[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 26, 1994)]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 3221

           By Mr. BEREUTER:
     --Page 2, strike line 23 and all that follows through line 3 
     on page 3 and insert the following:
       (d) Priority Claims.--Before deciding any other claim 
     against the Government of Iraq, the United States 
     Commission--
       (1) shall decide all pending non-commercial claims of 
     members of the United States Armed Forces and other 
     individuals arising out of Iraq's invasion and occupation of 
     Kuwait or out of the 1987 attack on the USS Stark; and
       (2) then shall decide all pending claims based on 
     obligations under a letter of credit opened by the Government 
     of Iraq before August 2, 1990, for the benefit of a United 
     States person if the property which is the subject of the 
     transaction underlying the letter of credit was not in the 
     possession or control of the exporter on or after August 2, 
     1990, and the documents required under the letter of credit 
     were accepted by the advising bank, the paying bank, the 
     reimbursing bank, or the issuing bank before August 2, 1990.

     As used in paragraph (2), the term ``United States person'' 
     includes any United States citizen or permanent resident 
     alien or any juridical person organized under the laws of the 
     United States or any jurisdiction within the United States, 
     including foreign subsidiaries or branches of such juridical 
     persons.
     --Page 7, line 4, strike ``2(d)'' and insert ``2(d)(1)''.
     --Page 7, after line 5, insert the following:
       (3) For each claim that has priority under section 
     2(d)(2)--
       (A) payment from time to time in ratable proportions on 
     account of the unpaid balance of the principal amount of the 
     award according to the proportions which the unpaid balance 
     of such awards bear to the total amount in the appropriate 
     claims fund that is available for distribution at the time 
     such payments are made, and
       (B) after payment has been made of the principal amount of 
     all such awards, pro rata payments on account of accrued 
     interest on any such awards as bear interest,

     except that the total amount paid with respect to such claims 
     under this paragraph shall not exceed $50,000,000.
     --Page 7, line 6, strike ``(3)'' and insert ``(4)''; line 13, 
     strike ``(4)'' and insert ``(5)''; and line 17, strike 
     ``(5)'' and insert ``(6)''.
     --Page 7, line 12, before the period insert ``, except that 
     payment shall not be made under this paragraph on account of 
     any claim payable under paragraph (3)''; and line 16, before 
     the period insert ``, except that payment shall not be made 
     under this paragraph on account of any claim payable under 
     paragraph (3)''.

                               H.R. 3221

           By Mr. BONIOR:
     --Page 12, after line 15, add the following:

     SEC. 11. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that
       (1) Saddam Hussein has been condemned by the international 
     community for his unwillingness to take the steps necessary 
     to provide for the basic humanitarian needs of the Iraqi 
     people;
       (2) dire shortages of food, medicine, and basic medical 
     supplies (including insulin, anesthetics, and antibiotics) 
     have resulted in a continuing humanitarian disaster in Iraq, 
     including massive human suffering and the death of hundreds 
     of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians during the past 4 
     years;
       (3) This humanitarian tragedy is occurring throughout Iraq;
       (4) the United States has a long history of providing 
     humanitarian assistance to alleviate human suffering in many 
     parts of the world; and
       (5) the United States Agency for International Development 
     has the authority under chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to international disaster 
     assistance) and other provisions of law to provide assistance 
     to address humanitarian needs throughout Iraq.
       (b) Statement of Congressional Policy.--It is the sense of 
     the Congress that--
       (1) the United States should immediately provide additional 
     humanitarian assistance, particularly medicine and medical 
     supplies, to alleviate the humanitarian disaster throughout 
     Iraq;
       (2) such assistance should be provided through independent 
     nongovernmental organizations and through international 
     organizations so that this desperately need assistance can 
     reach all areas of need, in particular those outside the 
     United Nations protected areas; and
       (3) the costs of such assistance should be reimbursed from 
     any available Iraqi resources, including the Iraqi assets 
     that have been blocked pursuant the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act so long as such reimbursement does not 
     reduce the amount paid on those priority claims of members of 
     the United States Armed Forces and other described in section 
     2(d) of this Act and does not delay payment on those claims.