work of other offices and bureaus at the Department of State and other United States Government agencies that provide grants and other assistance to nongovernmental organizations, individuals, and movements; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCFCECAFEFCE24257B672C63D9E3360B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">forge connections between the United States and nongovernmental organizations, individuals, and movements committed to the promotion of democracy and democratic principles, practices, and values and seek to embrace the work of such organizations, individuals, and movements.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC60100D45C3470EA0977CF4EC790675"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recruitment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall seek to ensure that, not later than December 31, 2012, not less than 50 percent of the nonadministrative employees serving in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor are members of the Foreign Service.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H2B76B29E818D498E991E866257BB6807"><enum>612.</enum><header>Reports</header> <subsection id="HDF7B881198C4410E91AF00271900CC59"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual Report on Democracy</header> <paragraph id="HCBBEBA93BF0B4AA8B0004795A101B2C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preparation and deadline for submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall prepare an Annual Report on Democracy. The Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, shall have the principal responsibility of assisting the Secretary in the preparation of the Annual Report. The Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary shall consult with the regional bureaus of the Department of State in the preparation of the Annual Report. Not later than July 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the Annual Report on Democracy.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDEB3CCCFC2C646F6A0D3C02B157CE084"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The Annual Report on Democracy shall contain the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HCBED002C71F44E89BCE430F199EE1EB5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Executive summary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Executive Summary with a table listing every foreign country that the Secretary determines to be <quote>nondemocratic</quote>, and a list of countries the Secretary determines to be <quote>democratic transition countries</quote> because they are at the early stages of their transition to democracy. The Executive Summary shall contain a short narrative highlighting the status of democracy in each such country.</text> <clause id="H7678F76C30934A1695000088BD10EBF5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Determination of categorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a country listed in the Executive Summary, the Secretary shall determine which of the categorizations specified under subparagraph (A) is appropriate by reference to the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights Resolution 1499/57 (entitled <quote>Promotion of the Right to Democracy</quote>), the assessments used to determine eligibility for financial assistance disbursed from the Millennium Challenge Account, the assessments of nongovernmental organizations of eligibility to participate in the meetings of the Community of Democracies, and the standards established and adopted by the Community of Democracies. In addition, the categorization of a country should be informed by the general consensus regarding the status of civil and political rights in such country by major nongovernmental organizations that conduct assessments of such conditions in such countries.</text></clause> <clause id="H7373FB5B1AB042FE94EF014FD90092C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Determination of nondemocratic categorization</header> <subclause id="H9FC1F0C5D4364473A8FE001C7D25E078"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall categorize a country as nondemocratic if such country fails to satisfy any of the following requirements:</text> <item id="H28CAE168F5C4439C9BE31CC5B85175CA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All citizens of such county have the right to, and are not restricted in practice from, fully and freely participating in the political life of such country regardless of gender, race, language, religion, or beliefs.</text></item> <item id="HE4839FD5651B40EB9065AD2FC7F73774"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The national legislative body of such country and, if directly elected, the head of government of such country, are chosen by free, fair, open, and periodic elections, by universal and equal suffrage, and by secret ballot.</text></item> <item id="HC7AB609E45DD48A99165B893EE6BDEF8"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">More than one political party in such country has candidates who seek elected office at the national level and such parties are not restricted in their political activities or their process for selecting such candidates, except for reasonable administrative requirements commonly applied in countries categorized as fully democratic.</text></item> <item id="H449F0C2559694EB1BD18CE9D69CBB706"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All citizens in such country have a right to, and are not restricted in practice from, fully exercising the freedoms of thought, conscience, belief, peaceful assembly and association, speech, opinion, and expression, and such country has a free, independent, and pluralistic media.</text></item> <item id="H2DDE013A903A401FBDFB58007058D509"><enum>(ee)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The current government of such country did not come to power in a manner contrary to the rule of law.</text></item> <item id="H759CDE4E4A3D4377ACC701FE21172BFC"><enum>(ff)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such country possesses an independent judiciary and the government of such country generally respects the rule of law.</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H6B7AD6754FC04D17A1A8D935E6E2E33"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Additional considerations</header><text>Notwithstanding the satisfaction by a country of the requirements specified under subclause (I), the Secretary may categorize a country as nondemocratic if the Secretary determines that such is appropriate after consideration of the principles specified under clause (i) with respect to such country.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9EF7DB9FABA426CB78B51B8F0252C99"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Status of democracy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of each country on the list described in subparagraph (A), including—</text> <clause id="H87CF7EC1CFAF4AF291003563E4C09D18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an evaluation of trends over the preceding 12 months towards improvement or deterioration in the commitment to and protection of democratic principles, practices, values, institutions, and processes in each such country;</text></clause> <clause id="H5F0CE39CC0FE4A58AB95FABFBF0655E4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an evaluation of the political rights and freedoms enjoyed by individuals in each such country and an evaluation of the factors that prevent each such country from being categorized as fully democratic; and</text></clause> <clause id="H111A624FBD2441A0AF8D1088004BAD15"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each country previously categorized as nondemocratic in the Executive Summary from the preceding 12 months, an evaluation of any progress made over the previous calendar year towards achieving a categorization of democratic transition country.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H57D3A7F954424F4E9CE5008F94101205"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Strategy for nondemocratic countries</header><text>An in-depth examination of each country categorized as nondemocratic in the Executive Summary, including—</text> <clause id="HE670AA4D2D164EAF81ACCD4DE4DBAE02"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a strategy developed following consultations with nongovernmental organizations, individuals, and movements that promote democratic principles, practices, and values in each such country to promote and achieve transition to full democracy in each such country;</text></clause> <clause id="H0989E31E8A66422DBAA22B27C9F848C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a summary of any actions taken by the President with respect to any such country, the effects of any such actions, and if no such actions have been taken, a statement explaining why not;</text></clause> <clause id="HC741A832FCE542FBA987DFB45BDB900"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of any actions taken by the chief of mission and officials of the United States in each such country with which the United States maintains diplomatic and consular posts with respect to promoting such a transition within such country and any activities of the embassy or consulate in such country to support individuals and organizations in such country that actively advocate for such a transition;</text></clause> <clause id="HB7DCB1FB2BBE4B318F79B8A2207904C7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a summary of efforts taken by officials of the United States to speak directly to the people in each such country, and in particular, a description of any visits taken by the chief of mission and other officials of the United States in each such country to the colleges and universities and other institutions in each such country where young people congregate and learn; </text></clause> <clause id="H1C52DA0F1D9548E0B2FB10C2FCEA8FDB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a summary of any communications between United States Government officials, including the chief of mission in each such country, and the leader and other high government officials of each such country concerning respect for liberty, democracy, and political, social, and economic freedoms; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5DDDDA5949F849AEB04ED129F5EF8259"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a description and evaluation of the efforts undertaken by other democratic countries belonging to the Community of Democracies to advance democracy in each such county, including through relevant bodies of the United Nations, regional organizations and bilateral policies and foreign assistance and the extent to which the United States coordinated United States actions and policies with such efforts.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8372BCE13E664E22B3D31F8266A3FFFE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Classified addendum</header><text>If the Secretary determines that it is in the national security interests of the United States, is necessary for the safety of individuals identified in the Annual Report on Democracy, or is necessary to further the purposes of this Act, any information required by paragraph (2), including policies adopted or actions taken by the United States, may be summarized in the Annual Report on Democracy or in the Executive Summary and submitted to the appropriate congressional committees in more detail in a classified addendum.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCF7FB8C0A98141D28544FB79F90517CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>One-time report on training and guidelines for foreign service officers and chiefs of mission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a one-time report containing a description of the training provided under section 619 for Foreign Service officers, including chiefs of mission serving or preparing to serve in countries categorized as democratic transition countries or nondemocratic in the Annual Report on Democracy required under subsection (a), or chiefs of mission in fully democratic countries whose job performance could benefit from such training, with respect to methods to promote and achieve transition to full democracy in each such country, including nonviolent action. The Secretary shall submit the report together with the first Annual Report on Democracy required under such subsection.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HC41F854DFCED4A2796A2FFDF2CD57E8F"><enum>613.</enum><header>Strategies to enhance the promotion of democracy in foreign countries</header> <subsection id="H53395C250B4B45039505C40800CA7615"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Working group on nondemocratic countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning in the year after the second Annual Report on Democracy required under section 612(a) is submitted and not less than once each year thereafter, the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs should convene a working group under subsection (c) focused on each country categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent such report in order to—</text> <paragraph id="H16ABA642F3DE4036B5F9003622309294"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review progress on the action plan with respect to each such country to promote and achieve the transition to full democracy in such country; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H121F4DC90EE547EC9202A3AF72002886"><enum>(2)</enum><text>receive recommendations regarding further action that should be taken with respect to such plan.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD20BFD98FCB4445F963995172FB553B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Working group on democratic transition countries</header><text>Beginning in the year after the second Annual Report on Democracy required under section 612(a) is submitted and not less than once each year thereafter, the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs should also convene a working group under subsection (c) focused on the progress towards a fully democratic form of governance in each country categorized as a democratic transition country in the most recent Annual Report that was categorized as nondemocratic in any previous Annual Report.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1A4AE592D1524D908764666ED567967E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Members of working groups</header><text>The working groups referred to in subsections (a) and (b) should include officers and employees of the Department of State and appropriate representatives from other relevant government agencies, including the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Defense.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB991838816994E30A1D14D00845B16D3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultations with chiefs of missions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief of mission for each country categorized as nondemocratic or a democratic transition country in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy shall meet with the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs at least once each year to discuss the transition to full democracy in such country, including any actions the chief of mission has taken to implement the action plan for such country included in such report.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0FE6118EC31F44A1BC65D2DAB9A3C976"><enum>614.</enum><header>Activities by the United States to promote democracy and human rights in foreign countries</header> <subsection id="HDCCDD85EE7F8487CB4B344EBA844B18B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Freedom Investment Act of 2002</header><text>The Freedom Investment Act of 2002 (subtitle E of title VI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7DDA7207962545E9BF9D68DC7587A4AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 663(a), (relating to human rights activities at the Department of State)—</text> <subparagraph id="H49ACE2493A934BAF8279BB3EB9544736"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4651256CC71744D9B6F13D02B830017"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H002A59FA4C1D49EF91B68E99D4D35020"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H46FC4B7BABCE4FF396B73CA423BE5BDF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H81B1D06E9894421EAB2DF2B85E006FA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a United States mission abroad in a country that has been categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy (as required under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005) should have at least one political officer who shall have primary responsibility for monitoring and promoting democracy and human rights in such country;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H609E2941E5B6403AB05F002FBFE0BAC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the level of seniority of any such political officer should be in direct relationship to the severity of the problems associated with the establishment of full democracy and respect for human rights in such country; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE7157AD8699049E48FAA05327D5695F6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>monitoring human rights developments</quote> and all that follows through <quote>recommendation</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>monitoring and promoting democracy and human rights, including a political officer described in paragraphs (2) and (3), in a foreign country should be made after consultation with and upon the recommendation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A534A3819D24C4BA71D08A9719F1827"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 665(c) (relating to reports on actions taken by the United States to encourage respect for human rights), by striking the second sentence and adding at the end the following new sentences: <quote>If the Secretary elects to submit such information as a separate report, such report may be submitted as part of the Annual Report on Democracy required under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005. If the Secretary makes such an election, such report shall be organized so as to contain a separate section for each country to which such information applies, together with a short narrative describing the extrajudicial killing, torture, or other serious violations of human rights that are indicated to have occurred in each such country.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEAC7EDC44BA3413D8DED018C00D9E4DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</header><text>The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC1D4342958FC41748BB97DCA1279E95C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 116(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151n">22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)</external-xref>), by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H48E1573CCC08405DB6DEA55621B58EE4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HC3FFD5911A014C8CA4F4EDE9A6D20000"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each country with respect to which the report indicates that extrajudicial killings, torture, or other serious violations of human rights have occurred in the country, a strategy, including a specific list of priorities and an action plan, to end such practices in the country, and any actions taken in the previous year to end such practices in the country; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H21FB53FAC61B4180B7C01BB3F72FAB8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 502B(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2304">22 U.S.C. 2304(b)</external-xref>), by striking the sixth sentence and inserting the following new sentence: <quote>Such report shall also include, for each country with respect to which the report indicates that extrajudicial killings, torture, or other serious violations of human rights have occurred in the country, a strategy, including a specific list of priorities and an action plan, to end such practices in the country, and any actions taken in the previous year to end such practices in the country.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6F5030245C1A491EBE0022B86D99A422" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>615.</enum><header>Democracy Promotion and Human Rights Advisory Board</header> <subsection id="H012AD7668CF544CAAC8FB6AEF6B000F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established a Democracy Promotion and Human Rights Advisory Board.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE79703CEFE064F3191288C99226701DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose and duties</header><text>The Board shall advise and provide recommendations to the Secretary of State, the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and the Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance of the United States Agency for International Development concerning United States policies regarding the promotion of democracy and the establishment of universal democracy, including the following:</text> <paragraph id="H23F644E2BF594C4CB6ED716950DB4D83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Reviewing and making recommendations regarding the overall United States strategy for promoting democracy and human rights in partly democratic and nondemocratic countries, including methods for incorporating the promotion of democracy and human rights into United States diplomacy, the use of international organizations to further United States democracy promotion goals, and ways in which the United States can work with other countries and the Community of Democracies to further such purposes.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56E4292ECCFF4A0D8BCB33F25C14527C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Recommendations regarding specific strategies to promote democracy in countries categorized as nondemocratic or as democratic transition countries in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy under section 612(a) and methods for consulting and coordinating with individuals (including expatriates) and nongovernmental organizations that promote democratic principles, practices, and values.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB12E750653843D1B755C784F100E557"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations regarding the use of—</text> <subparagraph id="H043374940E044C80A805008452D71B96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>programs related to the promotion of democracy and human rights administered by the United States Agency for International Development; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC27A785BBC0421CB236004416CFE962"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Human Rights and Democracy Fund, established under section 664 of the Freedom Investment Act of 2002 (subtitle E of title VI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB640D11126874879A28DBD752B1FA98"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Recommendations regarding regulations to be promulgated concerning—</text> <subparagraph id="H5AF3BCC8186040A1AA95DFF4CCF2078"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the standards of performance to be met by members of the Foreign Service, including chiefs of mission, under section 405(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3965">22 U.S.C. 3965(d)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H90F77E40894044410049D140230854A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the development of programs to promote democracy in foreign countries under section 614, relating to programs undertaken by United States missions in foreign countries and the activities of chiefs of mission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H44D76F432BEB4527BACB57C062C7F5CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study on democracy assistance</header><text></text> <paragraph id="H01108E36126C40E7B7503C00D1172DCC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the appointment of five members of the Board, the Board shall submit to the President, appropriate congressional committees, and the Secretary a study on United States democracy assistance.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H13DF44B1D6834E2800BFE9118642E923"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The study shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H3D37A19572F64E34AEB0AA3F1E07CEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a comprehensive review and an overall evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of United States appropriations for the promotion of democracy, including—</text> <clause id="H9CD2ED0F9C514209BF07C3004B59F800"><enum>(i)</enum><text>information regarding the amount of money dedicated to such purpose each fiscal year;</text></clause> <clause id="HAED35192ADEC4F3786FDEE1714703034"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an identification of the international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, multilateral institutions, individuals, private groups (including corporations and other businesses), and government agencies and departments receiving such funds for such purpose;</text></clause> <clause id="HE16A610961BD42B18732586234000116"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>information regarding the efficiency and effectiveness of the use of such funds to promote a transition to democracy in nondemocratic countries with a special emphasis on activities related to the promotion of democracy under subsection (b)(3)(B), relating to the Human Rights and Democracy Fund; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5BC39071542F4DB000F84D1CC0864E79"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>information regarding the efficiency and effectiveness of the use of such funds to promote and sustain democracy in countries that are already fully democratic or democratic transition countries;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4FDCE78CFEFE4421AF00A76E33304942"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of—</text> <clause id="HF03F5EF747A24E508900359305CFC517"><enum>(i)</enum><text> whether United States international broadcasts influence citizens of countries categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy and the impact of increasing such broadcasts to such countries relative to the cost of such increases, including information relating to an assessment of programming on the means of nonviolent protest and democratic change; and </text></clause> <clause id="H047239067A0742EA90C56F8E1C62E687"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the potential contribution that supporting private media sources that are not controlled or owned by the United States to reaching citizens of such countries, the situations where such support may be appropriate, and the mechanisms that should be used to provide such support;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB217F233C866418FAE46878600A5CCBD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>policy recommendations to the President and appropriate congressional committees regarding ways to improve United States programs for the promotion of democracy, including coordination of such programs; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC08198F00AAD4643B83BC889DD333E67"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations for reform of United States Government agencies involved in the promotion of democracy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4B3B7D8302EA47FC993503C156EA401B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="H52C10F001CBA466FB3CF9065C724B4A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Board shall be composed of nine members, who shall be citizens of the United States and who shall not be officers or employees of the United States. The Secretary shall appoint all such members. Not more than five members may be affiliated with the same political party.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H221A6E7E31D44A258870F185469B8554"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Board shall be selected from among distinguished individuals noted for their knowledge and experience in fields relevant to the issues to be considered by the Board, including issues related to the promotion of democracy, international relations, management and organization of foreign assistance or comparable programs, methods and means of nonviolent protest, academic study and debate of democracy, human rights, and international law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C5A856392F94C7E98B5946DEA94300"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Time for appointment</header><text>The appointment of members to the Board under paragraph (1) shall be made not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50B25871F9BC4D158955C772F8E313F8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Term of service and sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each member shall be appointed to the Board for a term that shall expire on the date that is one year after the date of the submission of the study under subsection (c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02258C93F09042A8AEC4E45D17A30295"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The Board shall terminate on the date that is one year after the date of the submission of the study under such subsection unless the Secretary determines that it is in the interest of the Department to extend the Board for a period of an additional five years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE5CF156CFE641F0A0F4F7E009F06C3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Security clearances</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that all members of the Board, and appropriate experts and consultants under paragraph (7)(E), obtain relevant security clearances in an expeditious manner.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6436AF151E664339A9986BDB474C74DF"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Operation</header> <subparagraph id="HAB612C8A44AC42C1006337A6E852FCB6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint one member of the Board to chair the Board. The Board shall meet at the call of the Chair.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC6DD67481EF49FCB04124D984FA586C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>Members of the Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for the Board.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H95B6988BAAE14D67A6F79B21F7528805"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Office space and administrative assistance</header><text>Upon the request of the chairperson of the Board, the Secretary shall provide reasonable and appropriate office space, supplies, and administrative assistance.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF05F6053F9A24B95AF6DA1045F170404"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Applicability of certain other laws</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to cause the Board to be considered an agency or establishment of the United States, or to cause members of the Board to be considered officers or employees of the United States. Executive branch agencies may conduct programs and activities and provide services in support of the activities duties of the Board, notwithstanding any other provision of law. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Board.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAB2729F497354B86B77DC339EB2958C"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Experts and consultants</header><text>The Board may procure temporary and intermittent services under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">section 3109(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDBD5617545D842AE856892A39CACDC49"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HC7E322A522594EEDB03ED0083D0CA82"><enum>616.</enum><header>Establishment and maintenance of Internet site for global democracy and human rights</header> <subsection id="HC7B621F4958D4F39B7C0A29B36F31B36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>In order to facilitate access by individuals and nongovernmental organizations in foreign countries to documents, streaming video and audio, and other media regarding democratic principles, practices, and values, and the promotion and strengthening of democracy, the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, shall establish and maintain an Internet site for global democracy and human rights.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9170C63361D948DDA3ABEFC0008C268"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The Internet site for global democracy established under subsection (a) shall include the following information:</text> <paragraph id="H510D36BDEAB244078D1EC0D9BD2CAEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Executive Summary prepared under section 612(a)(2)(A), but only to the extent that information contained therein is not classified.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H114DEF6867964F7EA9CADB4653BAD549"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Narratives and histories of significant democratic movements in foreign countries, particularly regarding successful nonviolent campaigns to oust dictatorships.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A514F6AC7D0460289CE6176AD42F0D3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Narratives relating to the importance of the establishment of and respect for fundamental freedoms.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H80AEFA823480450D91591F002C8769B8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Major human rights reports by the United States Government or any other documents, references, or links to external Internet sites the Secretary or Under Secretary determines appropriate, including reference to or links to training materials regarding successful movements in the past, including translations of such materials, as appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA09A00F1A46643638FAF8BCDDE040029"><enum>617.</enum><header>Programs by United States missions in foreign countries and activities of chiefs of mission</header> <subsection id="HFB2424CBE58C419AAC2C009E3F6E331E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development of programs to promote democracy in foreign countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each chief of mission in each foreign country categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy, with the assistance of the director of the relevant Regional Hub, shall—</text> <paragraph id="H805F34AD69D6473CBE5F02B0DBB034D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop, as part of annual program planning, a strategy to promote democracy in each such foreign country and to provide visible and material support to individuals and nongovernmental organizations in each such country that are committed to democratic principles, practices, and values, such as—</text> <subparagraph id="H79E54AC8336449D4A17610EF4F331E39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consulting and coordinating with such individuals and organizations regarding the promotion of democracy;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6E8FF164586F4DEB8D1057C1CFABD180"><enum>(B)</enum><text>visiting local landmarks and other local sites associated with nonviolent protest in support of democracy and freedom from oppression;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7FDD35709DEE4CC9A1195E31BD007C4F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>holding periodic public meetings with such individuals and organizations to discuss democracy and political, social, and economic freedoms;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF365FEFFF654E07858B00AA331D835B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>issuing public condemnation of severe violations of internationally recognized human rights (as such term is described in section 116(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151n">22 U.S.C. 2151n(a)</external-xref>), violations of religious freedom, including particularly severe violations of religious freedom (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (11) and (13) of section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6402">22 U.S.C. 6402</external-xref>)), political repression, and government-tolerated or -condoned trafficking in persons; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDEF5893E70394C549C8BA403695CDD72"><enum>(E)</enum><text>providing technical, financial, and such other support to such individuals and organizations;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29E43EBA24F24DB6A68884954DE1A23E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hold ongoing discussions with the leaders of each such nondemocratic country regarding a transition to full democracy and the development of political, social, and economic freedoms and respect for human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, in such country; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB46C90C26EFF4DA09D8EF78700916D29"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct meetings with civil society, interviews with media that can directly reach citizens of each such country, and discussions with students and young people of each such country regarding a transition to democracy and the development of political, social, and economic freedoms in each such country.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H26EA59B340EF4D03B150E15E12F69ED8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public outreach in foreign countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each chief of mission or principal officer should spend time at universities and other institutions of higher learning to—</text> <paragraph id="H5FD2DF438639487EBCA9066180F76EE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>debate and discuss values and policies that promote democracy; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEAC7596420364D8895B4805FC4F9E12F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>communicate, promote, and defend such United States values and policies.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H193D3A3EB08440EFB9EA7CEEBAF2B9B4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Access to United States missions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is encouraged to allow access to a United States diplomatic or consular mission in each foreign country categorized as a democratic transition country or as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy by individuals and representatives of nongovernmental organizations in each such country who are committed to democratic principles, practices, and values in each such country.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H84D7104EABD84F63AF778C1041B43CE2"><enum>618.</enum><header>Training for Foreign Service officers</header> <subsection id="H55554FD3A732488AB0A323F19181F428"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training in democracy and the promotion of democracy and human rights</header><text>Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4028">22 U.S.C. 4028</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H596AD9F788E44849B5931485973659BA" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H7C546BBF23C2477788745ECFEE0087D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training on global democracy promotion</header> <paragraph id="HC952FE18349C4651B0E0D62B063900B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the training required under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary of State, in cooperation with other relevant officials, including the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, and the Director of the National Foreign Affairs Training Center of the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State, shall establish as part of the training provided after December 31, 2006, for members of the Service, including all chiefs of mission and deputy chiefs of mission, instruction in how to strengthen and promote democracy through peaceful means in consultation with individuals and nongovernmental organizations that support democratic principles, practices, and values. In particular, such instruction shall be mandatory for members of the Service having reporting or other responsibilities relating to internal political developments and human rights, including religious freedom, in nondemocratic countries or democratic transition countries as categorized in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy as required under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005, including for chiefs of mission and deputy chiefs of mission, and shall be completed before the time that such member or chief of mission assumes a post (or, if such is not practical, within the first year of assuming such post).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42E708EE6CAA4B18843E53F3C4EE815E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of training</header><text>The training required under paragraph (1) shall include instruction, a training manual, and other materials regarding the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H8FD625A3C1F644E78CE62E2E209D01F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">International documents and United States policy regarding electoral democracy and respect for human rights.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD32C36FB388443C6A2AF2BAEB64C1D11"><enum>(B)</enum><text>United States policy regarding the promotion and strengthening of democracy around the world, with particular emphasis on the transition to democracy in nondemocratic countries.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC20D901B5C324742B43CA8B59D7F2586"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any member, chief of mission, or deputy chief of mission who is to be assigned to a foreign country that is categorized as nondemocratic in the Annual Report on Democracy, instruction regarding ways to promote democracy in such country and providing technical, financial, and other support to individuals (including expatriated citizens) and nongovernmental organizations in such country that support democratic principles, practices, and values.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H53B4616ABB114B7B8E95DB8CDF672D61"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The protection of internationally recognized human rights (including the protection of religious freedom) and standards related to such rights, provisions of United States law related to such rights, diplomatic tools to promote respect for such rights, the protection of individuals who have fled their countries due to violations of such rights (including the role of United States embassies in providing access to the United States Refugee Admissions Program) and the relationship between respect for such rights and democratic development and national security. The Director of the National Foreign Affairs Training Center of the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State shall consult with nongovernmental organizations involved in the protection and promotion of such rights and the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (established under section 201(a) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6431">22 U.S.C. 6431(a)</external-xref>) in developing the training required by this subparagraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H5FFC67C5FEBA43A5912851C0C1BA4E5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall ensure that the training described in subsection (a) is provided to members of the civil service who are assigned in the United States or abroad who have reporting or other responsibilities relating to internal political developments and human rights in countries that are categorized as democratic transition countries or nondemocratic in the Annual Report on Democracy required under section 612(a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2C2FD0EE8F7F4E8E93E562F6EFCF8D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to develop appropriate programs and materials to accomplish the training required under subsection (c) of section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4028">22 U.S.C. 4028</external-xref>), as added by subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H835574E52AA04D18BB3E00429E22E700"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><text>Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H163DA6ABAA454936918FE95291BE7880"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a) by striking <quote>(a) The</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection">Training on Human Rights</header-in-text>.—The</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA31199CF53F644CC8127583540221C92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>(b) The</quote> and inserting <quote>(b) <header-in-text level="subsection">Training on Refugee Law and Religious Persecution</header-in-text>.—The</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HDD5264B2C14C4AA48E6DB05444B13FC3"><enum>619.</enum><header>Performance pay; promotions; Foreign Service awards</header> <subsection id="HA308E87388AE4461B23372ECC1763FCE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Performance Pay</header><text>Section 405(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3965">22 U.S.C. 3965(d)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following new sentence: <quote>Meritorious or distinguished service in the promotion of democracy in foreign countries, including contact with and support of individuals and nongovernmental organizations that promote democracy in a foreign country categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy (as required under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005), shall also serve as a basis for granting awards under this section.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1E003286E35B439D857DB8AB422592A8" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Promotions</header><text>Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4003">22 U.S.C. 4003(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Precepts for selection boards shall also, where applicable, include an evaluation of whether members of the Service and members of the Senior Foreign Service have met the standards of performance established by the Secretary pursuant to section 619(c) of the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005, or have served in a position in which the primary responsibility is to monitor or promote democracy or human rights.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H845248ABF1D34410A0F99B8B2B00B5F7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations and evaluations concerning standards of performance and programs to promote democracy</header><text>With respect to members of the Foreign Service, including all chiefs of mission, who are assigned to foreign countries categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations concerning the standards of performance to be met under sections 405(d) and 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3965">22 U.S.C. 3965(d)</external-xref> and 4003(b)), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), respectively, and the development of programs to promote democracy in foreign countries under section 617. The requirements of sections 617 and 618(a) shall serve as one of the bases for performance criteria in evaluating chiefs of mission and those officers at posts so designated by the chief of mission.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB9203A843B12497282CBC9EE00201C3C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Foreign Service Awards</header><text>Section 614 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4013">22 U.S.C. 4013</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Distinguished or meritorious service in the promotion of democracy in foreign countries, including contact with and support of individuals and nongovernmental organizations that promote democracy in a foreign country categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy (as required under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005), shall also serve as a basis for granting awards under this section.</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6D0BD5AC296343E890426990EA796E84"><enum>620.</enum><header>Appointments</header> <subsection id="H770983B91C4D4B8480BDAD4CF4543C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointments by the President</header><text>Section 302 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3942">22 U.S.C. 3942</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H019FFCF7649F45C1B16E56F642A141D5" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H613BCED4C96F4DABA4F2EA5DE7FE22" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual (with respect to subsection (a)) or a member of the Service (with respect to subsection (b)) is appointed by the President to be a chief of mission in a country at the time such country is categorized as nondemocratic in an Annual Report on Democracy (required under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005), and if such individual or such member has previously served as chief of mission in a country that was so categorized, the President shall transmit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a written report summarizing the actions that such individual or member took during the period of such prior service to promote democracy and human rights in such country, including actions in furtherance of the strategy contained in such report.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H27766673388E42E98D0063F25B9D7D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Chiefs of mission</header><text>Section 304(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3944">22 U.S.C. 3944(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>If the country in which the individual is to serve is categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy (as required under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005), the individual should possess clearly demonstrated competence in and commitment to the promotion of democracy in such country, including competence in promoting democratic principles, practices, and values through regular interaction with individuals, including students and young people within such country, who support and advocate such principles, practices, and values.</quote>.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HBC75EF040C4A42D4BBE0032F465DFEB0"><enum>B</enum><header>Alliances with Other Democratic Countries</header> <section id="H664B6CE6928C4E3BBA67F78DD217D36"><enum>631.</enum><header>Alliances with other democratic countries</header> <subsection id="H23911D9BD6F044379DEE12E911EEEA14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Congress finds that it is in the national interest of the United States, including for humanitarian, economic, social, political, and security reasons, to forge alliances with democratic countries to work together to promote and protect—</text> <paragraph id="H331F0750BDB44E73B2FA23C1096424D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shared democratic principles, practices, and values; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H092AD23D6F3B4F37A2F385A2647C6D00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>political, social, and economic freedoms around the world.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC0A85BF81EC64592B92427DEAF112F70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of this subtitle are to encourage new ways of forging alliances with democratic countries in order to—</text> <paragraph id="H04B4C13311F74C4B8F555B65A8E09BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promote and protect democratic principles, practices, and values, including the right to free, fair, and open elections, secret balloting, and universal suffrage;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BC49D319CC3480F8DC4B718776E700"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promote and protect fundamental shared political, social, and economic freedoms, including the freedoms of association, of expression, of the press, of religion, and to own private property;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H059D65931004465998EE7E87F34EE729"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promote and protect respect for the rule of law;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0F19C4327504A2FB6F167ECF322D070"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop, adopt, and pursue strategies to advance common interests in international organizations and multilateral institutions to which members of the alliance of democratic countries belong; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H803E5CB054DE4063BA86781FEBF043A7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide political, economic, and other necessary support to countries that are undergoing a transition to democracy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H91DA6E8E1A6C455CB0881407FA1E0000"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding participation</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that any foreign country that is categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy under section 612(a) should not participate in any alliance of democratic countries aimed at working together to promote democracy.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5CB3D8298B3F405781109BD4B700A9F5"><enum>632.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding the establishment of a Democracy Caucus</header> <subsection id="H11D5FAEF058449B0B3B3ED88E7BD89B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that with the passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/458">Public Law 108–458</external-xref>), Congress—</text> <paragraph id="H63DAF7F8F550424EA9243B66ED8C2965"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encouraged the establishment of a Democracy Caucus within the United Nations, the United Nations Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, and at other broad-based international organizations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D2A7DA4524840DA81E5DCEB049ED9E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>required increased training in multilateral diplomacy for members of the Foreign Service and appropriate members of the Civil Service to support such an establishment.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H72A457130F464683A2B3BBCD26492FD9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the creation of a Democracy Caucus in each international organization and multilateral institution of which the United States is a member will not only improve the internal governance of such organizations but will also strengthen the implementation of commitments by such organizations and institutions regarding democracy and human rights.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H67A9E383ECB142B18D3029B783AC724C"><enum>633.</enum><header>Annual diplomatic missions on multilateral issues</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> The Secretary of State, acting through the principal officers responsible for advising the Secretary on international organizations, should ensure that a high level delegation from the United States is sent on an annual basis to consult with key foreign governments in every region to promote United States policies, including issues related to democracy and human rights, at key international fora, including the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Human Rights Commission or other multilateral human rights body, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the United Nations Education, Science, and Cultural Organization.</text></section> <section id="H809255220A8A443590A4FDCC823C8CF3"><enum>634.</enum><header>Strengthening the Community of Democracies</header> <subsection id="HB3E16FF81A6D4183B9BC3C1E38D711BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Formal mechanisms for the Community of Democracies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Community of Democracies should develop a more formal mechanism for carrying out work between ministerial meetings, including hiring appropriate staff to carry out such work, and should, as appropriate, establish a headquarters.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE8231D898A974DAFBCC1DCC56E819436"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Detail of Personnel</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to detail on a nonreimbursable basis any employee of the Department of State to any country that is a member of the Convening Group of the Community of Democracies.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8CB4CD9C29394956B6DEC2F6B8FD0775"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regional Group in the Community of Democracies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that regional groups within the Community of Democracies should be established and strengthened in order to facilitate coordination of common positions and action on multilateral strategies to promote and consolidate democracy. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H8DF9C7EAAA044F36A7DC18FE362733D9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>International Center for Democratic Transition</header> <paragraph id="HEF0702499ACB4D109B088488B8BD7FF9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the United States should, along with contributions from private individuals, support the initiative of the Government of Hungary and the governments of other European countries to establish a International Center for Democratic Transition to support transitions to full democracy. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A91035D6F6F44EF97D0E780377375BA" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated for a grant to the International Center for Democratic Transition $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008. Amounts appropriated under this paragraph shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD23D07FC60E4348B4308C111B524100" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any grant made in fiscal year 2006 by the Secretary to the International Center for Democratic Transition under paragraph (2) may be used for the establishment and operation of the Center and for programs and activities of the Center. Any grant or voluntary contribution made in any subsequent fiscal year by the Secretary to the Center under such paragraph may be used for programs and activities of the Center.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HFEC1CA16F99D48A391B1687800BC2543"><enum>C</enum><header>Funding for Promotion of Democracy</header> <section id="H1B21A1DDD1854A9F9593E76E52CFF5CF"><enum>641.</enum><header>Policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States to provide financial assistance to eligible entities and eligible individuals in order to assist such entities and individuals in the promotion of democracy in countries categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy under section 612(a).</text></section> <section id="H82422F1971164047AD007FC899395436"><enum>642.</enum><header>Human Rights and Democracy Fund</header> <subsection id="H2C7C2C076CC84CB08C2300C22A41775"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes of the Human Rights and Democracy Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to uses currently approved for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund, the Secretary of State, acting through the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall use amounts appropriated to the Human Rights and Democracy Fund under subsection (e) to provide assistance to eligible entities and eligible individuals to promote democracy in foreign countries categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy under section 612(a). The promotion of democracy in such countries for which such assistance may be provided may include the following activities:</text> <paragraph id="H41586EEDDC304E9F90D7A9AE0036B1BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The publication and distribution of books and the creation and distribution of other media relating to information about current events in such country and educational programming designed to provide information regarding democracy, the rule of law, free, fair and open elections, free market economics, fundamental human rights (including the rights of freedom of speech and of religion and the rights to be free from slavery and bondage), and successful democratic movements in history, including educational programs for leaders and members of democratic movements to convey information to such individuals regarding the means of nonviolent force and the methods of nonviolent action.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C42E42059184D16BA5C84F368C3F458"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The translation into languages spoken in such countries of relevant programming and existing books, videos, and other publications relating to the subjects specified in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H534E126FCDA04C50AC707E79474BC3FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The promotion of political pluralism and the rule of law within such countries, including the promotion of nongovernmental organizations and movements that promote democratic principles, practices, and values. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BA546C27DB8443188B3CD3BD94D3EE4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The creation of programs for student groups to work with citizens of such countries who are committed to democratic reforms and to the promotion of a transition to democracy. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11E77B0AF565421DB3F49E53A6008341"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The creation of training programs for citizens of such countries concerning international legal obligations to support democracy and human rights, including religious freedom.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72550ABDD96E4C059E7DA2E5786018E8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Support for nongovernmental organizations which have experience with the Community of Democracies to assist the Community of Democracies and its Convening Group.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6F916227FD7D40AAAA2FAC670016144D" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Freedom Investment Act of 2002</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 664(b) of the Freedom Investment Act of 2002 (subtitle E of title VI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>; relating to the purposes of the Human Rights and Democracy Fund) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H26F2FD9CE57147F0B3B34D22D8E033F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6DCE28B802884CB298D8928840E0909D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0304CBE15D554F97A2F034E3BAA0D2BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2AFB7B4FB956449FBDCF8EA794192705" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H2A843645106F4A3391C19C4571AB17AF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to support the study of democracy abroad, including support for debates and discussions at academic institutions, regarding the values and benefits of democracy; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1A9B87CFD084F2CB327DCF11FB000A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, by striking <quote>(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>(5)</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H54FCF730B1BE408EBEA378B3EE530618"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative authorities</header><text>Assistance provided through the Human Rights and Democracy Fund may be provided to eligible entities and eligible individuals in foreign countries notwithstanding any provision of law that prohibits assistance to a foreign country or to a government of a foreign country.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCA055E57278C40AEA8256BF4DE9301BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual report on the status of the Human Rights and Democracy Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report on the status of the Human Rights and Democracy Fund. Each such annual report shall contain the following information:</text> <paragraph id="HE888ED396FD141999FF86BAB00FD662"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An identification of each eligible entity and eligible individual who received assistance during the previous fiscal year under subsection (b) and a summary of the activities of each such recipient.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H426B5B5D77E748BBB661BCAC4C9921"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An account of projects funded and outside contributions received during the previous fiscal year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H858D7D742F3747708DD6002BFEA5BCE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A balance sheet of income and outlays current as of the conclusion of the fiscal year to which such report is relevant.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H91B44A171FFB4F57A8EB5E99BE4766BC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <paragraph id="HF6DD27086AA24C65B1A7D8FCD363498"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds available for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Human Rights and Democracy Fund to carry out the purposes of this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. Amounts appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H12920C2729FD45259EF27324327632E7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>Not more than five percent of amounts appropriated to the Human Rights and Democracy Fund for each fiscal year may be applied toward administrative expenses associated with carrying out this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEEB8AD6B4A9D4B8DB4C6175F21E35236"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contributions</header><text>The Secretary may accept contributions to the Human Rights and Democracy Fund from the governments of other democratic countries, private foundations, private citizens, and other nongovernmental sources.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HA15E29E9816148790020F1827875F11E"><enum>D</enum><header>Presidential Actions</header> <section id="HA1FF74257D224BACBC396D5F01B494DC"><enum>651.</enum><header>Investigation of violations of international humanitarian law</header> <subsection id="HE710E747952142809B8C0213A2A28901"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President, with the assistance of the Secretary of State, the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, and the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, shall collect information regarding incidents that may constitute crimes against humanity, genocide, slavery, or other violations of international humanitarian law by leaders or other government officials of foreign countries categorized as nondemocratic or as democratic transition countries in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy under section 612(a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD1FA89044DC848B0B6DF1C6CD65C9D00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Accountability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall consider what actions can be taken to ensure that such leaders or other government officials of foreign countries who are identified in accordance with subsection (a) as responsible for crimes against humanity, genocide, slavery, or other violations of international humanitarian law are brought to account for such crimes in an appropriately constituted tribunal.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8F81B4E81F264A0BA96624CC41AFECD8"><enum>652.</enum><header>Presidential communications</header> <subsection id="HF42959C8EB09498CA7CFB9B6B35FB0EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Congress finds that direct communications from the President to citizens of countries that are categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy would be extremely beneficial to demonstrate that the United States supports such citizens and the efforts and actions of such citizens to promote and achieve transition to democracy in such countries.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE5ECF5CD308144888CF14828848AF8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H58405402374449B8BDF2AE21FD89C146"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">from time to time as the President shall determine appropriate, the President should broadcast a message to the citizens of countries categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy under section 612(a) expressing the support of the United States for such citizens, discussing democratic principles, practices, and values, and political, social, and economic freedoms, and condemning violations of internationally recognized human rights (as such term is described in section 116(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151n">22 U.S.C. 2151n(a)</external-xref>)), violations of religious freedom, including particularly severe violations of religious freedom (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (11) and (13) of section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6402">22 U.S.C. 6402</external-xref>)), political repression, and government-tolerated or condoned trafficking in persons that occur in such country; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H813397226312475C9BB73549BFE2BE1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President should encourage leaders of other democratic countries to make similar broadcasts.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>VII</enum><header>Strategic Export Control and Security Assistance Act of 2005</header> <subtitle id="HD1A984D679864FA8BBEAC7B62221A65F"><enum>A</enum><header>General Provisions</header> <section id="HA25E550586454D2C983DD3ED47CD3163"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Strategic Export Control and Security Assistance Act of 2005</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H1E52E27BFC3D43C9A506011BEBCD2396"><enum>702.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> In this title:</text> <paragraph id="HCA9226CF4328442388F409A9BDA2D09D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HF83B909535E64406A8C2DACDFB001FCC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC3DCCE3C54BA4C20A769B607D3B22B48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A39F8DCD1D44C73976CF039D147DF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Defense articles and defense services</header><text>The term <quote>defense articles and defense services</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 47(7) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2794">22 U.S.C. 2794</external-xref> note).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD68B3389B6C4739A7AF0F0015666D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Dual use</header><text>The term <quote>dual use</quote> means, with respect to goods or technology, those goods or technology that are specifically designed or developed for civil purposes but which also may be used or deployed in a military or proliferation mode. Such term does not include purely commercial items.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4C05EDFD18543EA95D20499D8E6A900"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Export</header><text>The term <quote>export</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 120.17 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and includes re-exports, transfers, and re-transfers by any means.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FE57C03E748492695ED4644A8BFC828"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Export administration regulations</header><text>The term <quote>Export Administration Regulations</quote> means those regulations contained in sections 730 through 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC20559BA1279418FA79C5C26F3001656"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Foreign government</header><text>The term <quote>foreign government</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 38(g)(9)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(B)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H64B17BDAAA1E46E38019C0EC76810963"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Foreign person</header><text>The term <quote>foreign person</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 38(g)(9)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(C)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H330D9EBE3FC441BB9715718E70016B15"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Good</header><text>The term <quote>good</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 16(3) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2415">50 U.S.C. App. 2415(3)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDAB90C249DCA4F8193067073DB7F8D96"><enum>(9)</enum><header>International traffic in arms regulations</header><text>The term <quote>International Traffic in Arms Regulations</quote> means those regulations contained in sections 120 through 130 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB084D4056D62477787A778C30200E7B4"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Item</header><text>The term <quote>item</quote> means any good or technology, defense article or defense service subject to the export jurisdiction of the United States under law or regulation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B83D10BB6CA452F8FD717504B24FE7"><enum>(11)</enum><header>License</header><text>The term <quote>license</quote> means an official written document of the United States Government issued pursuant to the Export Administration Regulations or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, as the case may be, authorizing a specific export.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H655E443158E84F2780E9C7ACAA77768C"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Missile technology control regime; MTCR</header><text>The term <quote>Missile Technology Control Regime</quote> or <quote>MTCR</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 11B(c)(2) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2401b">50 U.S.C. App. 2401b(c)(2)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2852764ECC214B33AB00D704F8D84D01"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Missile technology control regime annex; MTCR annex</header><text>The term <quote>Missile Technology Control Regime Annex</quote> or <quote>MTCR Annex</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 11B(c)(4) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2401b">50 U.S.C. App. 2401b(c)(4)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D3ADD97669D4954B107119799A1AA57"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <quote>person</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 38(g)(9)(E) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(E)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9F2A9674C05F4989AAAAC72E84ECE0F6"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Strategic export control</header><text>The term <quote>strategic export control</quote> means the control of items subject to the export jurisdiction of the United States pursuant to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBDBADD88A8E44AFAB25BD72F583C0C6"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Technology</header><text>The term <quote>technology</quote> has the meaning given the term in section 16(4) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2415">50 U.S.C. App. 2415(4)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF740DCDC835744968C67EC794435A791"><enum>(17)</enum><header>United states munitions list</header><text>The term <quote>United States Munitions List</quote> means the list referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HC95B62980BD944678002A31EB0B5624E"><enum>703.</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Congress declares that, at a time of evolving threats and changing relationships with other countries, United States strategic export controls are in urgent need of a comprehensive review in order to assure such controls are achieving their intended purposes of protecting the national security interests of the United States in the Global War on Terrorism and of promoting the foreign policy purposes of the United States, in particular by assuring that—</text> <paragraph id="H299DFA672DB844288E69C369ABE6AE38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>export license procedures are properly designed to prioritize readily which exports may be approved quickly for United States friends and allies and which require greater scrutiny in order to safeguard national interests; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0FDC6959A294C4299E83842EDBCFED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>technology related to the military superiority of the United States Armed Forces is safeguarded during and after export to a high level of confidence; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H997A81B6B29B4FF300F81EAE26AB1E86"><enum>(3)</enum><text>overlapping and duplicative functions among the responsible departments and agencies of the Government of the United States are consolidated and integrated wherever appropriate in order to enhance efficiency, information sharing, and the consistent execution of United States policy.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H91246353DA7D41B8B47926007F26B291"><enum>B</enum><header>Revising and Strengthening Strategic Export Control Policies </header> <section id="H8F29E6F963734A1DA098DEE07C90F34B"><enum>711.</enum><header>Amendments to the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956</header> <subsection id="H287FB495182D423E80567E96B27EEED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Under secretary for arms control and international security</header><text>Section 1(b)(2) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAE95785B887C41378698FA4663C0069"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>There</quote> and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8B96AEB51BE340F7BFAB847F02A22424" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HAD42D62E6A1A49BB00204EBECAEB4AF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52E9E75E84254169ACE556A163110510"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD048B09E11A74E709FCC7DDFD45EC70" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HB3C2B0BA23F2442295B6EF501543F207"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security shall be responsible for—</text> <clause id="H465E5A6C75E14721B9844EBBDB630303"><enum>(i)</enum><text>coordinating and executing a United States strategy for strengthening multilateral export controls; </text></clause> <clause id="H4B3477F8702E4D4FB921DD808603264F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>coordinating the activities of all bureaus and offices of the Department of State that have responsibility for export control policy, licensing, or assistance; and</text></clause> <clause id="H63DEA50E52FB4A8DBF25B733B412D13B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serving as the chairperson of the Strategic Export Control Board established under section 712 of the <short-title>Strategic Export Control and Security Assistance Act of 2005</short-title>.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1D6693E376DE4BC9968C1EB1006331EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deputy under secretary for strategic export control </header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1(b)(2) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)(2)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H071BF80CA25C4CE495B464C2CC2721AD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H9C1866CE00204CBDA100A0397915DA8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Deputy under secretary for strategic export control</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be in the Department of State a Deputy Under Secretary for Strategic Export Control who shall have primary responsibility to assist the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security in carrying out the responsibility of the Under Secretary described in subparagraph (B)(iii).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB500370D6C3444A8800700E3005BF2CA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Defense trade controls registration fees</header><text>Section 45 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2717">22 U.S.C. 2717</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H332892C2973D4189A1BA8BC2560452CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H94791AE969C74CD7A459C5A5F39B3162"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2BFE524D665D4D6A002F48F59D504C03"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HD6256701A63047EC84CC7FD2BACE0053" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HB2C17B77E2E342AD00AED9C100C61726"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">functions of the Strategic Export Control Board established under section 712 of the <short-title>Strategic Export Control and Security Assistance Act of 2005</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4CB3B8DA249C4E099E6620C7C47BA4BB"><enum>712.</enum><header>Strategic Export Control Board</header> <subsection id="H033CEE92DCF94401BDB3919CE152C2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a Strategic Export Control Board (in this section referred to as the <quote>Board</quote>). The Board shall consist of representatives from the Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the National Security Council, the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/401a">50 U.S.C. 401a(4)</external-xref>), and other appropriate departments and agencies of the Government of the United States, and the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security of the Department of State. The Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security shall serve as the chairperson of the Board.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE2ABA7CA146943E7B4FD39843DA2EFEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The Board shall—</text> <paragraph id="H35F513F8DDF542EDA05FA992F16CB023"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a comprehensive review of United States strategic export controls in the context of the Global War on Terrorism in order to strengthen controls by regulation, where appropriate, and to formulate legislative proposals for any new authorities that are needed for counter-terrorism purposes;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HECA34A91BE52441DA952A8C8FF327FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop a strategy for ensuring a high level of confidence in the export control of any items important to the current and future military superiority of the United States Armed Forces, including in particular the security of sensitive software through the use of tamper-resistant security software and other emerging technologies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF01E4F33A7844FF1AD203034409F7EF2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>design standards and best practices for information assurance and protection for the robust information technology systems, such as virtual private networks, already utilized by United States defense firms in the conduct of their export control regulated activities with foreign partners, which can also gain the support of United States friends and allies;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C7FBA5FAD66453EA510A00969E25DB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>formulate, with the assistance of the United States defense industry and the support of United States friends and allies, an automated international delivery confirmation system for commercial shipments of lethal and other high risk items in order to afford improved protection against attempts to disrupt international supply chains or to divert sensitive items to gray arms markets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H259EC40EE5684A76B71208D1953550D7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>prepare recommendations for the President and Congress, as appropriate, with respect to—</text> <subparagraph id="H993131F00E374FE2A2FD40DABC6A354"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the consolidation of overlapping or duplicative functions among the responsible departments and agencies of the Government of the United States in such areas as enforcement, end use monitoring, export licensing, watch lists, and related areas;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA56E7B07CC5A45C8947C7B000022ACC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost-savings associated with integration of export licensing staffs and the promulgation of integrated export control regulations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF359AD8C2C6848848849FD1C1F2E2D5D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the resultant rationalization of budgetary resources to be authorized among the responsible departments and agencies of the United States Government;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9C66D0BDDA243919932A78D1180E898"><enum>(6)</enum><text>establish the necessary departmental and inter-agency controls that will ensure legitimate exports by United States business organizations can be readily identified and generally approved within 10 days, but no later than 30 days in more complex cases, except in unusual circumstances, such as those requiring congressional notification or foreign government assurances;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1CFB1AFBFBB64569BC79D0A2CDB981B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review and revise, where appropriate, plans for modernizing information technology systems of the relevant departments and agencies of the Government of the United States involved in export licensing, export enforcement, and screening of involved private parties to ensure efficient, reliable, and secure intra-governmental networks, at the earliest practicable date among the relevant departments and agencies and United States exporters; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA943950EB10C489BA9A700266BFF86FF"><enum>(8)</enum><text>develop a strategy for strengthening the multilateral control regimes or developing new regimes, as appropriate, to augment or supplement existing international arrangements.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2E2EE785ED71410500F260B334225C60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report by Comptroller General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year, two years, and three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains—</text> <paragraph id="H2D59171311A44E15A699934D5066D9C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an independent assessment of progress made by the Board in carrying out its functions under paragraphs (1) through (8) of subsection (b); </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4546BC7A87A4E5DAB92A9CF98CE6CAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the budgetary impact of each of the recommendations prepared under subsection (b)(5) and any additional recommendations prepared by the Comptroller General and the budgetary impact of such recommendations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD4E2399A4CD437A89F7ECF6A3B23C82"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a certification as to whether the Comptroller General had access to sufficient information to enable the Comptroller General to make informed judgments on the matters covered by the report.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HDDBD449FB0C1444A8DFB2F7CC6893D87"><enum>713.</enum><header>Authorization for additional license and compliance officers</header> <subsection id="HE9622151EF9347CC86359EBC71F18BB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101 of this Act, up to $13,000,000 shall be available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for salaries and expenses related to the assignment of additional full time license and compliance officers in the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5598736342E44246A85C7447E0D677B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds authorized under subsection (a) may be made available until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary of State submits a written report to the congressional committees specified in section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.2394–1(a)) in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under such section, which sets forth the plans and timetable of the Department of State for measurable improvements in the quality and timeliness of the service it provides in support of United States Armed Forces abroad and routine exports by United States business organizations, as well as for the elaboration of enhanced compliance measures appropriate to the heightened security environment for arms exports during the Global War on Terrorism. </text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HCAC481E467A348A5A3C46648F9E4CB33"><enum>C</enum><header>Procedures Relating to Export Licenses</header> <section id="H678E6EFA801F4B79B90632DD18032F94"><enum>721.</enum><header>Transparency of jurisdictional determinations</header> <subsection id="H4C78F2EA2FCD461687B5003594D923B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text>Congress declares that the complete confidentiality surrounding several thousand commodity classification determinations made each year by the Department of Commerce pursuant to the Export Administration Regulations and several hundred commodity jurisdiction determinations made each year by the Department of State pursuant to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations is not necessary to protect legitimate proprietary interests of persons or their prices and customers, is not in the best interests of the security and foreign policy interests of the United States, is inconsistent with the need to ensure a level playing field for United States exporters, and detracts from United States efforts to promote greater transparency and responsibility by other countries in their export control systems.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H57908807260A4A0B8B04D0005117780"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication requirement</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of State shall—</text> <paragraph id="H06E63B3B0D754D02AF934FD741007505"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon making a commodity classification determination or a commodity jurisdiction classification, as the case may be, referred to in subsection (a) in response to a request by a private person, publish in the Federal Register, not later than 30 days after the date of the determination—</text> <subparagraph id="HE2244648CEB4451DB19F99731CF2D1D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the item, including performance levels or other technical characteristics where appropriate,</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCE27EB7ADF0344CF9B796E75DE094273"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an explanation of whether the item is controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H085BB85EF50B470AA2EBD28404876BD7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the United States Munitions List designation or export control classification number under which the item has been designated or classified, as the case may be, </text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">except that the name of the name of the person, the person’s business organization, customers, or prices are not required to be published; and</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7411D19115CE45149F5343307D376FA3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain on their respective Internet websites an archive, that is accessible to the general public and other departments and agencies of the United States, of the determinations published in the Federal Register under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7EF40E229BE64C8BBE8224D1578C9736"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a joint report that contains a description of the plans to implement the requirements of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAC721A8B84CC496A80D700819521BB07"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce may make a commodity classification determination referred to in subsection (a), and the Secretary of State may make a commodity jurisdiction determination referred to in subsection (a), in response to a request by a private person only in in accordance with the requirements of subsection (b).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8993A521F0F44D9FB7514F895BE43979"><enum>722.</enum><header>Certifications relating to export of certain defense articles and defense services</header> <subsection id="HF146AE0F2A23413ABC4423AC00A789EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports on commercial and governmental military exports; congressional action</header><text>Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2776">22 U.S.C. 2776(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3F3C1447BF49440B98F9C0C64BADC8D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by inserting after <quote>$1,000,000 or more</quote> the following: <quote>, or, notwithstanding section 27(g) of this Act, for any special comprehensive authorization under sections 120-130 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the <quote>International Traffic in Arms Regulations</quote>) for the export of defense articles or defense services in an aggregate amount of $100,000,000 or more</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H81896709223442B4A53DFF5532BF14B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H01BC14B573B64E4AACCB08A9A3EF909"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5F502797A47F40718663A949248ED416"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H044D3A560BB14C00A83EA444B0D5FDCD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H701B42C0D4FB41C892C1E3003C8CC1BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>or paragraph (2)</quote> after <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8BFCA4FA678341E38B8D11D5001316A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Department of State should revise its procedures in order to improve the timeliness and quality of service it is providing to United States exporters concerning matters requiring notification to Congress under sections 3 and 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753 and 2776) by—</text> <paragraph id="HFDAF498568294BFFA270BEBF4B1166CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>expediting its internal and interagency processes such that consultations with the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate commence not later than 30 days following receipt of a proposal requiring notification;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8684C43B970241DDA2913100BC16A5EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>providing informal notice to such Committees within 10 days of receipt of such a proposal, such that questions by the Committees may be addressed wherever feasible in conjunction with the Department’s processing; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H050066F2854642D1B7AFF538F733DD79"><enum>(3)</enum><text>making each interval in the processing of the proposal transparent to United States exporters through the Internet website of the Department.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HEBEF0B9D094B4BB29DDEED734E305FE"><enum>723.</enum><header>Priority for United States military operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State may not accord higher priority in the adjudication of munitions export licenses to any measure included within the <quote>Defense Trade Security Initiative</quote> announced by the Department of State in May 2000 over the processing of licenses in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or any other military operation involving the United States Armed Forces.</text></section> <section id="H4B22C81610214A968C7BAA96B1FBB3A6"><enum>724.</enum><header>License officer staffing and workload</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 36(a) Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2776">22 U.S.C. 2776(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6234C98D094D467289626F40CE149447"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF4D15A088EA4A8787E1B27B2C337982"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0ADE1BB6A81C40858D83FD222A26EC6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H4A5AC5D04FDB43B7944DCE46B9A36640" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF80625FBF9D84974B04E289578416E9D"><enum>(13)</enum><text>a report on the number of civilian and military officers assigned to munitions export licensing at the Department of State and their average weekly workload for both open and closed cases.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H53CE6F860EE54AB2BFBCA998EACDE292"><enum>725.</enum><header>Database of United States military assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2415">22 U.S.C. 2415</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HC4D5BA13E9714902B208195158E5FB4F" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HDD060929B5D342DE82A515B5B02D9FEE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of report information on the internet</header> <paragraph id="H83B957A6BF9E49AC9FF8CAAAA55DDFB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement for database</header><text>The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall make available to the public the unclassified portion of each such report in the form of a database that is available via the Internet and that may be searched by various criteria.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H22C7701CC1A9418387DC01DAABF996B6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Schedule for updating</header><text>Not later than April 1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall make available in the database the information contained in the annual report for the fiscal year ending the previous September 30.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H3D5E6061580B4C3FAEDC5FFBFB49BAB8"><enum>726.</enum><header>Training and liaison for small businesses</header> <subsection id="HBF780A52730F46EE83594CA0006B8B4D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that it is increasingly important that the Secretary of State, in administering the licensing, registration, compliance, and other authorities contained in section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778</external-xref>), should provide up-to-date training and other educational assistance to small businesses in the United States aerospace and defense industrial sector.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H79BD6E068BF74B4E8E7E9CEAA5853B76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small business liaison</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate, within the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State, a coordinator for small business affairs. The coordinator shall serve as a liaison for small businesses in the United States aerospace and defense industrial sector with respect to licensing and registration requirements in order to facilitate the compliance and other forms of participation by such small businesses in the United States munitions control system, including by providing training, technical assistance, and through other efforts as may be appropriate.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H991B6F21F1BB49F1BFC92E43C0FEE080"><enum>727.</enum><header>Commercial communications satellite technical data</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations to provide for the export without a license of communications satellite technical data, at a level established by the Secretary of Defense, in instances in which—</text> <paragraph id="H0E3C64DD45E84CB58E13399E4EA1CEE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the exporter is a person registered under section 38(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(b)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DC648C1D80241AE81C3911EF06BF2B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the purpose of the export is to market a sale of a United States manufactured communications satellite solely for commercial or civil end use;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFFE8AF1FBB343C39725C21C23A655A9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>no party to the transaction is proscribed under section 126.1 of the Regulations or otherwise restricted from receiving United States defense articles; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7D341AB155E4F3A85BAF0B95FB1BDA6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>each end user or recipient has agreed in writing not to reexport or retransfer the United States furnished technical data to any other person without the prior written consent of the United States Government.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H8E15403543C44F76A11656472B22B300"><enum>728.</enum><header>Reporting requirement for unlicensed exports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 655(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2415">22 U.S.C. 2415(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0621092D2AFC465693F71ED516B764F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB13462AD5F1488BB115EA78918DC500"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC7A4485D6D8A42558147004E4954DA6B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0BDBDBD1429E4A8DBE25CD9410ABAAC" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H25766A662EE4473EB258712B9F583900"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">were exported without a license under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778</external-xref>) pursuant to an exemption established under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, other than defense articles exported in furtherance of a letter of offer and acceptance under the Foreign Military Sales program or a technical assistance or manufacturing license agreement, including the specific exemption provision in the regulation under which the export was made.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HE140442C9A2B44848333C08779087154"><enum>D</enum><header>Terrorist-Related Provisions and Enforcement Matters</header> <section id="H2313E1D392BA494DAD006E3317A5B28"><enum>731.</enum><header>Sensitive technology transfers to foreign persons located within the United States</header> <subsection id="H0FC4E45D9965443389A56F58BF5B92D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Weapons transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to regulations issued under section 38(g)(6) of the Arms Export Control (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(6)</external-xref>), the President shall require a license for the transfer of any defense articles and defense services, other than a firearm for personal use, specified in a report required under subsection (c) to a foreign person located within the United States (other than to a foreign government, unless such government is proscribed under section 126.1 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or otherwise restricted from receiving defense articles and defense services). </text></subsection> <subsection id="H0FC671189B0540749323FBFDA8F24BEE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dual use transfers</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may require a license under the Export Administration Regulations for the transfer of any dual use goods and technology, other than a firearm for personal use, specified in a report required under subsection (c) to a foreign person located within the United States.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H43566DC121404C39A483DBE315BBBE19"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that specifies those items which warrant scrutiny and enforcement by the Government of the United States through license procedures prior to a transfer to a foreign person located within the United States in order to deter efforts on the part of such person to acquire such items for terrorist or other unlawful purposes</text></subsection></section> <section id="HE6311CC978624EBAA21C43D334A12442"><enum>732.</enum><header>Certification concerning exempt weapons transfers along the northern border of the United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a written report certifying that—</text> <paragraph id="H443B79470D4F47949654E56D1B0AA8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provisions of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations permitting unlicensed temporary imports into the United States from Canada by any person of any unclassified defense article on the United States Munitions List do not present a risk to the national security of the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83923795FE884DAFAF24637C46A8111C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>personnel of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security located along the northern border of the United States have adequate written guidance from the Department of State which permits them to effectively enforce provisions of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations permitting unlicensed exports to Canada of certain items on the United States Munitions List. </text></paragraph></section> <section id="HD7F26114A4A041F99101AC77CA76513B"><enum>733.</enum><header>Comprehensive nature of United States arms embargoes</header> <subsection id="H1B19F2965059461CAFC34BD5DEC4F030"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings; sense of congress</header> <paragraph id="H6CD7A496814244468CEE52BF009374F2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text> <subparagraph id="HC21FEACFDA5844BB004FD648F91D6B50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>governments to which the Government of the United States prohibits by law or policy the transfer of implements of war, including material, components, parts, and other defense articles and defense services (as defined in paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2794">22 U.S.C. 2794(3)</external-xref> and (4)), respectively) continue to seek to evade these embargoes through increasingly sophisticated illegal acquisitions via the <quote>international gray arms market</quote> and by seeking to exploit weaknesses in the export control system of the United States and its friends and allies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCBBAC8CD0122467786A435FBD98BAEE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the strict and comprehensive application of arms embargoes referred to in subparagraph (A), including those embargoes established by the United Nations Security Council, is of fundamental importance to the security and foreign policy interests of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6251A1D6941E4634B0A72855EA44CA1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government should continue to provide a leadership role internationally in ensuring the effectiveness of arms embargoes referred to in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H25FC012960494EDCBC83D130C4F9BD01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope of embargoes</header><text>Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0A6344AD609C40778FEA883836DBD608" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HC122E2333B3F443C95BEF7874F00A4D3"><enum>(k)</enum><text>Whenever the United States maintains an arms embargo pursuant to United States law, or through public notice by the President or Secretary of State pursuant to the authorities of this Act, no defense article or defense service subject to sections 120-130 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the <quote>International Traffic in Arms Regulations</quote>) and no dual use good or technology subject to sections 730-774 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the <quote>Export Administration Regulations</quote>) shall be sold or transferred to the military, intelligence or other security forces of the embargoed government, including any associated governmental agency, subdivision, entity, or other person acting on their behalf, unless, at a minimum and without prejudice to any additional requirements established in United States law or regulation, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense have concurred in the sale or transfer through issuance of a license.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HBE1F55C11FF94FB5AE90E259024414EE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment of controls</header><text>The Secretary of State shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce to ensure the establishment of appropriate foreign policy and national security controls and license requirements under the Export Administration Regulations in order to ensure the effective implementation of section 38(k) of the Arms Export Control Act, as added by subsection (b).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD92BC93D8CEE424B88A7E2A761B1A336"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes the actions taken to implement the requirements of subsection (c).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H793D39AF8D65477D9CE5CDD820414382"><enum>734.</enum><header>Control of items on Missile Technology Control Regime Annex</header> <subsection id="HB30431B4AF66425BB7E75B7DC7C5BDC6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that all proposals to export or transfer to foreign persons by other means, whether in the United States or abroad, and any other activities subject to regulation under section 38, 39, or 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778</external-xref>, 2779, or 2780), relating to items on the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex, should be accorded stringent control and scrutiny consistent with the purposes of section 71 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2797">22 U.S.C. 2797</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD87CAAFC3EF74D24A8CC77E16872124C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Control of items on MTCR annex</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense, shall ensure that all items on the MTCR Annex are subject to stringent control by the Government of the United States pursuant to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration Regulations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HECDD2F7EC369480E8C462C52AA622B80"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains—</text> <paragraph id="HA7F53CD024564301AEA373FF0025AFC3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a certification that the requirement of subsection (b) has been met for the prior year, or if the requirement has not been met, the reasons therefor; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0F619DD37234474A871CCC70BE678F00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the updated coverage, if any, of the regulations referred to in subsection (b) with respect to all items on the MTCR Annex and an explanation of any areas of overlap or omissions, if any, among the regulations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4759CD4E685F4D13BA80ECEF10B551E6"><enum>735.</enum><header>Unlawful use of United States defense articles</header> <subsection id="H762E27E6B1A3461D98E9D16709987668"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ineligibility for terrorist related transactions</header><text>Section 3(c)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2753">22 U.S.C. 2753(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFB1768B7EF924F51B543E313D7F347CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking <quote>or any predecessor Act,</quote> and inserting <quote>any predecessor Act, or licensed or approved under section 38 of this Act, to carry out a transaction with a country, the government of which the Secretary of State has determined is a state sponsor of international terrorism for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2405">50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)</external-xref>), or otherwise uses such defense articles or defense services</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC0EA06C5778488C98A98341D479B7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HFD8ACE7F577E4EF4B44317CB8100DA7E" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H3EBEA45F081D4862ABFAC5F181B14F4C" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In this section, the term <quote>transaction</quote> means the taking of any action, directly or indirectly, by a foreign country that would be a transaction prohibited by section 40 of this Act with respect to the United States Government and United States persons.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB3FA2683B2D24CF0920073AE00E26CAE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>Section 3(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2753">22 U.S.C. 2753(e)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,</quote> the following: <quote>regardless of whether the article or service has been sold or otherwise furnished by the United States Government or licensed under section 38 of this Act,</quote>.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H6E0DE32EA041470C98BEE5CF9669CF14"><enum>E</enum><header>Strengthening United States Missile Nonproliferation Law</header> <section id="H7394842613BE4A3BAA26E4CC278900AE" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>741.</enum><header>Probationary period for foreign persons</header> <subsection id="HE2D870C66A204016B17B8E003C6334B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expiration, or the granting of a waiver, on or after January 1, 2003, of sanctions against a foreign person imposed under section 73(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2797b">22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)</external-xref>) or under section 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2410b">50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(1)</external-xref>), as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a license shall be required, for a period of not less than three years, for the export to that foreign person of all items controlled for export under section 5 or 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2404">50 U.S.C. App. 2404</external-xref>, 2405), as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, in accordance with the Export Administration Regulations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H78730B142B114745904EE58EAB1B8DD0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a foreign person 30 days after the President notifies the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the President has determined that—</text> <paragraph id="HDB022991091440AD9D9809B79272AAF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the foreign person has—</text> <subparagraph id="H4D83B13518BB40DE8131F04720367D27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ceased all activity related to the original imposition of sanctions under section 73(a) of the Arms Export Control Act or section 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as the case may be; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H784F2AC5DF314493902761076886699D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has instituted a program of transparency measures under which the United States will be able to verify, for a period of at least 3 years, that the foreign person is not engaging in prohibited activities under those provisions of law referred to in paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD2D88515C68406A8F1B46552D7BAA8E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>there has been an appropriate resolution of the original violation or violations, such as financial penalties, incarceration, destruction of prohibited items, or other appropriate measures taken to prevent a recurrence of the violation or violations.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H562126DFE0FA41678B19BE7588FB86A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not apply to a foreign person if—</text> <paragraph id="HD219D94BA1184BEB9CF2B2C511EEF047"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the President issues a waiver of sanctions imposed upon that person under section 73(a) of the Arms Export Control Act or under section 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, on the basis that the waiver is essential to the national security of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87BACE18CEC54E77BF9D06EDF7D5F37F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President designates the waiver as classified information (as defined in section 606 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/426">50 U.S.C. 426</external-xref>)); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2682BC7C01C24897AFE00499D4E6EC4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the President transmits to the committees referred to in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H1D3DD6D52BC8405980B74847A281CFF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a justification for designating the waiver as classified information; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC53F5BC1472B41DC9CF4CFA4A7A9C25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of—</text> <clause id="H04E378DF68A541749B4800269FEFB73C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any discussions with the foreign person, concerning the activities that were the subject of the sanctions, that have been conducted by United States Government officials, or by officials of the government of the country that has jurisdiction over the foreign person or in which the foreign person conducted such activities; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2401E007E3B1479991C6BF82E5F06300"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any actions that the foreign person, or the government of the country that has jurisdiction over the foreign person or in which the foreign person conducted the activities that were the subject of the sanctions, has taken to prevent a recurrence of the same or similar activities.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H7E2BFEA187DC4E42BCFA150662EDC04"><enum>742.</enum><header>Strengthening United States missile proliferation sanctions on foreign persons</header> <subsection id="H98A5F5C9438E43E58DAE46F4CB82F992"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Arms export control act</header><text>Section 73(a)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2797b">22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2 years</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>4 years</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5F5099000C734FE5B248A9EC48D19C63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public information</header><text>Section 73(e)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2797b">22 U.S.C. 2797b(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: <quote>Such report may be classified only to the extent necessary to protect intelligence sources and methods. If the report is so classified, the President shall make every effort to acquire sufficient alternative information that would allow a subsequent unclassified version of the report to be issued.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD720831BDF3243FDA238003B1FD728FF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Export administration act of 1979</header><text>Any sanction imposed on a foreign person under section 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2410b">50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(1)</external-xref>), as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, shall be in effect for a period of four years beginning on the date on which the sanction was imposed.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2B0D26AE5F84489F00B5A052942884FB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) and the provisions of subsection (c) shall apply to all sanctions imposed under section 73(a) of the Arms Export Control Act or section 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, by reason of acts giving rise to such sanctions that were committed by foreign persons on or after January 1, 2004.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H284A2500863B4B2885FEC69900D18B58"><enum>743.</enum><header>Comprehensive United States missile proliferation sanctions on all responsible foreign persons</header> <subsection id="HFF1620FB568E4A79B17D3677B8D04343"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Arms export control act</header><text>Section 73(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2797b">22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HE2CF34FC854C4F68BB3E909EFCD8E6A" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6D73015200B544B18016B08CAD8D3524" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph id="HF8F6B93007CD4D28B82090F27C3C7388" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sanctions imposed upon a foreign person under paragraph (2) shall also be imposed on any governmental entity that the President determines exercises effective control over, benefits from, or directly or indirectly facilitates the activities of that foreign person.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H22C32FD047B24641940058E2BA23EE8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When a sanction is imposed on a foreign person under paragraph (2), the President may also impose that sanction on any other person or entity that the President has reason to believe has or may acquire prohibited items with the intent to transfer to that foreign person, or provide to that foreign person access to, such items. In this subparagraph, <quote>prohibited items</quote> are items that may not be exported to that foreign person on account of the sanction imposed on that foreign person. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H591AFE8DFE874671ADCE133863C3B2A8" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The President may also prohibit, for such period of time as the President may determine, any transaction or dealing, by a United States person or within the United States, with any foreign person on whom sanctions have been imposed under this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB93B27AFACBA48B4B9521869EA1941D3" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The President shall report on an annual basis to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate the identity of any foreign person that engages in any transaction or activity with a foreign person on whom sanctions have been imposed under this subsection that either—</text> <clause id="H0A2AFA29A3E74054A453B883412EF4D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>would be the basis for imposing sanctions under subparagraph (B) but for which sanctions have not been imposed; or</text></clause> <clause id="HA77F3A411F1E40BA85369CA41129CA87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would be the basis for imposing sanctions under subparagraph (C) if the transaction or activity had been carried out by a United States person or by a person in the United States.</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">Such report shall be unclassified to the maximum extent feasible, but may include a classified annex.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD8E3DFBD0E56450C9482F2DF68919C10"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of person</header><text>Section 74(a)(8)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2797c">22 U.S.C. 2797c(a)(8)(A)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H01F1A2FC08334294AA001DB9C3D4F323" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5B9B291D3D5A486C8E288D7D67B5785D"><enum>(8)</enum> <subparagraph id="H0209F460CCDC4AD7BEEEADF68EEDED05" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>person</quote> means—</text> <clause id="HF310790471B04D5D817205E8C4A602CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a natural person;</text></clause> <clause id="H03BCC0052271470197A05FD74974003E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, transnational corporation, or transnational joint venture, any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group, and any governmental entity;</text></clause> <clause id="HE254446EA8ED4250A1B240B373B66EDB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any subsidiary, subunit, or parent entity of any business enterprise or other organization or entity listed in clause (ii); and</text></clause> <clause id="H7EBB874994EE4D07ADA801CDDF486F45"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any successor of any business enterprise or other organization or entity listed in clause (ii) or (iii); and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0EB632DBEBE541F1B86C4E75FDD6ED1D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Export administration act of 1979</header> <paragraph id="H285A9D0AF13F4ED6B6B771B355AC5450"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sanctions imposed on governmental entities</header><text>Any sanction imposed on a foreign person under section 11B(b)(1)(B) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2410b">50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>), as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (in this subsection referred to as a <quote>dual use sanction</quote>), shall also be imposed on any governmental entity that the President determines exercises effective control over, benefits from, or directly or indirectly facilitates the activities of that foreign person.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H428B19C6D3584196889F9B72FF71B100"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When a dual use sanction is imposed on a foreign person, the President may also impose that sanction on any other person or entity that the President has reason to believe has or may acquire prohibited items with the intent to transfer to that foreign person, or provide to that foreign person access to, such items. In this paragraph, <quote>prohibited items</quote> are items that may not be exported to that foreign person on account of the dual use sanction imposed on that foreign person. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H58FDA036529645418134A3F273A55444"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transactions by third parties</header><text>The President may also prohibit, for such period of time as he may determine, any transaction or dealing, by a United States person or within the United States, with any foreign person on whom dual use sanctions have been imposed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H48C949302B494FA2B3E3B50B932867D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall submit on an annual basis to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that contains the identity of any foreign person that engages in any transaction or activity with a foreign person on whom dual use sanctions have been imposed that either—</text> <subparagraph id="HBD6D8AC87FE24372AF96A300D167AD06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>would be the basis for imposing dual use sanctions under paragraph (2) but for which such sanctions have not been imposed; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F3F72C215924D6F9BD38831E6C98847"><enum>(B)</enum><text>would be the basis for imposing dual use sanctions under paragraph (3) if the transaction or activity had been carried out by a United States person or by a person in the United States.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Such report shall be unclassified to the maximum extent feasible, but may include a classified annex.</continuation-text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H50467A722F1744ECBA7BA4B988FA3B62"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="HCC48AE5A35114D9EAB81D4425383200"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Missile equipment or technology</header><text>The term <quote>missile equipment or technology</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 11B(c) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2410b">50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(c)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H399FEDF133164D35A5532E54DA497A8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Person</header> <clause id="H662D23F067C0474FB13E2C39C14B90AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <quote>person</quote> means—</text> <subclause id="H7F2B3A081CAA421B8E00803EFC4CB6A7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a natural person;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HEFCC53E893834441804986E0B654BABD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, transnational corporation, or transnational joint venture, any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group, and any governmental entity;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HFF53F12496DA4762ACAA33DE42524B54"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any subsidiary, subunit, or parent entity of any business enterprise or other organization or entity listed in subclause (II); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HCE5881CC45304708A5415DF680CA45E5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any successor of any business enterprise or other organization or entity listed in subclause (II) or (III).</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H4EFE91BDC4CF484784F99C07023B4B99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In the case of countries where it may be impossible to identify a specific governmental entity referred to in clause (i), the term <quote>person</quote> means—</text> <subclause id="H55DA170242BE46AA9126A9418DF081C3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>all activities of that government relating to the development or production of any missile equipment or technology; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2B3155358D3A497EB5D9734F5FDC2EC9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>all activities of that government affecting the development or production of aircraft, electronics, and space systems or equipment.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H65B8357145D741F68D8BAE894747F76D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>United states person</header><text>The term <quote>United States person</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 16(2) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2415">50 U.S.C. App. 2415(2)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9E199403421E494BBB4EE5AD1E2F1807"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to sanctions imposed on or after January 1, 2004, on foreign persons under section 73(a)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act, and the provisions of subsection (c) shall apply with respect to sanctions imposed on or after January 1, 2004, on foreign persons under section 11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/50/2410b">50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(1)</external-xref>), as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H747E7577269F4AABB4FA98D26858FF5F"><enum>F</enum><header>Security Assistance and Related Provisions</header> <section id="HFC423519B73141A780311F0381DAE2FB"><enum>751.</enum><header>Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries</header> <subsection id="H38A8F8251F0C465D9EC64903C903321F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to transfer by grant</header><text>The President is authorized to transfer vessels to foreign countries on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321j">22 U.S.C. 2321j</external-xref>), as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HBAA5A483981A4E9ABB943BAEB006245B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Greece</header><text>To the Government of Greece, the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ship PELICAN (MHC-53).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29B0A335FD4347C0B8170170D79F3966"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Egypt</header><text>To the Government of Egypt, the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ships CARDINAL (MHC-60) and RAVEN (MHC-61).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7537D4CCC42E4662A255E9D7B667CBFA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pakistan</header><text>To the Government of Pakistan, the SPRUANCE class destroyer ship FLETCHER (DD-992).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF8237D39353E4D4ABA144E772F855F21"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Turkey</header><text>To the Government of Turkey, the SPRUANCE class destroyer ship CUSHING (DD-985).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H831A441C2A1442F8B500E05163E9A0FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority to transfer by sale</header><text>The President is authorized to transfer vessels to foreign countries on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2761">22 U.S.C. 2761</external-xref>), as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HD65D7BA9A399476293A1BF2D8ED091A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>India</header><text>To the Government of India, the AUSTIN class amphibious transport dock ship TRENTON (LPD-14).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFBC150FFD1A0442287ABBF67525F06ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Greece</header><text>To the Government of Greece, the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ship HERON (MHC-52).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7EE755CF28D6412997813F7800EA3C9C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Turkey</header><text>To the Government of Turkey, the SPRUANCE class destroyer ship O’BANNON (DD-987). </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6B770A8FEDEF4AC980EA6F7300589DD1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants not counted in annual total of transferred excess defense articles</header><text>The value of a vessel transferred to another country on a grant basis pursuant to authority provided by subsection (a) shall not be counted against the aggregate value of excess defense articles transferred to countries in any fiscal year under section 516(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321j">22 U.S.C. 2321j(g)</external-xref>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBC139CA5C81A4AA4B2BDB43BFC4A400"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Costs of transfers</header><text>Any expense incurred by the United States in connection with a transfer authorized under subsection (a) or (b) shall be charged to the recipient.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3C7B368288D54A45AD1724418D428DF0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Repair and refurbishment in United States shipyards</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the President shall require, as a condition of the transfer of a vessel under this section, that the country to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces of that country, performed at a shipyard located in the United States, including a United States Navy shipyard.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HAD2CA50AC3F2436FA3A7F2DE6DBCD318"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Expiration of authority</header><text>The authority to transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end of the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H1CA8596DD42C4E2185BC947CCE1B1386"><enum>752.</enum><header>Transfer of obsolete and surplus items from Korean War Reserves Stockpile and removal or disposal of remaining items</header> <subsection id="H466FB6EB468347C200B44720F3E99BEA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of items in Korean stockpile</header> <paragraph id="H7DDD7363C74346E2AD481220D7DD8E63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Notwithstanding section 514 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321h">22 U.S.C. 2321h</external-xref>), the President is authorized to transfer to the Republic of Korea, in return for concessions to be negotiated by the Secretary of Defense, any or all of the items described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6506B368DD6041D399F7C3AEE23A8A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered items</header><text>The items referred to in paragraph (1) are munitions, equipment, and materiel such as tanks, trucks, artillery, mortars, general purpose bombs, repair parts, barrier material, and ancillary equipment, if such items are—</text> <subparagraph id="HFAEF7A7AE8584278A0EAA021D5616EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>obsolete or surplus items;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEB268CBC80B849FC8B28186BEE92EA43"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the inventory of the Department of Defense;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3695ACA5831643248FBC7599EF0F7C7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>intended for use as reserve stocks for the Republic of Korea; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAEFFDDA97A8E48D8BB00A9D69D34BB57"><enum>(D)</enum><text>as of the date of the enactment of this Act, located in a stockpile in the Republic of Korea.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9DDDD92A22C24C79A681B731F21DF5E4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Valuation of concessions</header><text>(A) The value of concessions negotiated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be at least equal to—</text> <subparagraph id="H8BC5C12389234C2AA5D3BAD1B1691EF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the fair market value of the items transferred; minus</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8D061771192D4B2BAACAC7757E758195"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the savings to the Department of Defense of the cost of removal of the items from the Republic of Korea and disposal of the items that would have been incurred by the Department but for the transfer of the items pursuant to paragraph (1), not to exceed the fair market value of the items transferred.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABCDE39F70F246ADB541D6EF65CD8ED1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The concessions may include cash compensation, service, waiver of charges otherwise payable by the United States, such as charges for demolition of United States-owned or United States-intended munitions, and other items of value.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF304EFC7A5F437EB77C6D632FE26F78"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prior notifications of proposed transfers</header><text>Not less than 30 days before making a transfer under the authority of this subsection, the President shall transmit to the Committees on Armed Services and International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate a detailed notification of the proposed transfer, which shall include an identification of the items to be transferred and the concessions to be received.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3AE233B8104F45E58F80C04FFAC62121"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>No transfer may be made under the authority of this subsection more than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H342F65673A6B4FCD933C83D72E267F38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Removal or disposal of remaining items in Korean stockpile</header><text>The President shall provide for the removal or disposal of all items described in subsection (a)(2) that are not transferred pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) by not later than four years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H762DB1D08C424FB89F020075EE32401B"><enum>753.</enum><header>Extension of Pakistan waivers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act entitled <quote>An Act to authorize the President to exercise waivers of foreign assistance restrictions with respect to Pakistan through September 30, 2003, and for other purposes</quote>, approved October 27, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/57">Public Law 107–57</external-xref>; 115 Stat. 403), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H095136F635EA47C08359B7991806E91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 1(b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC237233647D145B29DB55D4131E1A51E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">fiscal years 2005 and 2006</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">fiscal years 2006 and 2007</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D2318CEC29043D79FD6FA393BAA009D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2005 or 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2006 or 2007</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2BEBFB19535048E1B971560048D2C1CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 3(2), by striking <quote>and 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2006, and 2007</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H71B85C0C87844A9299A518FD007F838F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 6, by striking <quote>2006</quote> and inserting <quote>2007</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H11C4225F14AA488EB1B16998F3314E6"><enum>754.</enum><header>Reporting requirement for foreign military training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (a)(1) of section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2416">22 U.S.C. 2416</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCD2DB8C1CBE64E5685CF43E997E25554"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>January 31</quote> and inserting <quote>March 1</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1CE0364FF4B4862AB9F639879D0AC87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and all such training proposed for the current fiscal year</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H95CC96BF7C424DBD8E6B00847B617B8B"><enum>755.</enum><header>Certain services provided by the United States in connection with foreign military sales</header> <subsection id="HD0A59BB97BF044B0B50055561C19C672"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Quality assurance, inspection, contract administration, and contract audit defense services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 21(h)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2761">22 U.S.C. 2761(h)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after “North Atlantic Treaty Organization” the following: “or the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel”.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4BA94BB39EBD40009CBDF70097AEE84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cataloging data and services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 21(h)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2761">22 U.S.C. 2761(h)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or to any member government of that Organization if that Organization or member government</quote> and inserting <quote>, to any member of that Organization, or to the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel if that Organization, member government, or the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2937BC2DA6B04A6E8866CBCFD0EC3CDF"><enum>756.</enum><header>Maritime interdiction patrol boats for Mozambique</header> <subsection id="HA9D27495F43B4A20A0E2886B3BE4564D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available to carry out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for fiscal year 2006, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for refurbishment, delivery, operational training, and related costs associated with the provision of not more than four excess coastal patrol boats to the Government of Mozambique for maritime patrol and interdiction activities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD6A177D08C9C4969939520976446E14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until September 30, 2007.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD07A3593518541F4AD491FF1009525EF"><enum>757.</enum><header>Reimbursement for international military education and training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2347">22 U.S.C. 2347</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H009447B0C7D44F1F8FCB7CA25598F7F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The President</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) The President</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66B2695E708346DD915B51D0366FA2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H834195BE4D7D4555BF51A9F83793B5A6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H3E2BEA9F441640C7A0CA807F19BB19CB"><enum>(b) </enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall seek reimbursement for military education and training furnished under this chapter from countries using assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2763">22 U.S.C. 2763</external-xref>; relating to the the Foreign Military Financing Program) to purchase such military education and training at a rate comparable to the rate charged to countries receiving grant assistance for military education and training under this chapter.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle> <enum>VIII</enum><header>Nuclear Black Market Elimination Act</header> <section id="H94880A9D7F5A40B484937007BF4CB418"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Nuclear Black Market Elimination Act of 2005</quote>.</text></section> <subtitle id="H8579EDDBFBB5428BA9452DA33BC2E5D4"><enum>A</enum><header>Sanctions for Transfers of Nuclear Enrichment, Reprocessing, and Weapons Technology, Equipment and Materials Involving Foreign Persons and Terrorists</header> <section id="H413B945F527D4BAB955252839E5D3236"><enum>811.</enum><header>Authority to impose sanctions on foreign persons</header> <subsection id="H5FCA961421B5486AB44F77D12F897D4C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination of nuclear activities by foreign persons</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President is authorized to impose any or all of the sanctions described in subsection (b) whenever the President determines that a foreign person participated, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, in the export, transfer or trade of—</text> <paragraph id="H8C36C16B2EF84945B6EB72F71DDFC000"><enum>(1)</enum><text>nuclear enrichment or reprocessing equipment, materials, or technology to any nonnuclear-weapon state (as defined in section 102(c) of the Arms Export Control Act) that—</text> <subparagraph id="H9BC1FE2F00EB4F3FBFB78367BED913BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>does not possess functioning nuclear enrichment or reprocessing plants as of January 1, 2004; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E8F3D0886034F9691E23224A4E011D4"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause id="HBCADE6A861E54BD7837D76A65BB3D22" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>does not have in force an additional protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency for the application of safeguards (as derived from IAEA document INFCIRC/540 and related corrections and additions); or</text></clause> <clause id="H83F2F0D14D7B4430BD1B58EE939DE827" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is developing, manufacturing, or acquiring a nuclear explosive device; or</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H59F1C966388B4B3D8B3C09778B1B5998"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any nuclear explosive device, or design information or component, equipment, materials, or other items or technology that—</text> <subparagraph id="H3323C350292D4A2A952120D07863FC56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is designated for national export controls under the Nuclear Supplier Group Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and Technology (published by the International Atomic Energy Agency as IAEA document INFICRC/254/Rev. 6/Part 1 and subsequent revisions) and the Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related Technology (published as IAEA document INFCIRC/254/Rev. 5/ Part 2 and subsequent revisions); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3EB40B619A854A17A784A7DC08BB60FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contributes to the development, manufacture, or acquisition of a nuclear explosive device by—</text> <clause id="H077B8F684E074CC1B8F28F7250D07967"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a nonnuclear weapon state; or</text></clause> <clause id="H02AE3EECC47145B1931F1DC6BCF15F97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a foreign person.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H964C83F2C85142B3A22E17FAE57F6350"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions</header><text>The sanctions referred to in subsection (a) that are to be imposed on a foreign person are the following:</text> <paragraph id="HD00501BC89B34F3A828F2800B8A9F41F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>No assistance may be provided to the foreign person under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the foreign person may not participate in any assistance program of the United States Government. Any such assistance being provided to the foreign person, and any participation in such assistance program by the foreign person, on the date on which the sanction under this paragraph is imposed, shall be terminated as of such date.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC29F5D701FC34CCAB5E077E7D6382EF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Government may not sell any defense articles, defense services, or design or construction services to the foreign person under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act, and any contract to sell such articles or services, under either such Act, that is in effect on the date on which the sanction under this paragraph is imposed, shall be terminated as of such date.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B6423E1B8A545B3AC93637DD54D97B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Licenses or any other approval may not be issued to the foreign person for the export or import of any defense articles or defense services under the Arms Export Control Act or its implementing regulations. Any such license or approval that is in effect on the on the date on which the sanction under this paragraph is imposed, shall be terminated as of such date.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H528FB12067ED49D1A9005993FC839096"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Licenses or any other approval may not be issued to the foreign person for the export of any goods or technology subject to the jurisdiction of the Export Administration Regulations under chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), other than food and other agricultural commodities, medicines and medical equipment. Any such license or approval that is in effect on the on the date on which the sanction under this paragraph is imposed, shall be terminated as of such date.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD012C801783045408DCD8921AAE35713"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period sanctions in effect</header><text>The sanctions referred to in subsection (b) should be imposed for not less than two years, but may be imposed for longer periods. The President may suspend after one year any sanction imposed pursuant to this section 15 days after submitting to the appropriate congressional committees a report explaining—</text> <paragraph id="HFEC419AFC341424D894BF1EA8CE8DC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the reasons for modifying or terminating the sanction;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60D4BA68D4114095B1004E25DC93D68B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>how the purposes of this Act and United States national security are furthered by such modification or termination; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31A0D064246B4E37AAFBA1B895F87D39"><enum>(3)</enum><text>what measures the United States will take or is taking to ensure that the foreign person will not engage in similar activities in the future.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1D65E1F3940545B7B1F196BD643ECAEE"><enum>812.</enum><header>Presidential notification on activities of foreign persons</header> <subsection id="H598015554D024A63B2E748B8A6CF8541"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act and no later than January 31 of each year thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing any activity by any foreign person described in section 811. This report shall also include a description of any sanctions that have been imposed and their duration.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HE268EFB94301404AB1D5E8DB00B2898D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When the President imposes sanctions under section 811, the President shall, to the maximum extent unclassified, publish in the Federal Register, not later than 15 days after reporting such sanctions to the appropriate congressional committees under subsection (a), the identity of each sanctioned foreign person, the period for which sanctions will be in effect, and the reasons for the sanctions.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HF9CEA98EAF3C4E15800013E7634303D3"><enum>B</enum><header>Further Actions Against Corporations Associated With Sanctioned Foreign Persons</header> <section id="H832315A9680D460D874E3954AA26BD50"><enum>821.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HEF84DCC444834DE9BF9B92DA848BFB47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Foreign persons and corporations engaging in nuclear black-market activities are motivated by reasons of commercial gain and profit.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D25FF1D3274463A82174E5000CD7C19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Sanctions targeted solely against the business interests of the sanctioned person or business concern may be unsuccessful in halting these proliferation activities, as the sanctions may be seen merely as the cost of doing business, especially if the business interests of the parent or subsidiary corporate entities are unaffected by the sanctions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H620589298397426DAEB3CB2996856E06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Such narrow targeting of sanctions creates the incentive to create shell and <quote>carve-out</quote> corporate entities to perform the proliferation activities and attract sanctions, leaving all other aspects of the larger corporation unaffected.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDCCB786F87A4275B1C643E715E89698"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To dissuade corporations from allowing their associated commercial entities or persons from engaging in proliferation black-market activities, they must also be made to suffer financial loss and commercial disadvantage, and parent and subsidiary commercial enterprises must be held responsible for the proliferation activities of their associated entities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1107E9D43B4D4CB590B98706E9ADBCDA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If a corporation perceives that the United States Government will do everything possible to make its commercial activity difficult around the world, then that corporation has a powerful commercial incentive to prevent any further proliferation activity by its associated entities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFFEA47C1C6A42BCB1B109528FE6CE4E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Therefore, the United States Government should seek to increase the risk of commercial loss for associated corporate entities for the proliferation actions of their subsidiaries.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H2241EF419EB4408BAE51F47D958DE153"><enum>822.</enum><header>Campaign by United States Government officials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President shall instruct all agencies of the United States Government to make every effort in their interactions with foreign government and business officials to persuade foreign governments and relevant corporations not to engage in any business transaction with a foreign person sanctioned under section 811, including any parent or subsidiary of the sanctioned foreign person, for the duration of the sanctions.</text></section> <section id="H9E48C24D6AC6440DA1125BD7EE78491"><enum>823.</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall coordinate the actions of the United States Government under section 822.</text></section> <section id="H862E0E138B164931AA82473015FBD729"><enum>824.</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the actions taken by the United States to carry out section 822.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H0E756A5735C34835B02DE26220446CAD"><enum>C</enum><header>Incentives for Proliferation Interdiction Cooperation</header> <section id="H2023A64E2F874BD6B100BC50E7ED3CF"><enum>831.</enum><header>Authority to provide assistance to cooperative countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President is authorized to provide, on such terms as the President considers appropriate, assistance under section 832 to any country that cooperates with the United States and with other countries allied with the United States to prevent the transport and transshipment of items of proliferation concern in its national territory or airspace or in vessels under its control or registry.</text></section> <section id="H6A505D7100FC41D881C0D9E281266D7C"><enum>832.</enum><header>Types of assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The assistance authorized under section 831 is the following:</text> <paragraph id="H83168FDF127642D8A88DD04176A9B253"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC638EC77C5C45339330B733EFFEA1F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Assistance under chapters 4 and 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE695FBE9C35C446BA0F276CCEAE1E862"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Drawdown of defense equipment and services under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HB4D96F2836044097871700B3ACC0078"><enum>833.</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Assistance authorized under this subtitle may not be provided until at least 30 days after the date on which the President has provided notice thereof to the appropriate congressional committees, in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</text></section> <section id="HECA34315B7814456A4E0A5BB172052F8"><enum>834.</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Assistance may be provided to a country under section 831 in no more than three fiscal years.</text></section> <section id="H458326B71EA145ECABC6EDB770365E90"><enum>835.</enum><header>Use of assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To the extent practicable, assistance provided under this subtitle shall be used to enhance the capability of the recipient country to prevent the transport and transshipment of items of proliferation concern in its national territory or airspace, or in vessels under its control or registry, including through the development of a legal framework in that country to enhance such capability by criminalizing proliferation, enacting strict export controls, and securing sensitive materials within its borders.</text></section> <section id="HAB67DD301CC44DC8A8619E908CB449FD"><enum>836.</enum><header>Limitation on ship or aircraft transfers to uncooperative countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States may not transfer any excess defense article that is a vessel or an aircraft to a country that has not agreed that it will support and assist efforts by the United States to interdict items of proliferation concern until thirty days after the date on which the President has provided notice of the proposed transfer to the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in addition to any other requirement of law.</text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H08488688494848368400EED1B4098489"><enum>D</enum><header>Rollback of Nuclear Proliferation Networks</header> <section id="HE1FFABDD27814C548F22A3EF68ABE623"><enum>841.</enum><header>Nonproliferation as a condition of United States assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">United States foreign assistance should only be provided to countries that—</text> <paragraph id="H59FAD39008C145F4ABB7D3DB71004FFF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are not cooperating with any non-nuclear weapon state or any foreign group or individual who may be engaged in, planning, or assisting international terrorism in the development of a nuclear explosive device or its means of delivery and are taking all necessary measures to prevent their nationals and other persons and entities subject to their jurisdiction from participating in such cooperation; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF4CFCAB229B41639BDD13C88C3EE34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are fully and completely cooperating with the United States in its efforts to eliminate nuclear black-market networks or activities.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H40DD3978A593437297B0A3B33FBCB833"><enum>842.</enum><header>Report on identification of nuclear proliferation network host countries</header> <subsection id="H990648E39D4B48D8B3913EA62815086B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header> <paragraph id="H36BE30CCFF564A9383B4007F83FEF445"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text> <subparagraph id="HCC408AF2048F46719450FD4E8B5642D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifies any country in which manufacturing, brokering, shipment, transshipment, or other activity occurred in connection with the transactions of the nuclear proliferation network that supplied Libya, Iran, North Korea, and possibly other countries or entities, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6B9FEFE5EEAE4F6A8E41B6AF95DCBB94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes any additional information with respect to any country and any other nuclear proliferation networks or activities and the foreign persons believed to be participating therein, including any information relating to the participation of any foreign person in the export, transfer, or trade described in section 811.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H89324F4852E347EAB1FD1686EB58FD9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional information</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall also include a description of the extent to which each country described in the report is, in the opinion of the President, fully cooperating with the United States in its efforts to eliminate the nuclear proliferation network described in paragraph (1)(A) and any other nuclear proliferation networks or activities. The President shall base the determination regarding a country's cooperation with the United States in part on the degree to which the country has satisfied United States requests for assistance and information, including whether the United States has asked and been granted direct investigatory access to key persons involved in a nuclear proliferation network.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC5E6C6E0CD4643ADB7BB672B3FCF4C4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Classification</header><text>Reports under this section shall be unclassified to the maximum extent possible.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H273C97E4E6D74793A99897D73302B746"><enum>843.</enum><header>Suspension of arms sales licenses and deliveries to nuclear proliferation network host countries</header> <subsection id="HFF667503F65440B5006D638701050082"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Suspension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon submission of the report and any additional information under section 842 to the appropriate congressional committees, the President shall suspend all licenses issued under the Arms Export Control Act, and shall prohibit any licenses to be issued under that Act, to any country described in the report or additional information, until such time as the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that such country—</text> <paragraph id="H3BECDFC7FED74F7E97A1F830BE783916"><enum>(1)</enum> <subparagraph id="H1A4D12489C734C588C55EACA5570B7A8" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has fully investigated or is fully investigating the activities of any person or entity within its territory that has participated in the nuclear proliferation network or activities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA11BCB786D684F57B1646E24C1659E7" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has taken or is taking effective steps to permanently halt similar illicit nuclear proliferation or acquisition activities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA691809EE114F77BE142F88530060BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has been or is fully cooperating with the United States and other appropriate international organizations in investigating and eliminating the nuclear proliferation network, any successor networks operating within its territory, or other illicit proliferation and acquisition activities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H134C15895930468FB769878748DCD842"><enum>(3)</enum><text>has enacted or is enacting new laws, promulgated decrees or regulations, or established practices designed to prevent future such activities from occurring within its territory.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC92F6201F97E4EF5940074A625AE9B8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in a fiscal year if—</text> <paragraph id="H772834814EB64045B974006EFB938FEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the President has certified to the appropriate congressional committees that the waiver is important to the national security of the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE4124BAD50C74A1BB1936FBEF234C07B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>five days have elapsed since making the certification under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H031620B15F4A47B400D641EA5C8FA717"><enum>E</enum><header>General Provisions</header> <section id="HC37AE3B4A10644ECA57BEAD48600E7E5"><enum>851.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="H719F9CB28FB74B868159BA2FF11B9C73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Participated</header><text>The term <quote>participated</quote> means to have sold, transferred, brokered, financed, assisted, delivered or otherwise provided or received, and includes any conspiracy or attempt to participate in any of the preceding activities, as well as facilitating such activities by any other person.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15702628800E4E3796BCC922F22243B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign person</header><text>The term <quote>foreign person</quote> has the meaning provided in section 38(g)(9)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(g)(9)(C)</external-xref>) and includes, for purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of section 811, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, and subunits and other business organizations or associations in which that person may be deemed to have a controlling interest.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A04B455882D4882A03FE38732FE30C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Excess defense article</header><text>The term <quote>excess defense article</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 644(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2403">22 U.S.C. 2403(g)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E722AC38DB64859B6DF19C12C008544"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Items of proliferation concern</header><text>The term <quote>items of proliferation concern</quote> means any equipment, materials, or technology that could materially support the research, development, manufacturing, or acquisition by any means of a nuclear explosive device, a chemical or biological weapon, or missile with a payload of 500 kilograms or greater and with a range of 300 kilometers or greater.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H99EFC42168054C65AFC905C0E5549963"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <quote>person</quote>—</text> <subparagraph id="H5978A4AD4D974556BCEF439534442D44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a natural person as well as a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group, and any governmental entity, or subsidiary, subunit, or parent entity thereof, and any successor of any such entity; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H998DB1931F1C4A81BFAB01A1855716D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a country where it may be impossible to identify a specific governmental entity referred to in subparagraph (A), means all activities of that government relating to the development or production of any nuclear equipment or technology.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97DCE58181FB4774A1A2697277B14344"><enum>(6)</enum><header>United States foreign assistance</header><text>The term <quote>United States foreign assistance</quote> means assistance under the foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations Act for a fiscal year, and assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <enum>IX</enum><header>Foreign assistance provisions</header> <subtitle id="HF05B9D289BBA4E88A3708E92B82513F8"><enum>A</enum><header>Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and Related Provisions</header> <chapter id="H8E220BAED5734865B35ED7B671F92B6"><enum>1</enum><header>Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</header> <section id="H04A30000E00F49560092A9AD19422D42" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</enum><header>Assistance to establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries</header> <subsection id="H42635C2FF0EE425FA235C83D48D23020"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151b">22 U.S.C. 2151b(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE1113B587F854A1B93F471D73DF08300"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0F4A84C770B149F0006EC7C2A76B91AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8702A833D898467E9D5FB83853A6362F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HB81F6D8DF41B4F9BB02D986C204FDE79"><enum>(4)(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the purposes of this subsection, the President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, for the establishment and operation of not less than twelve centers for the treatment and prevention of obstetric fistula at appropriate sites in developing countries.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2CC30996940348288CF33E3937E03C59"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting sites for the establishment of centers pursuant to subparagraph (A), the President should seek the consultation and advice of United States embassy officials, appropriate nongovernmental organizations, and local government officials in developing countries with high rates of obstetric fistula, with particular emphasis on countries in Africa.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H005DF0520CF24CE788F5DEA9D5E4B7E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each center established pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, carry out the following activities:</text> <paragraph id="H94AF03D4DBCC4272920006C0ED7A4E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provision of surgery to repair obstetric fistula in women who do not otherwise have the resources to pay for such surgery and the provision of necessary post-surgery care and support for such women.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H771C682C45E44789B4958900175175DE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance related to surgery and post-surgery care and support described in clause (i), including the provision of transportation to and from the center for women in need of such transportation and the provision of necessary temporary shelter and food assistance to women in need of such shelter and food assistance.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E6B929263FA46AFAFD0BE9C31AFACD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities to reduce the incidence of obstetric fistula, including the conduct of appropriate seminars and the dissemination of appropriate educational materials, such as brochures, pamphlets, and posters.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1552D93A8510438EA40054615780E310"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Activities to expand access to contraception services for the prevention of pregnancies among women whose age or health status place them at high risk of prolonged or obstructed childbirth.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4C9D4FC0BA3B4261A9E2CBCFEAA11400"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each center established pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that women who suffer from obstetric fistula as a result of sexual abuse during conflicts or as a result of official abuse receive preference in receiving services described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (C).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H94D7BA30C7824A43A350C64E8B750083"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than January 31, 2008, the President shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report on the implementation of this paragraph for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H370F7E3E132D44F5B4A720CF0768A039"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <quote>obstetric fistula</quote> means a rupture or hole in tissues surrounding a woman’s vagina, bladder, or rectum that occurs when the woman is in obstructed childbirth for a prolonged period of time without adequate medical attention.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC00A252B8C974BDFA2D5AB7316F3B17C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out sections 104 and 496 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b and 2293), $5,000,000 for each such fiscal year is authorized to be available to carry out section 104(c)(4) of such Act (as added by subsection (a)).</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD477B89C5CD546698637DAA0FDD2D1E" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>902.</enum><header>Support for small and medium enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 240 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2200">22 U.S.C. 2200</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFDDD349CD12E4D07A57E60EA23D39548" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HFD49A56B558949EC81223C209BA42D84"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Support for small and medium enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa</header> <paragraph id="HB41DA91215F74550B3113366E1EC1044"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation is commended for its activities in support of the development of small and medium enterprises, and is encouraged to exercise its authorities to promote investments in financial institutions that are duly incorporated in sub-Saharan African countries, to the extent that the purpose of such investments is to expand investment and lending opportunities to small and medium enterprises that—</text> <subparagraph id="HC70D01EA68A246BFAE14EE4AFFD62A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are substantially owned by nationals of sub-Saharan African countries; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFE4229C3EAC4B61B22BE20288D201F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are engaged in domestic commerce or international trade in sectors such as housing, agriculture, fishing, textiles and apparel, tourism, electronics, technology, manufacturing, and services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BBF3F46BBAD4CDC9524D828712F8DB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making a determination to provide insurance and financing to financial institutions referred to in paragraph (1), the Corporation should take into consideration the extent to which a project establishes and implements a nondiscrimination in lending policy to prohibit discrimination based on ethnicity, sex, color, race, religion, physical disability, marital status, or age.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BFBE13BD2FE47168EF056B60DCA946"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In supporting a project referred to in paragraph (1), the Corporation may provide technical assistance to—</text> <subparagraph id="H86BF59632CB14ADC85CB47955E86B070"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the quality of management of financial institutions referred to in paragraph (1) to ensure the safety and stability of such institutions;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3A70682467114184AAC4D3DD861A343"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create in such financial institutions effective credit risk management systems to improve the quality of the assets of such institutions and the ability of such institutions to research and assess the overall credit risk of critical industries in the domestic economy; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H330DDCBED6E6494C81F74E1C30A94DE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support effective credit risk management by developing internal credit rating systems and credit assessment tools that improve the ability of such financial institutions to evaluate individual credit worthiness and measure the overall amount of risk posed by the total number of borrowers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H10F088483C3D4103A7A62E22272BA8AD" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>903.</enum><header>Assistance to support democracy in Zimbabwe</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and chapter 4 of part II of such Act, $12,000,000 for each such fiscal year is authorized to be available, consistent with the provisions of the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/99">Public Law 107–99</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> note), to support—</text> <paragraph id="HE87DA5FC84864E028FF32CCEC48B5337"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the restoration of democratic legitimacy and foster a free and fair electoral process in Zimbabwe, particularly through legislative process training for members of Parliament;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED425C649EEF462D822585A64903B3C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">capacity building for civil society organizations to effectively provide information on the political process to citizens, defend the legal rights of minorities, women and youth, document the level of adherence by the Government of Zimbabwe to national and international civil and human rights standards, and monitor and report on the entire electoral process in Zimbabwe;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H914AFDC5C14F46DCB04CE313035708AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>organizational capacity-building training for political parties in Zimbabwe; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D64BD353A1F4F9A9638F06629A0B83B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>poll watcher training for party and civil society election observers in Zimbabwe; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC3F9D2E53BB44BDBB6D9C36DD68CBAB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the reestablishment of independent media through overseas broadcasts and Internet sites.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HD26361F0E2494D379999AA1DAD22D18C" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>904.</enum><header>Restrictions on United States voluntary contributions to the United Nations Development Program</header> <subsection id="HFE388809893B4B4494AF35EC4F9D3CD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 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 (including all funds administered by the United Nations Development Program in Burma) shall be withheld unless during such fiscal year the Secretary of State submits to the appropriate congressional committees the certification described in subsection (b).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3A15B4DAC73443D092763142234596A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The certification referred to in subsection (a) is a certification by the Secretary that all programs and activities of the United Nations Development Program (including all programs and activities administered by the United Nations Development Program) in Burma—</text> <paragraph id="HB09AB4FB9B4945C89493544CC62460AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are focused on eliminating human suffering and addressing the needs of the poor; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB16796D86D5440D95D32BE472C5C9D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are undertaken only through international or private voluntary organizations that are independent of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (formerly the State Law and Order Restoration Council or SLORC);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCEB4D73FD9224E5CBE742B85A4EF5781"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide no financial, political, or military benefit, including the provision of goods, services, or per diems, to the SPDC or any agency or entity of, or affiliated with, the SPDC, including any entity whose members are ineligible for admission to the United States by reason of such membership under any provision of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)</external-xref>) (including the Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association (MMCWA), the Myanmar Council of Churches (MCC), the Myanmar Medical Association (MMA), the Myanmar Women Affairs Federation (MWAF), and the Union of Solidarity Development Association (USDA)); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04EBECC996EE4D3EA1225D1CB6DE25FE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H218AB06876944DB391A7B5C85B4DC043"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter during fiscal years 2006 and 2007, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on—</text> <subparagraph id="H33F10EC511EB420E8CB200F55DFD7500"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all programs and activities of the United Nations Development Program (including all programs and activities administered by the United Nations Development Program) in Burma; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE92092C0EC574C918300874B0564B4DD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>all recipients and subrecipients of funds provided under such programs and activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE8BF5FAC4B5047CA92004B9000BCD28B"><enum>905.</enum><header>Assistance for the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2291">22 U.S.C. 2291</external-xref>), $100,000 for each such fiscal year is authorized to be available for—</text> <paragraph id="H3E08E52ADECC4FAC999DAA7B77FDCFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specialized investigative training, including training in the United States, of personnel of the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB3A0DF5FB9645E2B1C1F1B654A5B4A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advisory support to the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland for the development and strengthening of its investigative capacity in order to ensure that policing in Northern Ireland is carried out in compliance with internationally recognized human rights standards.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HB70D5DED06794179BFDD35B3DB3213BD"><enum>906.</enum><header>Report on foreign law enforcement training and assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2291h">22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)</external-xref>), as amended by section 317(d) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3D30C010B50247BABB697E7BD1727151" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H53BA57887A0F465FB0A060F58E89CE21"><enum>(9)(A)</enum><text>A separate section on all foreign law enforcement training and assistance that is provided to foreign law enforcement personnel and other related governmental authorities by the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, and the United States Agency for International Development during the previous fiscal year and all such training proposed for the current fiscal year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC6F95B7597D467BA84E4C8B3C69D97C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The section on foreign law enforcement training and assistance shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H63A7C8BCE2A441A18C742981D09FFD55" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each law enforcement training activity—</text> <clause id="H739D8A4ADDB84517919E1300E8DB5E19"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purpose of the activity and the foreign policy justification for the activity;</text></clause> <clause id="HEE2AA59CD3634C539887FC00F36DEFC7"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of foreign law enforcement personnel who are provided training, their units of operation, and countries of origin;</text></clause> <clause id="H451721189E244E949EEC76851C267D79"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the type of training activity;</text></clause> <clause id="H15678F4684B8407D9C693838AA5CD76B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the location of the training activity;</text></clause> <clause id="HBEA3071E487A4D299D001E9B3369B862"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the department or agency of the United States Government which is conducting the training, by unit or office; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA9B97444BBE94394839B84B0238D458C"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of the training activity and the specific budgetary account from which the cost is paid.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H14C95D4A69654A15AD3070BAFD6BF6BF" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For other law enforcement assistance—</text> <clause id="H5A7A094D5A7D4909B9AE66C764D66211"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purpose of the assistance and the foreign policy justification for the assistance;</text></clause> <clause id="H6E810A0E817A423AB3EF37C5EB477C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the type of assistance;</text></clause> <clause id="H6BEE02EBB229423D93472D77070000E8"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the department or agency of the United States Government which is providing the assistance, by unit or office, where applicable; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0ED782960984478DA868C34CFF01E723"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost of the assistance and the specific budgetary account from which the cost is paid.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED482E5411E74DADB40476B814406C03" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For each country—</text> <clause id="H89228D42EBA944C093741D79B39D8006"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the aggregate number of students trained;</text></clause> <clause id="HDEAEB1E9702E47A4BC2CB70003A3766E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the aggregate cost of the law enforcement training and other law enforcement assistance; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5FA45157C7484543ADA67D278C9D8066"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a plan describing the law enforcement assistance and rule of law programs of the relevant departments and agencies of the United States Government.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31C864A8C4384DD99B775BCA9CF72C5E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required by this paragraph shall be in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="H5927AD626D254461A54F2B4F081EF7B4" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>907.</enum><header>Assistance for disaster mitigation efforts</header> <subsection id="H811845DA6D5A4C38ACD7F019EE693B89"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H6AEA4CFC11A84381ACF5DD88135ECD66"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The devastating impacts of natural disasters can be mitigated by assisting communities to build in safer locations, construct sturdier dwellings, enforce sound building codes and practices, and protect natural ecosystems.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED02DCBD32D54096A5C6B9E56B19BA4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">By 2050, two billion people are expected to be especially vulnerable to floods due to growing populations, indiscriminate logging, rapid urbanization, and increasing development along coasts and in other hazardous regions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC91A529966EB47D400F65DD07F8165CF"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">According to a study by the World Bank and the United States Geological Survey during the 1990s, $40 billion invested in preventive measures could have saved $280 billion in disaster relief funds and saved countless lives.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEC740C94EABB4A3787C2A4E9CD00F9B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies of the Government of the United States, should develop an initiative to encourage the use of disaster mitigation techniques, including techniques described in subsection (a)(1), by foreign governments in regions considered especially vulnerable to natural disasters.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9BF8065E088D45609E465EDC00ABDBF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</header><text>Section 491(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2292">22 U.S.C. 2292(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Assistance relating to disaster preparedness under the preceding sentence shall include assistance to encourage the use of disaster mitigation techniques, including to assist communities to build in safer locations, construct sturdier dwellings, enforce sound building codes and practices, and protect natural ecosystems.</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H478B84F7F9234004A5A257AA435C27" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>908.</enum><header>Assistance to promote democracy in Belarus</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2295">22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.</external-xref> and 2296 et seq.) and the FREEDOM Support Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5801">22 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.</external-xref>), $12,000,000 for each such fiscal year is authorized to be available for assistance for the promotion of democracy in the Republic of Belarus, including free and fair electoral processes, the development of political parties and nongovernmental organizations, promoting democracy and respect for human rights and the rule of law, independent media, and international exchanges and training programs for leaders and members of the democratic forces that foster civil society.</text></section> <section id="HC4F3AC8490A0448DA5EAEE59034C497" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>909.</enum><header>Assistance for maternal and prenatal care for certain individuals of Belarus and Ukraine involved in the cleanup of the Chornobyl disaster</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2295">22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.</external-xref> and 2296 et seq.) and the FREEDOM Support Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5801">22 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.</external-xref>), such sums as may be necessary for each such fiscal year are authorized to be available for assistance to improve maternal and prenatal care, especially for the purpose of helping prevent birth defects and pregnancy complications, for individuals in the Republic of Belarus and Ukraine involved in the cleanup of the region affected by the Chornobyl disaster.</text></section> <section id="H7B8B3806A6D843ACB75C992197939CE1" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>910.</enum><header>Assistance to address non-infectious diseases in foreign countries</header> <subsection id="H17048FA7D1324D77A84EF2BFE4579800"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>Congress declares the following:</text> <paragraph id="H697F5162B12546D1B321C6261F8FA600"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Medical evidence indicates that non-infectious diseases, like heart disease and obesity, are on the rise worldwide.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47D0C475E926464D8BD369359E4C2221"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> In response to these statistics, the current allocation of funds appropriated to the United States Agency for International Development for Child Survival and Maternal Health, Vulnerable Children, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Reproductive Health and Family Planning, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria does not address noninfectious diseases.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H266842DCD557449CA7B4B169C3E9A95F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, acting through the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, is authorized to provide assistance, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, to address non-infectious diseases in foreign countries.</text></subsection></section></chapter> <chapter id="H50F2B0B0059B4E3C81391484E3189B23"><enum>2</enum><header>Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</header> <section id="H8AB1FB6C823B470E8C63C36EB5491704"><enum>921.</enum><header>Economic support fund assistance for Egypt</header> <subsection id="H95FE74895F4D4C1DB98E969E000430C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H08F75FFE95894294B2D0A2900305A9C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Despite more than $28 billion in economic assistance provided by the United States to Egypt since 1975, Egypt’s economy and educational systems are underdeveloped and democratic development remains extremely limited. Egypt remains near the bottom of many indices of growth and human development.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A28BE8B661B44AA862FDBC720E5300"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Egypt’s economic troubles, if not addressed through programs to develop Egypt’s private sector, could destabilize the country.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F3AEF6B5A1C451EA6F9DCC59EC0564"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States programs to promote growth in Egypt, including traditional development assistance as well as programs that attempt to link disbursement of cash assistance to the adoption of economic reforms by the Government of Egypt, have had, at best, mixed success.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0459F64540974383A15485C4F6FBC522"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States has provided more than $32 billion in military assistance to Egypt since 1979.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98D00882B0254FC7A7DBC3FE9F16500"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Egypt is currently at peace with all its neighbors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01F76FC86CD84B4C98CA60BBE8FF4A1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Egypt and the United States entered into an agreement in March 2005, whereby Egypt undertook to accomplish certain reform-oriented policies primarily related to its financial sector, and the United States undertook, subject to its constitutional processes, to provide Egypt with cash assistance. This program of financial reform is important and should continue, supported by assistance in the form of cash transferred from the United States, but not in amounts in excess of amounts already agreed to and not for lesser policy reforms than have already been agreed to.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6CE06728B2F546249E14BF3B3F911DF1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The model of an agreement for policy change between the United States and Egypt, similar but not identical to, the concept of a “Millennium Challenge” compact that emphasizes performance and outcomes, would be a way to reinvigorate a program for the development of the Egyptian economy that has languished for years, and would give more Egyptians a stake in the proper planning and execution of programs to assist in their country’s development. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9D185C447B75432985E2D663C578170"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States—</text> <paragraph id="H90D7EE3F64DD425ABC7976DFA9580550"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to acknowledge that—</text> <subparagraph id="H7BDA2A2EB138431B002F4E1DDF1FEFE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">threats to Egypt’s stability derive far more from domestic problems, such as inadequate economic growth, deficient educational and health-care systems, and lack of political freedom, than from external dangers; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10BEF6F4AF84402295E9963046C5AF55"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">external threats to Egyptian stability are, in fact, minimal;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B89D77379D24FE2A1BC3700AE03FDE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide non-military assistance to Egypt which results in actual, sustainable, and, to the extent possible, measurable outcomes in terms of economic growth, poverty reduction, humanitarian conditions, health, education, and political reform;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H984502E988A145AEB2DC582384CA4E1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to restructure Egypt’s assistance package over time so as to diminish military assistance and end the reduction of economic assistance and to begin the process of this restructuring without delay; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H38F7487E1CCB4446A9CA4D3558A4CE68"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that this restructuring is done in such a manner that ensures that maintenance and spare parts for existing Egyptian military equipment is not jeopardized and that Egyptian military purchases and projects to which the United States has already committed itself be funded fully in accordance with previous understandings.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD4FB5ADF00FF43BFBAF5A23CAE9670A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</header> <paragraph id="HDE6DBADE86AE499F86774E4D9D7C993B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq; relating to the <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>) is amended by inserting after section 534 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9C601C1D2A474CE1A599275D81CB2D38" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H15E018A37F574666917D00C97717FB29"><enum>535.</enum><header>Requirements relating to assistance for Egypt</header> <subsection id="H3413079EE1A4459ABACE03D35F28384D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance may be provided for Egypt under this chapter for a fiscal year only if Egypt provides to the United States for the fiscal year a proposal described in subsection (b) that is evaluated and approved in accordance with subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0272AD1D58B4439D83009019EDC4274E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Proposal</header> <paragraph id="H34FD9E7A18D147BD846287051F61E7B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A proposal described in this subsection is a proposal that reflects Egyptian priorities to use assistance provided under this chapter to meet the requirements of paragraph (2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA9F3214142B43DB9065D07B21E03B98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The requirements described in this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="H4F968A94A1BE4702A4F9ECAB280531D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promoting economic growth (including economic freedom);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F56BB1BB58F45BB89A1BBDDBCF355C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reducing poverty;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFD923EEF7DF846CC948B2D68B000C299"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improving humanitarian conditions among the poorest individuals in Egypt;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H283598BDC15D427E8E84453BE9B6E36"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improving education and health systems for the people of Egypt;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0FA0760378C4E3ABD42EEC67716B55"><enum>(E)</enum><text>reducing corruption in the public and private sectors; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6B09D41FD2F4DC8B17BF71E1772E636"><enum>(F)</enum><text>strengthening democratic institutions and individual freedoms.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC354C3345F8840C0AEB52693002923AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Evaluation and approval of proposal</header> <paragraph id="H1191F8A4B21C4005A5A577A5337132D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, acting through the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Trade Representative, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall evaluate the proposal provided to the United States pursuant to subsection (a) to determine the extent to which the proposal meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (b)(2).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H81C4A87121EB40008F37623BC7BEC9C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall approve the proposal only if the President determines that—</text> <subparagraph id="HCF832D071B79469DB840A1B524C858F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the proposal sufficiently meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (b)(2) in a manner that achieves, in particular, lasting economic growth and poverty reduction and substantially strengthened democratic institutions and individual freedoms; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB7EB3F3FFE2847F2AA69DA5E4E7750F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Government of Egypt—</text> <clause id="H2BCFFA726A844B45A4DB40E2006B3855"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has adopted and implemented reforms necessary to implement the proposal;</text></clause> <clause id="H1390D4273A764EA98E00D7DCB0CC6E64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has implemented the proposal provided to the United States and approved for the prior fiscal year in accordance with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (b)(2); and</text></clause> <clause id="H3229806A55824DF60023DBBFD1BFFFD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has demonstrated high standards of fiduciary controls and accountability with respect to assistance provided for Egypt under this chapter.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H08EC981387F246869C2FFF739C66325D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Suspension and termination of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, acting through the Secretary of State, may suspend or terminate assistance in whole or in part for Egypt under this chapter if the President determines that the Government of Egypt is not implementing the proposal in accordance with the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (b)(2).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6B72C2E668C44043AD292DD3907561F0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cash assistance</header> <paragraph id="H70A3334F64DC4AB8BE1DA94CD7339EE8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, cash assistance may be provided to Egypt under this chapter for a fiscal year pursuant to the memorandum of understanding specified in paragraph (2) only if a proposal provided to the United States pursuant to subsection (a) for the fiscal year has been evaluated and approved in accordance with subsection (c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF9573C091484CB587C6CFC9C2407E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Memorandum of understanding</header><text>The memorandum of understanding specified in this paragraph is the memorandum of understanding agreed to by the Government of the United States and the Government of Egypt in March 2005, including any modification to the memorandum of understanding, except—</text> <subparagraph id="H109DC668D9DF43B7926348981278E8BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a modification to increase the amounts of assistance agreed to be provided under the memorandum of understanding; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF70BDDB89C1740CE843DFCFEDDBA6179"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a modification to reduce significantly the scope of, or to extend significantly the time for, the performance by Egypt of obligations that it has undertaken under the memorandum of understanding.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5F033ED670BA46C7ACC000E5A2E6A100"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance may not be obligated for Egypt under this chapter until 30 days after the date on which the President has provided notice thereof to the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A(a) of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA21DC14B99014B198CD025B111241798"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President, acting through the Secretary of State, shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report for each fiscal year that contains—</text> <paragraph id="H89997795EB994D118445EE6BC64600C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proposal provided to the United States pursuant to subsection (a) for the fiscal year; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H644750BB14B5415690019715853E1B5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the evaluation of the proposal carried out pursuant to subsection (c)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H19EC8FDD2E2D4FB18D4193261FE11661"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this section shall not be superseded except by a provision of law enacted after the date of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007, which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3896BFAB24C4EF29C212BC0C7DD7C00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to assistance for Egypt under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2007 and each subsequent fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H769D73DA3F2A470C8D002EC2B8ACC2B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Military assistance levels for Egypt; transfer requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following amounts available for assistance for Egypt under section 23 of Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2763">22 U.S.C. 2763</external-xref>; relating to the <quote>Foreign Military Financing</quote> program) shall be transferred to and consolidated with amounts available for assistance for Egypt under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.</external-xref>; relating to the <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>):</text> <paragraph id="HE1E2712CE7EC49A1AAF03BE46E87B1D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text> For fiscal year 2006, the amount that exceeds $1,260,000,000. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EE5264487C64C4E9F7CADCE9EF304C5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, the amount that exceeds $1,220,000,000. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E7E717EE86E48EBB23307EB4829DF72"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2008, the amount that exceeds $1,180,000,000.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1B3FD0E9608A4103942B8CFDFF587133"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cash-flow financing for Egypt</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall modify the program of cash-flow financing for Egypt under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2763">22 U.S.C. 2763</external-xref>; relating to the <quote>Foreign Military Financing</quote> program) so as to accomplish the purposes of the policy set forth in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD1851F6F4C474623AFF1DAD609F14B7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Transfer of Certain Interest for Egypt</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years, any interest earned from amounts in an interest bearing account for Egypt to which funds made available under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2763">22 U.S.C. 2763</external-xref>; relating to the <quote>Foreign Military Financing</quote> program) are disbursed—</text> <paragraph id="H0D7D4811AAB344898866538900724296"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be transferred to and consolidated with amounts available for assistance for the Middle East Partnership Initiative under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.</external-xref>; relating to the <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3FA356E6D2846249B98669108A9BAA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be allocated for democracy and governance programs for Egypt, including direct support for nongovernmental organizations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA0A0158B579D4842B30083A35CDDA4A8"><enum>922.</enum><header>Inter-Arab Democratic Charter</header> <subsection id="H7404D5A088894BF499002766A5E8A86C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs and the Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, shall develop and implement a strategy to—</text> <paragraph id="H0D480C992F5A455E0038FEEC4C101237"><enum>(1)</enum><text>support, including through the provision of technical assistance, efforts to establish an Inter-Arab Democratic Charter to promote human rights and democracy in the Near East region; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8AC87B29C984E45833E26A88891AFD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support and promote coordination among human rights organizations, pro-democracy advocates, and civil society members from both the Near East region and the Western Hemisphere to assist in efforts to establish the Inter-Arab Democratic Charter referred to in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9DCC33C840BE4023AEDED04E340044C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section 665(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151n">22 U.S.C. 2151n</external-xref> note) as amended by section 614(a)(2) of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: <quote>As part of such separate report, the Secretary shall include information on efforts by the Department of State to develop and implement the strategy to support efforts to establish an Inter-Arab Democratic Charter pursuant to section 708(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDC2BE38E7A4F432F94F00AB8E89001C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.</external-xref>; relating to the <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>), including amounts made available to carry out the Human Rights and Democracy Fund and the Middle East Partnership Initiative, such sums as may be necessary for each such fiscal year is authorized to be available to the Secretary to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H86951DD77D28438C8CC569D06F002ECF" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>923.</enum><header>Middle East Partnership Initiative</header> <subsection id="HA2ED2360C8F544C3BBD684A3F8A1003D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.</external-xref>; relating to the <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>), such sums as may be necessary for each such fiscal year is authorized to be available to the Secretary of State to carry out programs and activities of the Middle East Partnership Initiative.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB2A113218B8046B6BBD107D931C09B28"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 50 percent of amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out the Middle East Partnership Initiative shall be used to—</text> <paragraph id="HEC22E869A53947118D5BD7AF1359942"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strengthen civil society, particularly nongovernmental organizations, and expand female and minority participation in the political, economic, and educational sectors of countries participating in the Initiative; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06A217A8CF884B91A2BEC9E5E29B0651"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strengthen the rule of law and promote democratic values and institutions, particularly through—</text> <subparagraph id="HFCB008E9A01F407AA3470234F800C8FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing and implementing standards for free and fair election in countries participating in the Initiative; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H34B57F026781436ABADCF145BCAD3751"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supporting inter-regional efforts to promote democracy in countries under authoritarian rule, including through the Community of Democracies and Forum for the Future.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE1E17EF4417340C1AC15366F6C475DCD" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>924.</enum><header>West Bank and Gaza Program</header> <subsection id="HAE1827E674F8478B9B3DFD7F7CCD00E1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Oversight</header><text>For each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007, the Secretary of State shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the West Bank and Gaza that procedures have been established to ensure that the Comptroller General of the United States will have access to appropriate United States financial information in order to review the use of United States assistance for the West Bank and Gaza funded under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.</external-xref>; relating to the <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H65A2551CE4984B468716416569D40913"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vetting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to any obligation of funds for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through any individual or entity that the Secretary knows, or has reason to believe, advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity. The Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to any individual or entity which the Secretary has determined advocates, plans, sponsors, or engages in terrorist activity.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H339A92CA14704DE48DE06593DFAD2502"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the West Bank and Gaza program may be made available for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have committed, acts of terrorism.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9E59AA90AC1344C4A3A255C6EFF1387D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Audits</header> <paragraph id="HF1776E9652C14F428BAF9C8EBB095B4D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall ensure that independent audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant subcontractors and subgrantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, are conducted for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to ensure, among other things, compliance with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA73FB93FACE14E08971DD174DBC23F5B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Audits by Inspector General of USAID</header><text>Of the funds available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 that are made available for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, up to $1,000,000 for each such fiscal year may be used by the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development for audits, inspections, and other activities in furtherance of the requirements of paragraph (1). Such funds are in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2DBDC445D9BA46A88DA579821ED3C226"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text> <paragraph id="H8472EE390ADE47A5B19D56AD79815115"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61A2A4ACBE794491B596211F35375155"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4D1DC74C3F8841D781C09EC7C2E6AFE" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>925.</enum><header>Economic Support Fund assistance for Venezuela</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the President $9,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.</external-xref>; relating to the <quote>Economic Support Fund</quote>) to fund activities which support political parties, the rule of law, civil society, an independent media, and otherwise promote democratic, accountable governance in Venezuela.</text></section></chapter> <chapter id="H0130A3A53AAE405A843F09A2277B57CA"><enum>3</enum><header>Part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</header> <section id="HAD7B1D7249704B29A8B85B580264ACA9" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"><enum>931.</enum><header>Support for pro-democracy and human rights organizations in certain countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 620A(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FAA61">Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2371">22 U.S.C. 2371(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to assistance under part I (including chapter 4 of part II) of this Act provided in support of programs of a pro-democracy or human rights organization located or operating in a country described in such sentence, if, at least 30 days before obligating funds for such assistance, the Secretary of State notifies (in classified or unclassified form) the congressional committees specified in section 634A(a) of this Act in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under that section that the pro-democracy or human rights organization opposes the use of terrorism, supports democracy and respect for human rights, including the equality of women and ethnic and religious minorities, and supports freedoms of the press, speech, association, and religion.</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H3CA519F855494C74B276488C465DF88" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>932.</enum><header>Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority</header> <subsection id="H26A06D330CC0423C98E956245CEE9078"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2351">22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC97BB31EE638416E9D75C6FF13C8EA85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating the second section 620G (as added by section 149 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/164">Public Law 104–164</external-xref> (110 Stat. 1436)) as section 620J; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC5663925CFEB4456AEEFE45928FBC630"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB0C1C5E225B742758194CA1701563F00" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H40D4670E39EA43B2B212E1D401003FE0"><enum>620K.</enum><header> Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority</header> <subsection id="HB7C778B9874F4B93AF6C8CAC8579CE29"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance may be provided under this Act or any other provision of law to the Palestinian Authority only during a period for which a certification described in subsection (b) is in effect. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H28F839F1616649659C2079D0EC669E51"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>A certification described in this subsection is a certification transmitted by the President to Congress that contains a determination of the President that—</text> <paragraph id="HA1D1A4A7106540C3AACFD3C90228E8BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority is important to the national security interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD80B658BC3440E085B8BD379EF0084"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Palestinian Authority—</text> <subparagraph id="H6D87DDFEC09A4083A20049DCA933B529"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is committed to and has initiated the process of purging from its security services individuals with ties to terrorism;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC452819826D4559B5F1FA6655FA6EF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has made demonstrable progress toward dismantling the terrorist infrastructure, confiscating unauthorized weapons, arresting and bringing terrorists to justice, destroying unauthorized arms factories, thwarting and preempting terrorist attacks, and is fully cooperating with Israel's security services;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7896FD66AC8D476BA278D76F483153B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has made demonstrable progress toward halting all anti-Israel incitement in Palestinian Authority-controlled electronic and print media and in schools, mosques, and other institutions it controls, and is replacing these materials, including textbooks, with materials that promote tolerance, peace, and coexistence with Israel;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7B8E46E3C22841C5B70975C34F2FFEA2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has taken effective steps to ensure democracy, the rule of law, and an independent judiciary, and has adopted other reforms such as ensuring transparent and accountable governance;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6AD946A36E044D3DB25E33AF06057B25"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is committed to ensuring that all elections within areas it administers to be free, fair, and transparent; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0FE027E1377451D8698BE3149ACC76D"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is undertaking verifiable efforts to ensure the financial transparency and accountability of all government ministries and operations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5FA522BF5D32447C94E500D43296CA4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recertifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date on which the President transmits to Congress an initial certification under subsection (b), and every 6 months thereafter—</text> <paragraph id="HD6E45BE62E524500BC61CC246D022BDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the President shall transmit to Congress a recertification that the requirements contained in subsection (b) are continuing to be met; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6318204E1CAF4793962715440209FCFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the President is unable to make such a recertification, the President shall transmit to Congress a report that contains the reasons therefor.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBE10E10BE2314E7BA1A843B56BF94300"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance made available under this Act or any other provision of law to the Palestinian Authority may not be provided until 15 days after the date on which the President has provided notice thereof to the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A(a) of this Act.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H70D68EA4FC7D495CAFB14AFC238CB6D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report by Comptroller General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains a review of the extent to which United States assistance to the Palestinian Authority under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law is properly audited by the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and all other relevant departments and agencies of the Government of the United States.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H677F665098FE4F778EE9A48882F062E" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>933.</enum><header>Assistance for law enforcement forces</header> <subsection id="H4FB6981B89CE4B26AC13304D4B977203"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 660(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2420">22 U.S.C. 2420(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDF674B38BEB4489787407100E6998630"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAA5784954F2240F3B2ACE1D5009F9EF9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>to any national, regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national governmental entity of a foreign country</quote> after <quote>with respect to assistance</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51B4A8D492034C0EBBC79298E21F9100"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, and the provision of professional</quote> and all that follows through <quote>democracy</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4461D5F3D8E94A99BB17C1A3092F6466"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA25D300CF7484438BED4BD611BCAFAC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBA34E5DB65D0455ABF0001E9AF79F5CA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HA3C7049DFC7749BF9FD61BF44F1004B8"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to assistance to combat corruption in furtherance of the objectives for which programs are authorized to be established under section 133 of this Act;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2DF3A51251BC4E6889AFE8CED0096919"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the provision of professional public safety training to any national, regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national governmental entity of a foreign country, particularly training in international recognized standards of human rights, the rule of law, conflict prevention, and the promotion of civilian police roles that support democratic governance and foster improved police relations between law enforcement forces and the communities in which they serve; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2FB5E497C76A4065864EA4E38EBDAB60"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to assistance to combat trafficking in persons, particularly trafficking in persons by organized crime; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H996CA24AB84241E3BDE72112B7291919"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to assistance in direct support of developing capabilities for and deployment to impending or ongoing peace operations of the United Nations or comparable regional organizations.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H022BA8628014490B979D8515BBC2E709"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>Section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2420">22 U.S.C. 2420</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H16A110CF52D949CC9E83E87632C300B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as amended by subsection (a) of this section)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE52D712148854B7DA5CBAD9F17513EC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H13375AA20A3E4503999D6E3B1CDA445C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC07813FACB1D4882AC070948D01748FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by moving the margin 2 ems to the left; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8FB18F2D4C7439C956045DEBE8415"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (11) as paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73CC3131B110434CA1A5D410D5007B49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d).</text></paragraph></subsection></section></chapter></subtitle> <subtitle id="H90DD452992B24C94AA2D60966C4D02C1"><enum>B</enum><header>Other Provisions of Law</header> <section id="HB5F8D05F9AA6454F85B2CFEBFF534607"><enum>941.</enum><header>Amendments to the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002</header> <subsection id="H5064FFECE0044759ABD2F82DFC91936D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to—</text> <paragraph id="HCE3DF8DC831B4184984CD367D52EE67"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist Afghanistan in the preparation of parliamentary elections which are currently scheduled to take place on September 18, 2005;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84395254B1DF4601904E1805C3C77179"><enum>(2)</enum><text>urge donor governments and institutions to provide significant financial support to support the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in carrying out such parliamentary elections;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H858C80A3C8C0429C9474A560ED730087"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assist legitimate and recognized parliamentary candidates and future elected parliamentary officials in carrying out the responsibilities and duties of their elected offices; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F1F1FA7ECD5487783001888C7478F6F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assist Afghanistan in the preparation for future presidential and parliamentary elections.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H33AE678F55224A4EBB55FA376C81AEFE" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes of assistance</header><text>Section 102 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7512">22 U.S.C. 7512</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4696F41CD2D844B5BDA0E2AFF68E84A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6462A617A48A445292FCB282079226B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H837A8B7791764AAEBB016C807E002423" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H2B6622322D5941F8B4D24D4894F90031"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that parliamentary and presidential elections in Afghanistan are carried out in a free, fair, and transparent manner;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66E5A705AAE04D94BAF9C989B447AACD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to provide assistance to legitimate and recognized parliamentary candidates and future elected parliamentary officials in Afghanistan to better educate such candidates and officials on parliamentary procedures, anticorruption, transparency, and good governance;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H322EFAA95DF34F2788FA3779FE89E0FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities supported</header><text>Section 103(a)(5)(C) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7513">22 U.S.C. 7513(a)(5)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD29BA724FDA8482E85C8F3EB99A1E28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking clauses (iii) and (iv);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF58599735D34CECA3704D7D618071A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (v) through (vii) as clauses (xi) through (xiii), respectively; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6491C5EDC74C46A69DA6ABF894B84113"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clauses: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD65D8AD2DC254E0599ECF9DFBB8D0029" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H5BC15C9D817646A09654B4D5E31F795"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>programs to promote comprehensive public information campaigns, including nationwide voter and civic education, for the public, candidates, and political parties, and special efforts with respect to provinces in which small percentages of women voted in the October 2004 presidential elections;</text></clause> <clause id="H2A928722E7764C3F8182A4CFA2CB9E00"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>programs to accelerate disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration processes to ensure that candidates and political groups are not influenced or supported by armed militias;</text></clause> <clause id="H536101E5DF7945D1B363F69CE9797803"><enum>(v)</enum><text>programs to support the registration of new voters and the preparation of voter rolls;</text></clause> <clause id="HA55819E093EF463FBD6860762853A993"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>programs to support the vetting process of candidates for the parliamentary elections to ensure that such candidates are eligible under the relevant Afghan election requirements;</text></clause> <clause id="H8B651B533A5C46D390AFCBDC1C952581"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>programs to educate legitimate and recognized parliamentary candidates on campaign procedures and processes;</text></clause> <clause id="H38F7B654E9A4429D844ED2086DC06660"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>capacity-building programs and advanced professional training programs for senior Afghan Government officials and future elected parliamentary officials in matters related to parliamentary procedures, anti-corruption, accountability to constituencies, transparency, good governance, and other matters related to democratic development;</text></clause> <clause id="H648CF17CE6624142898E45CC084E62A6"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>exchange programs to bring to the United States future elected parliamentary officials and senior officials of legitimate and recognized political parties for educational activities regarding legislative procedures, debate, and general campaign and legislative instruction;</text></clause> <clause id="H7353A06257B24786BF57D27D4C96574"><enum>(x)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programs to support nongovernmental organizations and other civil society organizations that will assist in civil and voter education programs and overall democracy development programs; </text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8053F08617C340AC92233663C33EA94D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in clause (xii) (as redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D68CC0F806B450AA6BEB82EBD3C00"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in clause (xiii) (as redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95B681FFA918430280475760774BF48E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0723BFBF615F42E09926C6C17B6C1787" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H90D1494337E6495590A3625FB6CFA800"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>other similar activities consistent with the purposes set forth in subsection (a).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFCAB984151CA47A4AAE3B8014FDBBFCB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 103(a)(5)(C) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7513">22 U.S.C. 7513(a)(5)(C)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (c), is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H62F6C6B9DA91495B8B5B6F878E1FE874"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>To support</quote> and inserting <quote>(i) To support</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C667C8D2547434A80768866BCD6F200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) through (xiv) as subclauses (I) through (XIV), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6DF7237BCDA49B2B6B5815994C1C0DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H26CD8C00629A41E79B5E00007C5B54D5" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HFD418437D84C437ABC4934D51FEA4D3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and chapter 4 of part II of such Act, $50,000,000 for each such fiscal year is authorized to be available to the President to carry out subclauses (III) through (X) of clause (i). </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDB3A43D71EF54E76B0B84BEBD5A9DCD5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the President should take all necessary and appropriate steps to encourage all donor governments and institutions to provide full financial and logistical support to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to carry out the parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, which are currently scheduled to take place on September 18, 2005, so as to—</text> <paragraph id="H94A3EC1A9DC9462EA145AEB6E4DB0032"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure the parliamentary elections are legitimate and free from influence, intimidation, and violence by local militia leaders and illicit narcotics terrorist organizations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92FEB54FE27B4B74AB8746B429D9D4EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make certain that all Afghans who want to vote may do so and may be educated about their choice in parliamentary candidates;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H032733E967554292941CDCA4A700E123"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide that all legitimate and recognized parliamentary candidates and officials of legitimate and recognized political parties are informed and educated on campaign procedures and processes;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3D2AA682B8DE488881E76D8CBA4668A6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide that future parliamentary officials and senior officials of legitimate and recognized political parties are informed and educated on the legislative procedures and process through exchange programs; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H063DA5C663D24D27AC8586278BB3E4C6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assure sufficient funds for deployment of international observers for the upcoming parliamentary elections and future presidential and parliamentary elections.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H8A180C191CEA41430088FB8BFBF36411"><enum>942.</enum><header>Amendments to the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002</header> <subsection id="H37892F1149274144B1319F2C835C784D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Bilateral assistance</header><text>Section 616 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6901">22 U.S.C. 6901</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H60A8E91B53D1479CB19DC16510CFE87C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE3C597DC5D54666A22001A6E66E009B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB6B049B3933140D7ADCA93381592D86D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H5BB67BB50EBA4806B130AD5074B60005"><enum>(d)</enum><header>United States assistance</header> <paragraph id="HD01F2EDBE26E4D4B009F426191DC942D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The President shall provide grants to nongovernmental organizations to support sustainable economic development, cultural and historical preservation, health care, education, and environmental sustainability projects for Tibetans inside Tibet that are designed in accordance with the principles contained in subsection (e).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2DC24AE1BF64EE1AAE0EB00AC7B1E00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Role of special coordinator</header><text>The United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues (established under section 621(a)) shall review and approve all projects carried out pursuant to paragraph (1).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54B9D5D5479D412D84BC65A5B58C7520"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out this subsection $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2CA7F62F9F794C798F07C01C8DE79496"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Language training</header><text>Section 619 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6901">22 U.S.C. 6901</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF2B52395DB50401CA494B08BFA07CCA6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H9BDF43CFA7BA4ED291C1F81BBDA1DF8C"><enum>619.</enum><header>Requirement for Tibetan language training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure at least one Foreign Service officer assigned to a United States post in the People’s Republic of China responsible for monitoring developments in Tibet has at least six months of Tibetan language training prior to taking up such assignment at such post, unless such officer possesses equivalent fluency. If the Secretary determines that training resources and timing permit, such officer shall receive one year of such training.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0E9F5CCEEA314519B2E3B0986BB882"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special coordinator for Tibetan issues</header><text>Section 621 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6901">22 U.S.C. 6901</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEB7ECFA3E4AB402CA4405549AC8F0360" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H49491EFDA7E845CC8059EEF824E2F16C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Personnel</header><text>The Secretary shall assign dedicated personnel to the Office of the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues sufficient to assist in the management of the responsibilities of this section and section 616(d)(2).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H5277E46CC29449AFA976B5F26EC6C209" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>943.</enum><header>Amendments to the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986</header> <subsection id="HBC915AB65664423E807739D200D8773E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H1E76BD0796EF47B7B992F3339E467BA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States assistance for the International Fund for Ireland (<quote>International Fund</quote>) has contributed greatly to the economic development of Northern Ireland and that both objectives of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/415">Public Law 99–415</external-xref>), economic development and reconciliation, remain critical to achieving a just and lasting peace in the region, especially in the economically-depressed areas; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA53A3BE1419425E8058A907A1EEAA13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>since policing reform is a significant part of winning public confidence and acceptance in the new form of government in Northern Ireland, the International Fund is encouraged to support programs that enhance relations between communities, and between the police and the communities they serve, promote human rights training for police, and enhance peaceful mediation in neighborhoods of continued conflict.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC458201CBB254F61B13E43C80478D050"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments</header> <paragraph id="HAEE9547EBF0A418EAE70A7C5D5E6F72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings and purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(b) of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/415">Public Law 99–415</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Furthermore, the International Fund is encouraged to support programs that enhance relations between communities, and between the police and the communities they serve, promote human rights training for police, enhance peaceful mediation in neighborhoods of continued conflict, promote training programs to enhance the new district partnership police boards recommended by the Patten Commission, and assist in the transition of former British military installations and prisons into sites for peaceful, community-supported activities, such as housing, retail, and commercial development.</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BD64FD7C9C54F8AA8205312CE68C4A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States contributions to the International Funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H892B3DA7A938426E00F3BF122D3B3DBF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H8A5DA49FA71045D8813BDBB4961D20C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fiscal years 2006 and 2007</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.</external-xref>; relating to the economic support fund), there are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each such fiscal year for United States contributions to the International Fund. Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under the preceding sentence are authorized to remain available until expended. Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 under this subsection, it is the sense of Congress that not less than 35 percent of such amount for each such fiscal year should be used to carry out the last sentence of section 2(b).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E76CB4B97BC4498B7CCCBE1DC513935"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(1) of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 is amended by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>, specifically through improving local community relations and relations between the police and the people they serve</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H206ABAC1F2F4462BA0A39D66824239FF"><enum>944.</enum><header>Assistance for demobilization and disarmament of former irregular combatants in Colombia</header> <subsection id="HAF49E3EE6BAC47368DE4A7226919F19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available for fiscal year 2006 and each subsequent fiscal year for assistance for the Republic of Colombia under this Act or any other provision of law may be made available for assistance for the demobilization and disarmament of former members of foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia, specifically the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), if the Secretary of State makes a certification described in subsection (b) to the appropriate congressional committees prior to the initial obligation of amounts for such assistance for the fiscal year involved.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD833D6AD13E241D0AF47BD62B4C000F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certification described in this subsection is a certification that—</text> <paragraph id="HD0E490451A7E4D09BCC052A5FB00C824"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assistance for the fiscal year will be provided only for individuals who have verifiably renounced and terminated any affiliation or involvement with foreign terrorist organizations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC070604FB2374BE6A3FDA912C090088"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Government of Colombia is continuing to provide full cooperation with the Government of the United States relating to extradition requests involving leaders and members of the foreign terrorist organizations involved in murder, kidnapping, narcotics trafficking, and other violations of United States law; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF18B17DB03C74F26932924820002A4AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Government of Colombia has established a concrete and workable framework for dismantling the organizational structures of foreign terrorist organizations that adequately balances the need for both reconciliation and justice with concerns for fundamental human rights.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB5C511588EFD48EC8E0000B800ACC7B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HCEF53B758B1041BBA281D5D8AB65E3E1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H552F185A1DCD47629C31F7F0A2D1C472"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A55DBD955FC4858A9DB2CC8B370CC5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD01D3B5D61154DC2A1592FBD00A96059"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign terrorist organization</header><text>The term <quote>foreign terrorist organization</quote> means an organization designated as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H20B810365DF64CD0AAB5A6F9667D1683" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>945.</enum><header>Support for famine relief in Ethiopia</header> <subsection id="H73F4DF3422F14101BD0447A845D0E252"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Demonstration insurance project</header><text>The Secretary of State is authorized to make a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations World Food Program to establish and carry out a demonstration insurance project in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia using weather derivatives to transfer the risk of catastrophic drought resulting in famine from vulnerable subsistence farmers to international capital markets for the purpose of protecting vulnerable subsistence farmers against income and asset losses during natural disasters.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2154A2BD2B7040F78553EC14DED1187E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year and two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of the project referred to in subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H47DCF0162BA141AEBDA6B749B471B51E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section up to $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HE430F3F7D47D436AB0A855ADEC8CD52E"><enum>946.</enum><header>Assistance to promote democracy and human rights in Vietnam</header> <subsection id="H8C62F9BD5D1647F18BCBB0C55BFAA81C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a one-party state, ruled and controlled by the Communist Party of Vietnam, which continues to deny the right of citizens to change their government, prohibits independent political, labor, and social organizations, and continues to commit serious human rights violations, including the detention and imprisonment of persons for the peaceful expression of dissenting religious and political views.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H76959E6F26284F97B58BD92B003F4455"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States—</text> <paragraph id="HF2B60F8C418540050069505485084406"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to limit United States nonhumanitarian assistance provided to the Government of Vietnam, not to exceed the amount so provided for fiscal year 2005, unless the President certifies to Congress not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act that, during the 12-month period preceding such certification, Vietnam has made substantial progress toward—</text> <subparagraph id="H58A6B98D69874E4CABF8EBADA82F87FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>releasing political and religious prisoners;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDAD9CC8F4ECC41C0B61EFAB62BA3CDA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>respecting religious freedom and other universally recognized human rights;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB1A1537B47A84FECAEDF003400220092"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allowing open access to the United States for its refugee program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE6F297A1126B432500E10068FB2526A5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>cooperating fully toward providing information concerning the locations of members of the United States Armed Forces who continue to be officially listed as missing in action as a result of the Vietnam conflict;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8C17C11612A4CAFB982D88F3F178002"><enum>(E)</enum><text>respecting the rights of ethnic minorities in the Central Highlands; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE7EC0E961CD841F3A0003CFA5BCF8F5B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensuring that it is not acting in complicity with organizations engaged in the trafficking of human persons; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7386A188FC3C4B329EEFD4ADCBB9D74D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that programs of educational and cultural exchange with Vietnam actively promote progress towards freedom and democracy in Vietnam by ensuring that Vietnamese nationals who have already demonstrated a commitment to these values are included in such programs.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H915E033935F04392AAB58BBB158384F1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>United States nonhumanitarian assistance</quote> means—</text> <paragraph id="HF3918A8074DA4C2A8DE8EC685CFF33B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including programs under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of such Act, relating to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation), other than—</text> <subparagraph id="H34B503715E3049C3AD85006C4D8225BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disaster relief assistance, including any assistance under chapter 9 of part I of such Act;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4781310E3C2F43BA9FDC94D5A31C3B72"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance which involves the provision of food (including monetization of food) or medicine;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H85FC5C45837E4D218200CBB9A0860032"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance for refugees; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6BC756F0C6B4F65B9FFC4DAB27ED6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, including any assistance under section 104A of such Act; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4617A0679044A2B89A9133C26B33720"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sales, or financing on any terms, under the Arms Export Control Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC426208691C945CBBA52C78E9EAB1793" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization</header> <paragraph id="H67E6D2EDB5A746358F3400EA67560556"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President is authorized to provide assistance to nongovernmental organizations and organizations to promote democracy and internationally recognized human rights in Vietnam.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB148899BD2B40AD8BC34EEE93094437"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the President $2,000,000 to carry out paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HA5EDC1B595CB481FBFE1846162A3E4C"><enum>C</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <section id="HAAE49B9A77E743D2ACDDA58B14F6BBCE"><enum>951.</enum><header>Report on United States weapons transfers, sales, and licensing to Haiti</header> <subsection id="H2B06FA3D29514590AA77AA1BF59E4F04"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on all United States weapons transfers, sales, and licensing to the Government of the Republic of Haiti for the period beginning on October 4, 1991, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC3AB1DDCAFE844C58E446F5474BADCD6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include a detailed description of each of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H98A4D2BAEEE34743A2B2D0DA03F881E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The names of the individuals or governmental entities to which weapons were transferred, sold, or licensed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85A6CFC745694CE0A5DE40DA5C16CFC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number and types of weapons transferred, sold, or licensed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5DDA9AED249847E4B15BEABF32F4BBB6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The safeguards, if any, that were required prior to the transfer, sale, or license of the weapons.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H54E9A380879C432F8521DE4111B42947"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>United States weapons transfers, sales, and licensing</quote> means transfers, sales, and licensing of weapons under—</text> <paragraph id="H582F0E47C3904584A1D82C7460814953"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9555D0AE36C406686B1DFC4D2129324"><enum>(2)</enum><text>chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2291">22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H40875B0A0AD740DD9FAFF57E77085BF5" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>952.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding assistance for regional health education and training programs</header> <subsection id="H417F3D0EFCB9489500213459736B4464"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress recognizes that many health problems are not country specific. Instead many health issues can be categorized and treated more effectively on a regional basis.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA53BA9D684EA492382659DD1BBF000DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the United States Agency for International Development should use up to five percent of country-specific health program funds, as needed, to address regional health education and training needs in instances in which it would be more cost effective to implement health education and training programs on a regional basis.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H11054F8D583145E9007667230061E6C8" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>953.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding assistance for regional health care delivery</header> <subsection id="H4E3EBED1BADB4EC4B39FEEE8CB417224"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>Congress declares the following:</text> <paragraph id="HDBA60FFBD3584E4F84D117D33536682C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Health systems in developing countries for allocating and managing health resources are dysfunctional and incapable of addressing evolving epidemiological and demographical changes.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB647748483A4F3395BBC75B3887D924"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Neither regional nor countrywide health problems can be adequately addressed without the infrastructure for health systems in place.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC4097B1A89A84213B1E9AA9E31F64BB3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The areas in Africa, Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East, and Asia with the greatest health problems all lack the infrastructure for health systems that can support providers and contain the cost of treatment.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H18B312D2316647078B580086D5948BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the United States Agency for International Development should use up to five percent of country-specific health program funds, as needed, to support projects to create and improve indigenous capacity for health care delivery in regions in which such projects are most needed.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H5712A42CA1234A43B590489BEBEBDB0" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>954.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding elimination of extreme poverty in developing countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H9911C0785F04410E977D66ACA8A37E81"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the elimination of extreme poverty in developing countries should be a major priority of United States foreign policy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF9A6E1AC22524E59BD57A7148BBD4427"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Unites States should further demonstrate its leadership and commitment to eliminating extreme poverty by working with developing countries, donor countries, and multilateral institutions committed to the necessary reforms, policies, and practices that reduce extreme poverty in developing countries and by pursuing greater coordination with key allies and international partners; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA8CCD1CB6664AAE9895CC83E914AEF7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President, acting through the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and in consultation with the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies of the Government of the United States, international organizations, international financial institutions, recipient governments, civil society organizations, and other appropriate entities, should develop a comprehensive strategy to eliminate extreme poverty in developing countries that involves foreign assistance, foreign and local private investment, technical assistance, private-public partnerships, and debt relief.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H5C10688E9027489C8491D5EC5D64BB81" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>955.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding United States foreign assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H950C2089C16E492EBC9520E60006C66C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>United States foreign assistance should be used to support local capacity-building in developing countries and should focus on improving the institutional capacities of developing countries in order to promote long-term development; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF442CBF7C9B14A2C9948D322B2EAFB00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation should increase their efforts to enhance recipient country participation in the planning of development programs, promote recipient country ownership of the programs, and build local capacity within the recipient country.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <enum>X</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header> <section id="HCA282BCAAE8C4490B436D4F85459C289" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Initiative</header> <subsection id="H5BBD9CF5180E4557864FFC9FE583CCF0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that efforts by the Government of the United States to expand the Pan Sahel Initiative into a robust counter-terrorism program in the Saharan region of Africa, to be known as the <quote>Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Initiative</quote>, should be strongly supported.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H4DB77943B2D446038EC9820069EC00AA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header> <paragraph id="HEDC5DD75A3D44A629FAAEC56AF26A0EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed strategy, in classified form, regarding the plan of the Government of the United States to expand the Pan Sahel Initiative into a robust counter-terrorism program in the Saharan region of Africa, to be known as the <quote>Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Initiative</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD78D83E8B94840838BA7D468C8816F17"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H30FBDD8EABAC455D88A0C6A72C72DDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The names of the countries that will participate in the Initiative.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D3317C161124722B63EE06B7EEE7F48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of the types of security assistance necessary to create rapid reaction security forces in order to bolster the capacity of the countries referred to in subparagraph (A) to govern their borders.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H769145190DA5461BB1256130F203C3AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of training to ensure respect for human rights and civilian authority by rapid reaction security forces referred to in subparagraph (B) and other appropriate individuals and entities of the countries referred to in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B416EC7F9B54014BEFDFA7C2926873E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A description of the types of public diplomacy and related assistance that will be provided to promote development and counter radical Islamist elements that may be gaining a foothold in the region.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC612ED11C00A4F1191009DCF543C34BF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Update</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an update of the report required by this subsection not later than one year after the date of the initial submission of the report under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF339E7DE0E264134862EA279CAEF19B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cooperation of other departments and agencies</header><text>The head of each appropriate department and agency of the Government of the United States shall cooperate fully with, and assist in the implementation of, the strategy described in subsection (b)(1) and shall make such resources and information available as is necessary to ensure the success of the Initiative described in such subsection.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H566FEFD6290140259DC3D919CF702950" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Annual Patterns of Global Terrorism Report</header> <subsection id="HB255FD83369242C989C39EC23B5CE133"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 140(a) Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD85073A20EFC4696AAA531615F4944DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">country reports on terrorism</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">patterns of global terrorism report</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF64EDE0997C34109A4491BC2AE4840EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives,</quote> after <quote>Speaker of the House of Representatives</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4B34BE014C7F4047BA4696F07DCF0368"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assessments with respect to foreign countries in which acts of terrorism occurred</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 140(a)(1)(A)(i) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f(a)(1)(A)(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDC7173F1D74847ADA63C452DB1F0C3B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>which were, in the opinion of the Secretary, of major significance;</quote> and inserting <quote>, including—</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46350E8B916448A0B4AF046B26244CB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subclauses:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF7EB5FAAA20D4B31B21627E85BCD0032" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H99306D8249D74A8AB68D63CE3BB1E5BF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the number of such acts of terrorism or attempted acts of terrorism;</text></clause> <clause id="HDF4D2F9B6C5C4883A8B828532EA0F562"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the number of individuals, including United States citizens, who were killed or injured in such acts of terrorism;</text></clause> <clause id="HBFE242D7E5944774A64EACD002162B4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the methods, and relative frequency of methods, utilized in such acts of terrorism; and</text></clause> <clause id="H61FD6670F68C476C88EBF4FD746C47B1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>assessments of individuals who were responsible for such acts of terrorism and the relationships of such individuals to terrorist groups;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7F46A00C868F4AD8AFB8BF005CF3FC2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information with respect to terrorist groups</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 140(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>and any other known international terrorist group</quote> the following <quote>or emerging terrorist group</quote>. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H7A687A203EB243F7BCEC7443282E7B43"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Information with respect to all foreign countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H94FE5FDA6B714F7B8C1042871F20C71"><enum>(1)</enum><text> in paragraph (2), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end after the semicolon; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE4AD4493CEAC49BBBA3CB785AD423C9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD4F8451C750844C3AD2C7BA813DFDFAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>from which the United States Government</quote> and all that follows through <quote>United States citizens or interests</quote> and inserting <quote>worldwide</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H54F1B84098194C23B9BB9889C87B4DC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="H09EE815F8DB74334B508D7389FCCDC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the individual or</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H407B2EBB10CB427CA45ECA5259B19D45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the act</quote> and inserting <quote>acts of terrorism</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE7AE861A143E41E4BBFA695C3103A3BC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H52BA5E62F2BB48A196CAE6DE6F46E62B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>against United States citizens in the foreign country</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC160AED3E5FE49BD9D6B82551301AFEA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC1DE4D1D611340C890BA8109B3F5131" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H364B24F66ECC4F5C877947C5790071C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which the government of the foreign country is not cooperating with respect to the matters described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) and other matters relating to counterterrorism efforts.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D3A9052E2354578A338CB934A84C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3043D837EA3E46799B66FFD9DBD7BEE2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Existing provisions to be included in report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 140(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8C455BE5FD024875846C807C004240F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>should to the extent feasible</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6047A50574B34B719929A85FE5CBFA4C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H03A82F1D797A498BB9D3B55E563565AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and (a)(3)</quote> after <quote>subsection (a)(1)(A)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A8079DD9FF845118000F12059001190"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), respectively;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D63DFBAA7CB4EF194FAA69AEE683E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as redesignated) the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H77845E6AF04F4015ADD7145F38DF86BC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H5CAA83638B85418886E33A8A9323418"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a separate list, in chronological order, of all acts of international terrorism described in subsection (a)(1)(A);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H439757375B754B2FA46BE183B6EB5D39"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated), by striking <quote>affecting American citizens or facilities</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D19AEBDEB05400886C0EAE028F57DF1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated)—</text> <clause id="H0A6E7F426B954F2B855890D3D4DAC47F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>by the government of the country, government officials, nongovernmental organizations, quasi-governmental organizations, or nationals of the country</quote>; </text></clause> <clause id="H9A832B1BE69B408C83BB8F22EDAB7ED9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (v), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end after the semicolon; and</text></clause> <clause id="HBFF4A77EEED044DB94234897FBE1E776"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCFE090D0FEF84D26A5C37CAFC00762D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="HFE3622316A14455087AF2800D40256EF"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other types of indirect support for international terrorism, such as inciting acts of terrorism or countenance of acts of terrorism by the government of the country, government officials, nongovernmental organizations, quasi-governmental organizations, or nationals of the country;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC86C9CA0D8124FEBBC8B35AFA99FE7C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF7B045049F5840DAB6BB094FA475881D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H59A4C8DE72D440CBBA13617B3CC4D83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFD255DA18E143CCAA29334926352447"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H306A39E7C2AA4E36AB577BAE856C0090" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H2DDE11AD062A4E3197CC481B209D1E79"><enum>(G)</enum><text>information on the stated intentions and patterns of activities of terrorist groups described in subsection (a)(2), capabilities and membership of such groups, recruitment and fundraising activities of such groups, and the relationships of such groups to criminal organizations, including organizations involved in illicit narcotics trafficking;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H08AD01855C9745178B44004D57D3C110"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) (as added by section 701(a)(2)(C) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/487">Public Law 108–487</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 3961)) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD4AE3A6D2C624172A53E3263B29BF2B3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>New provisions to be included in report</header><text>Section 140(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f(b)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (e), is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB4836020A3944CB2B4451900F42C93EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6) (as redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC72E223C889646DA8B98D3AB6259FC34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7) (as redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E3DC50062BB44BBAD065B051FAF7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0090999ADCD44A97BE4F6EA0E87D6BFF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HBE61701848634390A3F7BBC0C947FBE" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><text>an analysis of the efforts of multilateral organizations (excluding international financial institutions) to combat international terrorism, including efforts of the United Nations and its affiliated organizations, regional multilateral organizations, and nongovernmental organizations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0F388D7740124E1186B9CE4FEC00F32D"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a list of countries of concern with respect to the financing of terrorism; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01E3BE9E84ED4EE69F24C63C08AACA7F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>an analysis of policy goals of the United States for counterterrorism efforts in the subsequent calendar year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD01E64B39F6142DB81CC4324453CAB79"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Classification of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 140(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H758F7B0AA2A14FA1B45687AE391990C9" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H47E90B4C414C4F1FA99243634C3681F0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Classification of report</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall contain a classified annex as necessary.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H7E79ECCE3DF147FEB4C4EF19D41FF4DB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Inter-agency process for compilation of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 140 of Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA42A2E2ED19C43A3966762D0DFE2274C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F767FF52A1442B4A156A03E9906B71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE887902C027B4C74BAF3D70000D13AA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H807FBF3AFD134A849067D06600A81832"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inter-Agency Process for Compilation of Report</header><text>The Secretary of State shall, in preparing the report required by subsection (a), establish an inter-agency process to—</text> <paragraph id="H366067391C6D4D438B007D9BF1F0562C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult and coordinate with other appropriate officials of the Government of the United States who are responsible for collecting and analyzing counterterrorism intelligence; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED39FA0EED0647E093B188E241EC587D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, such counterterrorism intelligence and analyses.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8F4242D1FA94A7EB0BE6E08BAE942CD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Comparability standard with prior report</header><text>Section 140 of Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (h), is further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H248633C48072404A9759E8E0DB6B129F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) (as redesignated) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE825C5DE9CD452A99B43B90C0E607C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) (as added by subsection (h)) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H251A468F4B864A38B51549004681E485" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HF10AC0C5E31D4A10B8BDDBAD642C569E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Comparability standard with prior report</header><text>The Secretary of State shall, in preparing the report required by subsection (a), use standards, criteria, and methodologies in a consistent manner so that statistical comparisons may be made among different reports. If significant changes are made to any such standards, criteria, or methodology, the Secretary shall, in consultation with other appropriate officials of the Government of the United States, make appropriate adjustments, using the best available methods, so that the data provided in each report is comparable to the data provided in prior reports.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H54A16624D1BA4D849DC9D92EA94234C2"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 140(f)(1) of Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (as redesignated) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5C077F97D4AC44F3A960CE076700A91B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF6261879F7FB42D7B489401D2523DC70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>international terrorism</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H548FA5BF94224065A7049BF0A46DE410"><enum>(A)</enum><text>terrorism involving citizens or the territory of more than one country; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9ECA614CBD874DCCA9AD8224EF89E0F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>terrorism involving citizens and the territory of one country which is intended to intimidate or coerce not only the civilian population or government of such country but also other civilian populations or governments;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF88BE3F5D7D8497FBE5E9C0645651835"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Reporting period</header><text>Section 140(g) Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (as redesignated) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H99AE7045D0664F6E82DB20EC65B5AA77" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H30AB3ECF1DC440B99F2BD7CF8F0631F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reporting period</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall cover the events of the calendar year preceding the calender year in which the report is transmitted.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H8EF55E91C6534461A6FE918EA4828FE1"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Appearance of Secretary of State before Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBB8B4634A6DB4CA3BEE287A5D8B5C81" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H1C17F4D9290D4CACAFB52565E3A447E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Appearance of Secretary of State before Congress</header> <paragraph id="H49C069CBD336457C81293CC244003C50"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall appear before Congress at annual hearings, as specified in paragraph (2), regarding the provisions included in the report required under subsection (a).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEF5FC1371D14CFA87787778BF459B30"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall appear before—</text> <subparagraph id="HB938F16ABDD142599F86CEE73DF169A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives on or about May 20 of even numbered calendar years;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE324446D84994ACB9916698E3D27B738"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on or about May 20 of odd numbered calendar years; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E360733A81A4DE39F144552DE859325"><enum>(C)</enum><text>either Committee referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B), upon request, following the scheduled appearance of the Secretary before the other Committee under subparagraph (A) or (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3BA74EE208CE446DA14B244681C3F158"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="H5F1C5E8E77AB424B968542DF4742231E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section heading</header><text>The heading of section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9A45152F58CE4B1FA8E152FE1C28215D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HC9D14E6877C94C3795F02E17EA083144"><enum>140.</enum><header>Annual patterns of global terrorism report</header></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDF8A5909DEB4586B5F3317EF3432F4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents of such Act (as contained in section 1(b) of such Act) is amended in the item relating to section 140 to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H226C7EF1346B46E9B6F296E12FD99F10" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 140. Annual patterns of global terrrorism report</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4BFC798DEEE14D6D8C4C52F1ADE8298C"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section apply with respect to the report required to be transmitted under section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656f">22 U.S.C. 2656f</external-xref>), by April 30, 2007, and by April 30 of each subsequent year.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H51243F80126348FEBE7DD5091576C580" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Dual gateway policy of the Government of Ireland</header> <subsection id="HF4DACDE99A214D18B94249DEE13CCA85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall review the dual gateway policy and determine the effects the discontinuation of such policy might have on the economy of the United States and the economy of western Ireland before the United States takes any action that could lead to the discontinuation of such policy.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0CDD69011DCA49E0B06C9550E2E08A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Economic impact study</header><text>In determining the effects that the discontinuation of such policy might have on the economy of the United States, the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies, shall consider the effects the discontinuation of such policy might have on United States businesses operating in western Ireland, Irish businesses operating in and around Shannon Airport, and United States air carriers serving Ireland.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB6EF7850D71F4E068F4D377756413842"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the determinations made under subsection (a), together with any recommendations for United States action.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA522725366A04822AFE8975894C4D620"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>dual gateway policy</term> means the policy of the Government of Ireland requiring certain air carriers serving Dublin Airport to undertake an equal numbers of flights to Shannon Airport and Dublin Airport during each calendar year.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H06988BEFB39143C89FFA031D578E006F"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Stabilization in Haiti</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and one year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United States efforts to—</text> <paragraph id="HEE89B3F5666B457E8D9B85D64F00F4FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist in the disarmament of illegally armed forces in Haiti, including through a program of gun exchanges;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H26C583AC131E4706B0C579E92EBA949"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assist in the reform of the Haitian National Police; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC1A1966974A437E006C39E474BE9BBA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>support stabilization in Haiti.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H9858D4B4AFE74AF789B579888B0729BA"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Verification reports to Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403(a) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2593a">22 U.S.C. 2593a(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text> <paragraph id="H1F8F80885A004292BA8D4EDBF8F71000"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>prepared by the Secretary of State with the concurrence of the Director of Central Intelligence and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFE87378A8FF649C583FE9988FB7470AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, as the President considers appropriate</quote> after <quote>include</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H1429E4BB6663477390FC7158EFEC91A7"><enum>1006.</enum><header>Protection of refugees from North Korea</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/333">Public Law 108–333</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7845">22 U.S.C. 7845</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC6B32B7889B842B78866C49996CD371E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D161A01A6EF4962AA7E3EDCE0142F95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D43B05F4EF0465F9739F57019F90091"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H1A50A0FA28824CA884ABA6E5F9003E28"> <paragraph id="HFAEC09089BF74EC89062C954C3CB389B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a detailed description of the measures undertaken by the Secretary of State to carry out section 303, including country-specific information with respect to United States efforts to secure the cooperation and permission of the governments of countries in East and Southeast Asia to facilitate United States processing of North Koreans seeking protection as refugees. The information required by this paragraph may be provided in a classified format, if necessary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H1E9E89C5A010469DB53C8B00BB60C479"><enum>1007.</enum><header>Acquisition and major security upgrades</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 605(c) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan <act-name parsable-cite="FRAA">Foreign Relations Authorization Act</act-name>, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/113">Public Law 106–113</external-xref>–Appendix G) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1EA06045D31F4C789131EB7765A74415"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Semiannual</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB453B68318546CDB09844DB1B1F4698"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>June 1 and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA493352DD834322A2EA04003D44CFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>two fiscal quarters</quote> and inserting <quote>year</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H04798A93351F48D0AEFCFCDB07B310D7"><enum>1008.</enum><header>Services for children with autism at overseas missions</header> <subsection id="HF315BF2B2A264FE7B044260060D90030"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text>With respect to countries in which there is at least one mission of the United States, the Secretary of State shall conduct a study of the availability of programs that address the special needs of children with autism, including the availability of speech therapists and pediatric occupational therapists at Department of Defense sponsored schools. Such study shall include the estimated incidence of autism among dependents of members of the Foreign Service and dependents of specialist Foreign Service personnel. Such study shall also include an analysis of the possibility of establishing <quote>Educational Centers of Excellence</quote> for such children.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFC53471251F9484E94F524A3850FDA2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the completion of the study required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the findings of the study together with any recommendations for related action.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4FA554D4731B4A92A8A9E6BDA6A92D12" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1009.</enum><header>Incidence and prevalence of autism worldwide</header> <subsection id="HB1ABEBAC654D466B00C31E8F68A992C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header> <paragraph id="H0E9588F19AA3450A80B680EBA2BE9FB8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall direct the United States representative to the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to use the voice and vote of the United States to urge UNICEF to provide for the conduct of a study of the incidence and prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (in this section referred to as “autism”) worldwide.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD07AE2F782A489F9524E394EE088F03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conduct of study</header><text>The study should—</text> <subparagraph id="H9F7E6E351D5B46ACB504B2003D3C4B49"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the incidence and prevalence of autism in all countries worldwide and compare such incidence and prevalence to the incidence and prevalence of autism in the United States and evaluate the reliability of the information obtained from each country in carrying out this subparagraph; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H409B9C4B3757426E99569E819981FFC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the feasibility of establishing a method for the collection of information relating to the incidence and prevalence of autism in all countries worldwide.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H55EBD41DF4F04486865899CA9B6C689F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall direct the United States representative to the Executive Board of UNICEF to use the voice and vote of the United States to urge UNICEF to—</text> <paragraph id="H1BB2AD1AA808452AB7BED8B71F0258BB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for the preparation of a report that contains the results of the study described in subsection (a); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D22F836BB814C238BFD452710C30638"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for the availability of the report on the Internet website of UNICEF.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H543ADEA959E34F7E96A537D076D00FD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2006 to carry out section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2221">22 U.S.C. 2221</external-xref>), $1,500,000 is authorized to be available for a voluntary contribution to UNICEF to conduct the study described in subsection (a) and prepare the report described in subsection (b).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H1C02CE8986BC4F97B8BF00795D136065"><enum>1010.</enum><header>Internet jamming</header> <subsection id="H3414059E2FD84C64BCE5F480D86B9C01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than March 1 of the year following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of state-sponsored and state-directed Internet jamming by repressive foreign governments and a description of efforts by the United States to counter such jamming. Each report shall list the countries the governments of which pursue Internet censorship or jamming and provide information concerning the government agencies or quasi-governmental organizations of such governments that engage in Internet jamming.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H068D0BFB8C744962BF0660D299AB00BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Chairman determines that such is appropriate, the Chairman may submit such report together with a classified annex.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H376EAE82867F49A280B1F517C46B21F1"><enum>1011.</enum><header>Department of State employment composition</header> <subsection id="H7682B43BE2244B8DA87556354B5794D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>In order for the Department of State to accurately represent all people in the United States, the Department must accurately reflect the diversity of the United States.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H15BA344BEF7644A3AC28A1767682E4F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on minority recruitment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 324 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H972E1FFBA41C4E2784EA9F008C8119A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>April 1, 2003, and April 1, 2004,</quote> and inserting <quote>April 1, 2006, and April 1, 2007,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD047E086B1F45AAB6F894B63866B00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking <quote>minority groups</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>minority groups and women</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H25B3521603FF46AA9036B00081BB7253"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acquisition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 324 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H24E49F4D723B4AABBCE139BD6CD90299" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H153FB084E8124C93B884CA38239FB56E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the immediately preceding 12-month period for which such information is available—</text> <subparagraph id="H8F210F89D38A47AEA52D30A02E7C9FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the numbers and percentages of small, minority-owned businesses that provide goods and services to the Department as a result of contracts with the Department during such period;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC8DDE01EAC3F402380BADFF96D9EFB91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the total number of such contracts;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFCE2D0F3F2EC4B95AB1E6DD32951B189"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the total dollar value of such contracts; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF864B30AAE4E40E583FD2051669B19FD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>and the percentage value represented by such contract proportionate to the total value of all contracts held by the Department.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF4E04EF1261246BF86CA23E9694805E7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of section 325 of such Act shall apply to funds authorized to be appropriated under section 101(1)(G) of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H30F071BD9C2144A586EC9E13521E09C1"><enum>1012.</enum><header>Incitement to acts of discrimination</header> <subsection id="HF7429C89ADFF4EBBBCADB4FCAA8690BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of information relating to incitement to acts of discrimination in annual country reports on human right practices</header> <paragraph id="H0518686696C0479F00ACBA1B5E64184B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Countries receiving economic assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151n">22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)</external-xref>), as amended by section 614(b)(1) of this Act, is further amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC07603ABBE604C0DA70182DB99962EFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFB7A29493E5417784E9BB5F053B80"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H32C9CB6314FB4FC300D8B409DA92389"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9666216BED2B4BC4923200D507117D8B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1385022AF37246EA00003739D4B16C44"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">wherever applicable, a description of the nature and extent of—</text> <subparagraph id="H3C4F5EE6218B47A291916121388B41A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">propaganda in foreign government and foreign government-controlled media and other sources, including foreign government-produced educational materials and textbooks, that attempt to justify or promote racial hatred or incite acts of violence against any race or people;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H08CFD5D8D5B74FD58E015F5000C8C06C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complicity or involvement by the foreign government in the creation of such propaganda or incitement of acts of violence against any race or people; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF012EDADEC11426690BC7D23DE4663B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the actions, if any, taken by the foreign government to eliminate such propaganda or incitement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1FC25065203426BA914CACCFE63108D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Countries receiving security assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2304">22 U.S.C. 2304(b)</external-xref>), as amended by section 614(b)(2) of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the ninth sentence the following new sentence: <quote>Each report under this section shall also include, wherever applicable, a description of the nature and extent of propaganda in foreign government and foreign government-controlled media and other sources, including foreign government-produced educational materials and textbooks, that attempt to justify or promote racial hatred or incite acts of violence against any race or people, complicity or involvement by the foreign government in the creation of such propaganda or incitement of acts of violence against any race or people, and a description of the actions, if any, taken by the foreign government to eliminate such propaganda or incitement.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H629D94C1D11E42AC98F758FB3F3F155"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date of amendment</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply beginning with the first report submitted by the Secretary of State under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151n">22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)</external-xref> and 2304(b)) after such date.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2BE33ABEBFE44F2488524205DCFD5970" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"><enum>1013.</enum><header>Child marriage</header> <subsection id="H1B5A413765C6474391347B05FC2E8F7B" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>One time report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a one time report on the practice of the custom of child marriage in countries around the world. The report shall include the following information:</text> <paragraph id="HE8CF1BC725A5482F913539F04F04C263" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A separate section for each country, as applicable, describing the nature and extent of child marriage in such country.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85ECF20744224B99BDE1C2C66E56E812" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the actions, if any, taken by the government of each such country, where applicable, to revise the laws of such country and institutionalize comprehensive procedures and practices to eliminate child marriage.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE469170899C4C70AC3758BB44BB5A2" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the actions taken by the Department of State and other Federal departments and agencies to encourage foreign governments to eliminate child marriage and to support the activities of non-governmental organizations dedicated to eliminating child marriage and supporting its victims.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF788CEF40D26416CABBA1529E6C5E20" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of information relating to child marriage in annual country reports on human rights practices</header> <paragraph id="HA1F5C2A0CEE44FD09ED146D12CE577DA" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Countries receiving economic assistance</header><text>Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151n">22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)</external-xref>), as amended by sections 614(b)(1) and 1013(a)(1) of this Act, is further amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H912D6C1E85FD4D05849540BF5E4DD7D1" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)(C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H080FB9AC98814138AA1D2B4847104261" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (12)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1D42B6CA84334FD6AFD89155E9599FEC" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HA10FEC204B18441986126D5E603D7D04" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H3A3270AA651E4857B0004CDBECF0A75F"><enum>(13)</enum> <subparagraph id="H5769BD3A9A524C6694E6F8FDB2573300" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>wherever applicable, a description of the nature and extent of laws and traditions in each country that enable or encourage the practice of child marriage; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A010CADE50C45F68BBE77E0648E8939" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the actions, if any, taken by the government of each such country to revise the laws of such country and institutionalize comprehensive procedures and practices to eliminate child marriage.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EBAC97CEFA54EBF84AFE0DEC6B7B9E9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Countries receiving security assistance</header><text>Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2304">22 U.S.C. 2304(b)</external-xref>), as amended by sections 614(b)(2) and 1013(a)(2) of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the tenth sentence the following new sentence: <quote>Each report under this section shall also include, wherever applicable, a description of the nature and extent of laws and traditions in each country that enable or encourage the practice of child marriage and a description of the actions, if any, taken by the government of each such country to revise the laws of such country and institutionalize comprehensive procedures and practices to eliminate child marriage.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC9DC59B0562B4B4C9304A793FFC23E6D" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date of amendment</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply beginning with the first report submitted by the Secretary of State under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151n">22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)</external-xref> and 2304(b)) after the report required under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H91ABF85019E641F19862EBAAD6F868FD" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1014.</enum><header>Magen David Adom Society</header> <subsection id="H47834FA2427248CC9122266F08E9EB97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Section 690(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H59AC1AD306514762B980C0F46D3D6C72" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H96D28EA8F5484A2F82D798689C23AFF4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Since the founding of the Magen David Adom Society in 1930, the American Red Cross has regarded it as a sister national society forging close working ties between the two societies and has consistently advocated recognition and membership of the Magen David Adom Society in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF0C36A2BB0C345A596882590F100F396"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The American Red Cross and the Magen David Adom Society signed an important memorandum of understanding in November 2002, outlining areas for strategic collaboration, and the American Red Cross will encourage other societies to establish similar agreements with the Magen David Adom Society.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H47E6D59EC8094AC897226047DE56D9A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>Section 690(b) of such Act is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA3A1E5C85AB64DC1BB2BC589E4CCA9D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B7AA1881FEA4952BE5DC75BCBC39400"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H63C503FEC9304D7BA852AB44212292BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H1671FF11CF604A8C80A98144A5518C2B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H138233B49E9D46859311D6176463A560"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, should adopt the October 12, 2000, draft additional protocol which would accord international recognition to an additional distinctive emblem; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFD8A6900505941F484753B366DE69BC6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section 690 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="HA62CBC8467BC45A0B625BC5247F5D4F8" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HB8E61DFA75A346EABA3BCC19C716ECF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007, and one year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, on a classified basis if necessary, to the appropriate congressional committees describing—</text> <paragraph id="HA59C0034BAC94A35AD19903EF4B597BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>efforts by the United States to obtain full membership for the Magen David Adom Society in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52C44E6F7C4A4335A25CC2EF49145C08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>efforts by the International Committee of the Red Cross to obtain full membership for the Magen David Adom Society in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9356BB3E01BB4BF8B38F15AF00D8493C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>efforts of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, to adopt the October 12, 2000, draft additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF08D36A27B6A482B9F50ECE2B0E4EC00"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the extent to which the Magen David Adom Society is participating in the activities of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H89A812C5F82B4074A56C36116DE903C9"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts by any state, member, or official of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to prevent, obstruct, or place conditions upon—</text> <subparagraph id="H19DBAAFE18064C06BEC94920A4B773DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adoption by the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, of the October 12, 2000, draft additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCDE01654C3FF4FB7AA02F21FE63CFD73"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">full participation of the Magen David Adom Society in the activities of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H1235BFDCCACD4521B0D8D3A3FDDA5C7E" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1015.</enum><header>Developments in and policy toward Indonesia</header> <subsection id="HB3CCB0F8949C4B9398BCCF82375822F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of Congress relating to recent developments, human rights, and reform</header><text>Congress—</text> <paragraph id="H123B8F52AF9D4590BE0087858C890009"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recognizes the remarkable progress in democratization and decentralization made by Indonesia in recent years and commends the people of Indonesia on the pace and scale of those continuing reforms;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB76F5F4790C429A955269CB12A7B07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reaffirms—</text> <subparagraph id="H0DE282733A8A48FAA9318E788EA5DB09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>its deep condolences to the people of Indonesia for the profound losses inflicted by the December 26, 2004, earthquake and tsunami; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1CD48569E2DD484600AC98C685FC0040"><enum>(B)</enum><text>its commitment to generous United States support for relief and long term reconstruction efforts in affected areas;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H939EAF1914F14CA58C3BBC2136596285"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expresses its hope that in the aftermath of the tsunami tragedy the Government of Indonesia and other parties will succeed in reaching and implementing a peaceful, negotiated settlement of the long-standing conflict in Aceh;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8539A5FFAA6449785E83B7C1E38B1F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>commends the Government of Indonesia for allowing broad international access to Aceh after the December 2004 tsunami, and urges that international nongovernmental organizations and media be allowed unfettered access throughout Indonesia, including in Papua and Aceh;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD7640597DA0B4CE883799938C51195AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>notes with grave concern that—</text> <subparagraph id="H90D838A3FABC42648E4C00142C9339F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reform of the Indonesian security forces has not kept pace with democratic political reform, and that the Indonesian military is subject to inadequate civilian control and oversight, lacks budgetary transparency, and continues to emphasize an internal security role within Indonesia;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0A967AB8B7B41DDA6A6D8795F62B43E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>members of the Indonesian security forces continue to commit many serious human rights violations, including killings, torture, rape, and arbitrary detention, particularly in areas of communal and separatist conflict; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H46C4D933B1EF4437A85E266C261DBD2E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Government of Indonesia largely fails to hold soldiers and police accountable for extrajudicial killings and other serious human rights abuses, both past and present, including atrocities committed in East Timor prior to its independence from Indonesia;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HECD2B14A30F143A3944CB5DB0000DD99"><enum>(6)</enum><text>condemns the intimidation and harassment of human rights and civil society organizations by members of the Indonesian security forces and military-backed militia groups, and urges a complete investigation of the fatal poisoning of prominent human rights activist Munir in September 2004; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBA79154ACDF43E1862539E7D405DAE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>urges the Government of Indonesia and the Indonesian military to continue to provide full, active, and unfettered cooperation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice in its investigation of the August 31, 2002, attack near Timika, Papua, which killed three people (including two Americans, Rick Spier and Ted Burgon) and injured 12 others, and to pursue the indictment, apprehension, and prosecution of all parties responsible for that attack.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3B60C8A234574106A1BAF6D89B5ED4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings relating to Papua</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H1824FE8895484F209E03E17ED6A59745"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Papua, a resource-rich province whose indigenous inhabitants are predominantly Melanesian, was formerly a colony of the Netherlands.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFF6F4D1D4AB4C8B9C1D27C497CC351"><enum>(2)</enum><text>While Indonesia has claimed Papua as part of its territory since its independence in the late 1940s, Papua remained under Dutch administrative control until 1962.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF87D0F88A14F4B9FAAA5E8D03198662E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>On August 15, 1962, Indonesia and the Netherlands signed an agreement at the United Nations in New York (commonly referred to as the <quote>New York Agreement</quote>) which transferred administration of Papua first to a United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA), and then to Indonesia in 1963, pending an <quote>act of free choice … to permit the inhabitants to decide whether they wish to remain with Indonesia</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF3C2106C90A34D408221C3DCF894DB87"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In the New York Agreement, Indonesia formally recognized <quote>the eligibility of all adults [in Papua] … to participate in [an] act of self-determination to be carried out in accordance with international practice</quote>, and pledged <quote>to give the people of the territory the opportunity to exercise freedom of choice … before the end of 1969</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46CAAFF1C4D3462CA61B8FE16751C67C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In July and August 1969, Indonesia conducted an <quote>Act of Free Choice</quote>, in which 1,025 selected Papuan elders voted unanimously to join Indonesia, in circumstances that were subject to both overt and covert forms of manipulation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEA2FD72CEDD24C9FA4FBCAE02EEEBAEA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In the intervening years, indigenous Papuans have suffered extensive human rights abuses, natural resource exploitation, environmental degradation, and commercial dominance by immigrant communities, and some individuals and groups estimate that more than 100,000 Papuans have been killed during Indonesian rule, primarily during the Sukarno and Suharto administrations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB95D8B60EEE4503A35968CAE5255600"><enum>(7)</enum><text>While the United States supports the territorial integrity of Indonesia, Indonesia’s historical reliance on force for the maintenance of control has been counterproductive, and long-standing abuses by security forces have galvanized independence sentiments among many Papuans.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A8583A5FACB495998C3DCF6C2F8B09"><enum>(8)</enum><text>While the Indonesian parliament passed a Special Autonomy Law for Papua in October 2001 that was intended to allocate greater revenue and decision making authority to the Papuan provincial government, the promise of special autonomy has not been effectively realized and has been undermined in its implementation, such as by conflicting legal directives further subdividing the province in apparent contravention of the law and without the consent of appropriate provincial authorities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C710F17A9B24E28BED1F44FA16CBCEA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Rather than demilitarizing its approach, Indonesia has reportedly sent thousands of additional troops to Papua, and military operations in the central highlands since the fall of 2004 have displaced thousands of civilians into very vulnerable circumstances, contributing further to mistrust of the central government by many indigenous Papuans.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8B3B45C68F094BF29116B6C5A481C480"><enum>(10)</enum><text>According to the 2004 Annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices of the Department of State, in Indonesia <quote>security force members murdered, tortured, raped, beat, and arbitrarily detained civilians and members of separatist movements</quote> and <quote>police frequently and arbitrarily detained persons without warrants, charges, or court proceedings</quote> in Papua.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3339E463E98742659591D9D2456DA73"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header> <paragraph id="H9201CC9B096549F8A7495D723D6DCC66"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report on special autonomy</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and one year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing implementation of special autonomy for Papua and Aceh. Such reports shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HCCC3A45B0F8D41C385C4D6539E507BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the extent to which each province has enjoyed an increase in revenue allocations and decision making authority;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD05A1DA86A734B219F45A2FF8A074D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of access by international press and non-governmental organizations to each province;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDC34F574D7384099891488D1A5A553F1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of the role played by local civil society in governance and decision making;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1A25F507F38C4C2000A0D3324D5C4EC8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of force levels and conduct of Indonesian security forces in each province; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H538B758C83164C6984C000B49CAE237"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of United States efforts to promote respect for human rights in each province.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBC394D21E394FC4001CA1A3006BC71B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report on the 1969 Act of Free Choice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report analyzing the 1969 Act of Free Choice.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1C97340E12A94060BFDBCEFBC504F7BB" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1016.</enum><header>Murders of United States citizens John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde</header> <subsection id="H1558A509CE2C41D8BDD5BAA5E7BC601F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="HDC94DC927467402CBF0960EAA851C035"><enum>(1)</enum><text>On October 15, 2003, a convoy of clearly identified United States diplomatic vehicles was attacked by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza resulting in the death of United States citizens John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde, and the injury of a fourth United States citizen.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29EEA5795C4D429FB79BF08BE47075F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde were contract employees providing security to United States diplomatic personnel who were visiting Gaza in order to identify potential Palestinian candidates for Fulbright Scholarships.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA15DDA2BB0044746BF1E7FB676E3D300"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A senior official of the Palestinian Authority was reported to have stated on September 22, 2004, that “Palestinian security forces know who was behind the killing” of John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A9FB6837EBA48049EAC3C953DA22F65"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Following her visit to Israel and the West Bank on February 7, 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that she had been <quote>assured by President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority’s intention to bring justice to those who murdered three American personnel in the Gaza in 2003</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB1C07759A3784E19A8BACF821B6781F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Since the attack on October 15, 2003, United States Government personnel have been prohibited from all travel in Gaza.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8D2E46323C1485CA587AB6C8C15FEF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The United States Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to $5,000,000 for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any persons involved in the murder of John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDD3C75A51E484BE2B16697F920F0EBF1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H68B7A24E73FE4C59B300EAD6CF80CFA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the continued inability or unwillingness of the Palestinian Authority to actively and aggressively pursue the murderers of United States citizens John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde and bring them to justice calls into question the Palestinian Authority’s viability as a partner for the United States in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC878DBF5116742AA00622CD2348516CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>future United States assistance to the Palestinian Authority may be affected, and the continued operation of the PLO Representative Office in Washington may be jeopardized, if the Palestinian Authority does not fully and effectively cooperate in bringing to justice the murderers of John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB207050D7A25462AB0E43F8869781D62"><enum>(3)</enum><text>it is in the vital national security interest of the United States to safeguard, to the greatest extent possible consistent with their mission, United States diplomats and all embassy and consulate personnel, and to use the full power of the United States to bring to justice any individual or entity that threatens, jeopardizes, or harms them.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H87FD241B39B649CC9C82D2817100E12"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 120 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, on a classified basis if necessary, to the appropriate congressional committees describing—</text> <paragraph id="HE39E1B6D3E0C4993AD85FCAFBB9EFF2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>efforts by the United States to bring to justice the murderers of United States citizens John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5057FEBBA4D64B57AF133F6EC84F766E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a detailed assessment of efforts by the Palestinian Authority to bring to justice the murderers of John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HFA8B7FF316294256A5F65E04A33DDC27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of arrests, interrogations, and interviews by Palestinian Authority officials related to the case;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H181F7F02AA75499A8460EFDDEE63618F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of Palestinian security personnel and man-hours assigned to the case;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE6B8A9299FC048F9AC844581DAE4CB9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent of personal supervision or involvement by the President and Ministers of the Palestinian Authority; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H727EEBC490534A60BF1B8286DBEB953C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the degree of cooperation between the United States and the Palestinian Authority in regards to this case;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4D5E7FB5813D411FA6002C051551E250"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a specific assessment by the Secretary of whether the Palestinian efforts described in paragraph (2) constitute the best possible effort by the Palestinian Authority; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5BD0868199CF4B9D8303741BD3C8F47D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any additional steps or initiatives requested or recommended by the United States that were not pursued by the Palestinian Authority.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA4FE1D38CA3F413280F76DC9796B442B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The requirement to submit a report under subsection (c) shall no longer apply if the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the murderers of United States citizens John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde have been identified, arrested, and brought to justice.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H31655BAAEB1D4B3BAC7B300081E4CB73"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text> <paragraph id="H5BB39694FA654D68992CF985ED00D763"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92BD4807F7B548CCAB9EDC5613CA2CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H31F210E3AE57481F836DC8D771ECEA3" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1017.</enum><header>Diplomatic relations with Israel</header> <subsection id="HE4319B8451B8431097BF51CD1130A0D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="H72EE7F918D08411DBA775CBB8DA0E7AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Israel is a friend and ally of the United States whose security is vital to regional stability and United States interests.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C901F9FB3C94D4D9931A5B7554CBD27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Israel currently maintains diplomatic relations with 160 countries, 33 countries do not have any diplomatic relations with Israel, and one country has partial relations with Israel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E1F0899E4F64AF8B55E05EFD833BA3F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Government of Israel has been actively seeking to establish formal relations with a number of countries.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D33650B5D034B159CD710F7A1669036"><enum>(4)</enum><text>After 57 years of existence, Israel deserves to be treated as an equal country by its neighbors and the world community.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD8C2BB0667604A55BB31320369EE7720"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the United States should assist Israel in its efforts to establish diplomatic relations.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCB7AE8F03D714E129EA7903C2CCB7B7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the following information (in classified or unclassified form, as appropriate):</text> <paragraph id="H9B482FCA18004EB4A100F61067098EB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Actions taken by representatives of the United States to encourage other countries to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC91AEBEAEC9043538EF2BD1A811F058"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Specific responses solicited and received by the Secretary from countries that do not maintain full diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to their attitudes toward and plans for entering into diplomatic relations with Israel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB65A5CF9919A4855008D42F7C51B2F6D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Other measures being undertaken, and measures that will be undertaken, by the United States to ensure and promote Israel’s full participation in the world diplomatic community.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD1DCB568307E49819039D0FEA566E59E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text> <paragraph id="H5A88D616D957444186241359D98628C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEDA11B3FFD6C4BDB85FA6618FEF79E7B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC8B3FDE896DD4F2EB55FAA8CF946C7D" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1018.</enum><header>Tax enforcement in Colombia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report detailing challenges to tax code enforcement in Colombia. This report shall include, as a percentage of Colombia’s gross domestic product, an estimate of current tax revenue, an estimate of potential additional tax revenue if Colombia’s existing tax laws were fully enforced, and a discussion of how such additional revenue could be used to achieve the objectives of Plan Colombia, including supporting and expanding Colombia’s security forces and increasing the availability of alternative livelihoods for illicit crop growers and former combatants.</text></section> <section id="H0464708A60614D8386E5B000BE609D18" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1019.</enum><header>Provision of consular and visa services in Pristina, Kosova</header> <subsection id="H1CAFB316FB8B45C6A8171EA01C661A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the possibility of providing consular and visa services at the United States Office Pristina, Kosovo (USOP) to residents of Kosova.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H220700C44B58451E8B9EAF361EC2EAA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall contain the following information:</text> <paragraph id="H0E3643BBD31F406F82579FDDDC98CF28"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The reasons why consular and visa services are not currently offered at the USOP, even though the Office has been in operation for more than five years.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02753A9C88B14D5CB3861803978D5812"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Plans for providing consular and visa services at the USOP, including conditions required before such services would be provided and the planned timing for providing such services.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD715DE8E9F9447DB8D28B135284BCEC5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An explanation of why consular and visa services will not be offered at the USOP by January 1, 2007, if such services are not planned to be offered by such date.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41107AFB1CC64E8AAB2D5B6F5529EC86"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The number of residents of Kosova who apply for their visas outside of Kosova for each calendar year from 2000–2005.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H75ABC038FF2D43F7B0258723500081FC" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1020.</enum><header>Democracy in Pakistan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than December 31 in each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains a description of the extent to which, over the preceding 12-month period, the Government of Pakistan has restored a fully functional democracy in Pakistan in which free, fair, and transparent elections are held.</text></section> <section id="H33E837370C2C4D2DADB87266A47B6FCE" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1021.</enum><header>Status of the sovereignty of Lebanon</header> <subsection id="HD0EE1174EDEB48459EEB0000BDF827F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HFBC2B89B60644E42AFB507F8C4AAFAB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all parties in the Middle East and internationally should exert every effort to implement in its entirety the provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 (2004), which, among other things—</text> <subparagraph id="HDD8565E0B8E6488D00CBAF1E05004225"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calls for “strict respect” for Lebanon’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity, and political independence “under the sole and exclusive authority of the Government of Lebanon throughout Lebanon”;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E6070A008B24118BCB027852082FA80"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calls upon all remaining foreign forces to withdraw from Lebanon;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H89D4CDDED3F54318B41536AE4CE24940"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calls for the “disbanding and disarmament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias”; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HECE1AD6FB2E04438A7F772E4B5857578"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supports the extension of the control of the Government of Lebanon over all Lebanese territory;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB2DDD625135A4573B200D7D417A1EC39"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559, all militias in Lebanon, including Hizballah, should be disbanded and disarmed at the earliest possible opportunity, and the armed forces of Lebanon should take full control of all of Lebanon’s territory and borders;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB368F6E69E374E408E79258DE18E8B8B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Government of Lebanon is responsible for the disbanding and disarming of the militias, including Hizballah, and preventing the flow of armaments and other military equipment to the militias, including Hizballah, from Syria, Iran, and other external sources;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55E3BB9E819B43EF90B6625B8638DC1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Government of the United States should closely monitor progress toward full implementation of all aspects of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559, particularly the matters described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B5947E8333642EABCA49400B7CCEDB0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Government of the United States should closely monitor the Government of Lebanon’s efforts to stanch the flow of armaments and other military equipment to Hizballah and other militias from external sources, such as Syria and Iran;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H81A7A962E2944BDE958D54B13C11840"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States and its allies should consider providing training and other assistance to the armed forces of Lebanon to enhance their ability to disarm Hizballah and other militias and stanch the flow of arms to Hizballah and other militias; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEAEE039FAEC04AB08500E3BEF9E7998F"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States assistance provided to Lebanon after the date of the enactment of this Act may be affected if Lebanon does not make every effort to disarm militias, including Hizballah, and to deny them re-armament.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HACA83ED771F3465100DA65B3A1F3C3AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 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 a report that describes and evaluates—</text> <paragraph id="H0AC7EFE03D784541A7ABE58C297D46EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which armed militias continue to operate in Lebanon and the progress of the Government of Lebanon to disband and disarm such militias;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF7136C9814CE4683BD68FFDC20F8751B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which the Government of Lebanon is committed to disbanding and disarming Hizballah and other militias and stanching the flow of arms to Hizballah and other militias;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3AC9BAB2306D4861B165D3BBBB5939F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the progress of the armed forces of Lebanon to deploy to and take full control of all of Lebanon’s borders;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H709F5F6C5C904C39BCAC1511C561A0E5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which countries in the region attempt to direct arms to Lebanon-based militias or allow their territory to be traversed for this purpose and the extent to which these armament efforts succeed;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF6AED764F2C54C4C9F90095F37215E00"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the routes and means used by external sources attempting to supply arms to the Lebanon-based militias the countries that are involved in these efforts;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DBCD96399DE4B6F9F4DF3D81C9D1099"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the efforts of the United States and its allies to facilitate the process of disbanding and disarming Lebanon-based militias and stanching the flow of weapons to such militias; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95D12D4069B44420BE3BFDB8A2C28426"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations for legislation to support the disbanding and disarming of Lebanon-based militias.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5E3F1EEB02EC4155983ED8A3D9CB4500"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form and may contain a classified annex if necessary. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HFFFFBFB6548E4498008CFC76DB003072"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The requirement to submit a report under subsection (b) shall no longer apply if the Secretary certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that all Lebanon-based militias have been disbanded and disarmed and the armed forces of Lebanon are deployed to and in full control of Lebanon’s borders.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HCB4C39B453414A9DBD6BF951BE2D985B" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1022.</enum><header>Activities of international terrorist organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean</header> <subsection id="H776F178224704BE0B11D9044442FF1C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H487AA6559D10497DB636640749058F2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities in Latin America and the Caribbean by international terrorist organizations and their affiliates and supporters represent a direct threat to the national security of the United States and hemispheric stability;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFC5F0BDF89C49EDA156CA3D6EB28F43"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">international terrorist organizations, such as Hezbollah and Hamas, have profited and taken advantage of the dearth or weakened state of the rule of law in many Latin American and Caribbean countries to further their own aims; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H04155A011A014582B5D46F1BEEC446A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States should work cooperatively with countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to expose and prevent such activities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9E507705F6564849A5C2895F08945CF1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than June 30 of the year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities of international terrorist organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report shall include the following: </text> <paragraph id="HD129CE1198794DDF98D906006DA832E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the membership, stated intentions, recruitment, and terrorist fundraising capabilities of each international terrorist organization operating in Latin America and the Caribbean.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB6B41929C2E54C79945592F55C8840FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the relationship of each such international terrorist organization with other criminal enterprises or terrorist organizations for fundraising and other criminal purposes.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34A2C05FB317460F986153CB929400AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the activities of each such international terrorist organization.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9435574EDC7D4A12BF00083B88CA9F3C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H225F1134915D4B64A9CC11DF690058B" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1023.</enum><header>Analysis of employing weapons scientists from the former Soviet Union in Project Bioshield</header> <subsection id="H722B76A7299947A4A386765C58486E33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than November 1, 2006, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing an analysis of—</text> <paragraph id="H1B24365B46764CC3A0486D00DF9EDFDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the scientific and technological contributions that scientists formerly employed in the former Soviet Union in the field of biological warfare could make to the research and development of biomedical countermeasures;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B6ED004993F41E086E2809B4FC5CFAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the practical alternative methods through which the services of such scientists could be employed so as to facilitate the application of the knowledge and experience of such scientists to such research and development;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B20A211B2984CBD94B5B8B8BDBBE2D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost-effectiveness of those methods of employing the services of such scientists; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFCDF76E68E4E405EBC008DF02BDC91B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the desirability and national security implications of providing employment opportunities for such scientists in the field of research and development of biomedical countermeasures for purposes of biological weapons nonproliferation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA5D25D51B126448DA649009FAB32BF72"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Secretary shall also include in the report required under subsection (a) any recommendations of each for appropriate legislation to address the issues analyzed in the report.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9A8E2C6F0010413689247D682CC70289"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>biomedical countermeasures</quote> means a drug (as such term is defined in section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)</external-xref>)), biological product (as such term is defined in section 351(i) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/262">42 U.S.C. 262(i)</external-xref>)), or device (as such term is defined in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321(h)</external-xref>)) that is used—</text> <paragraph id="HC47D12C93801468FA840CE39DEB7E400"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of harm from any biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear agent that may cause a public health emergency affecting national security; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H507A31CCFCC04C62BB9C34FF0839B207"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of harm from a condition that may result in adverse health consequences or death.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE14CD841C0AC45F495A0FBEB0A7EBE1" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1024.</enum><header>Extradition of violent criminals from Mexico to the United States</header> <subsection id="H4A8F6CC6987A4B67B7005B5D28190084"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H533606B319714187BCEFE9421E273B07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mexico is unable to extradite criminals who face life sentences without the possibility of parole because of a 2001 decision of the Mexican Supreme Court.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D8C8CA365D5472F89D83344C9AEAD80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>As a result of this ruling, Mexico is unable to extradite to the United States numerous suspects wanted for violent crimes committed in the United States unless the United States assures Mexico that these criminals will not face life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H701FFBF7E8C0454D8F79CBC843875800"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The attorneys general from all 50 States have asked the Government of the United States to continue to address this extradition issue with the Government of Mexico.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDB93A9FF3BF405EAD6F8BA64C876D84"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Government of the United States and the Government of Mexico have experienced positive cooperation on numerous matters relevant to their bilateral relationship, including increased cooperation on extraditions.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4F84ED438DD9493691005092DEF1CE98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Government of the United States should encourage the Government of Mexico to continue to work closely with the Mexican Supreme Court to urge the Court to re-visit its October 2001 ruling so that the possibility of life imprisonment without parole will not have an effect on the timely extradition of criminal suspects from Mexico to the United States. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H5F4CA23870374E42ADACF3ADC27399E3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="H88F5F163EEDA4856BED1A122F09B3CE3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual number and status of formal extradition requests made to Mexico by the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H3A8199CAECC744F3AFE2600FD9B9BDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of formal requests made to the Government of Mexico by the Government of the United States for the extradition of Mexican nationals suspected of or convicted <italic>in abstentia</italic> for crimes committed in the United States in the preceding fiscal year, the names of such nationals, the crimes of which each such national is suspected or has been convicted <italic>in abstentia</italic>, a detailed disposition of the status of each such extradition request, and the progress that has been made with respect to each such extradition request in the preceding fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4777583536854E34B1AE002809D31302"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of such nationals who Mexico has extradited to the United States in response to formal extradition requests for such nationals in the preceding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6090D3236F154A8380005326DB1F09DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aggregate number and status of formal extradition requests made to Mexico by the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H5A6C1A193C814F34846DD573738D607"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of formal requests made to the Government of Mexico by the Government of the United States for the extradition of Mexican nationals suspected of or convicted <italic>in abstentia</italic> for crimes committed in the United States since the signing of the Extradition treaty, with appendix, between the United States and Mexico, signed at Mexico City on May 4, 1978 (31 UST 5059), including the names of such nationals, the crimes of which each such national is suspected or has been convicted <italic>in abstentia</italic>, a detailed disposition of the status of each such extradition request, and the progress that has been made with respect to each such extradition request since such signing; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA00BE7C260A54FB6B040B677F6A115F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of such nationals who Mexico has extradited to the United States in response to formal extradition requests for such nationals since the signing of the Extradition treaty, with appendix between the United States and Mexico.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57C537C7858B416C80BE51413DDA0727"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cooperation by the United States with extradition requests from Mexico</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H542E6DEE76BE4F8FB5301B366FF970A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of United States nationals who the United States has extradited to Mexico in response to formal extradition requests for such nationals by Mexico in the preceding fiscal year; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H600FD80C861B43E993D1005943004C77"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of United States nationals who the United States has extradited to Mexico in response to formal extradition requests for such nationals by Mexico since the signing of the Extradition treaty, with appendix between the United States and Mexico.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB932FF09F958445380A5C6428CB73115"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Form</header><text>If the Secretary of State determines that such is appropriate, the Secretary may submit a report required under subsection (c) with a classified annex.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H4FBE10291E2C4A97A0D3E48F39C31F19" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1025.</enum><header>Actions of the 661 Committee</header> <subsection id="HE9577E05639E446E92DEF36091BF6FE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United States decisions, actions, communications, and deliberations in the 661 Committee of the United Nations regarding the issues of overpricing of contracts, kickbacks from sales of humanitarian goods, efforts to correct and revalue the remaining contracts in the post-Saddam Hussein regime era, oil smuggling, and trade protocols. The report shall examine the process by which the United States made its decisions in the 661 Committee, the officials in the United States Government involved in these decisions, and the names of the officials who made the final decisions. The report shall also include information detailing the positions of the other members states of the 661 Committee with respect to the issues described in this subsection.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5B65D39655504699988F139CC0973589"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of supporting documents</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall contain all supporting documents with respect to the decisions, actions, communications, and deliberations referred in such subsection.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5408C9E4A6884B00AE90217266EBB48E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Format</header><text>If the Secretary determines that such is appropriate, the Secretary may submit the report required under subsection (a) with a classified annex.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF772F9FE51EE4B0C8C1C79BF58C09699"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>661 Committee</quote> means the committee within the United Nations that was tasked with administering the United Nations oil for food program.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HE6144D9CFB9A4BD59D3065048226B7B1"><enum>1026.</enum><header>Elimination of report on real estate transactions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/303">22 U.S.C. 303</external-xref>) is hereby repealed.</text></section> <enum>XI</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header> <subtitle id="HB08CC682089845C2AF4364B22E2EFF18"><enum>A</enum><header>General Provisions</header> <section id="H887097C694714DD9004E3831004FBDFD"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Statement of policy relating to democracy in Iran</header> <subsection id="HC2A13F6AC2554823BD005944EB52BA00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H33AEC3A26B854C8CBF0100B5281E5289"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Iran is neither free nor democratic. Men and women are not treated equally in Iran, women are legally deprived of internationally recognized human rights, and religious freedom is not respected under the laws of Iran. Undemocratic institutions, such as the Guardians Council, thwart the decisions of elected leaders.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54DA4B04725F49BEA1E755AFE1736900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The April 2005 report of the Department of State states that Iran remained the most active state sponsor of terrorism in 2004.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C5DB8FBC12744A291B456EF38082F68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>That report also states that Iran continues to provide funding, safe-haven, training, and weapons to known terrorist groups, including Hizballah, Hamas, the Palestine Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and has harbored senior members of al-Qaeda.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H443CDF5357FC4C609409F011A9E1F300"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States that—</text> <paragraph id="H7D6F9EDA48CD4D06A13FFFB514EA4E2E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>currently, there is not a free and fully democratic government in Iran;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2F2B0F265E2432D8E43E1F36D1759E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States supports transparent, full democracy in Iran;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D1AE99EBAB34AC7A6E121747B4EC850"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the United States supports the rights of the Iranian people to choose their system of government; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E7B0A81CB4B41EFBE914BC6D9E169CA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the United States condemns the brutal treatment, imprisonment, and torture of Iranian civilians who express political dissent.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HA6C66D48E53340F99269AF2E0511CF2C"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Iranian nuclear activities</header> <subsection id="H49F4DB5EAD3D4E22B4B13CDFC28EE9FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HAE0793A3A28D4CCDA99C00C17E124828"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iran remains the world’s leading sponsors of international terrorism and is on the Department of State’s list of countries that provide support for acts of international terrorism.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H707907FC938749C3A8508CFDF4774452"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Iran has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel, and Iran supports organizations, such as Hizballah, Hamas, and the Palestine Islamic Jihad, that deny Israel’s right to exist and are responsible for terrorist attacks against Israel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE171C3975B0946B1A7DD6B7040969E98"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Ministry of Defense of the Government of Iran confirmed in July 2003 that it had successfully conducted the final test of the Shahab-3 missile, giving Iran an operational intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of striking both Israel and United States troops throughout the Middle East and Afghanistan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB902F2F590141EEBCF7D8DAEAB71C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Iran have revealed significant undeclared activities, including plutonium reprocessing efforts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0027D622D38248F69F6D8665C1405ECA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Plutonium reprocessing is a necessary step in a nuclear weapons program that uses plutonium created in a reactor.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2731371D521B41E68DC3ADE54B840A6"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Iran continues to assert its right to pursue nuclear power and related technology, continues constructing a heavy water reactor that is ideal for making plutonium for weapons, and has not fully cooperated with the ongoing investigation by the IAEA of its nuclear activities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF765B92C39D4967B6BE2B0416BDAA00"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The United States has publicly opposed the completion of reactors at the Bushehr nuclear power plant because the transfer of civilian nuclear technology and training could help to advance Iran’s nuclear weapons program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B591914EC0742E08603CE8C829203D1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Russia, in spite of strong international concern that Iran intended to use civilian nuclear energy plants to develop nuclear weapons, provided Iran with support to complete the Bushehr nuclear facility.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD8732812BA2A4FD1AC52AA3707994BAF"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Russia intends to begin supplying the Bushehr nuclear facility with fuel in June 2005, and the Bushehr nuclear plant is expected to begin operation at the beginning of 2006.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA80C4E98313407CA531E8165DBAA823"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Iranian parliament has ratified a bill supporting the construction of 20 new nuclear power plants.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H50863C1DD1954D8C865D9463431D8F69"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HC1A7FB80A9D44F54986DC4B519D131E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Russia’s provision of assistance to Iran on the Bushehr nuclear reactor is inconsistent with the nonproliferation goals of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC9D90E9EC4264D6C85539D7CCA60F2DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Iran’s stated plans to construct 20 new nuclear facilities and its development of nuclear technologies, coupled with acknowledged and unacknowledged ties to terrorist groups, constitute a threat to global peace and security; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCB61889A0E04D28B685B7657B7EBA3C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the national security interests of the United States will best be served if the United States develops and implements a long-term strategy to halt all foreign nuclear cooperation with Iran.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB71B56DBC87846709BB49EF044843EFF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statement of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress calls upon the leaders of the governments of the G-8 to—</text> <paragraph id="H60DAEA9E2F1B4E8CA277D39898F4D906"><enum>(1)</enum><text>insist that the Government of Russia terminate all assistance, including fuel shipments, to the Bushehr nuclear facility in Iran; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1917EF2E93B48A4A0D1EE60242D6623"><enum>(2)</enum><text>condition Russia’s continued membership in the G-8 on Russia’s termination of all assistance, including fuel shipments, to the Bushehr facility and to any other nuclear plants in Iran.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H80A28FF2FBE940899068BEC457C15023"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Location of international institutions in Africa</header> <subsection id="H465548067754445793B92061A9263C7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of Congress</header><text>Congress declares that, for the purpose of maintaining regional balances with respect to the location of international organizations and institutions in Africa, such organizations or institutions, such as the African Development Bank, that move their headquarters offices from their original locations for reasons of security should return once those security issues have been resolved or should relocate to another country in the region in which the organization or institution was originally headquartered.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6CF368003289410EBED5F7018409E83C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultations regarding return</header><text>The Secretary of State is authorized to begin consultations with appropriate parties to determine the feasibility of returning such organizations and institutions to the regions in which they were originally headquartered.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H2F1429DFC5CA4D77AD1C252954BC2437" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305 of the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000, (title III of the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act of 2000) (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/309">Public Law 106–309</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2462">22 U.S.C. 2462</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>$1,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$4,000,000</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H9A6A30D1BF9446C5A0000350EFCF2B76"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Prohibition on commemorations relating to leaders of Imperial Japan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Department of State, both in Washington and at United States diplomatic missions and facilities in foreign countries, shall not engage in any activity, including the celebration of the recently enacted Showa holiday, which may, in any manner, serve to commemorate or be construed as serving to commemorate leaders of Imperial Japan who were connected to the attack on the United States Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.</text></section> <section id="H2883D7EE3788417D8D18009400D82216" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1106.</enum><header>United States policy regarding World Bank Group loans to Iran</header> <subsection id="HE5488379C2424E7DABA500E7F49BBAB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>United States policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall work to secure the support of the governments of countries represented on the decisionmaking boards and councils of the international financial institutions of the World Bank Group to oppose any further activity in Iran by the international financial institutions of the World Bank Group until Iran abandons its program to develop nuclear weapons.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3709E6A170FC459A9425DBF8DE009DAF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the Secretary initiates efforts to carry out subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such efforts.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9E010D399FBC4301AD94F0206E70EED0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>World Bank Group defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this section, the term <quote>World Bank Group</quote> means the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Financial Corporation, and the Multilateral Investment Guaranty Agency.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H88FFA64FAE1A4EC8B0F472F1E25838B1" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1107.</enum><header>Statement of policy regarding support for SECI Regional Center for Combating Trans-Border Crime</header> <subsection id="HB40C6D25650B4D42BDB455B808F99BE6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H5EA5A1D0A29C49F98D484960D0D22728"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Regional Center for Combating Trans-Border Crime, located in Bucharest, Romania, is composed of police and customs officers from each of the 12 member states of SECI: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro and Turkey. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1DC13E0011B344BCB5D5EAC4C741D6E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The SECI Regional Center supports joint trans-border crime fighting efforts through the establishment of task forces, including task forces relating to trafficking in human beings, anti-drugs, financial and computer crimes, stolen vehicles, anti-smuggling and anti-fraud, and terrorism.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9D67FDC74F954EA3812D7EB95765C11B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States to continue to support the activities of the SECI Regional Center for Combating Trans-border Crime.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0B0D048A52BE4CFF002FD28FA797482F" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1108.</enum><header>Statement of policy urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarch</header> <subsection id="H9EBC4A209B554ABCB0E6F97B22F95938"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H7EE02B232F474007BE89DF175144D2C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Turkey is scheduled to begin accession negotiations with the European Union on October 3, 2005.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C95D2BA0D3E45FB90FF486EC6E849DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 1993 the European Union defined the membership criteria for accession to the European Union at the Copenhagen European Council, obligating candidate countries to have achieved certain levels of reform, including stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, and respect for and protection of minorities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BEC4493FD214FC6B032A002EA3091B7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Government of Turkey refuses to recognize the Ecumenical Patriarch’s international status.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84F231CC855B47BF8BD33BA467A394BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Government of Turkey has limited to Turkish nationals the candidates available to the Holy Synod for selection as the Ecumenical Patriarch and has refused to reopen the Theological School at Halki, thus impeding training for the clergy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H99CB79C57DBA4CF5AF475F1CD4CA587C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>Congress—</text> <paragraph id="H2FFB1A6CC3084498B0D600C4F91E1B8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calls on Turkey to continue to demonstrate its willingness to adopt and uphold European standards for the protection of human rights;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF202F4ACE6194AD2A1BECC188D4FE03"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">based on the ideals associated with the European Union and its member states, calls on Turkey to eliminate all forms of discrimination, particularly those based on race or religion, and immediately—</text> <subparagraph id="H2D548224FD0546F086BA86EF471E1E45"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant the Ecumenical Patriarch appropriate international recognition and ecclesiastic succession;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5E72903FBC6B4941A7B1668DF6D33B96"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the right to train clergy of all nationalities, not just Turkish nationals; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H22781C4992354071A500CE58CF8B715C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">respect property rights and human rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A1D96FA174544559639E92575E96ED0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calls on Turkey to pledge to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights without compromise.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H8C5A02000DE249E6BA708E7743A805C0" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1109.</enum><header>Statement of policy regarding the murder of United States citizen John M. Alvis</header> <subsection id="HCDB75DFD86074C2180E9B22C7EFC81E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H1785DAE5B5DF4AB8B8D03E1563CCDCBF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On November 30, 2000, United States citizen John M. Alvis was brutally murdered in Baku, Azerbaijan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA5EF7CF01ADB4507812358C3D9AD39A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">John M. Alvis was serving his final two weeks of a two year full-time commitment to the International Republican Institute, a United States nongovernmental organization carrying out assistance projects for the Government of the United States to help promote democracy and strengthen the rule of law in Azerbaijan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0292AD85354140E7B9B3E86DF000FB5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States is committed to ensuring that the truth of the murder of John M. Alvis is determined and the individual or individuals who are responsible for this heinous act are brought to justice.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF633EA97F363412FABF93C64C09775BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>Congress—</text> <paragraph id="H3AD7D482B21348F9BA62218BED53429D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appreciates the efforts of the Government of Azerbaijan to find the individual or individuals who are responsible for the murder of United States citizen John M. Alvis and urges the Government of Azerbaijan to continue to make these efforts a high priority; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD49F79028C344BC4B175247568B85CB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">urges the Secretary of State to continue to raise the issue of the murder of United States citizen John M. Alvis with the Government of Azerbaijan and to make this issue a priority in relations between the Government of the United States and the Government of Azerbaijan.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE95BD7CD8891430DA6B08899C53306EC" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1110.</enum><header>Statement of Congress and policy with respect to the disenfranchisement of women</header> <subsection id="H0F4A832575404740B36D99A5D25F018B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H30B7C20F720D45B4B1F38F58AE66B17F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Following the May 16, 2005, decision of the Kuwaiti parliament to enfranchise its female citizens, Saudi Arabia is now the only country in world that restricts the franchise and the right to hold elected office to men only.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01C34BC84C7C4D25AD2CD26CC7172084"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Only men were allowed to vote and run for office in Saudi Arabia’s municipal elections held earlier this year, the first elections of any kind that Saudi Arabia has held since 1963.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF4FF7F2976774C8FB8003EE0C94DC926"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statements of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress—</text> <paragraph id="H0244B7EBBA4240F9BA49C2A96DE7B6DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>strongly condemns the disenfranchisement of women, including restrictions that prevent women from holding office; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H492E8DFB85914E58804151F329FF18C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calls on the Government of Saudi Arabia to, at the earliest possible time, promulgate a law that grants women the right to vote and to run for office in all future Saudi elections, whether local, provincial, or national.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA81941E43A044A6998140948C3FE35CD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is encouraged to take such action as the President considers appropriate, including a downgrading of diplomatic relations, to encourage countries that disenfranchise only women to grant women the rights to vote and hold office.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H171E80092A87400E00CDB60061A1DF07"><enum>B</enum><header>Sense of Congress Provisions</header> <section id="H141A07F1591C4187B72000D30414999C" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1111.</enum><header>Korean Fulbright programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that Fulbright program activities for the Republic of Korea (commonly referred to as <quote>South Korea</quote>) should—</text> <paragraph id="H79848D0015E9400BACE6E09368EBA85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include participation by students from throughout South Korea, including proportional representation from areas outside of Seoul;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6CC79EF59974D8FB974442E6E8E9D13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>attempt to include Korean students from a broad range of educational institutions, including schools other than elite universities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H045D51F5A160445DA53700C1E441ABBC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>broaden the Korean student emphasis beyond degree-seeking graduate students to include opportunities for one-year nondegree study at United States colleges and universities by pre-doctoral Korean students; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H65892F49AEDF4CC08397B6205069A8AF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include a significant number of Korean students planning to work or practice in areas other than advanced research and university teaching, such as in government service, media, law, and business.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HD54B9736E964410AAC08CC1227C53FAD" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1112.</enum><header>United States relations with Taiwan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H8EE353CE0BE04E0C97D3D3E562B52F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>it is in the national interests of the United States to communicate directly with democratically elected and appointed officials of Taiwan, including the President of Taiwan, the Vice-President of Taiwan, the Foreign Minister of Taiwan, and the Defense Minister of Taiwan; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H51D7C5090A6946D58CB7E256A45F78F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department of State should, in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/416">Public Law 103–416</external-xref>, admit such high level officials of Taiwan to the United States to discuss issues of mutual concern with United States officials; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3B355F3E862404EB4BA5098A3F0E17E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Department of State should, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, facilitate high level meetings between such high level officials of Taiwan and their counterparts in the United States.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H29929B79176941FA95E6011E31F4D7C3" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1113.</enum><header>Nuclear proliferation and A. Q. Khan</header> <subsection id="H234E68ACB16743A5AC16AA9EACD887AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HCA50E9DA1E3E4705A3FFB181E1F2D0CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, former director of the A.Q. Khan Research Laboratory in Pakistan and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on the Strategic Programme, had the status of a federal minister and established and operated an illegal international network which sold nuclear weapons and related technologies to a variety of countries.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6F2A834BD7E4CAFAC63E7F825DE29C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>China provided Dr. Khan with nuclear weapons designs, and the illegal international nuclear proliferation network established by Dr. Khan may have provided other countries with these designs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE05D0EEDFE2D4D28BFCFC802F74AAA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The illegal international nuclear proliferation network established by Dr. Khan assisted Iran with its nuclear program by supplying Iran with uranium-enrichment technology, including centrifuge equipment and designs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6848913922CB4E91946DD900F14150C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The illegal international nuclear proliferation network established by Dr. Khan assisted North Korea with its nuclear weapons program by providing centrifuge technology, including designs and complete centrifuges.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD391866D2F840F1B4794CB6EB89F78B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The illegal international nuclear proliferation network established by Dr. Khan assisted Libya with its nuclear program by providing blueprints of centrifuge parts and thousands of assembled centrifuge parts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H838AC80116434C54A6BA00E70058AACE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>There is concern that the illegal international nuclear proliferation network created by Dr. Khan may be still in existence and its work still on-going. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H047261AFA0244D4C802D2C52BDBEB51C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Defense cooperation and technology transfer between China and Pakistan have been recently strengthened, including the codevelopment and manufacturing of a minimum of 400 J–17 <quote>Thunder</quote> fighter aircraft, with a minimum of 250 going to China. This and other Chinese-Pakistani technology sharing provides an expanded basis for further Pakistani proliferation of advanced military technology.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8DC5C1BF39341688F761238C413B260"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The illegal international nuclear proliferation network established by Dr. Khan is a threat to United States national security.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H869C611871B94D56A4938645B13BB2C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the United States—</text> <paragraph id="HD518403971FE4EA6BB015123986952F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">should continue efforts to—</text> <subparagraph id="HFA24E18D9BF143B9A61CE214EE8453F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>dismantle the illegal international nuclear proliferation network created by Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6760FB803AC94874B9AF98C61035DC46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>counter, through diplomacy and negotiation, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction from Pakistan to other countries;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB9BA447AB537469FA97B5C4E9C7C7834"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">should request and Pakistan should grant access to interview Dr. Khan and his top associates to determine in greater detail what technology his network provided or received from Iran, North Korea, Libya, and China; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAD03B6457A0A4B179137028BA0AEA6D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>should take the steps necessary to ensure that Pakistan has verifiably halted any cooperation with any country in the development of nuclear or missile technology, material, or equipment, or any other technology, material, or equipment that is useful for the development of weapons of mass destruction, including exports of such technology, material, or equipment.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HBF2027B5AE904B4280AD9F87C2F28408" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1114.</enum><header>Palestinian textbooks</header> <subsection id="HAF2EEB93483D49A2BDFFB6F1A910F99C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HB3C82005D66F470B9CBFC95BB1003997"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Since 1993, the United States has provided more than $1,400,000,000 to assist the Palestinian people, including to assist with the process of strengthening the Palestinian educations system.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H969C3B7778C84A6DA53200706C70915D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Since 1950, the United States has provided more than $3,200,000,000 in assistance to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which operates schools in camps housing Palestinians.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEFCCBDD325F4D42852EF3285BD3F15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Palestinian Authority has undertaken a reform of its textbooks, a process which will be completed in 2006.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46DB0F8B562D4303A0802B9802B1D795"><enum>(4)</enum><text>These new textbooks, while an improvement over past texts, fail in many respects to foster attitudes amongst the Palestinian people conducive to peace with Israel, including references to the infamous Protocols of the Elders of Zion, failure to acknowledge the State of Israel, and failure to discuss Jews in sections dealing with religious tolerance.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H12C4476D60374FA186B1C48E3ECE8F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should express in the strongest possible terms United States opposition to the inclusion in Palestinian textbooks of materials which foster anti-Semitism and rejection of peace with Israel, and to express the unwillingness of the United States to continue to support educational programs of the Palestinian Authority, whether directly or indirectly, should the Palestinian Authority continue to include material which does not foster tolerance and peace.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEF9036BDDA90445F9573452C89880743" section-type="subsequent-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1115.</enum><header>International convention affirming the human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities</header> <subsection id="H2432EF22DE854756A39EF3619000913"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HF3D5B35D408C44DBBEDDAF49995CA0BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are more than 600,000,000 people who have a disability and more than two-thirds of all persons with disabilities live in developing countries.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H392A0AEA72D647B49E1B93B7CCD3003D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only two percent of children with disabilities in developing countries receive any education or rehabilitation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3DA6E9198B8B472BB16BB4C169754E16"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A substantial shift has occurred globally from an approach of charity toward persons with disabilities to the recognition of the inherent universal human rights of persons with disabilities.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H617EBE78C48E43CC9412A86EB101D155"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A clearly defined international standard addressing the rights of persons with disabilities would assist developing countries in the creation and implementation of national laws protecting those rights.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D5B7897BDC94C89A9839DC9DA2D9474"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To better protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities and to establish international norms, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 56/168 (December 19, 2001) which established an ad hoc committee to consider proposals for a comprehensive and integral international convention that affirms the human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66806EE34AE547D0A749688541B6D3ED"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With the strong commitment and leadership of the United States and the vast domestic experience of the United States in the advancement of disability rights, the world community can benefit from United States participation in the drafting of an international convention that affirms the human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5EABC3386CF449A8AC76135E161EFFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H6C1A9E732520422DAE1787596F40997B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States should play a leading role in the drafting of an international convention that affirms the human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities and which is consistent with the Constitution of the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other rights enjoyed by United States citizens with disabilities; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A6DA1DFC88749C000A75F97E73F8815"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for this purpose, the President should authorize the Secretary of State to send to the Sixth Session of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities to be held in August 2005 and to subsequent sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee a United States delegation which includes individuals with disabilities who are recognized leaders in the United States disability rights movement; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H266409931E784D3DA9235BDD2CB7B1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the United States delegation referred to in paragraph (2) should seek the input and advice of the Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Persons with Disabilities with respect to matters considered at the Sixth Session of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee and subsequent sessions.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HF94E010434D04E41B9F14EE96FEDF92" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1116.</enum><header>Fulbright Scholarships for East Asia and the Pacific</header> <subsection id="H40762A9C8A3847C4B3449D2EE794CC79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H9CF0F621647D4B278403F67906C3B404"><enum>(1)</enum><text>From 1949-2003, the Department of State awarded 13,176 Fulbright Scholarships to students from East Asia and the Pacific, but only 31 went to Pacific Island students.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01A872BF0863452CA32F3834311701F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In 2003-2004, the Department of State awarded 315 scholarships to students from East Asia and the Pacific, but none were awarded to Pacific Island students.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0DC2BDD8F0194F9987A1B1442567272"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Department of State should conduct a review and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding the marginalization of Pacific Islands students in the awarding of Fulbright Scholarships.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H56E6C4273F3444AA98EFA74EF14CFF3C" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1117.</enum><header>Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan energy pipeline</header> <subsection id="H35528B45C2AE45A686BB6310DDC26031"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="H46AF5ECF93B04B6387E6B4ACEEED39B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It has been the long-standing policy of the United States to support the independence, security, and economic development of the newly independent states of the Caspian Sea region.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6901C1A8F43742B89BF2ACD6006025BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The growth and stability of the newly independent states of the Caspian Sea region will be greatly enhanced by the development of their extensive oil and natural gas resources and the export of these resources unhindered along an east-west energy transportation corridor.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC68A01C97D664FF5916D758602741C3F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The establishment of an east-west energy transportation corridor would enhance the energy security of the United States, Turkey, and other United States allies by ensuring an unhindered flow of energy from the Caspian Sea region to world markets.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A9A0B01946B4420AC11CB2EED483FE3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The centerpiece of the proposed east-west energy transportation corridor is the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which was first endorsed by the relevant regional governments in 1998 and which will carry one million barrels of Caspian Sea oil per day from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Ceyhan, Turkey, via a route that passes through Tbilisi, Georgia.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H066E84E090EB48EF97FD00F851F782CA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The BTC pipeline was inaugurated on May 25, 2005, and Caspian Sea oil exports from the port of Ceyhan, Turkey, will begin later this year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H841D915B5ABE417FAEB800003BB1103D"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The BTC pipeline project has received strong bipartisan support during the administrations of both Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA649967554224D6ABA75100023BA70E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H30FBA529058844F683BD87BC3C2E00C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the governments and peoples of Turkey and the newly independent states of the Caspian Sea region should be congratulated for the successful completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9073F983C9424562A9613D5637C84C3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the policy of the United States to support the independence, security, and economic development of the newly independent states of the Caspian Sea region should be reaffirmed; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F3969033B304F5F889DCA3F3991B7F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">projects should be encouraged that would further develop the east-west energy transportation corridor between the newly independent states of the Caspian Sea region and Europe and that advance the strategic goals of the United States, especially the promotion of appropriate multiple routes for the transportation to world markets of oil and gas from the Caspian Sea region.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6C43ABF34E7E41FA90C9711CE07DEDC6" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1118.</enum><header>Legislation requiring the fair, comprehensive, and nondiscriminatory restitution of private property confiscated in Poland</header> <subsection id="H4C2A1A7B33B9421AA599AB183CB576D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress find the following:</text> <paragraph id="H816C8F504B344E79A3DC22801B9896BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The protection of and respect for property rights is a basic tenet for all democratic governments that operate according to the rule of law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD0CB1C7E734049049F3CEEEF9CE2EADB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Private properties were seized and confiscated by the Nazis in occupied Poland or by the Communist Polish government after World War II.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB69CA7ED2D6641BCB4998CCB77B1FE08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Some post-Communist countries in Europe have taken steps toward compensating individuals whose property was seized and confiscated by the Nazis during World War II and by Communist governments after World War II.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6515700027184B30B07472631C5B162E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Poland has continuously failed to enact legislation that requires realistically achievable restitution or compensation for those individuals who had their private property seized and confiscated.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF5A8E3057A04FA29C8EBBB4A8D270D0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Although President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland later exercised his veto power, in March 2001 the Polish Parliament passed a bill that would have provided compensation for seized and confiscated property, but only to individuals who were registered as Polish citizens as of December 31, 1999, thereby excluding all those individuals who emigrated from Poland during and after World War II.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD872AE9D19A40779869BA461B5CF3D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>President Kwasniewski met in 2002 with congressional leaders of the United States Helsinki Commission and stated that he intended to draft a new law requiring the restitution of previously seized and confiscated private property that would not discriminate based on the residency or citizenship of an individual, and which would be ready to take effect by the beginning of 2003.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA389A1D3762B426B9455452CB9B3C129"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H1E1FF7F10CEB420A999729212C37B37F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Poland should develop a final and complete settlement for those individuals who had their private property seized and confiscated by the Nazis during World War II or by the Communist Polish government after the war;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97B0EF2DBA5245438EC8F78312E4C6B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>restitution should be made in a timely manner if they are to be of any benefit to the many Holocaust survivors who are in their eighties or older; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD426AE1171840A08D7D479975EF13AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President and the Secretary of State should engage, as appropriate—</text> <subparagraph id="H7D5523A5BB0E4C78ABD28FC515A8AC16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in an open dialogue with the Government of Poland supporting the adoption of legislation requiring the fair, comprehensive, and nondiscriminatory restitution of or compensation for private property that was seized and confiscated; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCCFB05AF68C5416C9BEE87F9725B1558"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in follow-up discussions with the Government of Poland regarding the status and implementation of such legislation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HD72B5E0F54334077B265458606ECF723" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1119.</enum><header>Child labor practices in the cocoa sectors of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H6190B9CCE59F4478889786E28FDF55AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Government of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire and the Government of the Republic of Ghana should be commended for the tangible steps they have taken to address the situation of child labor in the cocoa sector;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H73B3DF0A62A942E4ADCFEFA3953903F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Government of Cote d’Ivoire and the Government of Ghana should consider child labor and forced labor issues top priorities;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43447B7AD39A4C6F9DB1B94F35E6D7B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the chocolate industry signatories to the September 19, 2001, voluntary Protocol for the Growing and Processing of Cocoa Beans and their Derivative Products in a Manner that Complies with ILO Convention 182 Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor should meet the sixth and final pillar of the Protocol, to “develop and implement credible, mutually-acceptable, voluntary, industry-wide standards of public certification, consistent with applicable federal law, that cocoa beans and their derivative products have been grown and/or processed without any of the worst forms of child labor” by July 1, 2005;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8F4EB257523418A9F831D2325E64F66"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the chocolate industry, nongovernmental organizations, and the Government of Cote d’Ivoire and the Government of Ghana should continue their efforts in full force beyond July 1, 2005, to develop and implement a system to monitor child labor in the cocoa industry of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3DEC3FF497840A2BCB96CDC9D5F36EE"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the Department of State should include information on the association between trafficking in persons and the cocoa industries of Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, and other cocoa producing regions in the annual trafficking in persons report to Congress; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC8C40A7ED144A23BC2FFE5199DCDFC8"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of State should assist the Government of Cote d’Ivoire and the Government of Ghana in preventing the trafficking of persons into the cocoa fields and other industries in West Africa.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H9D17D1686E4D49840062AF884B14E398" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1120.</enum><header>Contributions of Iraqi Kurds</header> <subsection id="H9EC6DF7DE3504B36BB4E8C992488DBD4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HFFBDF0E5594E4204B6497529E8384100"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iraqi Kurdish forces played a unique and significant role in the fight to liberate Iraq for all Iraqis in 2003. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF10046786EA243A9B59C64A0459E86CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Since Iraq’s liberation, Iraqi Kurdish leaders have played prominent and constructive roles in the drafting and passage of the Transitional Administrative Law and, more generally, in seeking to achieve a free, stable, and democratic Iraq. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H782095B756364286A508FFAF48EA40E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H06738721BD0446B8847F046ECB2599EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iraqi Kurds should be commended for their many contributions and sacrifices made in the cause of creating a free, stable, and democratic Iraq; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA64F0C59ABD84542905D4F7C48239245"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Iraqi Transitional Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government are expected to adhere to the highest standards of democratic governance, including through enforcement of full equality and rights for all religious and ethnic minorities, such as Assyrians and Turcomans.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE68BA85789B04DEC949E86DD00E7C856" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1121.</enum><header>Proliferation Security Initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HCEE9E9466AF14D1A91BB00A8784B94B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of State should strive to expand and strengthen the Proliferation Security Initiative announced on May 31, 2003, by President George W. Bush, placing particular emphasis on including countries outside of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H169525FB351042E6A42C17F1BB4958DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States should seek an international instrument, in the form of a United Nations Security Council resolution, multilateral treaty, or other agreement, to enhance international cooperation with the Proliferation Security Initiative regarding the interdiction, seizure, and impoundment in international waters and airspace of illicit shipments of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems and of related materials, equipment, and technology.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H413FB239B57549C2B532F062A96304AE" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1122.</enum><header>Security of nuclear weapons and materials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the President should seek to devise and implement standards to improve the security of nuclear weapons and materials by— </text> <paragraph id="H535FBC64462148B48B756425840680A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing with other willing nations a set of guidelines containing performance-based standards for the security of nuclear weapons and materials; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H258C0ED0CFB54A4B82D9C4D1E00885D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>negotiating with those nations agreements to adopt guidelines containing performance-based standards and implement appropriate verification measures to assure ongoing compliance; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC453CA72DF1949F4AA346300CDD611C5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinating with those nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency to strongly encourage other nations to adopt and verifiably implement the standards; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85C0B20579784F1FB3B16F8455D4BED4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>encouraging all nations to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency to complete the negotiation, adoption, and implementation of its proposed series of documents related to the security of nuclear materials.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H180644E0B7BB468FADDBE2A9EFA40BC" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1123.</enum><header>International Criminal Court and genocide in Darfur, Sudan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Based upon the adoption of resolutions on July 22, 2004, by both the House of Representatives and the Senate and the declaration on September 9, 2004, by former Secretary of State Colin Powell that the atrocities unfolding in Darfur, Sudan, are genocide, it is the sense of Congress that, notwithstanding the American Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 2002 (title II of the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/206">Public Law 107–206</external-xref>), the United States should render assistance to the efforts of the International Criminal Court to bring to justice persons accused of genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity in Darfur, Sudan, provided that legally binding assurances have been received from the United Nations Security Council or the International Criminal Court that no current or former United States Government official, employee (including any contractor), member of the United States Armed Forces, or United States national will be subject to prosecution by the International Criminal Court in connection with those efforts.</text></section> <section id="H0610F3229BD7401BA5979C75F54BFD1E"><enum>1124.</enum><header>Action against al-Manar television</header> <subsection id="H289B2E03D9354181AD16A800FDA69F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="H5EE61169990F4D7C99C7536CAEA56D77"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in 1996, the Secretary of State designated Hizballah as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F3C00C0D1E24E0DAFD202DCA2E862E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">al-Manar television is owned and controlled by Hizballah and acts on behalf of Hizballah, as openly acknowledged by Hizballah leader Hasan Nasrallah;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D6367E6F8E14333ADC0FB679CECAB2E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">al-Manar’s programming, in accordance with Hizballah’s policy, openly promotes hatred of and graphically glorifies and incites violence, including suicide bombings, against Americans, Israelis, and Jews;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H005C2E47832B43219F5D0563D1425C9C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in December 2004, the Secretary of State placed al-Manar on its Terrorist Exclusion List, immediately after which the sole satellite company that broadcast al-Manar in North America pulled al-Manar off the air;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H57D5D5EBB3274014A754FDE6CA7C108B"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in recent months, several European Union (EU) countries and EU-based satellite companies have taken actions that severely limit al-Manar’s broadcasting reach in Europe; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA1992FADB7214816B980E983D9B42803"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">al-Manar continues to broadcast to all of the Arab world, much of non-Arab Asia, most of Central and South America, and parts of Europe, with the cooperation of companies headquartered in Europe and the Arab world.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF3CC4F7F76BA497090662E183D3C63F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HB9C0F12EE6FF470E97027DFFC82C4281"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all countries that host satellite companies that broadcast al-Manar, on whose territory al-Manar may be viewed over media subject to government regulation, or where advertising or other financial support for al-Manar originates, should take action, by the strongest and most comprehensive appropriate means available, to suppress al-Manar’s terroristic programming; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3AD46243245C497CAFC701B3005800F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Arab States Broadcasting Union, which is part of the Arab League, should revoke al-Manar’s membership status because of al-Manar’s promotion of hatred and incitement to violence, including suicide bombings, directed toward Americans, Israelis, and Jews.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB04A35BBA0F64D54A1FC482600EE395"><enum>1125.</enum><header>Stability and security in Iraq</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the President should transmit to the appropriate congressional committees as soon as possible after the date of the enactment of this Act the plan to provide for a stable and secure government of Iraq and an Iraqi military and police force that will allow the United States military presence in Iraq to be diminished.</text></section> <section id="H6E2841B7337C464A86FBC11928888BE5"><enum>1126.</enum><header>Property expropriated by the Government of Ethiopia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Congress that the Government of Ethiopia should account for, compensate for, or return to United States citizens, and entities not less than 50 percent beneficially owned by United States citizens, property of such citizens and entities that has been nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise seized by the Government of Ethiopia before the date of the enactment of this Act in contravention of international law.</text></section></subtitle> July 13, 2005 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed