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 CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4426, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, 
             AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1995

  Mr. YATES submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 4426) making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995.

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 103-633)

       The Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4426) ``making appropriations for the Foreign Operations, 
     Export Financing, and Related Programs for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1995,'' having met, after full and free 
     conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to 
     their respective Houses as follows:
       That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 3, 13, 
     14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 29, 30, 34, 46, 47, 51, 53, 71, 84, 110, 
     111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 125, 135, 136, 137, 141, 144, 
     145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 
     159, 160, 162, and 164.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 20, 21, 
     22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 
     64, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 
     85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 
     103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 112, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 
     126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, an agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 2:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $90,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 8:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 8, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $374,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 9:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $50,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 11:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 11, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $853,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 12:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 12, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: : 
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this title 
     under the heading ``Agency for International Development'', 
     (1) not less than $280,000,000 should be made available for 
     activities which have as their objective the reduction of 
     childhood mortality, including such activities as 
     immunization programs, oral rehydration programs, and 
     education programs which address improved nutrition, and 
     water and sanitation programs, (2) not less than $135,000,000 
     should be made available for basic education programs; and 
     (3) not less than $25,000,000 should be made available for 
     micronutrient programs; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 18:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 18, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: : 
     Provided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act 
     authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign operations, 
     export financing, and related programs, the term 
     ``motivate,'' as it relates to family planning assistance, 
     shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent 
     with local law, of information or counseling about all 
     pregnancy options including abortion; and the Senate agree to 
     the same.
       Amendment numbered 19:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 19, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: : 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, not less than the amount equal to the amount made 
     available for the Office of Population of the Agency for 
     International Development in fiscal year 1994 shall be made 
     available to that office: Provided further, That the 
     Administrator of the Agency for International Development may 
     decrease that amount only if he consults with and provides a 
     written justification to the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided further, That such justification shall be considered 
     in accordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committee on Appropriations; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 24:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 24, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: : Provided, That of this amount not more 
     than $1,475,000 may be made available to pay for printing 
     costs: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
     by this Act for programs administered by the Agency for 
     International Development may be used to finance printing 
     costs of any report or study (except feasibility, design, or 
     evaluation reports or studies) in excess of $25,000 without 
     the approval of the Administrator of that Agency or the 
     Administrator's designee; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 25:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 25, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $2,349,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 33:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 33, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $850,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 36:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 36, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Delete the matter stricken and delete the matter proposed; 
     and the Senate agreed to the same.
       Amendment numbered 40:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 40, and agree to the same 
     with amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (i) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, no less 
     than $15,000,000 should be available only for a family 
     planning program for the new independent states of the former 
     Soviet Union comparable to the family planning program 
     currently administered by the Agency for International 
     Development in the Central Asian Republics and focusing on 
     population assistance which provides an alternative to 
     abortion.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 41:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 41, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (k) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than $150,000,000 should be made available for programs for 
     Ukraine: Provided, That of these funds not less than 
     $25,000,000 should be made available for land privatization 
     activities and development of small and medium size 
     businesses, including agriculture enterprises.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 42:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 42, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (l) Of the funds made available by this or any other Act, 
     not less than $75,000,000 should be made available for 
     programs and activities for Armenia.
       And the Senate agreed to the same.
       Amendment numbered 43:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 43, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (m) Of the funds made available by this or any other Act, 
     not less than $50,000,000 should be made available for 
     programs and activities for Georgia.
       And the Senate agreed to the same.
       Amendment numbered 44:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 44, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (n) The President should establish a Trans-Caucasus 
     Enterprise Fund.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 45:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 45, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (o) The report required by subsection (d) under the heading 
     ``Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former 
     Soviet Union'', contained in Public Law 102-391, shall be 
     updated at least annually and shall also contain a listing of 
     all grants and contracts issued from funds appropriated 
     annually for the new independent states of the former Soviet 
     Union, to include for each grant and contract (1) a 
     description of its purpose, (2) its amount, and (3) the 
     country where the grant or contract funds are to be expended.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 48:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 48, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (p) Not less than $50,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading should be made available for programs and 
     activities which match United States private sector resources 
     with Federal funds.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 49
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 49, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (q) Within sixty days of enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator of the Agency for International Development 
     shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on steps 
     being taken to include individuals and organizations with 
     language or regional expertise in the provision of assistance 
     to the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 50:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 50, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (r) Of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
     the heading ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
     States'', not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be made available 
     for police training and exchanges, and investigative and 
     technical assistance activities related to international 
     criminal activities.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 52:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 52, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       (s) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than 50 percent should be made available for country specific 
     activities within bilateral, regional, or multilateral 
     programs, except as provided through the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 54:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 54, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $105,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 55:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 55, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     Provided, That during fiscal year 1995, the Department of 
     State may also use the authority of section 608 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its 
     restrictions, to receive non-lethal excess property from an 
     agency of the United States Government for the purpose of 
     providing it to a foreign country under chapter 8 of part I 
     of that Act subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 58:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 58, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of ``$12,000,000'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     $6,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 60:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 60, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment and retain 
     the matter inserted by said amendment; and the Senate agree 
     to the same.
       Amendment numbered 63:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 63, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading or under the heading ``Military-to-Military 
     Contact Program'' may be made available for Thailand or 
     Algeria except through the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of State shall submit, by February 1, 1995, a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations on the Thai 
     military's support for the Khmer Rouge and the Thai 
     Government's efforts to impede support for Burmese democracy 
     advocates, exiles, and refugees; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 65:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 65, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
     this heading may be made available only for activities in the 
     area of responsibility of the United States Pacific Command 
     and; and on page 23, line 18 of the House engrossed bill, 
     H.R. 4426, strike ``be made available only''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 69:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 69, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: Provided further, That 10 percent of the 
     principal amount of direct loans for Turkey shall be withheld 
     until the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense, has submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a report addressing, among other things, the 
     allegations of abuses against civilians by the Turkish armed 
     forces and the situation in Cyprus, and a separate 
     notification has been submitted at least 15 days prior to the 
     obligation of such funds; Provided further, That 10 percent 
     of the principal amount of direct loans for Greece shall be 
     withheld until the Secretary of State has submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations a report on the allegations of 
     Greek violations of the United Nations sanctions against 
     Serbia and of the United Nations Charter, and a separate 
     notification has been submitted at least 15 days prior to the 
     obligation of such funds; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 81:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 81, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:


                           noncredit account

       The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
     to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments 
     within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance 
     with law as may be necessary: Provided, That the amount 
     available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
     and insurance programs (including an amount for official 
     reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed 
     $35,000) shall not exceed $24,322,000: Provided further, That 
     project-specific transaction costs, including direct and 
     indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and other 
     direct costs associated with services provided to specific 
     investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered 
     administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.


                            program account

       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $33,944,000, 
     as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation Noncredit Account: Provided, That such 
     costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
     as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974: Provided further, That such sums shall be available for 
     direct loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments 
     incurred or made during fiscal years 1995 and 1996: Provided 
     further, That such sums shall remain available through fiscal 
     year 2003 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans 
     obligated in fiscal year 1995, and through fiscal year 2004 
     for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated 
     in fiscal year 1996. In addition, such sums as may be 
     necessary for administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
     program may be derived from amounts available for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance 
     programs in the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
     Noncredit Account and merged with said account.
       And on page 31, line 2, of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 
     4426, delete ``program account''; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 82:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 82, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken, amended to read as follows: 
     North Korea,; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 86:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 86, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     or personnel level, with regard to individuals detailed or 
     assigned to the Agency for International Development prior to 
     October 1, 1994, established pursuant to any provision of law 
     or regulation; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 91:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 91, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: .
       (b) Section 13 of the Department of State Appropriations 
     Authorization Act of 1973 is repealed.
       (c) The Secretary of the Treasury may, to fulfill 
     commitments of the United States, (1) subscribe to and make 
     payment for shares of the Inter-American Development Bank, 
     make contributions to the Fund for Special Operations of that 
     Bank, and vote for resolutions (including amendments to that 
     Bank's constitutive agreement), all in connection with the 
     eighth general, increased in resources of that Bank; and (2) 
     contribute to the Restructured Global Environment Facility 
     under its Instrument, to the African Development Fund in 
     connection with the seventh general replenishment of its 
     resources, and to the Interest Subsidy Account of the 
     successor to the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility of 
     the International Monetary Fund. The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated for payment for paid-in shares of the Inter-
     American Development Bank is limited to $76,832,001, the 
     amount authorized to be appropriated for payment for callable 
     shares of the Inter-American Development Bank is limited to 
     $4,511,156,729, and the amount authorized to be appropriated 
     for payment of the contribution to the Interest Subsidy 
     Account of the successor to the Enhanced Structural 
     Adjustment Facility of the International Monetary Fund is 
     limited to $25,000,000. The amount to be paid is respect of 
     each such contribution or subscription is authorized to be 
     appropriated without fiscal year limitation. Each such 
     subscription or contribution shall be effective only to such 
     extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
     appropriations Acts.
       (d) Title XV of the International Financial Institutions 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 262a) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 1502. MILITARY SPENDING BY RECIPIENT COUNTRIES; 
                   MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN THE ECONOMIES OF 
                   RECIPIENT COUNTRIES.

       ``(a) Consideration of Commitment To Achieving Certain 
     Goals.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     instruct the United States Executive Directors of the 
     international financial institutions (as defined in section 
     1701(c)(2)) to promote growth in the international economy by 
     taking into account, when considering whether to support or 
     oppose loan proposals at these institutions, the extent to 
     which the recipient government has demonstrated a commitment 
     to achieving the following goals:
       ``(A) to provide accurate and complete data on the annual 
     expenditures and receipts of the armed forces;
       ``(B) to establish good and publicly accountable 
     governance, including an end to excessive military 
     involvement in the economy; and
       ``(C) to make substantial reductions in excessive military 
     spending and forces.
       ``(b) Steps To Achieve Goals Required.--The Secretary of 
     the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive 
     Directors of the international financial institutions (as to 
     defined) to promote a policy at each institution under 
     which--
       ``(1) the respective institution monitors closely and, 
     through regular policy consultations with recipient 
     governments, seeks to influence the composition of public 
     expenditure in favor of funding growth and development 
     priorities and away from unproductive expenditures, including 
     excessive military expenditures;
       ``(2) the respective instutition supports lending 
     operations which assist efforts of recipient governments to 
     promote good governance, including public participation, and 
     reduce military expenditures; and
       ``(3) the allocation of resources and the extension of 
     credit by the respective institution takes into account the 
     performance of recipient governments in the areas of good 
     governance, ending excessive military involvement in the 
     economy and reducing excessive military expenditures.''.
       (e) Title XVI of the International Financial Institutions 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 262p et seq.) is amended by redesignating 
     section 1620 as section 1622 and by inserting after section 
     1619 the following:

     ``SEC. 1620. RESPECT FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

       ``The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United 
     States Executive Directors of the international financial 
     institutions (as defined in section 1701(c)(2)) and the 
     United States representative to the council of the Global 
     Environment Facility administered by the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development to use the voice and vote 
     of the United States to bring about the creation and full 
     implementation of policies designed to promote respect for 
     and full protection of the territorial rights, traditional 
     economies, cultural integrity, traditional knowledge and 
     human rights of indigeneous peoples.

     ``SEC. 1621. ENCOURAGEMENT OF FAIR LABOR PRACTICES.

       ``(a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United 
     States Executive Directors of the international financial 
     institutions (as defined in section 1701(c)(2)) to use the 
     voice and vote of the United States to urge the respective 
     institution
        ``(1) to adopt policies to encourage borrowing countries 
     to guarantee internationally recognized worker rights (within 
     the meaning of section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 1974) 
     and to include the status of such rights as an integral part 
     of the institution's policy dialogue with each borrowing 
     country;
      ``(2) in developing the policies referred to in paragraph 
     (1), to use the relevant conventions of the International 
     Labor Organization, which have set forth, among other things, 
     the right of association, the right to organize and bargain 
     collectively, a prohibition on the use of any form of forced 
     or compulsory labor, and certain minimum labor standards that 
     take into account differences in development levels among 
     nations including a minimum age for the employment of 
     children, acceptable conditions of work with respect to 
     minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and 
     health; and
      ``(3) to establish formal procedures to screen projects and 
     programs funded by the institution for any negative impact in 
     a borrowing country on the rights referred to in paragraph 
     (1).
       ``(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the 
     Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House 
     of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
     the Senate by the end of each fiscal year a report on the 
     extent to which each borrowing country guarantees 
     internationally recognized worker rights to its labor force 
     and on progress toward achieving each of the goals described 
     in subsection (a).''.
       (f) The Inter-American Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 283 
     et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 38. FOCUS ON LOW-INCOME AREAS OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE 
                   CARIBBEAN.

       ``The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United 
     States Executive Director of the Bank to use the voice and 
     vote of the United States to support an increased focus on 
     the poorest countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 
     on poorer areas of better off countries, and to support 
     programs conducted by the Multilateral Investment Fund, 
     particularly in targeting low-income countries and 
     populations, working with nongovernmental organizations and 
     training and assisting former combatants from civil conflicts 
     in Latin America.''
       And on page 49, line 24, of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 
     4426, after ``Sec. 526.'' insert: (a) ; and the Senate agree 
     to the same.
       Amendment numbered 94:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 94, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: , 
     Serbia, or Montenegro; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 102:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 102, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken, amended to read as follows: 
     country or; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 109:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 109, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       At the end of the matter proposed, insert the following:
       (c) The authority of section 516 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, as amended may be used in fiscal year 1995 to 
     provide defense articles to Jordan, except that the provision 
     of such defense articles shall be subject to section 538 of 
     this Act.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 118:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 118, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
       Sec. 561. (a) Authority To Reduce Debt.--The President may 
     reduce amounts owed to the United States (or any agency of 
     the United States) by an eligible country as a result of--
       (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or
       (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms 
     Export Control Act.
       (b) Limitations.--(1) The authority provided by subsection 
     (a) may be exercised only to implement multilateral official 
     debt relief and referendum agreements, commonly referred to 
     as ``Paris Club Agreed Minutes''.
       (2) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised only in such amounts or to such extent as is 
     provided in advance by appropriations Acts.
       (3) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised only with respect to countries with heavy debt 
     burdens that are eligible to borrow from the International 
     Development Association, but not from the international Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development, commonly referred to as 
     ``IDA-only'' countries.
       (c) Conditions.--The authority provided by subsection (a) 
     may be exercised only with respect to a country whose 
     governmment--
       (1) does not have an excessive level of military 
     expenditures;
       (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts of 
     international terrorism;
       (3) is not failing to cooperate on international narcotics 
     control matters;
       (4) (including its military or other security forces) does 
     not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights; and
       (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
     application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
       (d) Availability of Funds.--The authority provided by 
     subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Debt 
     Restructuring''.
       (e) Certain Prohibitions Inapplicable.--A reduction of debt 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered assistance 
     for purposes of any provision of law limiting assistance to a 
     country. The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised notwithstanding section 620(r) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 121:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 121, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:


              implementation of world bank recommendations

       Sec. 567. (a) Funds appropriated by title I of this Act 
     under the headings ``Contribution to the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development'' and ``Contribution to 
     the International Development Association'' shall be 
     available for payment to such institutions as follows:
       (1) Fifty percent of the funds appropriated under each such 
     heading shall be made available prior to April 1, 1995. Fifty 
     percent of the funds appropriated under each such heading 
     shall be made available on April 1, 1995, or thereafter, only 
     if the Secretary of the Treasury makes the determinations 
     (and so reports to the Committees on Appropriations) 
     described in paragraph (2) of this subsection at any time on 
     or after that date.
       (2) The determinations referred to in paragraph (1) are 
     determinations that the International Bank for Reconstruction 
     and Development is--
       (A) implementing the recommendations contained in ``Next 
     Steps'', the follow-up to the Wapenhans Report;
       (B) implementing the action plan contained in chapter 8 of 
     its April 8, 1994, resettlement review entitled 
     ``Resettlement and Development''; and
       (C) implementing the Bank's procedures on Disclosure of 
     Operational Information issued in September 1993.
       (b) Funds appropriated by title I of this Act under the 
     heading ``Contribution to the International Finance 
     Corporation'' shall be available for payment to such 
     institution as follows:
         (1) Fifty percent of the funds appropriated under such 
     heading shall be made available prior to April 1, 1995. Fifty 
     percent of the funds appropriated under such heading shall be 
     made available on or after April 1, 1995, only if the 
     Secretary of the Treasury makes the determination (and so 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations) described in 
     paragraph (2) of this subsection.
       (2) The determination referred to in paragraph (1) is a 
     determination that the International Finance Corporation is 
     pursuing reforms comparable to those adopted by the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
     regarding the environment, information disclosure, and 
     resettlement.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 129:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 129, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of ``the current fiscal year'' named in said 
     amendment, insert: fiscal year 1995 ; and the Senate agree to 
     the same.
       Amendment numbered 134:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment to the Senate numbered 134, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:


         donation of surplus agricultural commodities to poland

       Sec. 578. (a) Extension of Authorization.--Section 2223(a) 
     of the American Aid to Poland Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1431 
     note) is amended by--
       (1) inserting ``if the Secretary of Agriculture determines 
     for each fiscal year that (1) a donation under this section 
     would not limit the Secretary's ability to meet urgent 
     humanitarian needs for agricultural commodities, and (2) such 
     donation would not cause a reduction in the price of the same 
     of similar agricultural commodities produced in Poland'' 
     after ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law,''; and
       (2) striking ``1988 through 1992'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``1995 through 1991''.
       (b) Definition of Eligible Commodities.--Section 2223(b)(1) 
     of that Act is amended by inserting ``, soybeans, and soybean 
     products'' after ``feed grains''.
       (c) Eligible Activities.--Section 416(b)(7)(D)(ii) of the 
     Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)(7)(D)(ii)) is 
     amended in the third sentence--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subclause (II);
       (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
       ``(IV) the Polish Catholic Episcopate's Rural Water Supply 
     Foundation.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect October 1, 1994.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 138:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment to the Senate numbered 138, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of ``Sec. 582.'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     Sec. 579.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 139:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment to the Senate numbered 139, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of ``Sec. 583.'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     Sec. 580.; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 140:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment to the Senate numbered 140, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of ``Sec. 584.'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     Sec. 581.; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 142:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 142, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of ``Sec. 586.'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     Sec. 582.
       And in lieu of ``shall'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     should; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 143:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 143, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of ``Sec. 587.'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     Sec. 583.
       And in lieu of ``shall'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     should; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 149:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 149, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of ``Sec. 593.'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     Sec. 584.
       And in lieu of ``shall'' named in said amendment, insert: 
     should; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 158:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 158, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:


      report on the salaries and benefits of the imf and the world

       Sec. 585. The Comptroller General shall submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations on the following--
       (1) a review of the existing salaries and benefits of 
     employees of the International Monetary Fund and the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and
       (2) a review of all benefits paid to dependents of Fund and 
     Bank employees.
     Such report shall include a comparison of the salaries and 
     benefits paid to employees and dependents of the Fund and the 
     Bank with salaries and benefits paid to employees holding 
     comparable positions in the public and private sectors in 
     member countries and in the international sector.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 161:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 161, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:


                        BALTIC TROOP WITHDRAWAL

       Sec. 586. (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by this Act (other than funds to 
     carry out humanitarian assistance) may be available in any 
     fiscal year for Russia unless the President has certified to 
     the Congress not more than six months in advance of the 
     obligation or expenditure of such funds that the Government 
     of Russia and the Governments of Latvia and Estonia have 
     established a timetable for the withdrawal of the armed 
     forces of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, 
     and all parties are complying with such timetable.
       (b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the President 
     determines that the provision of funds to the Government of 
     Russia is in the national security interest of the United 
     States.
       And on page 88 of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 4420, 
     Strike all beginning on line 7 down to and including line 18 
     on page 89; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 163:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 163, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:


           RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

       Sec. 587. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     may be obligated or expended to create in any part of 
     Jerusalem a new office of any department or agency of the 
     United States Government for the purpose of conducting 
     official United States Government business with the 
     Palestinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor 
     Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO 
     Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this subsection 
     shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for 
     the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem.
       (a) Meetings between officers and employees of the United 
     States and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any 
     successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the 
     Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of 
     conducting official United States Government business with 
     such authority should continue to take place in locations 
     other than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, officers 
     and employees of the United States Government may continue to 
     meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians 
     (including those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian 
     Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental 
     discussions.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 165:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 165, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:


               REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS

       Sec. 588. The President shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, not later than January 30, 1995, on whether 
     or not Russia has demonstrated a commitment to comply with 
     the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, 
     Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) 
     and Toxin Weapons and, upon Russian ratification and entry 
     into force, the Convention on the Prohibition of the 
     Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical 
     Weapons and on Their Destruction, and the Wyoming 
     ``Memorandum of Understanding Regarding a Bilateral 
     Verification Experiment and Data Exchange Related to 
     Prohibition of Chemical Weapons''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 166:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 166, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Delete the matter proposed by said amendment , and on page 
     91, line 17, of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 4426, in lieu 
     of ``This Act'', insert: Titles I through V , and on page 91, 
     after line 19, insert the following:

         TITLE VI--FISCAL YEAR 1994 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

       The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes, namely:


                  funds appropriated to the president

                         debt relief for jordan

       (a) Authority to Reduce Debt.--(1) Authority.--For fiscal 
     year 1994 and thereafter, the President is authorized to 
     reduce or cancel amounts owed to the United States or any 
     agency of the United States by the Hashemite Kingdom of 
     Jordan as a result of loans originally made or credits 
     originally extended by the United States or any agency of the 
     United States before January 1, 1994.
       (2) Appropriations Requirement.--The authority provided by 
     this section may be exercised only in such amounts or to such 
     extent as is provided in advance by appropriations Acts.
       (3) Certain Prohibitions Inapplicable.--The authority of 
     this section may be exercised notwithstanding section 620(r) 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, section 
     321 of the International Development and Food Assistance Act 
     of 1975, or similar provisions of law. In addition, a 
     reduction of debt pursuant to this section shall not be 
     considered assistance for purposes of any provision of law 
     limiting assistance to a country.
       (b) Appropriations.--(1) Appropriations.--For the cost of 
     modifying direct loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for Jordan, in accordance 
     with the authority contained in this section, $99,000,000 is 
     appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 1994.
       (2) Fiscal Year 1994.--For fiscal year 1994--
       (A) funds appropriated under this section may be used only 
     for the cost of modifying direct loans entered into under 
     programs administered by the Agency for International 
     Development; and
       (B) such funds may be used to reduce or cancel not to 
     exceed $220,000,000 of the amounts owed pursuant to such 
     loans.


                  agency for international development

                   International Disaster Assistance

       For an additional amount of ``International Disaster 
     Assistance'', $20,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for international disaster relief, rehabilitation, 
     and reconstruction assistance pursuant to section 491 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That 
     funds appropriated under this heading may be made available 
     notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.


                          department of state

     United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund

       For an additional amount for ``United States Emergency 
     Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', $30,000,000: 
     Provided, That such funds may be made available to respond to 
     the current Rwandan refugee crisis if the President 
     determines that it is in the national interest to do so: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.
       This title may be cited as the ``Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Programs Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act, 1994''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate to the title of the bill and agree to 
     the same with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu or the title proposed by the Senate, insert:
       ``An Act making appropriations for foreign operations, 
     export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1995, and making supplemental 
     appropriations for such programs for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.''
       And the Senate agree to the same.
     David R. Obey,
     Sidney R. Yates,
     Charles Wilson,
     John W. Olver,
     Nancy Pelosi,
     Esteban Torres,
     Nita M. Lowey,
     Jose E. Serrano,
     Martin O. Sabo,
     Bob Livingston,
     John Porter,
     Jim Lightfoot
       (except for Jordan debt forgiveness),
     Sonny Callahan
       (except for Jordan debt forgiveness),
     Joseph M. McDade,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.
     Patrick J. Leahy,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Dennis DeConcini,
     Frank R. Lautenberg,
     Tom Harkin,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Robert C. Byrd,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4426) making 
     appropriations for Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
     Related Programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1995, submit the following joint statement to the House and 
     Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon 
     by the managers and recommended in the accompanying 
     conference report:

                    MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                  International Financial Institutions

     Contribution to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
                              Development

       Amendment No. 1: Inserts Senate language conditioning 
     obligation of funds to purchase paid-in capital stock of the 
     World Bank upon certification from Secretary of the Treasury 
     that the Bank has not approved any loans to Iran since 
     October 1, 1994.


              Limitation on Callable Capital Subscriptions

       Amendment No. 2: Appropriates $90,000,000 for the Global 
     Environment Facility (GEF) of the World Bank instead of 
     $88,800,000 as proposed by the House and $98,800,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


       Contribution to the International Development Association

       Amendment No. 3: Appropriates $1,235,000,000 for the 
     International Development Association as proposed by the 
     House instead of $1,207,750,000 as proposed by the Senate.


          contribution to the Inter-American Development Bank

       Amendment No. 4: Deletes House language requiring that a 
     portion of the funding for the Inter-American Development 
     Bank and its Fund for Special Operations be provided subject 
     to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


              Contribution to the African Development Fund

       Amendment No. 5: Deletes House language requiring that a 
     portion of the funding for the African Development Fund be 
     provided subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       The conferees are concerned about substantial management 
     problems reported at the African Development Bank. Because of 
     continuing negotiations aimed both at resolving many of these 
     problems and at reaching agreement on replenishment levels, 
     and because of the forceful pro-reform negotiating position 
     of the Department of the Treasury, the conferees have deleted 
     the proposed notification requirement. The conferees agree 
     that if a rigorous reform agenda is not adopted at the Bank, 
     funding alternatives for encouraging long term development in 
     sub-Saharan Africa should be considered.


  contribution to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

       Amendment No. 6: Inserts Senate language limiting the 
     purchase of stock in the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development during fiscal year 1995 to not more than 
     $7,002,000. The House had proposed to limit the stock 
     purchase to 600 shares.


  contribution to the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility of the 
                      International Monetary Fund

       Amendment No. 7: Appropriates $25,000,000 for the Enhanced 
     Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) of the International 
     Monetary Fund as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed 
     no funding for the ESAF.


                international organizations and programs

       Amendment No. 8: Appropriates $374,000,000 for 
     International Organizations and Programs, instead of 
     $366,000,000 as proposed by the House and $382,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                           world food program

       The conferees urge AID to provide $3,000,000 for the World 
     Food Program in fiscal year 1995. This is the same amount as 
     was provided in fiscal year 1994. The conferees recognize 
     that the World Food Program plays an essential role in 
     providing food and other aid to the neediest people in the 
     world. The World Food Program faces unprecedented demands for 
     food aid and emergency humanitarian assistance in conflict 
     zones, particularly in the former Yugoslavia and sub-Saharan 
     Africa.
       Amendment No. 9: Limits the funds available to the United 
     Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to not more than $50,000,000, 
     instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $60,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 10: Deletes House language allowing UNFPA to 
     receive up to an additional $20,000,000 if it decided not to 
     initiate a new program in China after its current program 
     ends in 1995.
       The conferees recommend up to $50,000,000 for a United 
     States contribution to the United Nations Population Fund 
     (UNFPA). This amount is $10,000,000 below the President's 
     request, and reflects the conferees' concerns about 
     persistent reports of coercive abortion and involuntary 
     sterilization in China. The conferees note the UNFPA neither 
     condones nor supports coercive practices, nor does it fund 
     abortion. However, UNFPA plans to spend approximately 
     $7,000,000 to support voluntary family planning programs in 
     China, and the reduction in the United States contribution is 
     intended to ensure that United States taxpayers are not in 
     any way subsidizing China's program.
       The conferees urge the Administration to strongly encourage 
     UNFPA to withdraw from China.

                TITLE III--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                  agency for international development

                      development assistance fund

       Amendment No. 11: Appropriates $853,000,000 for the 
     Development Assistance Fund instead of $811,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $882,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees agree that the increased funding for the 
     Development Assistance Fund has been made available to assure 
     that there is sufficient funding available for high priority 
     programs addressed by the House and the Senate.


                        aids program in thailand

       The conferees believe that the increased problem of HIV/
     AIDS in Thailand will require a strong commitment from the 
     United States. The conferees expect the Agency for 
     International Development to provide an HIV/AIDS prevention 
     and control program in Thailand through its regional office.


                              aquaculture

       In previous years, the conferees have been critical of the 
     Agency for International Development's efforts to reduce or 
     eliminate aquaculture and fisheries activities from its 
     foreign assistance program. Last year, the Congress received 
     a report describing the decline in AID's investment in 
     aquaculture and fisheries. The need for an expanded and 
     creative effort to support aquaculture and fisheries 
     development has become acute. The conferees are aware of a 
     concept paper describing the need for, and impacts of, a 
     comprehensive global Aquaculture Development Initiative. The 
     conferees urge AID to give serious consideration to the 
     implementation of this concept paper and to report to the 
     Appropriations Committees on its plans for aquaculture and 
     fisheries development no later than February 15, 1995.


                      CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES

       The conferees urge AID to provide $2,000,000 to expand and 
     improve humanitarian relief activities in the Philippines 
     providing for disadvantaged children parented by United 
     States military and related personnel.
       Thousands of children parented by United States military 
     and related personnel were left behind after the withdrawal 
     of forces from the Philippines in 1992. Ostracized by the 
     community in the Philippines, the Amerasian children face a 
     dismal future.
       Currently religious groups and international organizations 
     are working to provide for the needs of Amerasian children in 
     the Philippines. Because of increasing demands for food and 
     medicine, the needs of the children have far outrun the 
     existing capabilities of these providers. Cases of dysentery 
     and malnutrition are increasing and many children run the 
     risk of being lured into prostitution and drug rings.
       The conferees believe this urgent situation in the 
     Philippines requires international assistance in which goal-
     specific funds are provided to a broad-based coalition of on-
     site international, government, religious, and private 
     humanitarian groups.
       The conferees encourage AID to develop a comprehensive plan 
     to provide for the children and report back to the Committees 
     on Appropriations on the prospects of developing a broad-
     based coalition in the Philippines to implement goal-specific 
     support services and to provide direct funding to this 
     coalition with the consent of official providers in the 
     region.


                COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAMS

       The conferees urge that best efforts be made to fund each 
     of the Collaborative Research Support Programs at the level 
     provided in fiscal year 1993, including restoration of 
     funding for the small ruminant, soil management and peanut 
     CRSPs.


                 NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

       The conferees urge that $750,000 in fiscal year 1995 funds 
     be provided for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's 
     neotropical migratory bird conservation initiative. This 
     program is essential to the protection of bird species whose 
     habitat is severely threatened in Central America and the 
     Caribbean. The conferees urge AID to continue to work closely 
     with other Federal agencies and parties to the interagency 
     memorandum of understanding to approve projects funded by 
     this initiative.


                    TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

       Independent trade unions have played an important role in 
     the advocacy of democracy and economic reform worldwide. As 
     fledgling democracies in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern 
     Europe and the former Soviet Union continue to emerge and 
     develop, the conferees believe that independent trade unions 
     can help ease the transition to democracy. The conferees urge 
     that AID continue to support the involvement of United States 
     labor unions in the establishment of free trade unions in 
     countries in transition to democracy and to a free market 
     economy.


                               VITAMIN C

       The conferees believe that more accurate information is 
     needed regarding the fortification of food that is shipped 
     overseas through the Public Law 480 Food for Peace Program. 
     The conferees therefore request the Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development to report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by February 15, 1995 with an 
     estimate of the cost of fortifying grains shipped under the 
     Public Law 480 program to 100 mg per 100 gram ration and an 
     assessment of whether or not the fortification of grain is 
     stable through the shipping process.


                          Women in Development

       The conferees urge that the Office of Women in Development 
     at AID be funded at $13,000,000, which should include 
     $2,000,000 from funds appropriated for Eastern Europe and the 
     NIS. The conferees further recommend that the past practice 
     of setting aside a portion of the WID Office appropriation 
     for matching funds be discontinued. The conferees are 
     concerned that the AID WID Office has remained without a 
     director for over a year and a half; that programs in the NIS 
     and Eastern Europe have given little consideration to women 
     who suffer disproportionately as these nations make the 
     transition to a market economy; and that the GAO recently 
     determined that despite 20 years of congressional mandates to 
     better integrate women into the development process, AID and 
     the State Department have not made significant progress in 
     this regard.
       Amendment No. 12: Inserts language indicating that the 
     Agency for International Development should provide not less 
     than: $280,000,000 for child survival activities, 
     $135,000,000 for basic education programs and $25,000,000 for 
     micronutrient programs. The Senate had earmarked not less 
     than: $285,000,000 for child survival, $135,000,000 for basic 
     education programs and $25,000,000 for micronutrient 
     programs. The House had recommended in report language that 
     not less than: $275,000,000 be provided for child survival, 
     $135,000,000 for basic education and $25,000,000 for 
     micronutrient programs.


       child survival, basic education and micronutrient programs

       The conferees stress their support for the Agency for 
     International Development taking the necessary steps to 
     assure that child survival programs, basic education and 
     micronutrient programs are funded at the levels recommended.
       Amendment No. 13: Deletes an earmark proposed by the Senate 
     which would have provided $600,000 to support parliamentary 
     training and democracy programs in China on a competitive 
     selection basis.
       Amendment No. 14: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     earmarking $1,000,000 for displaced Burmese.


                           Displaced Burmese

       The conferees agree that an earmark for the displaced 
     Burmese program, which includes cross border activities, is 
     unnecessary due to assurances from the Agency for 
     International Development that it plans to implement the 
     $1,000,000 fiscal year 1993 program to assist displaced 
     Burmese and to augment those funds with fiscal year 1995 
     funds. The conferees also agree that this program has been 
     unnecessarily delayed and they fully expect AID to fulfill 
     its pledge to continue funding this important humanitarian 
     program for displaced Burmese, both in Thailand and across 
     the Burma-Thailand border.
       Amendment No. 15: Deletes Senate language earmarking not 
     less than $600,000 to support parliamentary training and 
     democracy programs in China on a grant basis to the 
     International Republican Institute and the National 
     Democratic Institute.
       Amendment No. 16: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     earmarking $15,100,000 for the Central American and East 
     Central European Scholarship Program.


cooperative association of states for scholarships and the East central 
                      european scholarship program

       The conferees agree that the Agency for International 
     Development should make every effort to fund the Cooperative 
     Association of States for Scholarships and the East Central 
     European Scholarship Program as proposed by the Senate. While 
     the conferees have not recommended legislative earmarking of 
     these programs, the conferees note that language supporting 
     full funding of these programs is contained in both House and 
     Senate reports accompanying this legislation.
       The conferees further note that both the House and Senate 
     reports for the current fiscal year appropriations act 
     likewise support such funding, but the Agency for 
     International Development chose nonetheless to reduce support 
     for the CASS program. Inasmuch as increased funding above the 
     total requested for Development Assistance is provided in 
     fiscal year 1995, the conferees expect AID to fully fund this 
     program in fiscal year 1995.
       Amendment No. 17: Deletes Senate language prohibiting funds 
     in the bill from being used to support parliamentary training 
     and democracy programs in China.


                   population, development assistance

       Amendment No. 18: Inserts language which clarifies that the 
     term ``motivate'', as it relates to family planning 
     assistance, is not to be construed to prohibit the provision, 
     consistent with local law, of information or counselling 
     about all pregnancy options, including abortion. The 
     conference agreement deletes additional language proposed by 
     the Senate relating to referral.
       Amendment No. 19: Inserts language requiring that funding 
     for the Office of Population of the Agency for International 
     Development (or the successor to that office) is required to 
     be at the fiscal year 1994 level unless AID consults with and 
     provides a written justification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations. Any such justification is to be considered in 
     accordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations. The Senate had earmarked funds 
     for the Office of Population at the level of last year. The 
     House had no similar provision.


                      development fund for africa

       Amendment No. 20: Appropriates $802,000,000 for the 
     Development Fund for Africa as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $790,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees have provided the higher level of funding for 
     the Development Fund in Africa in recognition of the 
     increased needs in sub-Saharan Africa. The increased funding 
     will help address the urgent needs in the Horn of Africa 
     area, and Rwanda, and disaster prevention programs now 
     underway by the Agency for International Development. 
     Assistance to programs in the Horn of Africa now may help 
     prevent disastrous situations related to drought and famine 
     in the future. The conferees support efforts by the Agency 
     for International Development to accelerate its program in 
     the area of disaster prevention activities.


                           debt restructuring

       Amendment No. 21: Deletes House language on debt reduction 
     programs.
       The conferees believe that it is long past the time when 
     agreement should have been reached among Executive agencies, 
     and between Executive agencies and the appropriate 
     Legislative committees concerning how debt reduction actions 
     should be scored and concerning how that scoring relates to 
     the scoring of new credit risk to countries which have 
     benefited from debt reductions.
       The conferees first agreed on a debt reduction program for 
     low-income countries in 1989. The conferees are concerned 
     that five years later no agreements have been reached on 
     these issues between the responsible organizations. This 
     continuing failure to resolve these scoring issues makes it 
     difficult to craft, consider, budget, or appropriate for debt 
     policies.


              microenterprise development program account

       Amendment No. 22: Inserts Senate language which allows 
     guarantees of up to 70 percent of the principal of the loan 
     amount for the microenterprise development guaranty program.


     operating expenses of the agency for international development

       Amendment No. 23: Appropriates $517,500,000 as proposed by 
     the House instead of $517,800,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 24: Inserts language limiting the amount of 
     operating expenses for printing costs under the Agency for 
     International Development to $1,475,000 and prohibiting the 
     printing of any report or study (with certain exceptions) 
     exceeding $25,000 in cost unless approved by the 
     Administrator of AID or the Administrator's designee. The 
     House had included a limitation of $900,000 in printing costs 
     from operating expenses.


                           aid printing costs

       The conferees are concerned that both operating and program 
     funds are being used to prepare and print expensive reports 
     and studies that very few people read or use. The priority 
     for the Agency should be to provide assistance to people and 
     not to prepare multi-color documents. Most development issues 
     have been studied to death and it is time to move on to 
     program implementation not program reiteration.
       The conferees also reiterate the position of the House that 
     reports and studies prepared for the Committees on 
     Appropriations should be printed or reproduced in the most 
     cost effective method possible. AID should work with the 
     Committees to eliminate reports and studies not specifically 
     called for during action on the fiscal year 1995 bill.


                         economic support fund

       Amendment No. 25: Appropriates $2,349,000,000 for the 
     Economic Support Fund instead of $2,339,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $2,359,200,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 26: Inserts Senate language earmarking 
     $1,200,000,000 under the Economic Support Fund for Israel and 
     $815,000,000 for Egypt. The conferees also agree to include 
     language requiring early disbursal on a cash grant basis for 
     Israel, and a requirement that $200,000,000 be provided to 
     Egypt as a Commodity Import Program.
       Amendment No. 27: Inserts Senate language limiting to 
     $50,000,000 the amount of funds under the Economic Support 
     Fund that may be used to finance tied-aid credits unless the 
     President determines it is in the national interest to exceed 
     that amount. The language also provides that all tied-aid 
     credits must be notified to the Committees on Appropriations 
     and that no development assistance funds may be used for 
     tied-aid credits. The House had no similar provision.


                                 cyprus

       Amendment No. 28: Inserts Senate language earmarking 
     $15,000,000 for Cyprus to be used only for scholarships, 
     bicommunal projects and measures aimed at reunification.
       Amendment No. 29: Deletes Senate language earmarking 
     $7,000,000 for the Middle East Regional Cooperation Program.


                MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAM

       The conferees recommend that $7,000,000 in Economic Support 
     Funds be provided for the Middle East Regional Cooperation 
     Program. This program complements the ongoing Middle East 
     multilateral peace talks on regional issues such as water, 
     the environment, and economic cooperation. The Middle East 
     Regional Cooperation Program continues to demonstrate that 
     peaceful cooperation can yield tangible benefits for all 
     involved.


                     international fund for ireland

       Amendment No. 30: Appropriations up to $19,600,000 for the 
     International Fund for Ireland, as proposed by the House 
     instead of up to $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


          assistance for eastern europe and the baltic states

       Amendment No. 31: Appropriates $359,000,000 for assistance 
     to Eastern Europe and the Baltic States as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $360,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 32: Inserts language permitting funding for 
     ``related programs'' as proposed by the Senate.


  assistance for the new independent states of the former soviet union

       Amendment No. 33: Appropriates $850,000,000 for assistance 
     for the new independent states of the former Soviet Union 
     (NIS) instead of $875,500,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $839,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees believe that not less than 50 percent of the 
     funds made available under this heading should be provided to 
     NIS countries other than Russia.


                               azerbaijan

       The conferees are concerned about reports that the 
     Administration recognizes that Section 907 of the FREEDOM 
     Support Act may be viewed or interpreted by some as 
     precluding NGOs from delivering certain humanitarian 
     assistance to refugees, displaced persons and other 
     vulnerable individuals in Azerbaijan. The conferees do not 
     believe that this was the intent of Section 907, and 
     therefore urge the Administration to ensure that NGOs are not 
     precluded from using government facilities and vehicles, or 
     from using or making necessary repairs to government 
     facilities such as health clinics and housing. The conferees 
     also agree that NGOs should be able to use government 
     personnel to distribute commodities, such as doctors giving 
     out medicine to needy civilians, as long as the NGO retains 
     control of the commodities and services.


                             nuclear safety

       The conferees are concerned that the Soviet built nuclear 
     reactors now in operation in the NIS do not meet 
     international safety standards. Among these are the RBMK 
     Graphite Moderated Reactors similar to the reactor which 
     caused the disaster at Chernobyl and western style VVER 
     reactors.
       The conferees believe that steps must be taken to improve 
     the safety of these operational reactors if a future 
     accident, with its enormous international consequences, is to 
     be avoided. The conferees recognize the efforts of the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency to review, analyze, and 
     diagnose the problems of the reactors, and note that the root 
     causes of many operational problems are often inadequate 
     training of reactor personnel.
       The conferees believe that these problems could be 
     addressed through the procurement of Analytical Engineering 
     Simulators (AES) for use by the nuclear regulatory agencies 
     of the host countries. The AES system is a multi-purpose, 
     multi-user system capable of providing engineering analysis 
     and it simulates normal, abnormal and emergency operations of 
     a nuclear power plant. The conferees urge the Department of 
     State to examine methods through which training can be 
     provided to nuclear reactor operators in the NIS.


                           exchange programs

       The conferees agree that the NIS secondary school exchange 
     program administered by the U.S. Information Agency has been 
     a successful component of our assistance to the NIS. Since 
     January 1993, over 5,500 students have participated in the 
     program, setting a foundation for democracy and free market 
     principles among the future leaders of the NIS.
       For the 1995-96 academic year, the conferees believe that 
     this program merits increased funding, including $25,000,000 
     of the funds appropriated in this bill for exchange programs 
     in the NIS. The conferees believe that USIA should involve up 
     to 8,500 students in the NIS secondary school exchange 
     program in 1995-96. The funds appropriated for this program 
     should be transferred to USIA in a timely, efficient manner.
       The conferees urge $5,000,000 for exchanges involving 
     postdoctoral scholars in the social sciences and humanities. 
     Such a program should be administered through USIA's existing 
     Regional Scholars Exchange, which currently offers such 
     opportunities on a competitive basis to qualified non-profit 
     organizations. This program provides an important component 
     to a balanced program of exchanges including various age 
     groups and professional levels.
       Amendment No. 34: Deletes Senate language granting 
     authority to transfer NIS assistance funds to the Department 
     of Defense. The House had no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 35: Deletes House language requiring an 
     annual report on violations of the territorial integrity of 
     NIS countries.
       Amendment No. 36: Deletes both the House language and the 
     Senate language on reprogramming and notification procedures.
       The conferees agree that in the case of the NIS, the 
     ``regular procedures of the Committees on Appropriations'' 
     means that section 515 of this Act will apply to funds 
     appropriated by this Act for the NIS as discussed under 
     Amendment No. 84.
       The conferees recognize the importance of contributions by 
     various United States government agencies in the delivery of 
     United States assistance to the NIS. However, the conferees 
     are concerned that the participation of numerous agencies 
     impedes the ability of Congress and the Administration to 
     adequately monitor a significant portion of the NIS program.
       The conferees expect that for a transfer or allocation by 
     AID to another agency, where the transfer or allocation 
     constitutes an obligation of funds, AID should be the agency 
     of the United States ultimately responsible for programmatic 
     and financial accountability. In those instances where a 
     transfer or allocation does not constitute an obligation, the 
     ultimate responsibility for programmatic and financial 
     accountability should fall on the agency of the United States 
     receiving and obligating the funds.
       In the latter case, the conferees are concerned that the 
     Administration, through the Coordinator's office for NIS 
     programs, has not taken adequate steps to ensure that 
     appropriate accountability standards are being applied. In 
     the case of nonobligating transfers or allocations for funds, 
     the Coordinator's office should ensure that the Inspector 
     General Offices of the receiving agencies are required to 
     audit their agency NIS activities and that they are doing so. 
     The Coordinator's office also should be responsible for 
     ensuring that audit findings are expeditiously acted upon the 
     agency receiving those funds.
       Amendment No. 37: Inserts Senate language making NIS funds 
     subject to existing environmental and natural resources 
     legislation.
       Amendment No. 38: Changes a subsection designation.
       Amendment No. 39: Changes a subsection designation.
       Amendment No. 40: Inserts language which states that not 
     less than $15,000,000 should be provided to support NIS 
     family planning programs. The conferees believe that, of the 
     $15,000,000, $6,000,000 should be provided for such programs 
     in Russia, $3,000,000 should be provided for such programs in 
     Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus, and $6,000,000 should be 
     provided for such programs in the Central Asian Republics 
     (CAR).


                          nis family planning

       The rate of unplanned pregnancies in the NIS is 
     disturbingly high. Russian women on average have eight to ten 
     abortions during their reproductive lives. The conferees have 
     been assured that a comprehensive program of family planning 
     services will be put in place during the fiscal year. This 
     new program, modeled after the existing program for the CAR, 
     should provide $15,000,000 for comprehensive services through 
     both public and private sectors.
       This program should stress the use of high quality, modern 
     contraceptive methods which lessen the incidence of unplanned 
     pregnancies. The program should include training for health 
     care providers in contraceptive methods, procedures, 
     equipment and services. The program also should include 
     assistance for information, education and communication to 
     make information available to the population, and medical and 
     technical information available to health care providers. 
     Technical assistance should be provided for public health, 
     cost recovery, logistics, marketing and privatization.
       Amendment No. 41: Inserts language stating that 
     $150,000,000 should be provided to Ukraine and that 
     $25,000,000 of that amount should be for programs related to 
     land privatization and small and medium-sized businesses and 
     agriculture enterprises.
       Amendment No. 42: Inserts language stating that not less 
     than $75,000,000 should be provided to Armenia from all 
     sources.
       Amendment No. 43: Inserts language stating that not less 
     than $50,000,000 should be provided to Georgia from all 
     sources.
       Amendment No. 44: Inserts language stating that the 
     President should establish a Trans-Caucasus Enterprise Fund.
       Amendment No. 45: Inserts language requiring that certain 
     reports include information on NIS program grants and 
     contracts by country, amount, purpose and recipient.
       Amendment No. 46: Deletes Senate language concerning the 
     hospital partnership program.


                        nis hospital partnership

       The conferees encourage the Administration to build on the 
     record of success established by the hospital partnership 
     program underway in the NIS. Currently, 20 hospital 
     partnerships have been established which work to improve the 
     clinical and managerial aspects of health care in the NIS. 
     Over 1,100 exchanges have taken place since July 1992.
       The conferees believe private sector support for programs 
     in the NIS is essential to long term improvements in the 
     delivery of health care. The conferees support this public/
     private cooperative approach and encourage AID to provide 
     sufficient resources to expand the number of partnerships as 
     well as include medical schools and institutions.
       Amendment No. 47: Deletes Senate language concerning a 
     ``Tech Corps'' for the NIS.
       Amendment No. 48: Inserts language providing that not less 
     than $50,000,000 of the NIS funds should be used for public/
     private matching programs.
       Amendment No. 49: Inserts language requiring AID to report 
     to the Committees on Appropriations concerning the 
     feasibility of including individuals and organizations with 
     regional or language expertise in the NIS assistance 
     programs.
       Amendment No. 50: Inserts language providing not to exceed 
     $30,000,000 for police training and exchanges, and for 
     investigative and technical assistance activities for Eastern 
     Europe and the Baltic States and for the NIS related to 
     international criminal activities.


              nis programs addressing criminal activities

       The conferees believe that United States government 
     agencies including the FBI, the Justice Department, the Drug 
     Enforcement Administration, the Treasury Department, Customs 
     and other law enforcement agencies and private organizations 
     should be utilized to cooperatively assist the governments of 
     Russia, the other new independent states of the former Soviet 
     Union of East and Central Europe. The conferees believe that 
     such assistance should focus on transnational and 
     international law enforcement affecting the United States. 
     The conferees support such assistance but recognize that its 
     provision may be a sensitive domestic political matter for a 
     variety of reasons in some countries and expect the 
     Administration to consult closely with recipient governments 
     regarding the provision of this assistance.
       Amendment No. 51: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     earmarking funds for the International Criminal Investigative 
     Training Assistance Program (ICITAP).
       Amendment No. 52: Inserts language which states that not 
     less than 50 percent of NIS funds provided in this Act should 
     be for country specific activities within bilateral, 
     regional, or multilateral programs except through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


                              peace corps

       Amendment No. 53: Appropriates $219, 714,000 as proposed by 
     the House for the Peace Corps instead of $221,745,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees expect that the Peace 
     Corps will receive by transfer from funds appropriated for 
     assistance for the NIS the full cost of fiscal year 1995 
     Peace Corps operations in the NIS.


                    international narcotics control

       Amendment No. 54: Appropriates $105,000,000 for 
     International Narcotics Control instead of $115,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $100,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 55: Inserts language proposed by the Senate 
     permitting the Department of State to receive nonlethal 
     excess property from other Federal agencies for use in 
     counternarcotics activities, subject to the notification 
     procedures of the Committee on Appropriations. The conferees 
     delete additional Senate language to extend for one year 
     certain reporting and certification requirements under 
     sections 489 and 490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
     The conferees understand that these provisions are to be 
     extended under separate authorizing legislation.


                    migration and refugee assistance

       Amendment No. 56: Appropriates $671,000,000 for Migration 
     and Refugee Assistance as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $670,688,000 as proposed by the House.


                     refugees in thailand and laos

       The conferees recognize that the Government of Thailand has 
     been granting temporary safe haven to refugees from Indochina 
     and Burma and urge that they be permitted to remain until 
     they can return to their homelands voluntarily in conditions 
     of safety and dignity or resettle abroad. In order to 
     facilitate the voluntary return of Hmong and other refugees 
     to their homelands, the Administration should encourage the 
     United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to increase 
     UNHCR monitoring of returnees by staff fluent in the 
     refugees' languages and to provide varied types of 
     reintegration assistance that would make it possible for 
     returning refugees to become self-sufficient. The 
     Administration also should encourage bilateral and 
     multilateral funding institutions, international 
     organizations like the United Nations Development Program, 
     governmental entities, including the European Union, as well 
     as private voluntary agencies, to ensure that national 
     rehabilitation and economic development programs take into 
     account the particular needs and skills of returning 
     refugees. The Administration also should encourage 
     cooperative efforts with UNHCR to facilitate the social and 
     economic reintegration of returning refugees.
       Amendment No. 57: Inserts Senate language earmarking 
     $80,000,000 for Soviet, Eastern European and other refugees 
     resettling in Israel.


                    refugee resettlement assistance

       Amendment No. 58: Appropriates $6,000,000 for refugee 
     resettlement assistance instead of $12,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House. The Senate had no similar provision.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


             international military education and training

       Amendment No. 59: Inserts Senate language allowing IMET 
     funds to be used to train individuals who are not members of 
     a government.
       Amendment No. 60: Inserts language prohibiting Indonesia 
     from receiving IMET training as proposed by the House, and 
     inserts language prohibiting Rwanda from receiving IMET 
     training as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 61: Deletes House language prohibiting the 
     use of funds appropriated by this Act to facilitate the 
     provision of IMET to Indonesia.
       Amendment No. 62: Inserts Senate language clarifying that 
     the report on the School of the Americas should address the 
     fiscal year 1995 program.
       Amendment No. 63: Inserts language requiring that no IMET 
     or Military-to-Military Contact program funding be made 
     available to Thailand or Algeria except through the regular 
     notification procedures. In addition, the Secretary of State 
     is to submit a report by February 1, 1995 on the Thai 
     military's support for the Khmer Rouge and the Thai 
     government's efforts to impede support for Burmese democracy 
     advocates, exiles and refugees.


                  Military-to-Military Contact Program

       Amendment No. 64: Inserts the title ``Military-to-Military 
     Contact Program'' as proposed by the Senate. This has the 
     effect of creating a separate account for this program. The 
     conferees have also listed this program under Amendment No. 
     83 among the accounts in the bill which are subject to 
     justification and notification procedures. The conferees 
     therefore expect that the committees of jurisdiction will 
     receive a document justifying the fiscal year 1995 program by 
     country prior to any funds being obligated. In addition, the 
     conferees expect that the committees of jurisdiction will be 
     notified of any program changes in accordance with the 
     regular notification procedures.
       The conferees are concerned about the lack of coordination 
     in program planning between the Departments of Defense and 
     State for this program. The level of funding of $12,000,000 
     will allow for the continuation of the current program in 
     Eastern Europe and the Baltic States and the initiation of 
     programs in the area of responsibility of the United States 
     Pacific Command. The conferees expect that the Secretary of 
     Defense in conjunction with the Secretary of State will 
     prepare and submit a report addressing the future of military 
     training of foreign armed forces. This report should address 
     purposes, resources, coordination among programs, and the 
     appropriate roles of the respective Departments in carrying 
     out military training. It should also detail the process by 
     which the Departments of State and Defense intend to 
     coordinate the initial planning for country specific 
     programs. The conferees will consider expanding the 
     authorities for this program beyond these two regions upon 
     the submission of this report.
       Amendment No. 65: Inserts language clarifying that the 
     $12,000,000 appropriated may be used only for programs in 
     East European countries and the Baltic States, and the area 
     of responsibility of the United States Pacific Command. The 
     conferees agree to remove the earmarks for the United States 
     Pacific Command and the East European countries and the 
     Baltic States proposed by the Senate.


                   Foreign Military Financing Program

       Amendment No. 66: Appropriates $3,151,279,000 for the 
     Foreign Military Financing Program as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $3,149,279,000 proposed by the House. The 
     conferees expect that the proposed demining program will be 
     fully funded at the request level.
       Amendment No. 67: Inserts Senate language earmarking 
     $1,800,000,000 for Israel and $1,300,000,000 for Egypt, 
     providing for early disbursal for Israel, and various 
     provisions related to research and development and 
     procurement as proposed by the Senate. The House had proposed 
     language on grants and early disbursal.
       Amendment No. 68: Deletes language proposed by the House. 
     Inserts language proposed by the Senate which stipulates that 
     funds made available under this heading shall be made 
     available for Greece and Turkey only on a loan basis, and in 
     amounts not to exceed the following: $255,150,000 only for 
     Greece, and $364,500,000 only for Turkey. Authority to extend 
     loans to Greece and Turkey is at a 7 to 10 ratio.
       Amendment No. 69: Inserts language withholding 10 percent 
     of the principal of direct loans to Turkey and Greece until 
     the submission of reports addressing: in the case of Turkey 
     allegations of abuses committed against civilians by Turkish 
     armed forces and the situation in Cyprus, and in the case of 
     Greece allegations of violations of the United Nations 
     sanctions against Serbia and of the United Nations Charter. A 
     separate notification is to be submitted at least fifteen 
     days prior to the obligation of withheld funds.
       Amendment No. 70: Deletes Malawi from those countries 
     prohibited from receiving military assistance as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       Amendment No. 71: Inserts House language requiring that 
     none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available for Colombia and Bolivia until the Secretary of 
     State certifies that such funds will be used by such country 
     primarily for counternarcotics activities.
       Amendment No. 72: Inserts Senate language providing 
     authority to use Foreign Military Financing for demining 
     purposes notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     including activities implemented through nongovernmental 
     organizations and international organizations.
       Amendment No. 73: Inserts Senate language clarifying that 
     the limitation on administrative expenses applies to fiscal 
     year 1995 as proposed by the Senate.


                    Special Defense Acquisition Fund

       Amendment No. 74: Inserts Senate language making available 
     $140,000,000 in obligation authority originally provided in 
     fiscal year 1993, and making available an additional 
     $20,000,000 in obligation authority to remain available until 
     September 30, 1998. This authority is necessary for the 
     orderly close out of the fund. The authority is not to be 
     used to initiate new procurement.


                        Peacekeeping Operations

       Amendment No. 75: Inserts Senate language adding to the 
     title ``(Including Transfer of funds)''.
       Amendment No. 76: Inserts Senate language allowing the 
     transfer of $850,000 from the Peacekeeping Operations account 
     to the International Military Education and Training account, 
     and specifying that such funds are in addition to amounts 
     that may be transferred between accounts under the authority 
     of any provision of law.

                      TITLE IV--EXPORT ASSISTANCE

                Export-Import Bank of the United States


                         Subsidy Appropriation

       Amendment No. 77: Appropriates $786,551,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $792,653,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 78: Deletes House language limiting Export-
     Import Bank program to not to exceed $19,000,000,000 in gross 
     obligations.


                        Administration Expenses

       Amendment No. 79: Appropriates $45,228,000 for the 
     administrative expenses of the Export-Import Bank as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $44,500,000 as proposed by the 
     House.
       Amendment No. 80: Inserts Senate language extending special 
     compensation authority previously granted to the Export-
     Import Bank to October 1, 1995 as proposed by the Senate.


                Overseas Private Investment Corporation

       Amendment No. 81: Inserts new language which (1) provides 
     $33,944,000 in program funding instead of $23,296,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $34,940,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate, (2) provides that the funds are made available for 
     obligation for fiscal years 1995 and 1996, and (3) creates a 
     new ``Noncredit Account'' and defines and sets administrative 
     expenses at $24,322,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS


        Prohibition Against Direct Funding for Certain Countries

       Amendment No. 82: Deletes House language in section 507 
     which had included Vietnam from the list of countries for 
     which direct assistance is prohibited as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees also agree to add North Korea to the 
     list of countries prohibited from receiving direct 
     assistance.


                       Notification Requirements

       Amendment No. 83: Inserts Senate language in Section 515 
     listing the Military-to-Military Contact Program among the 
     accounts to which the established notification procedures 
     apply. The House had included only a parenthetical reference 
     to the program. The conferees expect to receive justification 
     materials for this program prior to obligation of fiscal year 
     1995 funds as discussed earlier in this statement.
       Amendment No. 84: The conferees agree to delete language 
     proposed by the Senate requiring that the Congressional 
     Presentation Documents for fiscal year 1996 be based on the 
     level of detail provided in fiscal year 1993.
       The conferees agree on the following procedures with regard 
     to congressional notifications of economic assistance funds 
     appropriated by this Act. As soon as possible after 
     submission of the report required by section 653(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act, the Administration is to submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations a listing of projects 
     proposed for funding with funds appropriated by this Act for 
     development assistance under sections 103 through 106, and 
     496 of the Foreign Assistance Act, and for the Eastern Europe 
     and the Baltic States, New Independent States of the Former 
     Soviet Union, and Economic Support Fund accounts. Each listed 
     project is to include the amount proposed for obligation from 
     1995 appropriated funds. Development Assistance projects that 
     were not previously justified to the Committees, either by 
     Congressional notification or in the project-by-project 
     addenda to the fiscal year 1995 Congressional Presentation 
     Documents submitted by the Administration, are to be 
     separately designated in the listing. New projects are to 
     include a full project justification. Each project contained 
     in the listing will be considered to have been justified if, 
     during a 15-day waiting period, no objection to it is raised. 
     In general, notifications shall be provided under the 
     following circumstances:
       (1) for projects and activities added to or deleted from 
     the project listing;
       (2) for projects and activities where the proposed 
     obligation exceeds the amount contained in the listing, 
     except that with regard to development assistance (including 
     the Development Fund for Africa) this applies only to 
     projects where major funding changes (20 percent or more of 
     the proposed fiscal year obligation level) are proposed;
       (3) for projects and activities where substantial changes 
     to the purpose of the project are proposed;
       (4) for projects and activities whose proposed funding 
     source is an account different from that previously 
     justified; and
       (5) for all nonproject assistance activities, including 
     commodity import program assistance.
       Until such time as the listing requested in the previous 
     paragraph is submitted, the basis against which notifications 
     for funds appropriated by this Act will be submitted will be 
     the addenda to the Congressional presentation that had 
     previously been submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       As is the case currently, when it has been specified that 
     funds may be obligated ``subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations'', 
     notifications are to be submitted prior to the obligation of 
     funds notwithstanding the procedures contained above.
       To assure that Congress receives a fully documented program 
     for review, the conferees agree that the Administration needs 
     to provide more detailed information than was originally 
     provided for fiscal year 1995.
       The conferees agree that the annual congressional 
     presentations for programs in sustainable development, the 
     Economic Support Fund, Eastern Europe, and the new 
     independent states of the former Soviet Union should convey 
     as clear an understanding as possible of the programs. The 
     country-by-country narratives should include an explanation 
     of the conditions in each recipient country, including 
     government policies, that influence the ability of the 
     programs to achieve their objectives and of the country to 
     achieve sustainable development.


                   special notification requirements

       Amendment No. 85: Inserts Senate language adding the 
     Dominican Republic to the list of countries requiring special 
     notification procedures.


          family planning, child survival and aids activities

       Amendment No. 86: Inserts language which allows for 
     individuals currently detailed to the Agency for 
     International Development for the purpose of carrying out 
     family planning, child survival, and AIDS activities to 
     remain in their present capacity.


       prohibition against indirect funding to certain countries

       Amendment No. 87: Deletes House language which had included 
     Vietnam among the list of countries prohibited from receiving 
     indirect assistance as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 88: Inserts Senate language ``or the'' 
     appropriately array the list of countries.
       Amendment No. 89: Deletes House language which had included 
     Laos among the list of those countries prohibited from 
     receiving indirect assistance as proposed by the Senate.


                       authorization requirement

       Amendment No. 90: Inserts Senate language waiving section 
     10 of Public Law 91-672 and section 15 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
       Amendment No. 91: Repeals legislation prohibiting 
     assistance to Vietnam, and inserts new language (1) 
     authorizing funding for the Inter-American Development Bank 
     (IDB), the Fund for Special Operations (FSO), the African 
     Development Fund (ADF), and the Enhanced Structural 
     Adjustment Facility (ESAF) of the International Monetary Fund 
     (IMF), (2) addressing military spending by countries which 
     receive assistance from the International Financial 
     Institutions, (3) encouraging respect for indigenous peoples, 
     (4) encouraging fair labor practices, and (5) encouraging 
     focus on low-income areas of Latin America and the Caribbean.


                enhanced structural adjustment facility

       The conferees have provided $25,000,000 for the ESAF in 
     recognition of the Treasury Department's efforts to deal with 
     the problem of IMF secrecy by reforming disclosure policies 
     and practices to make publicly available IMF programs, 
     including:
       (1) release of its annual reports on Recent Economic 
     Developments in members countries;
       (2) strong encouragement and support for governments 
     receiving assistance under the ESAF to release Policy 
     Framework Papers developed by the IMF in connection with 
     their ESAF program;
       (3) permission for any country that wishes to release its 
     annual articles IV consultation report containing the IMF's 
     analysis of its economic policies and performance;
       (4) strong encouragement and support for governments to 
     release letters of intent containing the commitments 
     associated with their IMF program; and
       (5) release of program documents at the completion of each 
     individual program.
       The conferees believe that public availability of the 
     documents described above would lead to greater understanding 
     of a government's economic policies and would facilitate open 
     and informed discussion of crucial issues such as the need to 
     deal with the social costs of adjustment. Such discussion 
     could help to improve the quality of policy design and 
     implementation and help to build a political consensus that 
     would contribute substantially to the success of IMF 
     programs.
       The conferees hope that other nations will recognize the 
     substantial benefits of disclosure for the IMF as an 
     institution and for both industrial and developing countries 
     and that they will work with the U.S. government to end IMF 
     secrecy. The conferees encourage the Administration to give 
     such efforts a high priority on the international economic 
     agenda of the United States, including within the framework 
     of the G-7, and to involve appropriate United States 
     government agencies.
       In determining when and whether to recommend the remainder 
     of the $100,000,000 requested by the Administration for the 
     ESAF, consideration will be given to the progress made on 
     disclosure of the above information. The conferees are 
     encouraged that in July, 1994, the Executive Board of the IMF 
     adopted a management proposal to release the reports on 
     Recent Economic Developments and to encourage wider 
     circulation of the Policy Framework Papers.


                    Inter-American Development Bank

       The conferees authorized one-half of the amount requested 
     by the Administration, to cover the first three of six 
     planned annual installments for the United States paid-in and 
     callable capital stock.
       The conferees note that the Inter-American Development Bank 
     is in the process of instituting reforms with regard to 
     disclosure of information and an independent review panel. 
     The Congress intends to monitor closely the experience with 
     the two reform measures and, if it finds the experience to be 
     satisfactory, expects to authorize the additional three years 
     of the replenishment.
       The conferees believe that a policy of broad access to 
     information would encourage participation of interested 
     parties in the IDB's decision-making process in the early 
     stages of the project cycle. The conferees expect that such 
     input would result in improved design, and increased support 
     for, IDB projects. The conferees expect that the IDB will 
     adopt and implement a policy with a strong presumption in 
     favor of disclosure of information.


                             worker rights

       The conferees seek to promote internationally recognized 
     worker rights through the policies and programs of the 
     International Financial Institutions (IFI's). To this end, 
     the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
     States executive director of each IFI to use their voice and 
     vote to urge (1) the adoption of policies to encourage 
     borrowing countries to guarantee internationally recognized 
     worker rights and to include the status of such rights as an 
     integral part of policy dialogue with each country, and (2) 
     establishment of procedures to screen programs for negative 
     impact on these rights. An annual report on progress toward 
     achieving these goals and on the extent to which each 
     borrowing country guarantees internationally recognized 
     worker rights is required.


                         Competitive Insurance

       Amendment No. 92: Deletes the word ``marine'' as proposed 
     by the Senate. This will require the Agency for International 
     Development to include a clause requiring that United States 
     companies have a fair opportunity to bid for insurance, when 
     insurance is necessary or appropriate. This requirement 
     continues to apply to marine insurance.
       Amendment No. 93: Deletes the word ``marine'' as proposed 
     by the Senate. The effect of this action is explained under 
     Amendment No. 92.


         Compliance with United Nations Sanctions Against Iraq

       Amendment No. 94: Inserts Senate language adding the 
     countries of Serbia and Montenegro into the provision denying 
     assistance to countries that are not in compliance with 
     Untied Nations Security Council sanctions. The conferees 
     intend that this authority apply to countries not in 
     compliance with such sanctions against Iraq, Serbia or 
     Montenegro. Denial of assistance is subject to the various 
     certification requirements of this section.
       Amendment No. 95: Inserts Senate language adding Serbia and 
     Montenegro to the existing Presidential authority on import 
     sanctions. Under this authority the President may prohibit, 
     consistent with United Nations sanctions, importation into 
     the United States of any or all products of any foreign 
     country that has not prohibited either the import of products 
     from Iraq, Serbia or Montenegro, or exports to Iraq, Serbia 
     or Montenegro.
       Amendment No. 96: Inserts language adding Serbia and 
     Montenegro to the existing Presidential authority on import 
     sanctions. The effect of this action is explained under 
     Amendment No. 95.
       Amendment No. 97: Inserts language adding Serbia and 
     Montenegro to the existing Presidential authorities on import 
     sanctions. The effect of this action is explained under 
     Amendment No. 95.


                       pow/mia military drawdowns

       Amendment No. 98: Inserts Senate language adding Vietnam to 
     those countries eligible for certain assistance, as the 
     President determines necessary to support efforts to locate 
     and repatriate members of the United States Armed Forces and 
     civilians who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.


                 Authority to assist bosnia-Hercegovina

       Amendment No. 99: Inserts Senate language requiring 
     notification to the Committees on Appropriations on the use 
     of the military drawdown authority for Bosnia-Hercegovina.
       Amendment No. 100: Inserts Senate language adding defense 
     services to drawdown authority for Bosnia-Hercegovina.
       Amendment No. 101: Deletes House language on the drawdown 
     of United States government commodities and services for the 
     United Nations War Crimes Tribunal as proposed by the Senate. 
     This authority is addressed under Amendment No. 133.


                          special authorities

       Amendment No. 102: Inserts the words ``country or'' in the 
     description of entities cooperating with the Khmer Rouge. 
     This requires the President to terminate assistance to any 
     country or organization that he determines is cooperating, 
     tactically or strategically, with the Khmer rouge in their 
     military operations.
       Amendment No. 103: Inserts Senate language adding the 
     purpose of supporting biodiversity conservation activities to 
     those activities that may be carried out notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law.


                       anti-narcotics activities

       Amendment No. 104: Inserts Senate language allowing for the 
     continuation of the police training program in Panama.
       Amendment No. 105: Inserts Senate language changing a 
     subsection designation.
       Amendment No. 106: Inserts Senate language changing a 
     subsection designation.
       Amendment No. 107: Inserts Senate language changing a 
     subsection designation.


                        Excess Defense articles

       Amendment No. 108: Inserts Senate language changing a 
     subsection designation.
       Amendment No. 109: Inserts language allowing for the 
     transfer of nonlethal defense articles under section 518, 
     concerning biodiversity of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, and makes Jordan 
     eligible under the authorities of section 516, concerning 
     excess defense articles of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     in fiscal year 1995 subject to section 538 of this Act.
       The expanded authorities under section 518 are intended 
     mainly to facilitate the use of simplified procedures for 
     making such transfers to non-military recipients. The 
     conferees still expect, however, that the United States 
     government will secure such end-use, retransfer and other 
     assurances from private or civilian sector recipients (as 
     well as military establishments) as are appropriate for use 
     of such equipment for the biodiversity purposes described in 
     section 518 of the Act.
       With respect to Jordan, the conferees expect that the 
     authority granted by this section will be used only for 
     transfer of small arms and ammunition until such time as 
     Jordan and Israel conclude a peace agreement. Thereafter, the 
     conferees will consider notifications with respect to other 
     items. The notification procedures applicable to excess 
     defense articles apply to all items. The conferees agree to 
     provide this authority subject to the provisions of section 
     538 of this Act regarding Iraq sanctions. Jordan may receive 
     excess defense articles subject to the provisions of that 
     section.


                limitations on assistance for nicaragua

       Amendment No. 110: Deletes Senate language adding 
     additional conditions to the determinations on assistance to 
     Nicaragua. The Department of State is to submit a report on 
     the results of the investigation conducted relating to issues 
     raised by the discovery after the May 23, 1993 explosion in 
     Managua, of weapons caches, false passports, identity papers 
     and other documents suggesting the existence of a terrorist 
     kidnapping ring. The conferees expect the report to address 
     the results of the investigation by the relevant law 
     enforcement agencies, the extent of United States' and other 
     countries' participation in the investigation, and the status 
     of prosecutions and convictions resulting from the 
     investigation.
       Amendment No. 111: Inserts section number proposed by the 
     House.
       Amendment No. 112: Inserts Senate language clarifying the 
     date of the Managua explosion to be May 23, 1993.
       Amendment No. 113: Inserts section number proposed by the 
     House.
       Amendment No. 114: Inserts section number proposed by the 
     House.
       Amendment No. 115: Inserts section number proposed by the 
     House.
       Amendment No. 116: Inserts section number proposed by the 
     House.
       Amendment No. 117: Inserts section number proposed by the 
     House.


                  special debt relief for the poorest

       Amendment No. 118: Inserts language authorizing the 
     President to reduce debt for the poorest countries of the 
     world under certain conditions. The conferees agree to deny 
     this authority to any country whose assistance has been cut 
     off due to section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act for fiscal years 1994 and 1995.


    limitation on assistance for the plo for the west bank and gaza

       Amendment No. 119: Deletes the Presidential national 
     interest waiver as proposed by the Senate. Nothing in this 
     amendment prevents the President from waiving any section of 
     this Act under section 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, if he deems it to be in the national security interest 
     of the United States to do so.


                    facilitate peace in middle east

       Amendment No. 120: Inserts Senate language amending section 
     583(b)(5) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act by adding 
     an additional condition for Congressional extension of the 
     certification authority contained in that provision.


           IMPLEMENTATION OF WAPENHANS REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

       Amendment No. 121: Inserts language conditioning the 
     payment of funds to the World Bank on progress in 
     implementing the recommendations of the Wapenhans Report. The 
     conferees agree to require that 50 percent of the funds for 
     the contribution's to the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development, the International Development 
     Association, and the International Finance Corporation shall 
     be withheld until April 1, 1995, and will be available after 
     that date based on the Secretary of the Treasury's 
     certification on meeting the recommendations specified in the 
     Wapenhans Report.


                  RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA

       Amendment No. 122: Deletes ``it has been made known to the 
     President'' as proposed by the Senate. Section 568 is 
     eliminated by Amendment No. 161. The issue of Russian troop 
     withdrawal from the Baltic States is addressed under 
     Amendment No. 161.
       Amendment No. 123: Inserts Senate language expanding the 
     exemptions of this section to Lithuania, or countries other 
     than Russia. Section 568 is eliminated by Amendment No. 161. 
     The issue of Russian troop withdrawal from the Baltic States 
     is addressed under Amendment No. 161.


 ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON FUNDS TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF WAPENHANS 
                         REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

       Amendment No. 124: Deletes House language on Wapenhans 
     Report as proposed by the Senate.


     military expenditures by recipients of multilateral assistance

       Amendment No. 125: Deletes Senate language on military 
     expenditures by recipients of multilateral assistance.


                   PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE PRODUCTS

       Amendment No. 126: Inserts Senate language clarifying the 
     method of notice provided to companies on contract 
     opportunities. The conferees agree that notice is to be 
     provided consistent with section 570(a) of this Act and 
     section 604(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The 
     conferees agree that to the greatest extent practicable, all 
     equipment and products purchased with funds made available in 
     this Act should be American made.


              WEST BANK AND GAZA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND

       Amendment No. 127: Inserts Senate language specifying that 
     not less than $20,000,000 should be available to support 
     small and medium-sized enterprises in the West Bank and Gaza. 
     Authority is provided to use these funds for the subsidy 
     costs of direct loans and loan guarantees. Use of funds for 
     these purposes are subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


  AGRICULTURAL AID TO THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET 
                                 UNION

       Amendment No. 128: Inserts Senate language specifying that 
     up to $50,000,000 should be made available for the provision 
     of United States agricultural commodities to address the food 
     and nutritional needs of the people of the NIS.


                      EXPORT FINANCING AUTHORITIES

       Amendment No. 129: Inserts language allowing for transfers 
     among accounts in title IV of this Act in both fiscal year 
     1994 and 1995. In fiscal year 1995 not to exceed 5 percent of 
     any appropriation may be transferred among the accounts 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations. In fiscal year 1994, 
     $12,000,000 is transferred from the Export-Import Bank to 
     OPIC, and $1,000,000 is transferred from the Export-Import 
     Bank to the Trade and Development Agency.


                                 INCAE

       Amendment No. 130: Inserts Senate language allowing for the 
     shifting and repayment of certain debt owed by the Central 
     American Institute of Business Administration (INCAE).


                                mongolia

       Amendment No. 131: Inserts Senate language which drops 
     Mongolia from the list of countries in section 620(f) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                 report on compliance with commitments

       Amendment No. 132: Inserts Senate language which amends the 
     PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 1989 by adding a new 
     condition for compliance regarding measures taken by the PLO 
     to prevent acts of terrorism, crime, and hostilities, and to 
     legally punish offenders, as called for in the Gaza-Jericho 
     agreement of May 4, 1994.


                          war crimes tribunal

       Amendment No. 133: Inserts Senate language providing 
     authority to draw down $25,000,000 in United States 
     government commodities and services for the United Nations 
     War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the former 
     Yugoslavia or such other tribunals or commissions as the UN 
     Security Council may establish to deal with such violations.
       The conferees have expanded the War Crimes Tribunal 
     authority to allow drawdowns during any fiscal year for 
     United States commodities and services. This authority may be 
     used not only for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for 
     the former Yugoslavia, but also for such other tribunals or 
     commissions as the United Nations Security Council may 
     establish to deal with other instances of genocide or other 
     violations of international law (such as Rwanda). It is the 
     intent of the conferees that this authority can be used in 
     any fiscal year to provide up to $25,000,000 of commodities 
     and services without regard to certain other existing 
     limitations on similar authorities. It is also the intent of 
     the conferees that a substantial portion of these funds be 
     used for training and other assistance for prosecutors. The 
     expanded authority may be used from the day of enactment of 
     this Act.


         donation of surplus agricultural commodities to poland

       Amendment No. 134: Inserts language amending current law 
     regarding the donation of surplus commodities to Poland. The 
     conferees agree to extend these authorities through 1999. The 
     use of this authority is subject to other emergency 
     humanitarian needs worldwide and commodity prices in Poland.


                              buy america

       Amendment No. 135: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     on the opportunities for United States manufacturers to meet 
     United Nations acquisition needs. The conferees expect that 
     United States manufacturers and suppliers will be given 
     opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material 
     for United Nations peacekeeping activities and other United 
     Nations acquisition needs equal to those given to foreign 
     manufacturers and suppliers.


                     telecommunications procurement

       Amendment No. 136: Deletes Senate language concerning 
     telecommunications procurement. The conferees strongly 
     believe that the Agency for International Development and 
     other agencies as appropriate should take appropriate steps 
     to ensure that United States firms are not disadvantaged in 
     procurement opportunities related to promoting development 
     through telecommunications enhancement. The use of a 
     reciprocal standard should be applied to high technology 
     firms primarily owned by nationals of countries which deny 
     procurement opportunities to United States firms. The 
     conferees oppose the eligibility of such foreign firms for 
     United States financed procurement, if the government of that 
     country restricts American manufacturers of the same high 
     technology products from eligibility for government 
     procurement of government financed programs.


                  country development policies report

       Amendment No. 137: Deletes Senate language on reporting on 
     country development policies. This issue is addressed under 
     Amendment No. 84.


                   nonlethal excess defense articles

       Amendment No. 138: Inserts Senate language on 
     transportation costs of nonlethal excess defense articles to 
     Albania. The conferees note that this authority is granted 
     for one year only. The provision is amended to include a new 
     section number 579.


                               landmines

       Amendment No. 139: Inserts Senate language permitting 
     landmine clearing equipment to be made available to countries 
     on a grant basis. The provision is amended to include a new 
     section number 580.


               prohibition on payment of certain expenses

       Amendment No. 140: Inserts Senate language restricting the 
     use of International Military Education and Training funds 
     for certain expenses. The provision has been amended to 
     include a new section number 581.


                                 burma

       Amendment No. 141: Deletes Senate findings on Burma.


              emergency projects in bosnia and hercegovina

       Amendment No. 142: Inserts language providing that not less 
     than $10,000,000 should be available only for emergency 
     winterization and rehabilitation projects and for the 
     reestablishment of essential services in Bosnia and 
     Hercegovina. The provision also has been amended to include a 
     new section number 582.


           humanitarian assistance for bosnia and hercegovina

       Amendment No. 143: Inserts language providing that not less 
     than $5,000,000 should be available only for medical 
     equipment and supplies and medicine to Bosnia and 
     Hercegovina, and for the repair and reconstruction of 
     hospitals, clinics, and medical facilities. The provision 
     also has been amended to include a new section number 583.


         poverty reduction emphasis for development assistance

       Amendment No. 144: Deletes Senate language on poverty 
     reduction. The conferees recommend that a significant portion 
     of Development Assistance funds be used to finance programs, 
     projects, and activities that directly improve the lives of 
     the poor, with an emphasis on individuals living in absolute 
     poverty. The conferees further urge the Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development to increase the direct 
     involvement of the poor in project design, implementation and 
     evaluation, and to develop indicators and criteria for 
     monitoring and evaluating progress toward poverty reduction.


     payments in kind as voluntary contributions to United Nations 
                        Peacekeeping Activities

       Amendment No. 145: Deletes Senate language on payments in 
     kind for UN peacekeeping activities. The conferees believe 
     that the United States should be able to contribute to UN 
     Peacekeeping activities in the form of excess defense 
     articles and goods and services.


               policy regarding humanitarian aid to haiti

       Amendment No. 146: Deletes Senate language on humanitarian 
     aid to Haiti. The conferees urge the Secretary of State, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, and the Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development to expedite approval of 
     valid applications for emergency medical evacuation flights 
     out of Haiti, and for humanitarian aid flights to Haiti, 
     where such aid consists of food, medicine or medical 
     supplies, or spare parts or equipment for the transportation 
     or distribution of humanitarian aid by nongovernmental or 
     private voluntary organizations.


        Loans to Nations that Enforce the Arab Boycott of Israel

       Amendment No. 147: Deletes Senate language on loans to 
     nations that enforce the Arab boycott of Israel. The 
     conferees object strongly to the Arab boycott of Israel.


                                Cambodia

       Amendment No. 148: Deletes Senate findings on Cambodia.


                               indonesia

       Amendment No. 149: Inserts language stating that the United 
     States shall refrain from selling or licensing for export to 
     Indonesia defense articles such as small or light arms and 
     crowd control items until the Secretary of State determines 
     and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
     significant progress has been made on human rights in East 
     Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia. The provision also has been 
     amended to insert a new section number.


   United States panel of the Joint Committee on United States-Japan 
                  Cultural and Educational Cooperation

       Amendment No. 150: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     amending the United States-Japan Friendship Act.


                                Germany

       Amendment No. 151: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     concerning German and Japanese membership in the United 
     Nations Security Council.


  Policy regarding german participation in International Peacekeeping 
                               Operations

       Amendment No. 152: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     regarding German participation in International Peacekeeping 
     operations.


               United Nations Office of Inspector General

       Amendment No. 153: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     reaffirming that certain legislation concerning the creation 
     of an independent office of Inspector General remains in 
     effect.


   Regarding the Extradition to the United States of Mohammad Ismail 
                                 Abequa

       Amendment No. 154: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     concerning the extradition of Mohammad Ismail Abequa.
       The conferees are concerned that Mohammad Ismail Abequa 
     fled to Amman, Jordan with United States citizens Sami and 
     Lisa Abequa. Mr. Abequa, who is in custody in Jordan, has 
     confessed to the brutal murder of the Abequa children's 
     mother, Nihal Abequa. The aunt of the children, Nesime Dokur, 
     and their maternal grandmother, Meryem Gussal, have been 
     designated by the Superior Court of New Jersey as the legal 
     guardians of the children. The conferees are concerned about 
     the safety and well-being of the children, who are 3 and 6 
     years old, and believe they should be returned to the United 
     States without delay.
       The conferees commend President Clinton, Secretary of State 
     Christopher, and Attorney General Reno for raising this case 
     directly with King Hussein and urging him to return the 
     children to the United States without delay. The conferees 
     note that members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation 
     have met with King Hussein and directly urged him to return 
     the children to their grandmother and aunt in New Jersey. The 
     conferees understand that King Hussein has indicated that he 
     is interested in expeditiously resolving this matter and that 
     he believes the children will be returned to America soon. 
     The conferees appreciate the cooperation of the King and 
     expect the children to be returned to America without delay.
       The conferees also urge the Government of Jordan to 
     extradite Mohammad Ismail Abequa to the United States for 
     prosecution.


  support for human rights and other nongovernmental organizations in 
                               indonesia

       Amendment No. 155: Deletes language earmarking funds for 
     organizations in Indonesia.
       The conferees recommend that not less than $250,000 be 
     provided to nongovernmental human rights organizations in 
     Indonesia, and further recommend that not less than $250,000 
     be provided to nongovernmental environmental organizations to 
     assess or otherwise address acute environmental problems, 
     particularly those affecting indigenous peoples, in 
     Indonesia.


                         north atlantic council

       Amendment No. 156: Deletes Sense of the Senate language 
     concerning the North Atlantic Council.


         democratic people's republic of Korea, nuclear weapons

       Amendment No. 157: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     placing restrictions on assistance to North Korea. The 
     conferees agree instead to include, under Amendment No. 109, 
     North Korea on the list of countries prohibited from 
     receiving bilateral assistance.
       The conferees note that North Korea is already on the list 
     of countries prohibited from receiving indirect United States 
     assistance.


    international monetary fund and world bank salaries and benefits

       Amendment No. 158: Inserts language which requires a 
     General Accounting Office report on International Monetary 
     Fund and World Bank salaries and benefits.


                           prisoner Transfers

       Amendment No. 159: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     withholding between 1 and 10 percent of bilateral assistance 
     to countries that have not entered into prisoner transfer 
     agreements.
       The conferees are concerned about the costs associated with 
     incarcerating undocumented persons convicted of crimes. The 
     conferees urge the President to submit a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations by February 15, 1995, 
     identifying: (1) the number of prisoners serving time in 
     United States prisons from the 10 countries with the largest 
     number of prisoners in the U.S.; (2) the problems that exist 
     with the current prisoner transfer treaties; and (3) the 
     annual cost of incarcerating undocumented persons convicted 
     of crimes in the United States.


                                 haiti

       Amendment No. 160: Deletes Sense of the Senate language 
     related to policy toward Haiti.


                        baltic troop withdrawal

       Amendment No. 161: Inserts language which prohibits funds 
     made available by this Act for Russia, other than 
     humanitarian assistance funds, from being obligated or 
     expended unless the President has certified to the Congress 
     not more than six months in advance of the obligation or 
     expenditure of the funds that Russia' Latvia and Estonia have 
     established a timetable for the withdrawal of Russian and 
     Commonwealth of Independent States troops, and that all 
     parties are complying with such timetable. The language also 
     includes a Presidential national security waiver and 
     eliminates Section 568 of this Act addressing the same 
     subject.


   additional countries eligible for participation in allied defense 
                              cooperation

       Amendment No. 162: Deletes Senate language making Poland, 
     Hungary and the Czech Republic eligible for certain 
     assistance provided to NATO members. The conferees note that 
     the NATO Participation Act of 1994, as proposed by the 
     Senate, is designed to send a clear, unambiguous signal to 
     the nations of Central and Eastern Europe that are making 
     swift progress to establish democratic institutions, like 
     Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, that their security 
     and stability is of great importance to the United States. 
     These nations are working to expand their security 
     relationship with NATO. These actions contribute 
     significantly to the peace and stability of the region. The 
     conferees urge the Administration to submit legislation' 
     consistent with the security interests of the United States' 
     at the earliest opportunity to extend the benefits of close 
     cooperation with NATO to Poland, Hungary and the Czech 
     Republic. These benefits should include:
       Transfers of excess defense articles;
       Eligibility for leases and loans of major defense equipment 
     and other defense articles;
       Loan materials, supplies and equipment for research and 
     development;
       Cooperative military airlift agreements;
       Procurement of communications support and related supplies 
     and services; and
       Inclusion in all activities relating to increased 
     standardization of NATO forces.


           restrictions concerning the palestinian authority

       Amendment No. 163: Inserts language restricting funds for 
     office space in Jerusalem related to doing business with the 
     Palestinian Authority, and policy direction concerning the 
     conduct of official business with the Palestinian Authority 
     in locations other than Jerusalem.


                        international terrorism

       Amendment No. 164: Deletes Sense of Senate language 
     concerning providing information and cooperating with victims 
     of international terrorism. The conferees agree that the 
     United States should make every effort feasible to assist 
     victims of international terrorism.


               report on biological and chemical weapons

       Amendment No. 165: Inserts language requiring the President 
     to report by January 30, 1995 on whether or not Russia has 
     demonstrated a commitment to comply with various chemical and 
     biological weapons agreements.
       The conferees expect the report to include both traditional 
     and binary chemical weapons.


                     fiscal year 1994 supplemental

       Amendment No. 166: Inserts language providing for debt 
     forgiveness for Jordan, and emergency refugee and disaster 
     assistance funds for Rwanda. The amendment also deletes 
     language proposed by the Senate concerning the certification 
     of funds for Colombia.
       The world witnessed a momentous event in the search for a 
     just and lasting peace in the Middle East when King Hussein 
     of Jordan and Prime Minister Rabin of Israel met in 
     Washington during the week of July 25th. The major progress 
     made in the Middle East peace process during the past year 
     has been greatly enhanced by the accord that was signed in 
     Washington on July 25, 1994. In order to help ensure that 
     this progress continues, and to encourage further significant 
     steps in the peace process by Jordan, the conferees have, as 
     proposed by the Administration, included language that 
     provides for the partial reduction of the debt owed by Jordan 
     to the United States.
       The conferees agree to authorize the President to forgive 
     debt owed by Jordan to the United States. The conferees agree 
     to include $99,000,000 in subsidy appropriations in fiscal 
     year 1994 to forgive a portion of the debt owed by the 
     Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for loans entered into under 
     programs administered by the Agency for International 
     Development. The $99,000,000 in subsidy appropriations will 
     permit the forgiveness of up to $220,000,000 in AID debt. The 
     conferees agree to restrict the amount of debt forgiveness in 
     this act to $220,000,000.
       Future debt relief for Jordan will be subject to the 
     amounts provided in advance in appropriation acts.
       It is the conferees' understanding that formal budget 
     requests will be submitted for future debt relief for Jordan. 
     In order to obtain broad support for additional budget 
     requests for Jordanian debt relief, there will need to be 
     substantial steps in addition to the courageous and laudable 
     step that has just been taken. Of great importance will be 
     progress on reaching a final peace agreement with Israel, an 
     increase in economic trade that would clarify that Jordan is 
     not abiding by an economic embargo of Israel, and compliance 
     with the United Nations embargo of Iraq, so long as it 
     remains in effect. Positive steps on these issues will be 
     important in facilitating favorable consideration.


            fiscal year 1994 emergency assistance for rwanda

       In order to help address the emergency situation caused by 
     the tragedy that has taken place in Rwanda the conferees have 
     included a total of $50,000,000 in emergency refugee and 
     disaster assistance. The sudden influx of refugees into Zaire 
     and other locations bordering Rwanda has caused an emergency 
     that requires an immediate response.
       The conferees believe that the United States has been a 
     leader in efforts to assist the people of Rwanda in the midst 
     of one of the greatest human tragedies of this decade. The 
     funding provided in this supplemental will be used to enhance 
     emergency assistance the United States has been providing 
     over the last several months, and to encourage European and 
     other countries to increase their levels of assistance to 
     help address the emergency situation.
       The entire amount provided has been designated by the 
     President as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                          Department of State


     united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund

       The amendment provides $30,000,000 under the United States 
     Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to supplement 
     other refugee assistance for Rwanda. The UNHCR estimates that 
     more than 2 million of the 6 million people of Rwanda are 
     either refugees or displaced. The additional fiscal year 1994 
     funding will enable the United States to respond to urgent 
     appeals from the United Nations High Commissioner for 
     Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross and 
     will also fund efforts by private voluntary organizations to 
     provide humanitarian assistance in the region.

                  Agency for International Development


                   international disaster assistance

       The conferees agree to provide $20,000,000 for the 
     International Disaster Assistance account administered by the 
     Agency for International Development. This funding will 
     provide humanitarian relief for refugees of hostilities in 
     Rwanda, including medicine and support for medical teams, 
     local food procurement, and assistance to help safely bury 
     refugees who have died of cholera. Assistance will be 
     provided through private voluntary organizations.


                              title change

       The conferees agree to include the Senate amendment 
     changing the title of the bill to clarify that funds are 
     available for foreign operations, export financing, and 
     related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1995, and for other purposes, and for a fiscal year 1994 
     supplemental, and for other purposes.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1995 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1994 amount, the 1995 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1995 
     follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1994...$14,342,886,866
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 14,024,957,094
House bill, fiscal year 1995.............................13,615,999,750
Senate bill, fiscal year 1995............................13,684,685,750
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1995...................13,679,235,750
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1994....-663,651,116
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal -345,721,344
  House bill, fiscal year 1995..............................+63,236,000
  Senate bill, fiscal year 1995..............................-5,450,000

     David R. Obey,
     Sidney R. Yates,
     Charles Wilson,
     John W. Olver,
     Nancy Pelosi,
     Esteban Torres,
     Nita M. Lowey,
     Jose E. Serrano,
     Martin O. Sabo,
     Bob Livingston,
     John Porter,
     Jim Lightfoot
       (except for Jordan debt forgiveness),
     Sonny Callahan
       (except for Jordan debt forgiveness),
     Joseph M. McDade,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Patrick J. Leahy,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Dennis DeConcini,
     Frank R. Lautenberg,
     Tom Harkin,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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