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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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              FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1994

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                BUMPERS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1267

  Mr. BUMPERS (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Brown, Mr. Nickles, Mr. 
Wellstone, and Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 
1281) to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1994 and 1995 for 
the Department of State, the U.S. Information Agency, and related 
agencies, to provide for the consolidation of international 
broadcasting activities, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At page 103, strike lines 1 and 2 and insert in lieu 
     thereof the following:
       ``racy'' $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 1994 and 
     $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 1995.''
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                        BROWN AMENDMENT NO. 1268

  Mr. BROWN proposes an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 179, after line 6, add the following new section:

     SEC. 714. STUDY OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) the National Endowment for Democracy will fund 
     $35,000,000 in democracy development programs overseas in 
     fiscal year 1994;
       (2) the Agency for International Development will fund 
     approximately $400,000,000 worth of democracy development 
     programs overseas in fiscal year 1994;
       (3) it is in the interest of the United States to have a 
     coordinated approach to the funding of international 
     democracy programs supported by United States Government 
     funds:
       (4) both the Agency for International Development and the 
     National Endowment for Democracy have funded overlapping 
     programs in the same country; and
       (5) the recent study of the independent Board for 
     International Broadcasting and the United States Information 
     Agency's Voice of America yielded a plan for a new, more 
     cost-effective structure for United States Government-
     sponsored broadcasting that reduces cost and increases 
     coordination.
       (b) Report.--(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the President shall establish a 
     commission for the purpose of conducting a study of United 
     States Government-funded democracy support activities, 
     including activities funded through the National Endowment 
     for Democracy and the Agency for International Development. 
     Such commission shall submit a report to the President and to 
     the appropriate committees of the Congress on a streamlined, 
     cost-effective organization of United States democracy 
     assistance.
       (2) The report shall include--
       (A) a review of all United States-sponsored democracy 
     programs and identification of those programs that are 
     overlapping.
       (B) a clear statement of achievable goals and objectives 
     for all United States-sponsored democracy programs, and an 
     evaluation of the manner in which current democracy 
     activities meet these goals and objectives;
       (C) a review of the current United States Government 
     organization for the delivery of democracy assistance and 
     recommended changes to reduce cost and streamline overhead 
     involved in the delivery of democracy assistance; and
       (D) a review of all agencies involved in delivering United 
     States Government funds in the form of democracy assistance 
     and a recommended focal point or lead agency within the 
     United States Government for overall coordination and 
     consolidation of the effort.
       (3) The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted 
     not later than 180 days after the commission is established.
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                  BROWN (AND KERRY) AMENDMENT NO. 1269

  Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Kerry) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1281, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section--

     SEC. 17. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
                   JUTE ORGANIZATION.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
     or any other Act may be used to fund any United States 
     contribution to the International Jute Organization.
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                     COHEN AMENDMENT NOS. 1270-1271

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. COHEN submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill S. 1281, supra; as follows:

       On page 179, after line 6, add the following:

     SEC. . REPORT ON RUSSIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE 
                   INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than July 1, 1994, the President 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the operations and 
     activities of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, 
     including elements purportedly operating outside the chain of 
     command of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, in the 
     other independent states that were a part of the former 
     Soviet Union and the Baltic States.
       (b) Content of Report.--The report required by subsection 
     (a) shall include, but not be limited to--
       (1) an assessment of the numbers and types of Russian armed 
     forces deployed in each of the other independent states of 
     the former Soviet Union and the Baltic States and a summary 
     of their operations and activities since the demise of the 
     Soviet Union in December 1991;
       (2) a detailed assessment of the involvement of Russian 
     armed forces in conflicts in or involving Armenian, 
     Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Tajikistan, including 
     support provided directly or indirectly to one or more 
     parties to these conflicts;
       (3) an assessment of the political and military objectives 
     of the operations and activities discussed in paragraphs (1) 
     and (2) and of the strategic objectives of the Russian 
     Federation in its relations with the other independent states 
     of the former Soviet Union and the Baltic States;
       (4) an assessment of other significant actions, including 
     political and economic, taken by the Russian Federation to 
     influence the other independent states of the former Soviet 
     Union and the Baltic States in pursuit of its strategic 
     objectives; and
       (5) an analysis of the new Russian military doctrine 
     adopted by President Yeltsin on November 2, 1993, with 
     particular regard to its implications for Russian policy 
     toward the other independent states of the former Soviet 
     Union and the Baltic States.
       (c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
       (1) ``the other independent states of the former Soviet 
     Union'' means Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, 
     Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, 
     Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan; and
       (2) ``the Baltic States'' means Latvia, Lithuania, and 
     Estonia.
       On page 179, after line 6, add the following:

     SEC.   . POLICY REGARDING GERMAN PARTICIPATION IN 
                   INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

       (a) The Senate finds that--
       (1) for more than four decades following the Second World 
     War, Germany was a divided nation;
       (2) notwithstanding the creation of the Federal Republic of 
     Germany on September 7, 1949, and the German Democratic 
     Republic on October 7, 1949, the Four Allied Powers retained 
     rights and responsibilities for Germany as a whole;
       (3) the Federal Republic of Germany acceded to the United 
     Nations Charter without reservation, ``accept[ing] the 
     obligations contained in the Charter . . . and solemnly 
     undertak[ing] to carry them out'', and was admitted as a 
     member of the United Nations on September 26, 1973;
       (4) the Federal Republic of Germany's admission to the 
     United Nations did not alter Germany's division nor infringe 
     upon the rights and responsibilities of the Four Allied 
     Powers for Germany as a whole;
       (5) these circumstances created impediments to the Federal 
     Republic of Germany fulfilling all obligations undertaken 
     upon its accession to the United Nations Charter;
       (6) Germany was unified within the Federal Republic of 
     Germany on October 3, 1990;
       (7) with the entry into force of the Final Settlement With 
     Respect to Germany on March 4, 1991, the unified Germany 
     assumed its place in the community of nations as a fully 
     sovereign national state;
       (8) German unification and attainment of full sovereignty 
     and the Federal Republic's history of more than four decades 
     of democracy have removed impediments that have prevented its 
     full participation in international efforts to maintain or 
     restore international peace and security;
       (9) international peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace-
     enforcing operations are becoming increasingly important for 
     the maintenance and restoration of international peace and 
     security;
       (10) United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali 
     has called for the ``full participation of Germany in 
     peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace-enforcing measures'';
       (11) the North Atlantic Council, meeting in ministerial 
     session on June 4, 1992, and December 17, 1992, stated the 
     preparedness of the North Atlantic Alliance to ``support, on 
     a case-by-case basis in accordance with our own procedures, 
     peacekeeping activities under the responsibility of the 
     Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe'' and 
     ``peacekeeping operations under the authority of the United 
     Nations Security Council'';
       (12) the Federal Republic of Germany participated in these 
     North Atlantic Council meetings and fully associated itself 
     with the resulting communiques;
       (13) the Western European Union (WEU) Ministerial Council, 
     in the Petersberg Declaration adopted June 19, 1992, declared 
     that ``As the WEU develops its operational capabilities in 
     accordance with the Maastricht Declaration, we are prepared 
     to support, on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with 
     our own procedures, the effective implementation of conflict-
     prevention and crisis-management measures including 
     peacekeeping activities of the CSCE or the United Nations 
     Security Council'';
       (14) the Federal Republic of Germany presided over this 
     Western European Union Ministerial Council meting and fully 
     associated itself with the Petersberg Declaration;
       (15) the Federal Republic of Germany, by virtue of its 
     political, economic, and military status and potential, will 
     play an important role in determining the success or failure 
     of future international efforts to maintain or restore 
     international peace and security;
       (16) Germany is currently engaged in a debate on the proper 
     role for the German military in the international community 
     and, in this regard, on how to amend the provisions of the 
     Federal Republic's Basic Law that govern German military 
     activities;
       (17) an important element in the German debate is the 
     question of whether the international community would welcome 
     or oppose full German participation in international 
     peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace-enforcing operations;
       (18) it is, therefore, appropriate for the United States, 
     as a member of the international community and as a permanent 
     member of the United Nations Security Council, to express its 
     position on the foregoing question; and
       (19) distinctions between peacekeeping, peacemaking, and 
     peace-enforcing measures are becoming blurred, making 
     absolute separation of such measures difficult, if not 
     impossible.
       (b) The Senate commends the German people for their efforts 
     over several decades--
       (1) to acknowledge forthrightly the evils perpetrated 
     during the National Socialist period;
       (2) to construct a democratic state deeply rooted in German 
     society; and
       (3) to integrate Germany into international institutions 
     designed to strengthen, protect, and promote democracy and 
     international peace and security.
       (c) It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) an appropriate response under current circumstances to 
     Germany's past would be for Germany to participate fully in 
     international efforts to maintain or restore international 
     peace and security; and
       (2) the President should strongly encourage Germany to 
     assume full and active participation in international 
     peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peace-enforcing operations and 
     to take the necessary measures with regard to its 
     constitutional law and policy and its military capabilities 
     so as to enable the full and active participation of Germany 
     in such operations.
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                 BROWN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1272

  Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Bumpers, and Mr. Feingold) proposed an 
amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as follows:

       On page 123, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 229. PRIVATIZATION OF FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT 
                   FOR DEMOCRACY.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), in 
     fiscal year 1994, the total amount of grants awarded on a 
     noncompetitive basis to a NED core grantee in fiscal years 
     1994 and 1995 may not exceed an amount which represents the 
     following percentage of the total amount of such grants 
     allocated for such grantee by the National Endowment for 
     Democracy for that fiscal year:
       (1) For fiscal year 1994, 85 percent.
       (2) For fiscal year 1995, 80 percent.
       (b) Exception.--The percentage limitation of subsection (a) 
     may be exceeded by a NED core grantee in a fiscal year to the 
     extent that such excess amount if matched by grants and 
     donations received by the NED core grantee from private 
     donors.
       (c) Funds Awarded by the National Endowment for 
     Democracy.--Except as provided in subsection (d), in fiscal 
     years 1994 and 1995, the total amount of grants awarded by 
     the National Endowment for Democracy on a competitive basis 
     in any fiscal year may not exceed an amount which represents 
     the following percentage of the total amount of grants 
     awarded on a competitive basis by the National Endowment for 
     Democracy for that fiscal year:
       (1) For fiscal year 1994, 85 percent.
       (2) For fiscal year 1995, 80 percent.
       (d) Exception.--The percentage limitation of subsection (c) 
     may be exceeded by the National Endowment for Democracy in a 
     fiscal year to the extent that such excess amount is matched 
     by grants and donations received by the National Endowment 
     for Democracy from private donors.
       (e) Funds Returned to the U.S. Treasury for Deficit 
     Reduction.--To the extent that funds allocated for a NED core 
     grantee or the National Endowment for Democracy's 
     competitively awarded grants in excess of the percentage 
     limitation of subsections (a) and (c) are not matched by 
     private contributions, such funds shall be returned to the 
     United States Treasury for the purpose of deficit reduction.
       (f) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the National Endowment for Democracy and its core 
     grantees should rely on increasing amounts of private sector 
     donations in future years.
       (g) Definition.--For the purpose of this section, the term 
     ``NED core grantees'' refers to the International Republican 
     Institute (IRI), the Free Trade Union Institute (FTUI), the 
     National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Center for 
     International Enterprise (CIPE).
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                MURKOWSKI (AND BROWN) AMENDMENT NO. 1273

  Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. Brown) proposed an amendment to 
the bill S. 1281, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section--
       Sec.   . High-level visits to Taiwan. It is the sense of 
     the Congress that--
       (a) The President should be commended for his meeting with 
     Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs during the Asia-Pacific 
     Economic Cooperation Conference in Seattle;
       (b) The President should send Cabinet-level appointees to 
     Taiwan to promote American interests and to ensure the 
     continued success of U.S. business in Taiwan;
       (c) In addition to Cabinet-level visits, the President 
     should take steps to show clear United States support for 
     Taiwan both in our bilateral relationship and in multilateral 
     organizations of which the United States is a member.
                                 ______


                        PELL AMENDMENT NO. 1274

  Mr. PELL proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following new section:

     SEC.   . FREEDOM OF INFORMATION EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN OPEN 
                   SKIES TREATY DATA.

       (a) In General.--Data collected by sensors during 
     observation flights conducted in connection with the Treaty 
     on Open Skies, including flights conducted prior to entry 
     into force of the Treaty, shall be exempt from disclosure 
     under the Freedom of Information Act or any other Act--
       (1) in the case of data with respect to a foreign country--
       (A) if the country has not disclosed the data to the 
     public; and
       (B) if the country has not, acting through the Open Skies 
     Consultative Commission or any other diplomatic channel, 
     authorized the United States to disclose the data to the 
     public; or
       (2) in the case of data with respect to the United States, 
     if disclosure of such data could be reasonably expected to 
     cause substantial harm to the national defense as determined 
     by the Secretary of Defense or to the foreign relations of 
     the United States as determined by the Secretary of State.
       (b) Extension of Withholding of Certain Data.--(1) For 
     purposes of subsection (a)(2), data held for a period of 5 
     years from the date of collection shall be deemed not to 
     cause substantial harm to the national defense or foreign 
     relations of the United States and shall be released unless 
     the head of the agency that made the initial determination 
     determines otherwise, in which case the data may be withheld 
     for an additional period or periods of 5 years each.
       (2) In no case may data be withheld under this subsection 
     for more than 10 years from the date of collection.
       (3) Determinations under this subsection may not be 
     delegated.
       (c) Statutory Construction.--This section constitutes a 
     specific exemption within the meaning of section 552(b)(3) of 
     title 5, United States Code.
       (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section--
       (1) the term ``Freedom of Information Act'' means the 
     provisions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code;
       (2) the term ``Open Skies Consultative Commission'' means 
     the commission established pursuant to Article X of the 
     Treaty on Open Skies; and
       (3) the term ``Treaty on Open Skies'' means the Treaty on 
     Open Skies, signed at Helsinki on March 24, 1992.
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                        PELL AMENDMENT NO. 1275

  Mr. PELL proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 179, after line 6, insert the following:

     SEC.  . TRANSFER OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS DEFENSE 
                   ARTICLES IN THE WAR RESERVE ALLIES STOCKPILE TO 
                   THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

       (a) Authority.--(1) Notwithstanding section 514 of the 
     Foreign Assistance of Act 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), the 
     Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer to the 
     Republic of Korea, in return for concessions to be negotiated 
     by the Secretary, any or all of the items described in 
     paragraph (2).
       (2) The items referred to in paragraph (1) are equipment, 
     tanks, weapons, repair parts, and ammunition that--
       (A) are obsolete or surplus items;
       (B) are in the inventory of the Department of Defense;
       (C) are intended for use as reserve stocks for the Republic 
     of Korea; and
       (D) as of the date of enactment of this Act, are located in 
     a stockpile in the Republic of Korea.
       (b) Concessions.--The value of the concessions negotiated 
     by the Secretary of Defense shall be at least equal to the 
     fair market value of the items transferred. The concessions 
     may include cash compensation, services, waiver of charges 
     otherwise payable by the United States, and other items of 
     value.
       (c) Advance Notification of Transfer.--Not less than 30 
     days before making a transfer under the authority of this 
     section, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
     congressional defense committees a notification of the 
     proposed transfer. The notification shall identify the items 
     to be transferred and the concessions to be received.
       (d) Expiration of Authority.--No transfer may be made under 
     the authority of this section more than two years after the 
     enactment of this Act.
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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 1276

  Mr. MURKOWSKI proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 179, after line 6, add the following new section:

     SEC. 714. PILOT VISA WAIVER PROJECT FOR KOREANS VISITING 
                   ALASKA AND HAWAII.

       (a) Congressional Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) travel and tourism play a major role in reducing the 
     United States unfavorable balance of trade;
       (2) the characteristics of the Korean travel market do not 
     permit long-term planning for longer trips;
       (3) applications for United States visas cannot now be 
     processed in the reasonable period of time;
       (4) the United States Department of State has directed 
     reductions in staff at the United States Embassy in Seoul, 
     which promise to further expand the time necessary for 
     potential Korean travelers to obtain a United States visa;
       (5) most of the nations of the South Pacific and Europe do 
     not currently require Koreans entering their countries to 
     have a visa, thus providing them with a serious competitive 
     advantage;
       (6) the United States territory of Guam has been permitted 
     by the United States Government to eliminate visa 
     requirements for Koreans visiting Guam, with resultant 
     impressive increases in travel and tourism from the Republic 
     of Korea;
       (7) the existing procedures to add any nation, including 
     the Republic of Korea, to the group of favored nations 
     exempted from United States visa regulations, would require 
     many years during which time the United States could well 
     lose its competitive advantages in attracting travel and 
     tourism from the Republic of Korea; and
       (8) the Republic of Korea as a gesture of goodwill has 
     already unilaterally released United States travelers to the 
     Republic of Korea from the necessity of obtaining a visa.
       (b) Policy.--The Secretary of State shall explore the 
     procedures necessary to inaugurate a pilot study project 
     which--
       (1) would be aimed at greatly reducing the time and 
     formalities needed to permit the Republic of Korea to join 
     the other visa-waiver nations of the world; and
       (2) would immediately permit the noncontiguous States of 
     Alaska and Hawaii to join Guam as visa-free destinations for 
     Korean travelers.
       (c) Description of Pilot Project.--A pilot project 
     conducted under subsection (a) should consist of the 
     following elements:
       (1) United States visas would be declared unnecessary for 
     Koreans visiting Alaska or Hawaii.
       (2) At United States Customs passport control stations in 
     Alaska and Hawaii, Koreans would be expected to display their 
     return trip airline ticket, with return to be effected within 
     2 weeks.
       (3) At the end of 1 year, if immigration violations do not 
     exceed the numbers experienced for Koreans entering other 
     United States gateways, then the Department of State should 
     consider extending visa waivers to all Koreans visiting the 
     United States.
        (d) Effective Date; Termination Date.--A pilot project 
     conducted under subsection (a) should begin not later than 
     May 1, 1994, and should terminate April 30, 1995.
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 1277

  Mr. Helms proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.   . The United States Senate will not consent to the 
     ratification of any Treaty providing for United States 
     participation in an international criminal court with 
     jurisdiction over crimes of an international character unless 
     American citizens are guaranteed, in the terms establishing 
     such a court, and in the court's operation, that the court 
     will take no action infringing upon or diminishing their 
     rights under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the 
     United States, as interpreted by the United States.
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 1278

  Mr. Helms proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec.   . The United States Senate will not consent to the 
     ratification of any Treaty providing for United States 
     participation in an international criminal court with 
     jurisdiction over crimes of an international character unless 
     American citizens are guaranteed, in the terms establishing 
     such a court, and in the court's operation, that the court 
     will take no action infringing upon or diminishing their 
     rights under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the 
     United States, as interpreted by the United States.
                                 ______


                      McCONNELL AMENDMENT NO. 1279

  Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.   .  The Congress finds that:
       (1) The Warsaw Pact has been disbanded and replaced by 
     governments with legitimate political, economic and security 
     interests;
       (2) It is in the national interests of the United States to 
     preserve European regional stability through the promotion of 
     political and economic freedom and respect for territorial 
     integrity and national sovereignty;
       (3) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has served and 
     advanced U.S. and European interests in political stability 
     and collective security for forty five years.
       Therefore, it is the sense of the Senate that,
       (1) European nations which have demonstrated both 
     capability and willingness to support collective defense 
     requirements and established democratic practices including 
     free, fair elections, civilian control of military 
     institutions, respect for territorial integrity and the 
     individual liberties of its citizens share the goals of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and
       (2) The United States should urge immediate admission to 
     NATO for those nations which support and advance this common 
     agenda.
                                 ______


               McCONNELL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1280

  Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Simon, Mr. Gorton, Mr. 
Mack, Mr. McCain, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Roth, Mr. Byrd, and Ms. Moseley-Braun) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after ``Sec'' and insert the following:
       . The Congress finds that:
       (1) The Warsaw Pact has been disbanded and replaced by 
     governments with legitimate political, economic and security 
     interests;
       (2) It is in the national interests of the United States to 
     preserve European regional stability through the promotion of 
     political and economic freedom and respect for territorial 
     integrity and national sovereignty;
       (3) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has served and 
     advanced U.S. and European interests in political stability 
     and collective security for forty five years.
       (4) Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have expressed 
     interest in joining NATO.
       Therefore, it is the sense of the Senate that,
       (1) European nations which have demonstrated both 
     capability and willingness to support collective defense 
     requirements and established democratic practices including 
     free, fair elections, civilian control of military 
     institutions, respect for territorial integrity and the 
     individual liberties of its citizens share the goals of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and
       (2) The United States should urge immediate admission to 
     NATO for those nations which advance and support this common 
     agenda.
                                 ______


                  DOLE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1281

  Mr. DOLE (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
Helms, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Biden, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
DeConcini, Mr. Robb, and Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 
1281, supra, as follows:

       On page 179, after line 6, insert the following new 
     section:

     SEC.   . POLICY ON TERMINATION OF UNITED STATES ARMS EMBARGO.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) On July 10, 1991, the United States adopted a policy 
     suspending all licenses and other approvals to export or 
     otherwise transfer defense articles and defense services to 
     Yugoslavia.
       (2) On September 25, 1991, the United Nations Security 
     Council adopted Resolution 713, which imposed a mandatory 
     international embargo on all deliveries of weapons and 
     military equipment to Yugoslavia.
       (3) The Unites States considered the policy adopted July 
     10, 1991, to comply fully with Resolution 713 and therefore 
     took no additional action in response to that resolution.
       (4) On January 8, 1992, the United Nations Security Council 
     adopted Resolution 727, which decided that the mandatory arms 
     embargo imposed by Resolution 713 should apply to any 
     independent states that might thereafter emerge on the 
     territory of Yugoslavia.
       (5) On February 29 and March 1, 1992, the people of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina voted in a referendum to declare independence 
     from Yugoslavia.
       (6) On April 7, 1992, the United States recognized the 
     Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (7) On May 22, 1992, the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina was admitted to full membership in the United 
     States.
       (8) Consistent with Resolution 727, the United States has 
     continued to apply the policy adopted July 10, 1991, to 
     independent states that have emerged on the territory of the 
     former Yugoslavia, including Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (9) Subsequent to the adoption of Resolution 727 and Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina's independence referendum, the siege of 
     Sarajevo began and fighting spread to other areas of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina.
       (10) The Government of Serbia intervened directly in the 
     fighting by providing significant military, financial, and 
     political support and direction to Serbian-allied irregular 
     forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (11) In statements dated May 1 and May 12, 1992, the 
     Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe declared 
     that the Government of Serbia and the Serbian-controlled 
     Yugoslav National Army were committing aggression against the 
     Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and assigned to them 
     prime responsibility for the escalation of bloodshed and 
     destruction.
       (12) On May 30, 1992, the United Nations Security Council 
     adopted Resolution 757, which condemned the Government of 
     Serbia for its continued failure to respect the territorial 
     integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (13) Serbian-allied irregular forces have occupied 
     approximately 70 percent of the territory of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, committed gross violations of human rights in 
     the areas they have occupied, and established a secessionist 
     government committed to eventual unification with Serbia.
       (14) The military and other support and direction provided 
     to Serbian-allied irregular forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina 
     constitutes an armed attack on the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina by the Government of Serbia within the meaning of 
     Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
       (15) Under Article 51, the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, as a member of the United Nations, has an 
     inherent right of individual or collective self-defense 
     against the armed attack from the Government of Serbia until 
     the United Nations Security Council has taken measures 
     necessary to maintain international peace and security.
       (16) The measures taken by the United Nations Security 
     Council in response to the armed attack on Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina have not been adequate to maintain international 
     peace and security.
       (17) Bosnia and Herzegovina has been unable successfully to 
     resist the armed attack from Serbia because it lacks the 
     means to counter heavy weaponry that Serbia obtained from the 
     Yugoslav National Army upon the dissolution of Yugoslavia, 
     and because the mandatory international arms embargo has 
     prevented Bosnia and Herzegovina from obtaining from other 
     countries the means to counter such heavy weaponry.
       (18) On December 18, 1992, with the affirmative vote of the 
     United States, the United Nations General Assembly adopted 
     Resolution 47/121, which urged the United Nations Security 
     Council to exempt Bosnia and Herzegovina from the mandatory 
     arms embargo imposed by Resolution 713.
       (19) In the absence of adequate measures to maintain 
     international peace and security, continued application to 
     the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina of the mandatory 
     international arms embargo imposed by the United Nations 
     Security Council prior to the armed attack on Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina undermines that government's right of individual 
     or collective self-defense and therefore contravenes Article 
     51 of the United Nations Charter.
       (20) Bosnia and Herzegovina's right of self-defense under 
     Article 51 of the United Nations Charter includes the right 
     to ask for military assistance from other countries and to 
     receive such assistance if offered.
       (b) Policy on Termination of Arms Embargo.--(1) The 
     President should terminate the United States arms embargo of 
     the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina upon receipt from 
     that government of a request for assistance in exercising its 
     right of self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations 
     Charter.
       (2) As used in this subsection, the term ``United States 
     arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina'' 
     means the application to the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina of--
       (A) the policy adopted July 10, 1991, and published in the 
     Federal Register of July 19, 1991 (58 Fed. Reg. 33322) under 
     the heading ``Suspension of Munitions Export Licenses to 
     Yugoslavia''; and
       (B) any similar policy being applied by the United States 
     Government as of the date of receipt of the request described 
     in subsection (a) pursuant to which approval is routinely 
     denied for transfers of defense articles and defense services 
     to the former Yugoslavia.
       (c) Policy on Military Assistance.--The President should 
     provide appropriate military assistance to the Government of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina upon receipt from that government of a 
     request for assistance in exercising its right of self-
     defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
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                        ROTH AMENDMENT NO. 1282

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ROTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 1281, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate point, insert the following:
       The Senate finds that:
       In the post-Cold War period, the international community 
     expects the United Nations to play a larger role, 
     particularly in peacekeeping operations that may, on 
     occasion, require the use of force against determined 
     aggressors;
       That in the past five years the United Nations has engaged 
     in more peacekeeping operations than in the preceding forty,
       That the Security Council is the U.N. body chiefly 
     responsible for matters of peace and security;
       That the United Nations structure and the Security 
     Council's roster of permanent members have remained largely 
     unchanged since the United Nations was founded almost half a 
     century ago;
       That Japan and Germany, as the world's second and third 
     largest economies, respectively, have attained levels of 
     global reach and influence equal to or surpassing current 
     permanent members of the Security Council;
       That both Japan and Germany have announced their desire to 
     gain permanent membership in the Security Council;
       That any country accorded permanent membership must be 
     capable of fulfilling all the responsibilities of such 
     status, including full participation in any U.N. military 
     operations;
       That according permanent membership to nations not capable 
     of fully carrying out these responsibilities will allow those 
     countries to play a central role in shaping U.N. peacekeeping 
     operations which could endanger the lives of American and 
     other troops, but in which their own forces could play no 
     part;
       That currently, in both Japan and Germany, the prevailing 
     view is that each country is prohibited from carrying out all 
     the responsibilities that permanent membership entails and 
     appears reluctant to make the changes necessary to gain those 
     capabilities;
       That in Japan's case, making those changes will require the 
     country to come to terms more adequately with its conduct 
     during World War II and closely consult with its Asian 
     neighbors who suffered during that period;
       Now, therefore, it is the sense of the Senate that:
       (1) In principle, the United States should support both 
     Japan and Germany in their wish to gain permanent membership 
     in the United Nations Security Council; but
       (2) No action should be taken to further either nation's 
     goal of achieving such status unless and until they are 
     capable of discharging the full range of responsibilities 
     accepted by all current permanent members of the Security 
     Council.
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                      DeCONCINI AMENDMENT NO. 1283

  Mr. DeCONCINI proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section:
       Sec.   . Beginning ninety days after the enactment of this 
     Act, and annually thereafter on the day the budget of the 
     United States is submitted to the Congress, the Secretary of 
     State shall submit to the Congress a detailed budget 
     justification on the costs to provide security and protection 
     to the Secretary of State both domestically and 
     internationally. Such justification shall include the number 
     of full-time permanent personnel assigned to Secretarial 
     protection, the cost of salaries, overtime, per diem, travel, 
     equipment and vehicles for carrying out such protective 
     activities.
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                  DOLE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1284

  Mr. DOLE (for himself, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
Helms, and Mr. Murkowski) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 123, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:

     SEC.   . INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS INVOLVING 
                   DISABILITY-RELATED MATTERS.

       (a) Authority.--Section 102(b) of the Mutual Educational 
     and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (11) as 
     paragraphs (10) through (12), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
       ``(9) promoting educational, cultural, medical, and 
     scientific meetings, training, research, visits, 
     interchanges, and other activities, with respect to 
     disability-related matters, including participation by 
     individuals with disabilities (within the meaning of section 
     3(2) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
     U.S.C. 12102(2)) in such activities, through such nonprofit 
     organizations as have a demonstrated capability to coordinate 
     exchange programs involving diability-related matters;''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency shall submit a report to the Congress 
     describing the steps taken during the period since the date 
     of enactment of this Act to implement section 102(b)(9) of 
     the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2452(b)(9)).
       (c) Annual Summary of Activities.--As part of the 
     congressional presentation materials submitted in connection 
     with the annual budget request for the United States 
     Information Agency, the Director of the Agency shall include 
     a summary of the international exchange activities carried 
     out under section 102(b)(9) of the Mutual Educational and 
     Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(9)) during 
     the preceding calendar year.
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                      HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 1285

  Mrs. HUTCHISON proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as 
follows:

     SEC.   . DEOBLIGATION OF CERTAIN UNEXPENDED ECONOMIC 
                   ASSISTANCE FUNDS.

       (a) Requirement To Deobligate.--Except as provided in 
     subsection (b), at the beginning of each fiscal year the 
     President shall deobligate, and return to the Treasury, any 
     funds that, as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, have 
     been obligated for a period of more than 4 years for 
     development assistance, economic support assistance, 
     assistance from the Development Fund for Africa, assistance 
     under chapter 4 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (relating to the Multilateral Assistance Initiative for 
     the Philippines), assistance under the Support for East 
     European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, and assistance to 
     carry out chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (relating to assistance to the independent states of 
     the former Soviet Union), but have not been expended.
       (b) Exceptions.--The President, on a case-by-case basis, 
     may waive the requirement of subsection (a) if the President 
     determines, and reports to the appropriate congressional 
     committees, that--
       (1) the funds are being used for a capital or long-term 
     participant training project that requires more than 3 years 
     to complete; or
       (2) the funds have not been expended because of unforeseen 
     circumstances, and those circumstances could not have been 
     reasonably foreseen.
       (c) Comments on Subsection (b) Reports.--As soon as 
     possible after submission of a report pursuant to subsection 
     (b), the Inspector General for the administering agency for 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees such comments as the 
     Inspector General considers appropriate with regard to the 
     determination described in that report.
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                 BROWN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1286

  Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Mack, Mr. 
Kempthorne, Mr. Coats, Mr. McCain, Mr. Burns, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
Feingold, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Mathews) proposed an 
amendment to the bill S. 1281, supra; as follows:

       On page 179, after line 6, add the following new title:

          TITLE VIII--ANTI-ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1994

     SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Anti-Economic 
     Discrimination Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 802. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

       The Congress finds that--
       (1) certain countries maintain an economic boycott of 
     Israel, including a secondary boycott of companies that have 
     investments in or trade with Israel;
       (2) the secondary boycott has caused economic damage to the 
     countries that maintain the boycott as well as to Israel;
       (3) the secondary boycott causes great difficulties for 
     United States firms that trade with Israel, depriving them of 
     trade opportunities and violating internationally accepted 
     principles of free trade;
       (4) the United States has a longstanding policy opposing 
     the Arab League boycott and Untied States law prohibits 
     American firms from providing information to Arab countries 
     to demonstrate compliance with the boycott;
       (5) many American companies may be denied contracts in the 
     West Bank and Gaza for infrastructure development because 
     they conduct business with Israel; and
       (6) many American companies may be denied contracts by the 
     Kuwaiti Government for the reconstruction of Kuwait because 
     they conduct business with Israel.
       (7) under the Administration's leadership the U.S. has sent 
     a clear, consistent and unambiguous message that the Arab 
     League boycott of companies that do business with Israel is 
     an obstacle to peace and should be terminated;
       (8) the United States has laws prohibiting United States 
     firms from providing Arab states with the requested 
     information about compliance with boycott regulations;
       (9) the United States Trade Representative, in August 1993, 
     commissioned the ITC to undertake a study of the boycott's 
     impact on U.S. businesses which will provide, for the first 
     time, a carefully researched estimate of the impact of the 
     boycott on the U.S.;
       (10) the Administration has conducted an active diplomatic 
     campaign to convince Arab League countries that the time to 
     end the boycott and economic discrimination against United 
     States businesses is now;
       (11) the Administration's efforts have produced encouraging 
     developments, as for example, with statements by officials of 
     the Arab League that at its next meeting in March, the Arab 
     League states will consider ending their discrimination 
     against firms that do business with Israel and the decision 
     to postpone the October 1993 meeting of the Central Boycott 
     Committee;
       (12) under U.S. leadership, the G-7 countries have 
     unconditionally called for an end to the Arab boycott;
       (13) the President, the Vice President, the Secretary of 
     State and other senior Administration officials have assured 
     the Congress that they will speak forcefully and candidly, in 
     every forum which touches upon the search for peace in the 
     Middle East, about the need to end the boycott;
       (14) the Congress wishes to support the efforts of the 
     Administration and to help see the promises made to date 
     translated into tangible results;
       (15) the statements made by Arab leaders must be translated 
     into action, as measured by quarterly reports from the Office 
     of Anti-Boycott Compliance.

     SEC. 803. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN SALES AND LEASES.

       (a) Prohibition.--No defense article or defense service may 
     be sold or leased by the United States Government to any 
     country or international organization that, as a matter of 
     policy or practice, is known to have sent letters to United 
     States firms requesting compliance with, or soliciting 
     information regarding compliance with, the secondary or 
     tertiary Arab boycott, unless the President determines, and 
     so certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, 
     that that country or organization does not currently maintain 
     a policy or practice of making such requests or 
     solicitations.
       (b) Waiver.--
       (1) 1-year waiver.--On or after the effective date of this 
     section, the President may waive, for a period of 1 year, the 
     application of subsection (a) with respect to any country or 
     organization if the President determines, and reports to the 
     appropriate congressional committees, that--
       (A) such waiver is in the national interest of the United 
     States, and such waiver will promote the objectives of this 
     section to eliminate the Arab boycott; or
       (B) such waiver is in the national security interest of the 
     United States.
       (2) Extension of waiver.--If the President determines that 
     the further extension of a waiver will promote the objectives 
     of this section, the President, upon notification of the 
     appropriate congressional committees, may grant further 
     extensions of such waiver for successive 12-month periods.
       (3) Termination of waiver.--The President may, at any time, 
     terminate any waiver granted under this subsection.
       (c) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 
     and
       (2) the terms ``defense article'' and ``defense service'' 
     have the meanings given to such terms by paragraphs (3) and 
     (4), respectively, of section 47 of the Arms Export Control 
     Act.
       (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 1 year 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.

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