    [House Hearing, 106 Congress]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

          FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
                            APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2001

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                                    HEARINGS

                                    BEFORE A

                               SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                           COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS
                                 SECOND SESSION
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       SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED
                                    PROGRAMS
                        SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama, Chairman
     JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois        NANCY PELOSI, California
     FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia             NITA M. LOWEY, New York
     RON PACKARD, California             JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
     JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan           CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
     JACK KINGSTON, Georgia              MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
     JERRY LEWIS, California
     ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi

     NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full
    Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full
    Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.
         Charles Flickner, John Shank, and Christopher J. Walker, Staff
                                  Assistants,
                         Lori Maes, Administrative Aide
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                                     PART 1B

                                 (Pages 1-2829)

                   OFFICIAL JUSTIFICATION OF BUDGET ESTIMATES

                      AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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             Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations
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                         U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
     66-213                     WASHINGTON : 2000

                           COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                       C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman
     RALPH REGULA, Ohio                  DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
     JERRY LEWIS, California             JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
     JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois        NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
     HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky             MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
     JOE SKEEN, New Mexico               JULIAN C. DIXON, California
     FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia             STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
     TOM DeLAY, Texas                    ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
     JIM KOLBE, Arizona                  MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
     RON PACKARD, California             NANCY PELOSI, California
     SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama             PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
     JAMES T. WALSH, New York            NITA M. LOWEY, New York
     CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina   JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
     DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio               ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
     ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma     JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
     HENRY BONILLA, Texas                JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
     JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan           ED PASTOR, Arizona
     DAN MILLER, Florida                 CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida
     JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
     JACK KINGSTON, Georgia              MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York
     RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey CHET EDWARDS, Texas
     ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi        ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,
     GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr.,          Alabama
    Washington                           MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
     RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM,          LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
    California                           SAM FARR, California
     TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                 JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
     ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
     TOM LATHAM, Iowa                    ALLEN BOYD, Florida
     ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
     ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
     JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
     JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
     KAY GRANGER, Texas
     JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
     VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia

                     James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director

                                      (ii)
                                  Clerk's Note

        By direction of the Chairman, this official justification
    of Fiscal Year 2001 budget estimates of the Agency for
    International Development incorporates supplemental tabular and
    narrative details required by the Committee in addition to
    those provided in the printed version originally submitted by
    the Agency. This Committee document is the basis for
    reprogramming notifications submitted under section 515 of the
    Fiscal Year 2001 Foreign Assistance, Export Financing, and
    Related Programs Appropriations Act by or on behalf of the
    Agency for International Development.
        Under the long-standing notification requirements of
    section 515, the Agency is required to notify the
    Appropriations Committees 15 days in advance of obligation of
    funds from sundry accounts ``for activities, programs,
    projects, type of material assistance, countries, or other
    operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified
    to the Appropriations Committees. Section 515 does not apply to
    certain reprogramming for an activity, program, or project
    under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
    of less than 10 percent of the amount previously justified.
    Section 520 and several other provisions of the Act require
    separate notification for all projects and activities in
    certain countries, and specified activities elsewhere.
        The Committee expects and requires the Agency to implement
    the notification provisions of the Act without regard to its
    internal aggregation of programs, projects, activities, and
    countries within ``strategic objectives''. The Agency is
    directed to consult with the Committee in instances where it is
    uncertain of the application of appropriations law.
    Notification of reprogramming of funds from the ``Assistance
    for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'' account shall
    continue to be notified on the same basis and understanding as
    in prior years.

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