[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H5389-H5455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                AMERICAN OVERSEAS INTERESTS ACT OF 1995

  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call 
up House Resolution 155 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 155

       Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule 
     XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the State of the Union for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 1561) to consolidate the foreign affairs 
     agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations 
     for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations 
     of appropriations for United States foreign assistance 
     programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other 
     purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
     with. Points of order against consideration of the bill for 
     failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI or section 
     302(f), 303(a), 308(a), or 402(a) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall be confined to 
     the bill and shall not exceed two hours equally divided and 
     controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
     Committee on International Relations. After general debate 
     the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-
     minute rule for an initial period of ten hours. After such 
     initial period, amendments shall be debatable only as 
     provided in clause 6 of rule XXIII or in section 2 of this 
     resolution. Consideration for amendment may not continue 
     beyond 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 25, 1995. It shall be in 
     order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 
     amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
     International Relations now printed in the bill modified by 
     deleting section 2210. The committee amendment in the nature 
     of a substitute as modified shall be considered as read. 
     Points of order against the committee amendment in the nature 
     of a substitute as modified for failure to comply with clause 
     5(a) of rule XXI or section 302(f), 303(a), or 402(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. Other than pro 
     forma amendments for the purpose of debate and amendments en 
     bloc described in section 2 of this resolution, no amendment 
     to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute as 
     modified shall be in order unless printed in the portion of 
     the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in 
     clause 6 of rule XXIII. At the conclusion of consideration of 
     the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 
     the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 
     adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House 
     on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the 
     bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
     substitute as modified. The previous question shall be 
     considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
     final passage without intervening motion except one motion to 
     recommit with or without instructions.
       Sec. 2. It shall be in order at any time for the chairman 
     of the Committee on International Relations or a designee to 
     offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in 
     the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that 
     purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII or germane modifications of 
     any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to 
     this section shall be considered as read (except that 
     modifications shall be reported), shall not be subject to 
     amendment or to a division of the question in the House or in 
     the Committee of the Whole and shall be debatable for ten 
     minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
     ranking minority member of the Committee on International 
     Relations or their designees. For the purpose of inclusion in 
     such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of 
     a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane 
     perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be 
     stricken. The original proponent of an amendment included in 
     such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the 
     Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of 
     the amendments en bloc.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] is 
recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the 
customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Hall], pending 
which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration 
of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks and include extraneous material.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to bring to the House this rule 
for the consideration of H.R. 1561, the American Overseas Interests Act 
of 1995. Although this rule is somewhat complicated, it is a modified 
open rule that provides Members the widest possible latitude in 
directing the debate and offering amendments, while bringing 
consideration of this bill to closure at the end of this legislative 
week.
  First, the nuts and bolts: This rule provides for 2 hours of general 
debate equally divided between the chairman and ranking member of the 
Committee on International Relations and makes in order the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment. The rule provides that the committee amendment 
shall be considered as read and it allows for an open amendment process 
to last 10 hours, including voting time.
  Because of the complexity of the subject, the rule requires that 
amendments be preprinted in the Congressional Record, so that the 
Committee on International Relations, and all Members of the House, may 
have sufficient time to review them. To facilitate maximum efficiency 
in the use of the amendment time, the rule allows the chairman of the 
International Relations Committee, or his designee, to offer amendments 
en bloc consisting of preprinted amendments and subject to 10 minutes 
of debate equally divided and controlled. Once the 10-hour period has 
concluded, additional amendments that have been preprinted may be 
considered with 10 minutes of debate time, equally divided, until 2:30 
on Thursday afternoon. At that time certain, the amendment process will 
be concluded and the committee shall rise and report the bill to the 
House with such amendments as have been adopted.
  The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage. The rule does allow for one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. Because of the reach and 
complexity of this bill, the rule includes a series of important 
waivers that Members should be aware of.
  First, the rule waives the 3-day availability requirement for 
committee reports. The committee did file its report on Friday evening, 
which makes today the second legislative day that it was available. 
Although we generally do not like to provide this waiver, the Rules 
Committee felt that, given the rush of legislative business expected 
after the Memorial Day recess, it is necessary to conclude 
consideration of H.R. 1561 this week. Because we wanted to allow as 
much amendment time as possible within that constraint, this wavier is 
needed so we can get started today.
  The rule also waives clause 5(a) of rule XXI, prohibiting 
appropriations on a legislative bill--a waiver that applies to 
technical language in 15 sections of this bill. The International 
Relations Committee has provided a list of the specific sections 
affected by this waiver, most of which deal with the transfer and 
reallocation of funds.
  Finally, the rule provides several Budget Act waivers, all of which 
have been cleared by the Budget Committee. These waivers apply to 
sections 302(f), 303(a), 308(a), and 402(a) of the Budget Act.
  Respectively, these waivers pertain to consideration of legislation 
providing new entitlement authority in excess of a committee's 
allocation, consideration of budgetary legislation prior to adoption of 
the budget resolution, the requirement of a CBO cost estimate in the 
committee report on legislation containing new entitlement 

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spending or budget authority, and inclusion of credit authority not 
subject to appropriations in advance.
  I should note for Members' comfort level that the Budget Committee 
has scrutinized these waiver requests carefully to ensure that we do 
not end up creating a serious budget problem--in fact, one waiver
 requested by the International Relations Committee dealing with a 
lease-purchase agreement did raise red flags at the Budget Committee, 
and as a result this rule removes the offending section from the 
committee amendment.

  I wish to commend Chairman Gilman and his staff for meeting the Rules 
Committee's request for detailed and specific waiver descriptions. The 
result may be a more complicated rule, but it should provide Members 
with a much higher level of comfort than the blanket waivers of years 
passed.
  All in all, Mr. Speaker, this is a very fair rule, in keeping with 
the tradition of this House when this type of important foreign policy 
legislation has been considered. I would like to address the concerns 
raised by my friend, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton], the 
ranking member of the International Relations Committee, who suggested 
that allowing an open amendment process might lead to a free-for-all 
and might end up shutting out important debate on certain issues if the 
time runs out. Instead, Mr. Hamilton suggested that it would be better 
for the 13 members of the Rules Committee to pick the big issues and 
structure the debate.
  Having lived through three previous
   Congresses as part of the minority--when the Rules Committee 
routinely made such executive decisions about which amendments would be 
considered and which would not--I have to disagree with my friend. I 
believe all 435 Members of this House were sent here to have a voice on 
important legislation and is should be up to the will of the House, 
with strong guidance by the floor managers and party leaders, to 
determine the path of the debate, within a reasonable allotment of 
time. Mr. Speaker, before I conclude, I must commend Chairman Gilman 
and Ranking Member Hamilton for their work in bringing forward this 
bill, which seeks to bring our Nation's foreign policy establishment 
into the 21st century.

  By streamlining the Department of State, eliminating three agencies 
and re-defining our foreign aid priorities to meet the enormous budget 
constraints we face, H.R. 1561 shakes up the status quo and responds to 
the will of the American people.
  I have long been frustrated that this Congress has failed to 
reauthorize our foreign aid policies since 1985--a failure that has 
meant piecemeal tinkering with our foreign policy priorities without
 the comprehensive restructuring that the changing times demand.

  The American people must understand that this bill reflects a 
significant cut in foreign aid designed to put our foreign policy 
programs into full compliance with the balanced budget resolution the 
House passed just last week. With entire authorization for foreign aid 
totaling just over 1 percent of the total budget, the funding levels in 
this bill are nearly 10 percent below the President's request, and more 
than 5 percent below the current year's budget. I know foreign aid is 
not popular--and for the past 4 years I have voted against foreign aid 
appropriations, primarily because every year we kept spending money 
without completing the work of redirecting our priorities and 
fundamentally restructuring our policies. That is what H.R. 1561 does.
  I look forward to a vibrant debate--and some important amendments on 
this landmark legislation. I urge support for this rule.

  THE AMENDMENT PROCESS UNDER SPECIAL RULES REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE,\1\ 103D CONGRESS V. 104TH CONGRESS 
                                              [As of May 22, 1995]                                              
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                                                  103d Congress                        104th Congress           
              Rule type              ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Number of rules    Percent of total   Number of rules    Percent of total
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Open/Modified-open\2\...............                 46                 44                 28                 75
Modified Closed\3\..................                 49                 47                  9                 25
Closed\4\...........................                  9                  9                  0                  0
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      Totals:.......................                104                100                 37                100
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\1\This table applies only to rules which provide for the original consideration of bills, joint resolutions or 
  budget resolutions and which provide for an amendment process. It does not apply to special rules which only  
  waive points of order against appropriations bills which are already privileged and are considered under an   
  open amendment process under House rules.                                                                     
\2\An open rule is one under which any Member may offer a germane amendment under the five-minute rule. A       
  modified open rule is one under which any Member may offer a germane amendment under the five-minute rule     
  subject only to an overall time limit on the amendment process and/or a requirement that the amendment be     
  preprinted in the Congressional Record.                                                                       
\3\A modified closed rule is one under which the Rules Committee limits the amendments that may be offered only 
  to those amendments designated in the special rule or the Rules Committee report to accompany it, or which    
  preclude amendments to a particular portion of a bill, even though the rest of the bill may be completely open
  to amendment.                                                                                                 
\4\A closed rule is one under which no amendments may be offered (other than amendments recommended by the      
  committee in reporting the bill).                                                                             


                          SPECIAL RULES REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE, 104TH CONGRESS                         
                                              [As of May 22, 1995]                                              
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  H. Res. No. (Date                                                                                             
       rept.)               Rule type             Bill No.                 Subject           Disposition of rule
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H. Res. 38 (1/18/95)  O...................  H.R. 5..............  Unfunded Mandate Reform..  A: 350-71 (1/19/   
                                                                                              95).              
H. Res. 44 (1/24/95)  MC..................  H. Con. Res. 17.....  Social Security..........  A: 255-172 (1/25/  
                                            H.J. Res. 1.........  Balanced Budget Amdt.....   95).              
H. Res. 51 (1/31/95)  O...................  H.R. 101............  Land Transfer, Taos        A: voice vote (2/1/
                                                                   Pueblo Indians.            95).              
H. Res. 52 (1/31/95)  O...................  H.R. 400............  Land Exchange, Arctic      A: voice vote (2/1/
                                                                   Nat'l. Park and Preserve.  95).              
H. Res. 53 (1/31/95)  O...................  H.R. 440............  Land Conveyance, Butte     A: voice vote (2/1/
                                                                   County, Calif..            95).              
H. Res. 55 (2/1/95).  O...................  H.R. 2..............  Line Item Veto...........  A: voice vote (2/2/
                                                                                              95).              
H. Res. 60 (2/6/95).  O...................  H.R. 665............  Victim Restitution.......  A: voice vote (2/7/
                                                                                              95).              
H. Res. 61 (2/6/95).  O...................  H.R. 666............  Exclusionary Rule Reform.  A: voice vote (2/7/
                                                                                              95).              
H. Res. 63 (2/8/95).  MO..................  H.R. 667............  Violent Criminal           A: voice vote (2/9/
                                                                   Incarceration.             95).              
H. Res. 69 (2/9/95).  O...................  H.R. 668............  Criminal Alien             A: voice vote (2/10/
                                                                   Deportation.               95).              
H. Res. 79 (2/10/95)  MO..................  H.R. 728............  Law Enforcement Block      A: voice vote (2/13/
                                                                   Grants.                    95).              
H. Res. 83 (2/13/95)  MO..................  H.R. 7..............  National Security          PQ: 229-100; A: 227-
                                                                   Revitalization.            127 (2/15/95).    
H. Res. 88 (2/16/95)  MC..................  H.R. 831............  Health Insurance           PQ: 230-191; A: 229-
                                                                   Deductibility.             188 (2/21/95).    
H. Res. 91 (2/21/95)  O...................  H.R. 830............  Paperwork Reduction Act..  A: voice vote (2/22/
                                                                                              95).              
H. Res. 92 (2/21/95)  MC..................  H.R. 889............  Defense Supplemental.....  A: 282-144 (2/22/  
                                                                                              95).              
H. Res. 93 (2/22/95)  MO..................  H.R. 450............  Regulatory Transition Act  A: 252-175 (2/23/  
                                                                                              95).              
H. Res. 96 (2/24/95)  MO..................  H.R. 1022...........  Risk Assessment..........  A: 253-165 (2/27/  
                                                                                              95).              
H. Res. 100 (2/27/    O...................  H.R. 926............  Regulatory Reform and      A: voice vote (2/28/
 95).                                                              Relief Act.                95).              
H. Res. 101 (2/28/    MO..................  H.R. 925............  Private Property           A: 271-151 (3/2/95)
 95).                                                              Protection Act.                              
H. Res. 104 (3/3/95)  MO..................  H.R. 988............  Attorney Accountability    A: voice vote (3/6/
                                                                   Act.                       95)               
H. Res. 103 (3/3/95)  MO..................  H.R. 1058...........  Securities Litigation      ...................
                                                                   Reform.                                      
H. Res. 105 (3/6/95)  MO..................  ....................  .........................  A: 257-155 (3/7/95)
H. Res. 108 (3/7/95)  Debate..............  H.R. 956............  Product Liability Reform.  A: voice vote (3/8/
                                                                                              95)               
H. Res. 109 (3/8/95)  MC..................  ....................  .........................  PQ: 234-191 A: 247-
                                                                                              181 (3/9/95)      
H. Res. 115 (3/14/    MO..................  H.R. 1159...........  Making Emergency Supp.     A: 242-190 (3/15/  
 95).                                                              Approps..                  95)               
H. Res. 116 (3/15/    MC..................  H.J. Res. 73........  Term Limits Const.         A: voice vote (3/28/
 95).                                                              Amdmt.t.                   95)               
H. Res. 117 (3/16/    Debate..............  H.R. 4..............  Personal Responsibility    A: voice vote (3/21/
 95).                                                              Act of 1995.               95)               
H. Res. 119 (3/21/    MC..................  ....................  .........................  A: 217-211 (3/22/  
 95).                                                                                         95)               
H. Res. 125 (4/3/95)  O...................  H.R. 1271...........  Family Privacy Protection  A: 423-1 (4/4/95)  
                                                                   Act.                                         
H. Res. 126 (4/3/95)  O...................  H.R. 660............  Older Persons Housing Act  A: voice vote (4/6/
                                                                                              95)               
H. Res. 128 (4/4/95)  MC..................  H.R. 1215...........  Contract With America Tax  A: 228-204 (4/5/95)
                                                                   Relief Act of 1995.                          
H. Res. 130 (4/5/95)  MC..................  H.R. 483............  Medicare Select Expansion   A: 253-172 (4/6/  
                                                                                              95)               
H. Res. 136 (5/1/95)  O...................  H.R. 655............  Hydrogen Future Act of     A: voice vote (5/2/
                                                                   1995.                      95)               
H. Res. 139 (5/3/95)  O...................  H.R. 1361...........  Coast Guard Auth. FY 1996  A: voice vote (5/9/
                                                                                              95)               
H. Res. 140 (5/9/95)  O...................  H.R. 961............  Clean Water Amendments...  A: 414-4 (5/10/95) 
H. Res. 144 (5/11/    O...................  H.R. 535............  Fish Hatchery--Arkansas..  A: voice vote (5/15/
 95).                                                                                         95)               
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H. Res. 145 (5/11/    O...................  H.R. 584............  Fish Hatchery--Iowa......  A: voice vote (5/15/
 95).                                                                                         95)               
H. Res. 146 (5/11/    O...................  H.R. 614............  Fish Hatchery--Minnesota.  A: voice vote (5/15/
 95).                                                                                         95)               
H. Res. 149 (5/16/    MC..................  H. Con. Res. 67.....  Budget Resolution FY 1996  PQ: 252-170 A: 255-
 95).                                                                                         168 (5/17/95)     
H. Res. 155 (5/22/    MO..................  H.R. 1561...........  American Overseas          ...................
 95).                                                              Interests Act.                               
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Codes: O-open rule; MO-modified open rule; MC-modified closed rule; C-closed rule; A-adoption vote; PQ-previous 
  question vote. Source: Notices of Action Taken, Committee on Rules, 104th Congress.                           

Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  (Mr. HALL of Ohio asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks, and include extraneous material.)
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to House 
Resolution 155, the rule limiting debate on the American Overseas 
Interests Act of 1995. As my colleague on the other side of the aisle 
well knows, this rule is a restrictive rule which governs a complicated 
and controversial bill. The bill before us today is a mixture of 
foreign policy initiatives and reorganizations that could change and 
weaken the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. In addition to radically 
altering the way we conduct foreign policy, the bill is being rushed 
through under a rule which allows only 10 hours for amendments and 
shuts off all consideration after 2:30 on Thursday.
  Yesterday in the House Rules Committee, the ranking Democrat on the 
Committee on International Relations, Mr. Hamilton, correctly pointed 
out that it is not uncommon to see 100 amendments on a foreign aid 
bill. Under this rule, we could be making substantive foreign policy 
decisions based on who is recognized before the time runs out. I was 
also concerned to hear that the minority only received the final 
committee report at 2 yesterday. Waivers for violations of House Rules 
and the Budget Act are needed in 21 areas. Mr. Speaker, this is no way 
to legislate, and I think the American people deserve more than this.
  In addition to the obvious procedural problems, this bill itself is 
seriously flawed. The International Affairs budget represents only 1.3 
percent of total Federal spending. It has already been cut by 40 
percent since 1985. I am particularly troubled with the 34 percent cut 
in development assistance. While the bill earmarks $280 million for the 
Child Survival Fund, the overall reduction squeezes necessary 
prevention efforts such as basic education, microenterprise programs 
and self-help initiatives that have been proven to work. It makes no 
sense to have the United States functioning as the world's ambulance 
when famine and disaster occur in developing countries, when we could 
have prevented them.
  In addition to saving lives, development assistance enables many 
countries to become self-sufficient enough to buy U.S. exports. Between 
1990 and 1993, U.S. exports to the developing countries grew by $46 
billion, creating 920,000 new jobs in this country. It is in our 
economic interests to continue meeting our foreign assistance 
obligations.
  As a former Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, I saw development 
assistance creating markets for American goods. The United States 
invested around a billion dollars' in development assistance in 
Thailand from 1953 to 1986. In return, Thailand bought nearly 8 billion 
dollars' worth of American products in just the past 2 years.
  Another major problem with this legislation is its far-reaching scope 
which is not based on sound research. For example, this bill includes 
the elimination of three agencies: AID, the Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency, and USIA. Yet no sound evidence exists to show this 
will save the taxpayers any money. The American people do not want us 
to be ramming bills through for the sake of reorganization without any 
kind of cost analysis.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill has many, many other flaws. It essentially 
weakens the United States' leadership role in the world. Secretary of 
State Warren Christopher has written to the Speaker and indicated he 
will recommend a veto.
  Mr. Speaker, I include at this point in the Record the letter from 
Secretary Christopher:

                                       The Secretary of State,

                                     Washington, DC, May 22, 1995.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker of the House of Representatives.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: This week, the House of Representatives 
     will consider legislation that could undermine this and every 
     future President's ability to safeguard America's leadership 
     in the world. The ``American Overseas Interests Act,'' H.R. 
     1561, is deeply flawed. If this bill were presented to the 
     President, I would have no choice but to recommend that the 
     President veto it.
       H.R. 1561 wages an extraordinary assault on this and every 
     future President's constitutional authority to manage foreign 
     policy. It contains numerous restraints and restrictions that 
     would do immense harm to our nation's foreign policy. It 
     drastically reduces our resources. And it mandates a costly 
     and disruptive reorganization of the Executive Branch that 
     will damage our ability to promote American interests 
     worldwide.
       On the most fundamental constitutional grounds, I am deeply 
     opposed to the elaborate and unnecessary restraints that H.R. 
     1561 would impose. If enacted, they would compromise our 
     ability to follow through on the North Korea Framework 
     Agreement. They would undermine our effective participation 
     and weaken our leverage in international organizations. They 
     would compel changes in our refugee policy that could pose a 
     serious threat to our borders, limiting the President's 
     ability to respond to boat migration and possibly 
     exacerbating the illegal smuggling of aliens into the United 
     States. The bill would seriously impair the President's 
     responsibility to manage our delicate relations with China at 
     a time of its transition in leadership. Numerous conditions 
     on our assistance to Russia and the other New Independent 
     States could derail our steady support for democratic and 
     market reform in a region that remains the site of tens of 
     thousands of nuclear weapons. Other provisions of the bill 
     would seriously disrupt our ability to move decisively when 
     warranted by rapidly changing circumstances as well as our 
     relations with a variety of countries.
       These far-reaching restrictions, combined with the sharp 
     reductions in resources for the International Affairs budget, 
     would cripple our ability to respond to the complex 
     opportunities and challenges of the post-Cold War world. At a 
     time when American strength, vision, and leadership are 
     essential, this legislation would force our unilateral 
     retreat.
       As you know, the International Affairs budget represents 
     only 1.3% of total federal spending. It has absorbed 
     substantial real cuts in recent years. The resources we are 
     requesting, in my judgment, are the rock bottom minimum we 
     need to advance our nation's vital interests.
       The International Affairs budget has always been a prudent 
     investment that produces clear benefits for the American 
     people. It protects American lives by combating the spread of 
     nuclear weapons, the scourge of drugs, and the threat of 
     international terrorism. It has helped lead to the 
     detargeting and dismantlement of missiles in the former 
     Soviet Union and facilitated the departure of Russian troops 
     from the Baltics. It has advanced peace in the Middle East. 
     It has helped to end the violence in Northern Ireland and to 
     assist the transition to democracy in South Africa. It has 
     promoted free trade and U.S. exports, creating more than one 
     million high-paying American jobs in the last two years 
     alone. Whether in the case of South Korea or South America, 
     our foreign assistance over the years has ultimately put more 
     dollars in the pockets of the American taxpayer than it has 
     ever taken out.
       Moreover, the preventive diplomacy that the International 
     Affairs budget funds is our first and least costly line of 
     defense. Compare the cost of diplomatic action to stem 
     proliferation to the price we would pay if rogue states 
     obtained nuclear weapons. Compare the cost of promoting 
     development to the price of coping with famine and refugees. 
     If we gut our diplomatic readiness today, we will face much 
     greater costs and crises down the line. H.R. 1561's cuts in 
     Function 150 resource levels are flatly irresponsible.
       H.R. 1561's elimination of ACDA, USIA, and AID, as well as 
     cuts in the State Department's operating expenses, threatens 
     our ability to achieve our foreign policy goals through 
     effective international affairs agencies. The State 
     Department, ACDA, AID, and USIA are all proceeding vigorously 
     with their own streamlining efforts. Each is actively cutting 
     costs, realigning resources to better match policy 
     priorities, and updating communications and information 
     technologies. Together, these measures are lowering costs and 
     raising productivity in each of the international affairs 
     agencies.
       H.R. 1561 would disrupt and deflect these comprehensive 
     efforts by abolishing ACDA, [[Page H5392]] AID, and USIA in 
     name only and reassigning their functions to the State 
     Department. The turmoil and inevitable dislocation could 
     seriously undermine the conduct of U.S. foreign policy by 
     hampering a flexible response to continually evolving world 
     crises and opportunities. Like the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
     Marines, which operate under the overall direction of the 
     Secretary of Defense, AID, ACDA, and USIA each has a distinct 
     mission that can be best performed under the overall foreign 
     policy guidance of the Secretary of State.
       As the sole remaining superpower, we have an unprecedented 
     opportunity to shape the world we seek--a world of open 
     societies and open markets. Our nation's foreign policy 
     cannot be supported on the cheap; we cannot protect our 
     interests as the world's most powerful nation if we undermine 
     the role of the President or if we do not marshal the 
     resources to stand by our commitments. We cannot lead if we 
     do not have the tools of leadership at our disposal. This is 
     equally true whichever party is in power at any given moment.
       Last November's elections may have changed the balance of 
     power between the parties. But they did not change--indeed, 
     they enhanced--our responsibility to cooperate on a 
     bipartisan basis in foreign affairs. The election was not a 
     license to lose sight of our nation's global interests or to 
     launch an assault on the President's constitutional 
     responsibility to conduct foreign policy. I regret to 
     conclude that this legislation would have us do both.
           Sincerely,
                                               Warren Christopher.

  Mr. Speaker, according to Secretary Christopher, the bill includes 
unnecessary restraints that would compromise our ability to follow 
through on the North Korea Framework Agreement, as well as weaken our 
leverage in international organizations. Numerous conditions on 
assistance to Russia and independent states could undermine our support 
for democratic and market reforms in a region that remains the site of 
tens of thousands of nuclear weapons.
  In essence, Mr. Speaker, this bill forces our retreat into 
isolationism at a time when the United States should be leading the 
world. This bill ties the hands of the executive branch and weakens the 
United States ability to promote open societies and open markets. The 
bill, and the rule which governs it, should be voted down.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in voting ``no'' on this restrictive 
rule.

                FLOOR PROCEDURE IN THE 104TH CONGRESS; COMPILED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS                
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                                                                       Process used for floor      Amendments in
        Bill No.                  Title            Resolution No.           consideration              order    
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H.R. 1*................  Compliance.............  H. Res. 6         Closed......................           None.
H. Res. 6..............  Opening Day Rules        H. Res. 5         Closed; contained a closed             None.
                          Package.                                   rule on H.R. 1 within the                  
                                                                     closed rule.                               
H.R. 5*................  Unfunded Mandates......  H. Res. 38        Restrictive; Motion adopted             N/A.
                                                                     over Democratic objection                  
                                                                     in the Committee of the                    
                                                                     Whole to limit debate on                   
                                                                     section 4; Pre-printing                    
                                                                     gets preference.                           
H.J. Res. 2*...........  Balanced Budget........  H. Res. 44        Restrictive; only certain            2R; 4D.
                                                                     substitutes.                               
H. Res. 43.............  Committee Hearings       H. Res. 43 (OJ)   Restrictive; considered in              N/A.
                          Scheduling.                                House no amendments.                       
H.R. 2*................  Line Item Veto.........  H. Res. 55        Open; Pre-printing gets                 N/A.
                                                                     preference.                                
H.R. 665*..............  Victim Restitution Act   H. Res. 61        Open; Pre-printing gets                 N/A.
                          of 1995.                                   preference.                                
H.R. 666*..............  Exclusionary Rule        H. Res. 60        Open; Pre-printing gets                 N/A.
                          Reform Act of 1995.                        preference.                                
H.R. 667*..............  Violent Criminal         H. Res. 63        Restrictive; 10 hr. Time Cap            N/A.
                          Incarceration Act of                       on amendments.                             
                          1995.                                                                                 
H.R. 668*..............  The Criminal Alien       H. Res. 69        Open; Pre-printing gets                 N/A.
                          Deportation                                preference; Contains self-                 
                          Improvement Act.                           executing provision.                       
H.R. 728*..............  Local Government Law     H. Res. 79        Restrictive; 10 hr. Time Cap            N/A.
                          Enforcement Block                          on amendments; Pre-printing                
                          Grants.                                    gets preference.                           
H.R. 7*................  National Security        H. Res. 83        Restrictive; 10 hr. Time Cap            N/A.
                          Revitalization Act.                        on amendments; Pre-printing                
                                                                     gets preference.                           
H.R. 729*..............  Death Penalty/Habeas...  N/A               Restrictive; brought up                 N/A.
                                                                     under UC with a 6 hr. time                 
                                                                     cap on amendments.                         
S. 2...................  Senate Compliance......  N/A               Closed; Put on suspension              None.
                                                                     calendar over Democratic                   
                                                                     objection.                                 
H.R. 831...............  To Permanently Extend    H. Res. 88        Restrictive; makes in order              1D.
                          the Health Insurance                       only the Gibbons amendment;                
                          Deduction for the Self-                    waives all points of order;                
                          Employed.                                  Contains self-executing                    
                                                                     provision.                                 
H.R. 830*..............  The Paperwork Reduction  H. Res. 91        Open........................            N/A.
                          Act.                                                                                  
H.R. 889...............  Emergency Supplemental/  H. Res. 92        Restrictive; makes in order              1D.
                          Rescinding Certain                         only the Obey substitute.                  
                          Budget Authority.                                                                     
H.R. 450*..............  Regulatory Moratorium..  H. Res. 93        Restrictive; 10 hr. Time Cap            N/A.
                                                                     on amendments; Pre-printing                
                                                                     gets preference.                           
H.R. 1022*.............  Risk Assessment........  H. Res. 96        Restrictive; 10 hr. Time Cap            N/A.
                                                                     on amendments.                             
H.R. 926*..............  Regulatory Flexibility.  H. Res. 100       Open........................            N/A.
H.R. 925*..............  Private Property         H. Res. 101       Restrictive; 12 hr. time cap             1D.
                          Protection Act.                            on amendments; Requires                    
                                                                     Members to pre-print their                 
                                                                     amendments in the Record                   
                                                                     prior to the bill's                        
                                                                     consideration for                          
                                                                     amendment, waives                          
                                                                     germaneness and budget act                 
                                                                     points of order as well as                 
                                                                     points of order concerning                 
                                                                     appropriating on a                         
                                                                     legislative bill against                   
                                                                     the committee substitute                   
                                                                     used as base text.                         
H.R. 1058*.............  Securities Litigation    H. Res. 105       Restrictive; 8 hr. time cap              1D.
                          Reform Act.                                on amendments; Pre-printing                
                                                                     gets preference; Makes in                  
                                                                     order the Wyden amendment                  
                                                                     and waives germaness                       
                                                                     against it.                                
H.R. 988*..............  The Attorney             H. Res. 104       Restrictive; 7 hr. time cap             N/A.
                          Accountability Act of                      on amendments; Pre-printing                
                          1995.                                      gets preference.                           
H.R. 956*..............  Product Liability and    H. Res. 109       Restrictive; makes in order          8D; 7R.
                          Legal Reform Act.                          only 15 germane amendments                 
                                                                     and denies 64 germane                      
                                                                     amendments from being                      
                                                                     considered.                                
H.R. 1158..............  Making Emergency         H. Res. 115       Restrictive; Combines                   N/A.
                          Supplemental                               emergency H.R. 1158 &                      
                          Appropriations and                         nonemergency 1159 and                      
                          Rescissions.                               strikes the abortion                       
                                                                     provision; makes in order                  
                                                                     only pre-printed amendments                
                                                                     that include offsets within                
                                                                     the same chapter (deeper                   
                                                                     cuts in programs already                   
                                                                     cut); waives points of                     
                                                                     order against three                        
                                                                     amendments; waives cl 2 of                 
                                                                     rule XXI against the bill,                 
                                                                     cl 2, XXI and cl 7 of rule                 
                                                                     XVI against the substitute;                
                                                                     waives cl 2(e) od rule XXI                 
                                                                     against the amendments in                  
                                                                     the Record; 10 hr time cap                 
                                                                     on amendments. 30 minutes                  
                                                                     debate on each amendment.                  
H.J. Res. 73*..........  Term Limits............  H. Res. 116       Restrictive; Makes in order           1D; 3R
                                                                     only 4 amendments                          
                                                                     considered under a ``Queen                 
                                                                     of the Hill'' procedure and                
                                                                     denies 21 germane                          
                                                                     amendments from being                      
                                                                     considered.                                
H.R. 4*................  Welfare Reform.........  H. Res. 119       Restrictive; Makes in order          5D; 26R
                                                                     only 31 perfecting                         
                                                                     amendments and two                         
                                                                     substitutes; Denies 130                    
                                                                     germane amendments from                    
                                                                     being considered; The                      
                                                                     substitutes are to be                      
                                                                     considered under a ``Queen                 
                                                                     of the Hill'' procedure;                   
                                                                     All points of order are                    
                                                                     waived against the                         
                                                                     amendments..                               
H.R. 1271*.............  Family Privacy Act.....  H. Res. 125       Open........................             N/A
H.R. 660*..............  Housing for Older        H. Res. 126       Open........................             N/A
                          Persons Act.                                                                          
H.R. 1215*.............  The Contract With        H. Res. 129       Restrictive; Self Executes                1D
                          America Tax Relief Act                     language that makes tax                    
                          of 1995.                                   cuts contingent on the                     
                                                                     adoption of a balanced                     
                                                                     budget plan and strikes                    
                                                                     section 3006. Makes in                     
                                                                     order only one substitute.                 
                                                                     Waives all points of order                 
                                                                     against the bill,                          
                                                                     substitute made in order as                
                                                                     original text and Gephardt                 
                                                                     substitute..                               
H.R. 483...............  Medicare Select          H. Res. 130       Restrictive; waives cl                    1D
                          Extension.                                 2(1)(6) of rule XI against                 
                                                                     the bill; makes H.R. 1391                  
                                                                     in order as original text;                 
                                                                     makes in order only the                    
                                                                     Dingell substitute; allows                 
                                                                     Commerce Committee to file                 
                                                                     a report on the bill at any                
                                                                     time..                                     
H.R. 655...............  Hydrogen Future Act....  H. Res 136        Open........................            N/A.
H.R. 1361..............  Coast Guard              H. Res 139        Open; waives sections 302(f)            N/A.
                          Authorization.                             and 308(a) of the                          
                                                                     Congressional Budget Act                   
                                                                     against the bill's                         
                                                                     consideration and the                      
                                                                     committee substitute;                      
                                                                     waives c1 5(a) of rule XXI                 
                                                                     against the committee                      
                                                                     substitute.                                
H.R. 961...............  Clean Water Act........  H. Res 140        Open; pre-printing gets                 N/A.
                                                                     preference; waives sections                
                                                                     302(f) and 602(b) of the                   
                                                                     Budget Act against the                     
                                                                     bill's consideration;                      
                                                                     waives c1 7 of rule XVI, c1                
                                                                     5(a) of rule XXI and                       
                                                                     section 302(f) of the                      
                                                                     Budget Act against the                     
                                                                     committee substitute. Makes                
                                                                     in order Shuster substitute                
                                                                     as first order of business.                
H.R. 535...............  Corning National Fish    H. Res. 144       Open........................            N/A.
                          Hatchery Conveyance                                                                   
                          Act.                                                                                  
H.R. 584...............  Conveyance of the        H. Res. 145       Open........................            N/A.
                          Fairport National Fish                                                                
                          Hatchery of the State                                                                 
                          of Iowa.                                                                              
H.R. 614...............  Conveyance of the New    H. Res. 146       Open........................           N/A.0
                          London National Fish                                                                  
                          Hatchery Production                                                                   
                          Facility.                                                                             
H. Con. Res. 67........  Budget Resolution......  H. Res. 149       Restrictive; Makes in order            3D;1R
                                                                     4 substitutes under regular                
                                                                     order; Gephardt, Neumann/                  
                                                                     Solomon, Payne/Owens,                      
                                                                     President's Budget if                      
                                                                     printed in Record on 5/17/                 
                                                                     95; waives all points of                   
                                                                     order against substitutes                  
                                                                     and concurrent resolution;                 
                                                                     suspends application of                    
                                                                     Rule XLIX with respect to                  
                                                                     the resolution; self-                      
                                                                     executes Agriculture                       
                                                                     language..                                 
H.R. 1561..............  American Overseas        H. Res. 155       Restrictive; Requires                    N/A
                          Interests Act of 1995.                     amendments to be printed in                
                                                                     the Record prior to their                  
                                                                     consideration; 10 hr. time                 
                                                                     cap; waives cl 2(1)(6) of                  
                                                                     rule XI against the bill's                 
                                                                     consideration; Also waives                 
                                                                     sections 302(f), 303(a),                   
                                                                     308(a) and 402(a) against                  
                                                                     the bill's consideration                   
                                                                     and the committee amendment                
                                                                     in order as original text;                 
                                                                     waives cl 5(a) of rule XXI                 
                                                                     against the amendment;                     
                                                                     amendment consideration is                 
                                                                     closed at 2:30 p.m. on May                 
                                                                     25, 1995. Self-executes                    
                                                                     provision which removes                    
                                                                     section 2210 from the bill.                
                                                                     This was done at the                       
                                                                     request of the Budget                      
                                                                     Committee..                                
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*Contract Bills, 67% restrictive; 33% open. **All legislation, 65% restrictive; 35% open. ****Restrictive rules 
  are those which limit the number of amendments which can be offered, and include so called modified open and  
  modified closed rules as well as completely closed rules and rules providing for consideration in the House as
  opposed to the Committee of the Whole. This definition of restrictive rule is taken from the Republican chart 
  of resolutions reported from the Rules Committee in the 103rd Congress. ****Not included in this chart are    
  three bills which should have been placed on the Suspension Calendar. H.R. 101, H.R. 400, H.R. 440.           


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                              {time}  1300

  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New 
York [Mr. Gilman], chairman of the committee, who will, I believe, 
explain this bill more fully.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support House Resolution 155, the 
rule under which it is proposed that the House consider H.R. 1561, the 
American Overseas Interests Act.
  The Rules Committee, under the able chairmanship of the gentleman 
from New York [Mr. Solomon], has proposed a rule that provides an 
excellent framework for the House to consider and debate this very 
important bill.
  I would like to thank my good friend, the distinguished chairman of 
the Rules Committee, the gentleman from New York, for his expeditious 
action in scheduling the Rules Committee for an early hearing to 
consider our request for a rule.
  The proposed rule requires pre-printing of amendments in the Record 
and provides adequate time for full debate. I would urge my colleagues 
to bear in mind--however--that the leadership has set a requirement 
that all debate on H.R. 1561 end by 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 25.
  H.R. 1561 is a complex bill, addressing the very fabric of our 
foreign affairs operations and foreign assistance programs, and many 
Members have indicated a desire to be hard on it.
  This rule provides for an orderly process to enable those Members who 
wish to offer amendments to do so, while also ensuring that the House 
will be able to work its will on this measure in a timely fashion.
  Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1561 is the first major challenge to the foreign 
policy status quo since the cold war began nearly 50 years ago--
providing for the first major reorganization and consolidation of our 
foreign affairs apparatus in that period.
  It also reauthorizes the foreign assistance programs of the United 
States while reducing funding by nearly $1 billion below current levels 
in the first year so as to bring them into line with our overall 
budgetary needs, while redirecting and targeting our resources on high 
priority programs.
  H.R. 1561 embodies three priorities to ensure that our Nation can 
meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities that await 
us in the post-cold-war world.
  It defends our national security, supports our trade and economic 
interests and provides for those who have been hit by disaster and 
cannot provide for themselves--while cutting duplication and waste in 
dozens of programs.
  Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 155 is a good rule under which to 
consider a most important bill, and I urge its adoption.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman 
from Minnesota [Mr. Sabo], the ranking minority member on the Committee 
on the Budget.
  Mr. SABO. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding me this 
time.
  Here we go again. Once more we have a major piece of legislation 
before us, and the Republican majority has structured a rule to get 
around all kinds of serious Budget Act violations.
  The rule waives four separate sections of the Congressional Budget 
Act: The section prohibiting spending in excess of the committee's 
allocation, the section prohibiting consideration of direct spending 
bills before the budget resolution is in place, the section requiring 
lending programs be made subject to appropriations, and the section 
requiring new spending authority to be disclosed in the committee 
report.
  These Budget Act violations are not minor. According to CBO, the bill 
increases direct spending by at least $200 million in budget authority 
over 5 years. Let me be clear, these are new spending, of direct 
spending authority, not changes in authorization.
  The reason we have a Budget Act is to help us think through the 
budget effects of legislation before we pass it. We should not be 
waiving the budget rules so cavalierly on such an important bill.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Wisconsin [Mr. Roth], a distinguished member of the Committee on 
International Relations.
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this 
time.
  This is the second step that we Republicans are taking to bring 
American foreign policy into line with the wishes of the American 
people. The first step was when we passed the National Security 
Revitalization Act, which was passed by the House in February, a part 
of the historic Contract With America.
  This bill will be debated under an open rule allowing for any 
amendment to be offered. We have set aside nearly 3 days for 
consideration of this bill.
  The rule provides for a full debate. This is in keeping with the 
principle of open debate which we have restored to this House, 
overturning years of gag rules imposed by the previous management.
  We are confident that this legislation is what the American people 
want. Last November, our people spoke loud and clear. They want basic 
changes in our Government.
  The bill today makes some of the basic changes. It abolishes three 
foreign policy agencies which are left over from the cold war and which 
have outlived their usefulness. This bill does not go far enough in 
cutting the State Department, which is costing $2.5 billion a year to 
run, but at least it is a step in the right direction.
  In today's world, with instant communications, we do not need 266 
foreign missions, 266 foreign missions, which is what the State 
Department is currently running, and most important, this bill cuts 
some foreign aid.
  There is one message that the average American wanted to send to 
Congress last November. It was: It is time to take care of our own 
people and our own problems first, for a change.
  Last week this House adopted a balanced budget which will balance our 
budget by cutting spending, and, for the first time, we are starting to 
cut, I think, spending in foreign aid.
  Somehow, the Clinton administration has not gotten the word, however, 
from the American people. Yesterday the Secretary of State sent us this 
letter, a 3-page letter, speaking out against this bill. The Secretary 
does not want any cuts in foreign aid, but he wants increases. The 
Secretary does not want any cuts in the State Department bureaucracy. 
He wants more bureaucrats spending more money overseas. The Secretary 
does not want the Congress involved in foreign policy.
  Well, the Secretary of State is an honorable and decent man, but the 
Secretary of State is totally out of touch with the reality and with 
the American people. His views are out of date with the realities of 
today's world, and his policies are out of sync with even our closest 
allies around the globe.
  The bottom line is the Clinton administration wants business as usual 
in foreign aid and in foreign policy, and we Republicans want change. 
This is what this legislation is all about, really. We Americans have 
listened to the American people; we Republicans also have listened to 
the American people.
  The Clinton administration is still mired in the past, trying to keep 
the bureaucracy and its foreign aid programs on a lifeline support 
system.
  I ask my colleagues to support this open rule so that we can have an 
open and free debate about the needs and about the changes in our 
foreign policy.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman 
from Missouri [Mr. Volkmer].
  (Mr. VOLKMER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this 
time.
  I would just like to speak strongly in opposition to this rule for 
the simple reason that it is not an open or modified open rule, as 
described by the gentleman from Florida. It is actually a modified 
closed rule. Let us call it what it is.
  We will find out, come 2:30, Thursday, how many amendments are still 
pending when the time comes. If we are all done, I will take my words 
back. But if there are amendments still pending, you know, people were 
here who wanted to offer their amendments, then they get 5 minutes on 
each side, then vote on it. That is not the way we do business in 
America's House of Representatives.
  The other thing, as alluded to by the gentleman from Minnesota, they 
waived budget requirements, one of [[Page H5394]] which even put in the 
rules themselves. So we cannot even follow our own rules on the budget.
  And the other, last thing I would like to say is the gentleman from 
Wisconsin just talked about how great a bill this was. It cuts back on 
us being able to continue democratization throughout this world. We 
have more democracies now than we ever had before. This bill takes us 
back to isolationism, except in one area, one big area. This bill will 
fund more abortions in foreign lands than we do right here in the 
United States. That is what this bill does. For some reason or other, 
this bill is great, they say, to provide the killing of babies out 
there in other lands. We do not even do it here in the United States.
  I think that this rule should be defeated and we should go back and 
have an open rule so we can address all of the problems with this bill.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my distinguished 
colleague, the gentleman from Florida, for yielding me this time.
  Chairman Gilman has done an extraordinary job, along with the other 
members of the Committee on International Relations, and they should 
all be commended for this fine piece of legislation, as should Chairman 
Solomon and my colleagues on the Committee on Rules for bringing forth 
a fair rule, Mr. Speaker, a fair rule.
  It permits any amendment that any Member may have to be brought to 
the floor. We have 2 hours of general debate after this hour on the 
rule, and then we have got another 10 hours for debating this bill.
  This is an important bill, Mr. Speaker. You know, when you project it 
over the 7-year balanced budget glidepath, this bill is expected to 
save $21 billion of taxpayer money at the same time that it lays forth 
the framework for continued American leadership in the world.
  At this time, Mr. Speaker, when we are commencing the critical fiscal 
battle to save America's economic future by balancing the budget, this 
bill will prohibit foreign aid to countries that engage in intelligence 
activities within the United States, harmful to the national security 
of our country, that provide lethal military equipment to a country 
that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
terrorism or countries that consistently oppose the United States in 
the United Nations. I think it is about time we take these steps.
  I want to commend Chairman Gilman for including these important 
matters in this critical legislation.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman 
from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton], former chairman of the committee, now 
ranking minority member.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the rule. I, of course, will 
also oppose the bill. I will say more about that in the course of the 
debate on the bill itself.
  But let me just make a few comments with respect to the rule. I think 
all of us in this Chamber would agree that good procedure can enhance 
the legislative product that comes out of this Chamber. I do not think 
that this rule qualifies as good legislative procedure.
  Imposing a time cap on debate for 10 hours, including voting time, 
with all of the amendments pending here, certainly we will have a 
number of votes, is going to restrict and constrain debate.
  The first point, then, is simply that time is too short under this 
bill. It is an arbitrary time limit.
  This bill generates a lot of amendments. In the last Congress, floor 
time on the State Department authorization bill and the foreign aid 
bill, excluding voting time, consumed nearly 20 hours. H.R. 1561 
includes a new component, in addition to those two components, a 
radical reorganization of the U.S. foreign policy apparatus.
                              {time}  1315

  So time is very severely constrained here.
  Second, this is really not an open rule, and it should not be so 
described. As an institution, the Committee on Rules in the House needs 
a rational mechanism to ensure that major questions are debated on this 
bill or any other bill. That outcome depends not on how we describe the 
rule, open, or modified, or whatever, but on whether the Committee on 
Rules makes sure that there is a process for thorough consideration of 
all of the major issues in the bill, and I think the job of the 
Committee on Rules is to identify the major policy issues presented by 
this or any other bill and then to permit adequate time for debate on 
each one of those major policy issues. That is the job of the Committee 
on Rules, and I do not think they have fulfilled that function here 
today.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, I think the rule creates a faulty process for 
consideration of the bill. I say, you have a 10-hour time cap, you 
throw the bill open for amendment at any point, and you create a kind 
of free-for-all, making the foreign policy of the United States, under 
this rule, dependent on who gets recognized first. Russia could be 
debated for 5 minutes; family planning for 5 hours. That's not the 
message that we want to send to the world about how the Congress of the 
United States makes foreign policy and shapes U.S. foreign policy.
  Mr. Speaker, I just think we can do a lot better than this rule that 
we have today. We should reject it, and I urge a ``no'' vote on it.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to just briefly respond to the 
distinguished gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton], the ranking member 
of the Committee on International Relations, and say we tried very hard 
to have a balance between a free-for-all and the structured rule that 
gets the major debate, and we came to the conclusion that we provided 
the parameters, and we hope the floor managers will be able to lead the 
debate in a way that will get the major issues out there. Under the 
recognition system that we have, there is priority given to the members 
of the committee, as the gentleman well knows, and I know that if his 
side of the aisle holds him in as much respect that people on this side 
of the aisle do, that truly that they will listen to his governance as 
we go through this, and I know that the people on our side of the aisle 
have equal respect for our chairman. So I think we will have a good 
debate.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from 
San Dimas, CA [Mr. Dreier], an instrumental Member of this House and my 
leader in spirit on the Committee on Rules.
  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Sanibel, the 
distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget 
Process, for yielding me this time.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to take just a few minutes to discuss the changes 
that have taken place in the procedure of bringing rules to this floor 
over years in the past. There is a fundamental disagreement that is 
being expressed today on the rule for this American Overseas Interest 
Act regarding the actual role of the Committee on Rules. We all 
recognize, we recognize that despite our support for the most open and 
fair process possible, scheduling constraints, when we are dealing with 
435 Members, often require some kind of time limit, especially when we 
see the kinds of problems that have existed with the use of, quite 
frankly, a filibuster by amendment in the past. The most relevant 
standard that we should use when we look at rules that are considered 
is not purely the issue of openness, but in fact the question of 
fairness. It is disingenuous to claim that every single structured rule 
is equally onerous to the minority or to the process of representative 
democracy, and rhetorically I would like to pose the following question 
as we look
 at the consideration of these rules:

  First, in the process of structuring floor consideration to permit 
the schedule to proceed; is the Committee on Rules structuring debate 
for mere political advantage? And obviously, in the case of this rule, 
the answer to that is no.
  Are the rules being used arbitrarily to bring either political 
benefit or relief? And obviously the answer to that question is a 
resounding no.
  There is a time limit on floor consideration of this bill 
restructuring the [[Page H5395]] foreign aid bureaucracy. That is 
unquestionably a restriction on open debate, but at the same time it is 
also a bill that could take weeks, and weeks, and weeks to conclude if 
there were no structure whatsoever to the debate.
  My very good friend, the former chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton], as my friend from 
Florida has said, is one of the most highly respected Members of the 
House. He came to the Committee on Rules yesterday and opposed a time 
limit. He preferred a structured rule in which the Committee on Rules 
ensured adequate debate of the key foreign policy issues of the day.
  The concern with time limits expressed by Members on both sides of 
the aisle has been that some amendments may not be able to be offered 
within the time cap. Under the regular rules of the House, Mr. Speaker, 
it is especially possible that amendments of Members not sitting on the 
committee of jurisdiction will not be offered. This is a very 
legitimate concern.
  Time limit opponents, if they intend to contribute something relevant 
to these rule debates, must recognize that any limitation on debate has 
the potential, the potential for important amendments not being offered 
on the floor. The vehicle could be a time cap or the Committee on Rules 
listing which amendments are in order and, conversely, which are not.
  The new majority, the new majority on the Committee on Rules, has 
reported a large number of rules in which a time cap has been used. The 
reason is very simple, Mr. Speaker. After years in the minority, during 
which time the 9-to-4 majority on the Committee on Rules structured 
rules to stack the deck politically for the majority, we learned how 
unfair highly structured rules can be.
  Time limits, I will acknowledge, are not perfect. However, it is 
possible with time limits for the chairman and ranking member of a 
bill's committee of jurisdiction to minimize the drawbacks of those 
time limits. They are recognized for amendments before other Members. 
Through this authority a chairman and ranking member can ensure that 
the most important amendments are addressed first. In addition, Mr. 
Speaker, the rules of the House permit consent agreements limiting time 
for debate on amendments to avoid amendments consuming all of the time.
  The choice is very simple. Give the authority to structure debate to 
the highly partisan Committee on Rules or permit the chairman and 
ranking member of the committees of jurisdiction to largely set the 
course of debate.
  Now, Mr. Speaker, I think there is no question that the more fair way 
to set debate is to give both parties a chance to bring amendments to 
the floor without having the Committee on Rules block certain 
amendments simply because our leadership does not want to vote on a 
certain issue. That is what often happens when a highly structured rule 
is used. We are trying desperately to minimize that procedure. So, if 
we will use the guide of fairness, rather than simply openness, I 
believe that we will be able to have virtually every public policy 
proposal considered.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Moakley], the former chairman of the 
Committee on Rules, now ranking minority member, and my good friend who 
is humorous and a great leader.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Hall] 
for yielding this time to me, and I thank him for that outstanding 
introduction, but, Mr. Speaker, this bill has got a lot of problems:
  It limits the President's authority, it restricts U.S. foreign policy 
options, and it weakens U.S. national security.
  This bill also reorganizes the State Department. Now, that sounds 
like it could be a good thing. But, in this case, it is reorganizing 
for the sake of reorganization, it will actually increase the 
bureaucracy, double the number of employees, and triple the budget.
  So why are Republicans doing this?
  It cuts our foreign aid resources when the requirements for U.S. 
leadership are increasing.
  It places constraints and earmarks on U.S. policy that will hinder 
this and any future President's ability to conduct foreign policy.
  In this post-cold-war world, global realities are drastically 
shifting and American foreign policy should respond to those shifts. We 
should not be limiting our ability to create new markets and protect 
U.S. security interests.
  Some of the most dangerous and short-sighted cuts are in development 
assistance. These projects help promote economic stability, create 
markets for American goods, and promote democracy and human rights 
abroad.
  These programs enhance our security. They are the right thing to do 
and they should not be cut. So, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to 
oppose this gag rule. It is another in a long string of Republican 
broken promises. This rule provides for a 10-hour time cap and sets a 
drop-dead deadline for amendments of 2:30 on Thursday.
  One look at this rule and one would think we had a lot of other 
business in the House this week. Or, at least you would think we have a 
lot to do after the recess.
  But, we do not. There are no bills scheduled for the week we get 
back. I urge my colleagues to oppose this rule; thoughtful 
consideration of American foreign policy is much more important than 
the Memorial Day celebrations that are coming up.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I always appreciate the remarks of the distinguished 
gentleman from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [Mr. Moakley] who I 
respect immensely, as he well knows, but 10 hours of debate can hardly 
be a gag rule, and I thought we were doing a favor to the gentleman's 
party by making sure that we had a family friendly evening one or two 
nights this week, so we were trying to extend out the debate as best we 
could during the daytime. We simply ran out of week.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GOSS. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman knows when we were in the 
majority that we gave 20 hours. It was more than ample time to discuss 
it, and no amendments, and no bearers of amendments, were lying dead at 
the rostrum down there.
  Mr. GOSS. Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman for his 
observation. I was only commenting on the gag question. A 10-hour gag 
is a long gap, and I think that most people, when this debate gets 
going, are going to agree that we are going to have pretty free and 
open debate, and perhaps the concerns of the gentleman from Indiana 
[Mr. Hamilton], that we were going to have a free-for-all, will be more 
on target than ``Members won't have a chance to speak.''
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from 
Indiana [Mr. Burton].
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from 
Florida for yielding this time to me.
  First of all, I think this is a fair rule. Ten hours should be a 
sufficient amount of time to debate this issue, but I want to talk 
about something else today of very, very great importance.
  I remember a few years ago when the Berlin Wall was up, and we saw an 
East German soldier running through barbed wire with his weapon hanging 
in his hand to freedom, and everybody in the world applauded. It was on 
the front of, I think, Life magazine and a bunch of other magazines 
showing this man in his great dash for freedom from Communist 
oppression, and we all applauded that, and just 2 or 3 years ago from 
Cuba we had captain in the Cuban Air Force fly his jet to freedom in 
Miami, and he told about the repression of that government, and 
everybody applauded that, and then just last year I believe a man, a 
Cuban American, took a small aircraft, and flew under the radar screen 
into Communist Cuba, landed on a small street, a dirt road, and picked 
up his family, and flew them to freedom in Marathon, FL, and everybody 
in the world applauded. Here was a man fleeing Communist oppression. 
The State Department has declared the dictatorship of Fidel Castro a 
brutal dictatorship. Just last July 13, the March 13 tugboat containing 
85 women, and children, and men was trying to get to freedom, fleeing 
Communist oppression in Castro's dictatorship.
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                              {time}  1330

  The Cuban Navy came up alongside and with power hoses were washing 
people off of the deck. Women were holding their babies up, showing the 
Cuban Navy there were children on board, and they kept the power hoses 
on them. The woman went down into the bowels of the tugboat to protect 
the kids. The Cuban Navy pulled up alongside and, using the orders 
directly from Fidel Castro, they pointed the hoses into the hold and 
sunk the ship, drowning those women and children like rats.
  That is the kind of dictatorship we have in Communist Cuba today. 
That is the kind of dictatorship we had in East Germany under the 
Communists, and in the old Soviet Union. People did not want to live in 
that kind of hell. If you read Armando Valladares' book ``Against All 
Hope,'' you know of the horrible oppression and torture that goes on in 
the Communist gulags, the prisons, in Castro's Cuba.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great concern and dismay that the American 
people see today that the Clinton administration is equating illegal 
aliens coming across the Mexican border by the millions with the few 
thousand people fleeing Communist oppression in Castro's horrible 
dictatorship in Cuba.
  Janet Reno said these people were illegal immigrants, and there were 
only about twelve or thirteen thousand in the last year that tried to 
flee Castro's dictatorship. The reason this is being done is because 
Castro forced people down to the shores, telling them they were going 
to go to prison if they did not leave that country, when he sent 30,000 
people over here for political purposes.
  Let me just say the policies of this administration are wrong headed 
regarding Cuba. It is still a Communist dictatorship. Sending people 
back to Cuba today is like throwing people seeking freedom back over 
the Berlin Wall. It is a terrible mistake, Mr. President.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, this is, in my opinion, a very dangerous bill. It 
worries many leaders of the world, of other nations. It worries many 
agencies and many people in this country. At a time when the U.S. 
should be leading in the world, this can force us, in my opinion it 
will force us, to take a back seat into isolationism.
  It cripples agencies without any benefit. Many agencies will be 
eliminated. The best agency in my opinion, AID, and the great 
humanitarian work that they do will be put into the State Department. 
It will defeat the purpose it was designed for. Many decisions based on 
humanitarian aid now will be made with political purposes in mind, 
which is wrong.
  It cuts development assistance by 34 percent to the poorest of 
nations all over the world, including where most of the humanitarian 
crisis is now, which is in the continent of Africa. Actually, the whole 
fund has been cut already by 40 percent.
  It hurts investments in other nations. For every dollar that we 
invest overseas, we get it back two and three and four times every 
year. We get it back in jobs, we get it back in money, we get it back 
in trade.
  As a country, we need to step up to the plate and lead in the world. 
That is our role, that is our responsibility, whether we like it or 
not. This bill erodes our strength and our ability to lead.
  Mr. Speaker, I would urge a ``no'' vote on the rule, and certainly a 
``no'' vote on the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Florida [Ms. Ros-Lehtinen], also a member of the 
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge passage of this rule, 
which I believe is very fair to all Members of the House. It is 
important to move quickly on passage of the American Overseas Interest 
Act, which sets forth a bold and far-reaching reorganization and 
consolidation of the foreign affairs agencies of our country.
  This bill begins a measured, deliberate process of reducing 
expenditures in the field of foreign affairs, which is consistent with 
the overall plan to bring our budget into balance by the year 2002.
  The consolidation of the agencies by eliminating duplication and 
blurred lines of authority and responsibility will contribute to the 
Secretary of State's ability to adapt the foreign policy programs of 
this Government to the new era of fiscal austerity. I believe this is a 
very positive constructive approach to the challenges that we face in 
reducing our Federal deficit.
  Unfortunately, the bureaucratic impulse to oppose change has led some 
in the administration and elsewhere to attempt to oppose the 
consolidation of these agencies by labeling supporters of the committee 
bill as isolationists or new isolationists. Nothing could be further 
from the truth.
  In fact, the consolidation proposal has a very long history. One of 
the greatest international statesmen that this country produced 
strongly believed that the foreign affairs programs of this country 
should be an integral part of the State Department's programs.
  In fact, in 1945 when the then Assistant Secretary was offered a 
substantial promotion to become the Director of the Independent Foreign 
Aid Agency, Dean Acheson turned down the job because he insisted that 
neither the job nor the agency should exist, that foreign aid should be 
run as part of the State Department.
  There is a delicious irony in the fact that we should now call this 
proposal the Republican plan. The Acheson plan is what it really is. It 
sometimes has been called the Helms plan. It is to consolidate these 
agencies. This should be done.
  I mention this because it seems to me these issues are neither 
partisan nor ideological. They should be addressed in an atmosphere 
which is the focus of one question and one question only: What is the 
best thing for our country to do?
  I congratulate the gentleman from New York, Chairman Gilman, for 
bringing this bill to the floor in such a prompt manner. He has 
provided strong leadership for those of us in the committee, helping us 
to cope with the fundamental changes in this world. The world has been 
changing dramatically since the start of this decade, and this fresh 
approach embodied in our bill is an appropriate response to these 
changes.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope that all of our colleagues urge a ``yes'' vote in 
the adoption of this rule.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this rule.
  Mr. Speaker, we have before us what I firmly believe to be the 
fairest rule possible under the current circumstances.
  In putting this rule together, the Rules Committee tried, first, to 
accommodate the leadership of the House and the extraordinary demands 
that are being placed on the floor schedule.
  Given the rather small windows of opportunity that is available for 
consideration of H.R. 1561, this rule represents our best effort to 
make optimum use of the time the House will in session this week.
  Our second consideration at the Rules Committee was to consult as 
best we could with the minority to try to understand their concerns.
  Having been in the minority for so long ourselves, we Republicans 
know how it feels.
  We tried to strike a proper balance between the time permitted for 
general debate and the time permitted for consideration of amendments.
  Given the schedule constraints we are working under, we have struck a 
good balance that moves at least some of the way the minority asked us 
to go.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, the Rules Committee examined some of the past 
precedents for dealing with foreign aid legislation, particularly the 
bills that were brought before the House during the 1980's.
  I myself served on the Foreign Affairs Committee during most of the 
1980's under the leadership of then-Chairman Dante Fascell, one of the 
great statesmen of this House.
  We found ample precedent for imposing an overall time limit on the 
amendment process, for requiring the printing of amendments in the 
Congressional Record, and for granting the chairman of the Committee of 
Original Jurisdiction authority to present amendments en bloc.
  And so I strongly urge Members to support this rule.
  This is a good rule. It meets the needs we face under the present 
circumstances.
  And it will permit the House to work its will on H.R. 1561.

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                             general leave

  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
on House Resolution 155, providing for the consideration of H.R. 1561.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gillmor). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, we have tried our best to come up with a rule that 
provides plenty of time to talk about the things we need to talk about, 
give every Member a chance to get what is on their heart or mind on 
this subject out on the floor for discussion, and still manage the 
debate in a way that the vital issues are provided for and will get the 
appropriate attention.
  I think we must have done a pretty good job in terms of the policy, 
because we have the ranking member on the Committee on the Budget 
saying oh, my gosh, he was worried about the budget constraints, yet we 
have the President's spokesperson saying that they are going to 
recommend a veto because there is not enough money. So we apparently 
have come up with something that works pretty well here.
  This bill will spend 5.5 percent less than last year, and does 
represent 9.5 percent less than the White House asked for, but it does 
provide for the necessary and affordable business of our Nation 
overseas, provides for accountability and our national interests and 
national securities.
  I guess that no rule is absolutely perfect, but I think this is a 
pretty good rule for an issue of this dimension, and I think we have 
done our best to craft it to give every Member the opportunity to have 
his or her say. I think it is fair and efficient, and I think it will 
do the job. I urge its support.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the 
previous question on the resolution.
  The previous question was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground 
that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum 
is not present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
  The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 233, 
nays 176, not voting 25, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 347]

                               YEAS--233

     Allard
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker (CA)
     Baker (LA)
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blute
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boucher
     Brewster
     Browder
     Brownback
     Bryant (TN)
     Bunn
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Camp
     Canady
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Chrysler
     Clinger
     Coble
     Collins (GA)
     Combest
     Cooley
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cremeans
     Cunningham
     Davis
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dornan
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Fields (TX)
     Flanagan
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (CT)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frisa
     Funderburk
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Gunderson
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Heineman
     Herger
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jacobs
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Laughlin
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lightfoot
     Lincoln
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Longley
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Martini
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Meyers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moorhead
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myers
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Parker
     Paxon
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce
     Quillen
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Riggs
     Roberts
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roth
     Roukema
     Royce
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Schaefer
     Schiff
     Seastrand
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Solomon
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stockman
     Stump
     Talent
     Tate
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Torkildsen
     Torricelli
     Upton
     Vucanovich
     Waldholtz
     Walker
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Yates
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Zeliff
     Zimmer

                               NAYS--176

     Ackerman
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Beilenson
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Bevill
     Bishop
     Bonior
     Borski
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant (TX)
     Cardin
     Chapman
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coleman
     Collins (IL)
     Collins (MI)
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Danner
     de la Garza
     DeFazio
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duncan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fields (LA)
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Geren
     Gibbons
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hancock
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayes
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Holden
     Hoyer
     Jackson-Lee
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson, E.B.
     Johnston
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Klink
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McDermott
     McHale
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Mfume
     Miller (CA)
     Mineta
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Montgomery
     Moran
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Orton
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pastor
     Payne (NJ)
     Payne (VA)
     Pelosi
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reed
     Reynolds
     Richardson
     Rivers
     Roemer
     Rose
     Roybal-Allard
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schroeder
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Studds
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Tejeda
     Thompson
     Thornton
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Tucker
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Volkmer
     Ward
     Waters
     Williams
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wyden
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--25

     Abercrombie
     Andrews
     Becerra
     Calvert
     Coburn
     Cubin
     Dooley
     Fazio
     Gallegly
     Gephardt
     Greenwood
     Hinchey
     Hoke
     Hostettler
     Jefferson
     Kleczka
     LaHood
     Molinari
     Peterson (FL)
     Rush
     Scarborough
     Souder
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wilson

                              {time}  1358

  The Clerk announced the following pair:
  On this vote:

       Mr. Calvert for, with Mr. Andrews against.

  Mr. VISCLOSKY and Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas changed their vote from 
``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
                              {time}  1359

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gillmor). Pursuant to House Resolution 
155 and rule XXIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the 
bill, H.R. 1561.

                              {time}  1359


                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1561), to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United 
States; to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and 
related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce 
the authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign 
assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other 
purposes with Mr. Goodlatte in the chair. [[Page H5398]] 
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as having 
been read the first time.
  Under the rule, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] will be 
recognized for 1 hour, and the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] 
will be recognized for 1 hour.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman].
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, as we begin the first major debate on the 
reorganization and design of our foreign affairs operations and 
programs since the cold war, I would like to thank my good friend and 
colleague, the gentleman from Indiana and ranking minority member of 
our committee--Mr. Hamilton--for his cooperation in the preparation of 
this bill.
  H.R. 1561, the American Overseas Interests Act, constitutes the most 
extensive reform and overhaul of our foreign affairs architecture and 
our foreign assistance programs in nearly 50 years.
  It merges three foreign affairs agencies--the Agency for 
International Development [AID], the U.S. Information Agency [USIA], 
and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency [ACDA]--into the State 
Department.
  It also reauthorizes our foreign assistance programs, redirecting and 
targeting our resources to where they will do the most good.
  In implementing the first major reforms in our international 
operations in nearly 50 years, H.R. 1561 also establishes three 
priorities to ensure that our Nation can meet the challenges and take 
advantage of the opportunities in the post-cold-war world.
  It defends our national security, supports our trade and economic 
interests, and provides for those who have been hit by disaster and 
cannot provide for themselves--while cutting duplication and waste in 
dozens of programs.
  This bill is about American interests.
  The bill locks in the gains of the cold war by reaching out to the 
nations of Central and Eastern Europe that have broken out of the old 
Soviet orbit.
  It punishes our adversaries by cutting off funds to countries that 
spy on us--that provide weapons to terrorist states--that give aid to 
Cuba--or that consistently vote against us in the United Nations.
  It also maintains the U.S. commitment to the 1979 Camp David accords. 
Let us bear in mind that under those accords, Israel, our closest and 
most important ally in the Middle East, gave up the Sinai with its oil 
fields, its strategic air bases, and its natural geographic barriers in 
return for peace with Egypt--a peace which has lasted for 16 years.
  Under the umbrella of our American commitment, Israel has signed a 
peace treaty with Jordan and is engaged in talks with Syria and the 
Palestinians that could also lead to regional peace.
  The Camp David accords is a foreign assistance program that has 
greatly benefited American interests by helping to maintain and advance 
peace and stability in the vital Middle East.
  H.R. 1561 also supports our economic interests by maintaining funds 
for the Trade and Development Program and it enhances our support for 
humanitarian activities with increased funding for food aid and 
disaster assistance to help feed starving people and to provide for 
child survival.
  The bill achieves this with an authorization level for fiscal year 
1996 that is nearly $1 billion below current appropriations and in line 
with the budget resolution adopted last week on this floor. The funding 
for this significant and far-reaching bill is but 1.3 percent of the 
Federal budget.
  The changes embodied in this legislation are necessary to enable our 
Nation to continue to be the world's economic leader and a beacon of 
political freedom. However, in order to maintain that role, our Nation 
must be strong.
  Continuing deficits in the range of $200 billion a year will only 
weaken us economically. An America that is weak is not an America that 
can lead.
  H.R. 1561 also strengthens the ability of our executive branch to 
formulate and implement a strong and coherent foreign policy by giving 
the Secretary of State both the responsibility and authority over our 
foreign affairs activities.
  By folding three cold war-era agencies--AID, USIA, and ACDA--into the 
State Department, we are simply taking a leaf from the book written by 
previous Congresses when they mandated the reorganization of our 
defense establishment after World War II.
  Even as Americans were celebrating that hard-won victory, the 
Congress was preparing to implement some hard lessons that had been 
learned in that war about the organizational structure of our military.
  We learned that a War Department and a Navy Department--often at each 
other's bureaucratic throats and headed by a Cabinet secretary each 
reporting directly to the President--could be a recipe for disaster in 
the fast-moving complex world of modern warfare.
  An organizational structure established in the 1790's--when sailing 
ships took weeks to cross the ocean and armies moved on foot at the 
rate of 3 miles an hour--had to be streamlined and consolidated.
  There had to be a single Cabinet secretary responsible to the 
President for formulating and implementing our national defense policy.
  The Congress abolished the War Department and the Navy Department as 
independent entities and consolidated them into a newly created Defense 
Department under the leadership of a newly created Secretary of 
Defense.
  Similarly, with the cold war behind us, it is time now to reorganize 
and consolidate our foreign affairs agencies to meet the new challenges 
and take advantage of the new opportunities that await our Nation as we 
enter the 21st century.
  Merging AID, USIA, and ACDA into the State Department eliminates 
hundreds of costly, high-ranking, Washington-based bureaucrats.
  But, we also ensure that all of our Nation's foreign policy apparatus 
will be under the direction of and responsible to a single individual--
the Secretary of State.
  My colleagues are undoubtedly aware of the letter the Secretary of 
State has written to the Speaker in which he strongly criticizes this 
bill and states that his intention to recommend that the President veto 
it. Let me briefly respond to some of the principal criticisms 
expressed in the letter.
  The Secretary states that the bill and I quote ``contains numerous 
constraints that would do immense harm to our nation's foreign 
policy.''
  In fact, the bill contains Presidential waivers for nearly every 
policy-based restriction and gives the President increased flexibility 
to manage foreign policy resources--including repeal of 34 obsolete 
laws that restrain the President's flexibility.
  The Secretary also states that the reorganization mandated in our 
bill would, and I quote ``damage our ability to promote American 
interests worldwide.''
  The reorganization in the bill is nearly identical to a plan the 
Secretary proposed in January to consolidate AID, USIA, and ACDA into 
the State Department.
  Finally, the Secretary stated that this measure would drastically 
reduce our resources for foreign affairs activities. H.R. 1561 is in 
line with the House-passed budget resolution and does not go below that 
amount.
  H.R. 1561 takes a big bite out of Federal fat, while keeping the 
muscle that we need to maintain our strength as a world leader. I 
invite my colleagues to join in supporting this important reform 
measure.
  Hopefully, my colleagues will also utilize this debate to help 
increase public awareness of the need to defend and advance American 
interests overseas. Development assistance and security assistance make 
important contributions in support of our international interests.
  As our Nation enters new times and faces new challenges--including 
the challenge to reduce our budget deficit--the burden falls upon us in 
the Congress to educate the public to the need to maintain a strong 
program that supports, as the title of H.R. 1561 says, American 
overseas interests.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes and 30 seconds to the 
distinguished gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel], who has contributed 
importantly to the work of the Committee on International Relations.
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  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend, the gentleman from 
Indiana, for yielding time to me.
  Mr. Chairman, there are a lot of good things in this bill, but there 
are also a lot of very troubling things in this bill. I want to commend 
the chairman of the Committee for inserting a number of good things. We 
have principles involving the MacBride principles with regard to 
Ireland. There is good language in there involving Kosovo, the people 
of Kosovo. Of course, aid to Israel and to Egypt is maintained.
  However, there is a very, very troubling aspect of this bill. That is 
the underlying thought that somehow or other foreign aid needs to be 
drastically reduced. In fact, in this bill, foreign aid is cut to an 
unprecedented low level. A very interesting poll appeared a couple of 
weeks ago in the New York Times, when the American public was asked 
``Do you think that the United States gives too much in foreign aid, 
too little, or just about right?'' Overwhelmingly, people said ``Too 
much.''
  Then the question was asked ``How much of the U.S. budget is foreign 
aid?'' The consensus was generally 15 percent. People thought 15 
percent of our budget was foreign aid. Then the question was asked 
``What do you think is a good percentage of the American budget that 
should be used for foreign aid?'' The consensus was 5 percent. Then the 
respondents were told the truth, that foreign aid is barely 1 percent 
of the American budget.
  Mr. Chairman, the Soviet Union has collapsed and the United States is 
the leader of the world, unquestionably. Is this now the time to 
recoil, to hide our heads in the sand, and to move towards what I 
regard to be a dangerous isolationism? No matter how we cut it, we are 
retreating in this bill. We are cutting back on foreign aid, we are 
cutting back on helping other nations.
  Many of us speak with leaders of other countries, fragile democracies 
where democracy is just taking root, countries that were Communist 
governments just a few years ago. They plead with us, a little bit of 
American aid would go such a long way towards ensuring that democracy 
would take root and stabilize in these small countries.
  Have we won the cold war, only to throw it all away? That is what I 
think this bill does in terms of foreign aid. While the bill protects 
foreign aid for Israel and Egypt, it shrinks foreign aid for just about 
everyone else, so Israel and Egypt are a larger portion of the foreign 
aid pot. It is only a matter of time, given the thought of this bill, 
that Israel and Egypt will be cut, because that is the trend that the 
Republican majority is moving toward. I think it is a dangerous trend.
  Mr. Chairman, we talked about consolidating AID, USIA, and ACTA, into 
the State Department. That will not save us any money.
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  Mr. Chairman, that is not going to save any money. In my opinion, it 
is going to be less efficient and very much troublesome. The President 
has said that if this bill passes, he is going to veto it.
  I think we all ought to put our heads together, do something that 
makes sense, reassert America's leadership in the world, and put 
something together that says America is not recoiling from the world 
but indeed America is acting like the world power that it is.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from 
Indiana [Mr. Burton].
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding me the time.
  Mr. Chairman, one of the things that concerns the American people 
more than anything else is waste in government. They believe that 
government is inefficient, and in many, many cases it is. In fact in 
some cases it is downright horribly wasteful.
  The AID agency that deals with developmental assistance and other 
foreign aid around the world is responsible for spending an awful lot 
of our foreign aid money.
  I want to read to my colleagues a memo that came out of a meeting 
that was held by the director of AID and his assistant director and 
several people in leadership. This memo was sent around the world to 
AID agency heads in many, many countries. When you read this, it makes 
you downright angry if you are a taxpayer.
  Here is the part that I think is the most interesting. Larry B., the 
assistant director of AID said, ``We are 62 percent through this fiscal 
year and we have only spent 38 percent of the dollar volume of 
procurement actions completed.''
  ``We need to do''--that means spend--``$1.9 billion in the next 5 
months.''
  He goes on to say, ``LAC, AF, BHR are doing okay. There are large 
pockets of money in the field and about $570 million in Global and ENI 
each. So let's get moving.''
  In other words, they are two-thirds through the year and they have 
only spent about one-third of their budget so they want to get spending 
so they can ask for more money in the next biennium or the next fiscal 
year.
  Mr. Chairman, I think this is the kind of thing that the American 
people hear and when they hear it, they just get downright angry. That 
is why I think the bill of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], 
the chairman, is headed in the right direction when they are talking 
about merging these agencies.
  In another part of this, when they are talking about the merger, 
which is going to save the taxpayers a lot of money, let me read to you 
what they say in that part. They say, ``Jill Buckley reports that the 
Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff was relatively uncooperative 
in discussions yesterday and somewhat surprisingly the House 
International Relations Committee staff was cooperative. The 
strategy''--and this is their strategy--``is delay, postpone, obfuscate 
and derail. If we derail, we can kill the merger.''
  ``If we derail, we can kill the merger'' between these agencies that 
are going to be put under the State Department to save taxpayers' 
money. I think this is reprehensible that the leadership of AID met, 
tried to derail the will of the Congress of the United States, and in 
the same memo said, ``We've got to spend a heck of a lot of money by 
the end of this year. We're two-thirds of the way through, we've only 
spent about one-third of our budget. If we don't get on the ball and 
spend this money, we can't come back and ask for more money.''
  That is something that cannot be tolerated. For that reason, Mr. 
Chairman, I will be proposing my amendment today to cut the staff of 
AID by 25 percent. The chairman's mark cuts it by 10 percent. I believe 
we can go further. If we can cut the congressional staff here in 
Washington, our committee staff, by 33 percent, we can sure cut AID by 
25 percent. They have got almost 10,000 employees. They want to spend 
taxpayers' money wastefully. We need to send them a message.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the 
distinguished gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran], an invaluable member 
of the committee.
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose the Republican isolationist 
foreign aid bill, called the American Overseas Interests Act of 1995, 
because this bill proposes deep cuts in our foreign assistance budget 
and takes away the independent responsibilities of the Agency for 
International Development, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and 
the U.S. Information Agency.
  Mr. Chairman, now is not the time for the most powerful and 
influential country in the world to go back to the isolationist days of 
the 1930's. Before World War II there were 18 nations with more 
military and geopolitical influence around the world than the United 
States. Today there are none.
  In fact, it is strong American leadership during and after World War 
II that has resulted in the world becoming safer for democracies and 
the fact that we have far fewer dictatorships, that we have more 
freedom of the press; that, in fact, the economies around the world are 
trading with us, providing markets for us.
  That is why the United States should not shrug its shoulders of world 
leadership. In fact, we should seize this opportunity and not turn our 
back on a half century of the kind of leadership that our predecessors 
have shown in this body and throughout the world, the kind of 
principles that opposed people, economically and politically oppressed 
people, have yearned for. They would not have achieved that economic 
[[Page H5400]] and social and political independence were it not for 
American leadership.
  The end of the Soviet Union, a world map dominated by democracies and 
American allies, expanding trade markets, free elections in South 
Africa; we could go down a list that would last all day, of the things 
that have been achieved because of American leadership throughout the 
world.
  This bill undermines America's leadership in the world. It cuts 
development aid that in fact is creating markets for us today. It will 
reduce our ability to deal with the deteriorating environmental 
conditions, the rising migration pressures, all the kinds of crises of 
inadequate food and medical care that we read about. With very little 
investment, we have made an enormous difference in people's lives.
  Mr. Chairman, now is not the time to cut the budget for the U.S. 
Information Agency, because we play into the hands of dictators and 
people who would like to control the press of their own countries.
  It is not the time to cut the Agency for International Development, 
when we have a 95 percent repayment rate for small loans that are 
provided to the poor. It is certainly not the time to cut the Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency, when we see the kinds of disasters that 
are occurring, whether it be chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons, 
that present a threat to all of us.
  We ought to move forward, not backward. This bill brings us backward. 
I urge my colleagues to vote against this bill.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Ohio [Mr. Chabot], who has been a valued member of our Committee on 
International Relations.
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 1561, the 
American Overseas Interests Act. I want to commend the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Gilman], our chairman, for his outstanding leadership in 
steering this historic legislation through the Committee on 
International Relations and to the floor today.
  H.R. 1561 is truly historic legislation. It goes where no foreign aid 
bill has gone before. It completely overhauls the foreign aid 
bureaucracy, eliminating three major agencies: The Agency for 
International Development, the U.S. Information Agency, and the Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency. Their functions and budgets will be cut 
and folded into the State Department at a great savings to the American 
taxpayer.
  H.R. 1561 eliminates dozens of lower-priority programs. It cuts 
spending by more than $1 billion next year, a $1.8 billion reduction 
from President Clinton's budget request. And it calls for further cuts 
of $21 billion over the course of our 7-year glidepath to a balanced 
budget.
  Mr. Chairman, I intend to vote ``yes'' for this bill. Despite all the 
rhetoric from the other side of the aisle that we are going to hear, 
let me stress what a ``no'' vote on this bill really means. A ``no'' 
vote means a vote for the status quo. A ``no'' vote means that our 
efforts to cut out wasteful bureaucracy will be stonewalled. A ``no'' 
vote means a needless delay in our efforts to bring much-needed relief 
to the American taxpayer.
  Mr. Chairman, I am one of those Members who would like to cut even 
more, and I will vote for amendments to do just that.
  However, on the whole, this is a good bill. It begins the process. It 
mandates the reorganization of our foreign policy apparatus so that 
next year we can make even more of the budget reductions needed to 
balance the budget and provide a secure future for our children.
  Mr. Chairman, again I want to commend the gentleman from New York 
[Mr. Gilman], the chairman, and members of the Committee on 
International Relations for crafting this bill. I urge my colleagues to 
support it.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Georgia [Ms. McKinney], also an invaluable member of 
the committee.
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Chairman, in 1995, there are over 34 wars or acts 
of aggression raging throughout the world. These wars are all being 
fought with arms imported from the United States of America, arms used 
to kill millions of people, arms used to scar the Earth, arms used to 
inflict irreversible harm to the children around the world.
  Today, Mr. Chairman, I will offer the code of conduct amendment to 
the American Overseas Interest Act, H.R. 1561. The code of conduct is 
the first major reform of America's arms export process in almost two 
decades. Although the 1976 Arms Export Control Act provided some 
restrictions on the executive branch's ability to export arms, 
historically Congress has had little-to-no oversight responsibility on 
arms sale. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War 
II, there is a new world order and America is its leader.
  Some American citizens are testing the legal waters of holding gun 
dealers responsible for the death and destruction that their 
merchandise contributes to. Just imagine what could happen if the poor 
innocents of Third World countries around the world held each one of us 
liable for the death and destruction that U.S. weaponry, when sold to 
dictators, contributes to.
  In 1993 alone, the United States sold more than $23 billion, 73 
percent, in arms sales to developing countries. H.R. 1561 prohibits 
certain assistance to countries promoting regional instability. 
However, there are no criteria regarding arms sales. The code of 
conduct amendment provides those criteria.
  A recent Gallup Poll showed that more than three-quarters of the 
American public oppose the U.S. Government selling arms. Ninety-six 
percent of Americans believe that the United States should not sell 
conventional weapons to undemocratic governments. Our bad decisions 
have boomeranged already in Panama, Iraq, Somalia, and Haiti.
  Our men and women in the Armed Forces in each of those instances have 
faced our own weapons and technology as a result of our own bad policy 
decisions.
  I urge all my colleagues to focus on what the American century could 
really mean as we ponder America's place in the new world order. Join 
your 102 colleagues and vote for the code of conduct amendment to H.R. 
1561.
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  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 4\1/2\ minutes to the 
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith], the subcommittee chairman of our 
Committee on International Relations.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I thank my good friend for 
yielding me this time. I want to say at the outset how very happy many 
of us are for the tremendous job the gentleman from New York, Mr. 
Gilman, has done on this piece of legislation. It has been very, very 
difficult. There has been a give and take by many Members, and he has 
done a fine job in crafting this. I also want to thank the members of 
my subcommittee. We had a portion of this bill which is now section B 
or division B that worked through our subcommittee and we went through 
a markup. We had legislation dealing or provisions dealing with 
peacekeeping, arms control, and other vital areas, and I am very 
pleased that that legislation is now incorporated in the Gilman bill.
  H.R. 1561, the American Overseas Interests Act, has attracted 
widespread publicity for its consolidation of government agencies and 
its sharp spending cuts in foreign aid and other programs. Amid the 
discussion of these issues, however, some of the most important aspects 
of H.R. 1561 have gone almost unnoticed.
  Specifically, despite the need to cut spending and consolidate 
programs, the bill as reported by the House International Relations 
Committee manages to hold harmless--or even enhance--important programs 
that support freedom, build democracy, and save lives.
  Mr. Chairman, in considering H.R. 1561 I hope we will carefully 
consider the following provisions:
  Those provisions dealing with child survival and related programs 
have been included in the bill. Although the overall development 
assistance authorization was cut by about a third, the committee 
accepted an amendment to set aside $280 million for child survival 
programs, $25 million for micronu- trient and Vitamin A 
programs, and $15 million for the UNDP/WHO Tropical Disease Program. 
This is a modest increase over estimated fiscal year 1995 
[[Page H5401]] expenditures. The increase is justified: these programs 
have saved literally millions of lives, most of them children in the 
developing nations of the world. Now they will save millions more. When 
cuts must be made, they must be made in ways that will not cause 
children to die or to suffer.
  The refugee provisions of H.R. 1561, Mr. Chairman, likewise will 
prevent United States tax dollars from being used to forcibly return 
Vietnamese and Laotians back to those countries, and we are talking 
about people who worked and fought side by side with American forces.
  These provisions will also protect people who can show that they are 
fleeing forced abortions or forced sterilizations or they have actually 
been subjected to such pressures, such as the 13 women who are now 
being held in Bakersfield, CA, most of them victims of forced abortion 
or forced sterilizations, all of them about to be forced back to the 
People's Republic of China.
  H.R. 1561 would also require periodic reports to Congress on what 
Fidel Castro is doing to enforce his end of the Clinton-Castro 
immigration deal of 1994, and on how people are treated who are 
returned to Cuba pursuant to the second Clinton-Castro immigration deal 
of May 1995.
  Finally, the bill provides an important structural reform--the 
consolidation of human rights advocacy and refugee protection under a 
single State Department official reporting directly to the Secretary--
that will guarantee these decisions a place at the table when important 
decisions are made.
  Mr. Chairman, despite the need for cuts in international broadcasting 
and other public diplomacy programs, H.R. 1561 holds harmless from such 
cuts our freedom broadcasting programs--such as Radio Free Asia, Radio/
TV Marti, and the Voice of America Farsi Service--at prior levels.
  Similarly, funds for the National Endowment for Democracy are 
authorized at current levels.
  The bill also creates a pilot project for freedom broadcasting to 
Asia, to provide pro-democracy and pro-freedom broadcasts to Asian 
countries whose people do not enjoy freedom of expression during the 
months or years it will take to establish Radio Free Asia.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a good bill, and I do hope Members will support 
it.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from California [Mr. Berman], a very important member of the Committee 
on International Relations.
  (Mr. BERMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Chairman, I never thought I would see the day when I 
would be rising to oppose a foreign assistance bill, and it pains me 
deeply to have to be in that particular situation.
  But this bill, it is called the American Overseas Interests Act, I 
think if Members look carefully at its provisions, they should call it 
the American Leadership Reduction Act. It slashes resources for 
diplomatic efforts and in foreign assistance around the world. It 
dismantles without any consultations with the executive branch, without 
any consultation with the Democrats, it dismantles American's foreign 
policy structure. It hobbles the American Presidency. That may be 
politically attractive for some at this particular time, but Presidents 
come and go, and I remind my colleagues, while we have had very few 
years where a foreign assistance bill has become law, almost every 
Congress since I have come here we have passed a foreign assistance act 
in the House with bipartisan support from both parties. Many provisions 
that I disagreed with would be in the bill, many provisions that the 
Republicans disagreed with, but there was a committed, bipartisan 
support for an internationalist approach to the world with a 
recognition of the critical role that diplomacy and assistance and 
engagement plays in protecting and promoting American interests.
  I came on the Committee on International Relations more than any 
other reason because of my deep, abiding, personal, from my youth, 
commitment to the importance of the American-Israeli relationship in my 
scheme of things and in the belief that not only in Israel's interest 
but in America's interests that relationship was important. There is 
nothing more important to me in the Congress than continuing that 
relationship.
  This bill, in the short term, on the superficial glance, does that. 
It continues the assistance, it has important language in the bill. The 
chairman of the committee should be commended for that. But, in the 
long term, for those of us who care about that relationship, who care 
about this support, I tell them, putting that money into a bill that 
constitutes a frontal assault on the executive branch's ability to 
conduct foreign policy, that slashes other foreign assistance programs 
and signifies a retrenchment and move towards a neoisolationist 
position in the post-cold-war world, this is not an Israel-friendly 
bill. This is not a bill that over the long term solidifies that 
relationship, because you cannot sustain and justify foreign assistance 
for Israel in the context where you are slashing and ultimately 
terminating foreign assistance for every other country in the world.
  So it is because of my interest in that relationship and 
notwithstanding the specific provisions of this bill, but in the 
recognition of what this bill does to our whole foreign assistance 
program, to our ability to conduct diplomacy that I oppose this bill. I 
remind my colleagues again and again if I can and will throughout the 
total debate, every year that the Committee on Foreign Affairs came to 
the House floor with a bill, it was a bill which in the committee, 
maybe we would start out with the Democratic version during those 
years, but every year, first Chairman Fascell, and then Chairman 
Hamilton, looked at the strongest concerns that the Republicans had. We 
met those concerns. We came to the floor. We had the substantial 
majority of both Democrats and Republicans supporting the bill.
  There was no effort to do that here. I do not know if it was a 
calculated effort to try and pass a
 partisan bill, or a lack of time caused by the schedule, but the 
shocking lack of ability to engage our committee leadership or our 
House leadership in finding out some of the concerns that could be 
addressed in the context of deficit reduction, in the context of 
reform, in the context of addressing important foreign policy needs 
that this Congress considers, that agreement could have been worked 
out. It is a shame we are at this point where this bill is coming up as 
a partisan Clinton-bashing, anti-executive-branch feast instead of a 
sensible continuation of a bipartisan internationalist tradition.

  I just want to read from one paragraph of Secretary Christopher's 
letter.
  This is Secretary Christopher saying why he will recommend a veto if 
this bill passes. If enacted, they would compromise our ability to 
follow through on the North Korea Framework Agreement. They would 
undermine or effective participation and weaken our leverage in 
international organization. It would compel changes on refugees policy 
that compose a serious threat to their borders, limiting the 
President's ability to respond to boat migration and possibly 
exacerbating the illegal smuggling of aliens into the United States. 
The bill would seriously impair the President's responsibility to 
manage our delicate relations with China at this time of transition in 
its leadership. Its provisions on the New Independent States.
  Perhaps there will be further time to get into this later on, but I 
frankly would hope this bill could be withdrawn from the floor and I 
urge a no vote at this time.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 6 minutes to the 
distinguished gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Roth], chairman of our 
Subcommittee on Economic Policy and Trade.
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, before we begin this debate, let us remember that we 
have 3 days of debate on this particular bill. Many arguments will be 
made, dozens of amendments will be offered, but there is really only 
one basic issue, the need for change in our foreign policy.
  When the American people voted last November for change, they voted 
for change in foreign policy as much or more than in any other areas. 
The Clinton administration, yes as a previous speaker said, opposes 
this bill. [[Page H5402]] 
  We have a 3-page letter from the Secretary of State which is like a 
manifesto for business as usual in foreign policy. Boiled down, the 
Secretary says that the foreign policy elite should stay in charge and 
that the Congress and the American people should butt out in foreign 
affairs.
  The Secretary says that foreign spending should go up even though 
spending for our own people is going down.
  And the Secretary says that even though the cold war is over, America 
must still bear most of the load for all of the world's problems, while 
other governments save their resources and focus on taking our markets 
and wringing our jobs from the American workers.
  The American people know that the cold war is over. They want other 
countries to take at least a little portion of the load. At American 
people want their government to put our own people and our own problems 
first, for a change. For almost 50 years now we have gone all over the 
world putting their problems and their needs first. It is about time we 
take care of our own people and our own problems for a change.
  But that is not what the Secretary of State and the foreign policy 
elite here in Washington want. So this debate really comes down to a 
test of strength. Do the American people get the changes they voted 
for, or does the foreign policy establishment stay in the driver's 
seat. Who rules in this country? The elite here in Washington or the 
American people who are paying the bills.
  This bill makes three fundamental changes. First, it abolishes three 
cold war agencies: AID, USIA, and the Arms Control Agency, all three 
which have outlived their usefulness.
  Second, the bill cuts $1 billion from the $17 billion in overseas 
spending over which our committee has jurisdiction, only $1 billion, so 
it is not a big cut, but $17 billion is less than half of what we are 
spending overseas at this time. The real total is $38 billion when you 
add up some of our military stations overseas also the multilateral 
development banks, food aid and other categories. That is $37 billion 
this year. We are making much less in cuts than we do in domestic 
agencies. There is no need for crocodile tears. We are eliminating 
entire departments in our Government.

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  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
American Samoa [Mr. Faleomavaega].
  (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks.)
  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Chairman, I have the greatest respect for the 
gentleman from New York, the chairman of the House International 
Affairs Committee, Mr. Gilman, but I must reluctantly oppose H.R. 1561, 
and I urge my colleagues to vote against its passage.
  Although there are a few worthy initiatives in the legislation, on 
the whole, H.R. 1561 drastically undermines the ability of our 
President to engage effectively on issues and activities that impact on 
the world community as well as the security and economic interests of 
our Nation.
  I submit, Mr. Chairman, the United States cannot and should not 
isolate herself from the rest of the world. Whether we like it or not, 
our Nation is an integral member of the world community, and we must 
face up to our responsibilities as a leader in international affairs.
  I find it ironic that in the era of EEC, ASEAN, GATT, NAFTA, and 
APEC--when it is becoming increasingly clear that the economic future 
and prosperity of our Nation is vitally dependent on America's ability 
to engage overseas and to promote peace--this bill would cripple our 
President's ability to conduct foreign diplomacy by cutting off the 
arms and legs of America's foreign policy apparatus while deeply 
reducing already meager resources.
  H.R. 1561 recklessly mandates abolishment of the USIA, ACDA, and AID, 
merging them into the State Department and creating a super 
bureaucracy. No detailed bottom up study of this planned reorganization 
has occurred, however, and reflects that little though has been given 
to the actual costs or benefits of such a move. I have been shown 
nothing that ensures that this reorganization proposal will result in 
an improvement in the conduct of America's foreign policy throughout 
the world.
  Mr. Chairman, I am convinced that the reorganization plan presents 
the danger that the unique missions and valued expertise of the USIA, 
ACDA, and AID will be subordinated and lost in a massive State 
Department bureaucracy. Reorganizing the Department of State for the 
sake of reorganizing is a waste of time and taxpayers dollars, and 
diverts attention and resources from the real foreign policy issues 
facing our Nation today.
  I am also opposed to the foreign assistance cuts in excess of a 
billion dollars called for in H.R. 1561. Over the last decade, foreign 
aid funds have taken disproportionate cuts, being almost halved in 
inflation-adjusted dollars. As we all know, polls have documented that 
most Americans feel we should be allocating at least 5 percent of the 
Federal budget to foreign aid. Yet our present funding of foreign 
assistance barely exceeds 1 percent of our national budget.
  The further cuts called for in H.R. 1561 will reduce already strained 
resources and handicap our ability to protect and promote U.S. economic 
and security interests overseas. Our small investment in foreign 
assistance is the first line of defense for America. By addressing 
problems overseas--through development or humanitarian assistance--we 
circumvent major crises and security threats from arising while 
nurturing the growth of democracies and new markets.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a time when the United States, in her own 
interests, must continue to engage and reach out to the international 
community. H.R. 1561 represents, however, a withdrawal from world 
leadership and a dangerous return to isolationism. I would urge my 
colleagues to vote against the bill.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Oregon [Mr. Bunn].
  Mr. BUNN of Oregon. Mr. Chairman, I would like to take a moment to 
congratulate the chairman, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], 
and the members of the Committee on International Relations for a job 
well done. It is a difficult task, as we move toward a balanced budget, 
to identify those things that work and those that do not work.
  Yet, this bill has done that. It eliminates three outdated Federal 
agencies, the U.S. Information Agency, the Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency, and the Agency for International Aid.
  The first two are relics of the cold war, the third, AID, while begun 
with the best of intentions, has become a bloated bureaucracy that we 
simply cannot maintain.
  I support foreign aid.
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BUNN of Oregon. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. BERMAN. I am interested in why the gentleman thinks the USIA is 
an outdated agency, the programs for radio and exchange programs around 
the world, are outdated.
  Mr. BUNN of Oregon. Because those are cold war relics, and we do have 
an open information age where information is getting out without our 
Government providing the dollars to provide that message. I think we do 
have adequate access to information around the world. We do not have to 
maintain the cold war relics.
  I will just wrap up in the last 30 seconds, if I could, and that is 
to say very clearly I think we have to concentrate on those things that 
work, that are providing needs to people on the ground, not serving 
bureaucracies that have developed over the decades.
  This bill does this. It allows us to reach real people with real 
help. I think it is the kind of thing we must do. We must be committed 
to foreign aid, but foreign aid that makes a difference for people.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania [Mr. Gekas].
  Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, Members of the House, the Congress in recent years has 
done a miserable job, in my estimation, of explaining and making it 
clear to the American people why we are indulging or why we have ever 
indulged in foreign aid, so-called. [[Page H5403]] 
  Many people in the public feel this is throwing money away, throwing 
money abroad when that money could be used more successfully, more 
usefully at home, and there is a good feeling of impropriety there 
among the American people as to why that is happening.
  But I believe that this gives us a ample opportunity to explain to 
the American people that when we invest in foreign aid, so-called, to 
the people of the Middle East, to the nations on either side of the 
Suez Canal, in that whole region, that we are creating or helping to 
create a stable part of the world. If it remains stable, then our 
national security interests and our economic interests are safer.
  Why do I say that? Everyone in America knows that we depend on Middle 
East oil for 45 percent of our fuel. In doing so, we have to make sure 
that that flow of oil remains steady and unhampered, into the United 
States. Therefore, when we invest in foreign aid in that region, 
creating that safe harbor for our oil interests, our standard of living 
is protected. That is a good reason to indulge in foreign aid. And that 
happens throughout the region.
  There is a second reason for it. To the extent that our foreign aid 
moneys create and keep a democratic government in place in the Third 
World, to that extent we have less reason to believe that we have to 
dispatch American troops or do other kinds of things to aid an emerging 
nation. If we can keep a stable democratic government in place, our 
standard of living, our national security interests are safer. That is 
why foreign aid becomes an overwhelming presense in the Halls of the 
Congress of the United States, in the interests of the American people.
  But what this piece of legislation does is it keeps all of those 
theories and reasons in mind while at the same time exercising that 
fiscal constraint which is absolutely necessary in the days of deficit 
and the race toward a balanced budget that we are about here in the 
Congress of the United States.
  I support the legislation and will do my singular best to repeat the 
message to the American people that it is in our national security and 
our national economic interests that we maintain levels of foreign aid 
across the world.
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
  I would just like to follow up. The comments of the gentleman from 
Oregon state the issue very well.
  If you think in the post-cold-war world that Government-financed 
broadcasting is a waste of money, then this is a good bill for you 
because this starts us down the road toward ending that program.
  I think that repeating the mistakes of the end of World War I, that 
we won a particular battle, and now everything will be OK, there are 
still countries closed to all the media and the information that the 
gentleman from Oregon spoke about. I want a Farsi language Voice of 
America broadcast into Iran talking about pluralism and democracy and 
what is going on in that country because the people there cannot get 
it. I want to listen to the countries of Eastern Europe who have come 
through the most horrible period imaginable and who say the need to 
continue these exchange programs and these radio things are very 
important to plant the roots of democracy strong.
  I do not think these are irrelevant agencies anymore, and that is the 
debate. That is the discussion.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey 
[Mr. Payne].
  (Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey asked and was given permission to revise and 
extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, at a time when domestic 
sending is being cut, no group understands the sacrifice to continue 
foreign aid more than the Congressional Black Caucus. We know the 
plight of the poor on the streets of America.
  Yet, we are motivated to fight back at the inhumane cuts to the 
world's needy for two reasons. First, the cuts do not represent good 
business judgment. Our investment in education and development 
assistance in Asia after World War II paid off.
  Today, these Asian countries are among our strongest economic 
powers--look at South Korea and Taiwan.
  Africa with its rich mineral resources now represents the new 
potential for America's growing markets.
  Also investments in education and development can save the continent 
from the human disasters like we have witnessed in Rwanda. The conflict 
in Rwanda was more about who could own the limited, over populated 
land, than it was about Hutu against Tutu.
  Poverty breeds conflicts and terrorism. A small dollar investment now 
will save much larger sums later.
  Our second reason is that America has not been as generous to 
countries in need as our Republican leaders would have us believe.
  In the last 10 years, our international costs have been reduced 47 
percent while our total national budget has increased 5.5 percent. Less 
than 1 percent of our national budget goes to foreign aid while the 
poles tell us the American public feels it should be at least 5 
percent.
  Japan has now replaced us as the largest donor, and we rank 21st or 
dead last in per capita giving among developed nations like Western 
Europe.
  Republicans argue that the voluntary giving in America makes up for 
our poor performance.
  But I can tell you from personal experience that other donor 
countries also have their Save the Childrens, Oxfams, YMCA's, and 
churches giving.
  They also give generously and in many cases more generously than 
their U.S. counterparts.
  Help us continue Martin Luther King's plea that injustice anywhere is 
a threat to justice everywhere.
  Save the children of Africa and Bosnia by supporting us in restoring 
the cuts to Africa and peacekeeping.
  Vote against H.R. 1561.
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  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Florida [Ms. Ros-Lehtinen], chairman of our 
Subcommittee on Africa.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from New York 
[Mr. Gilman] for yielding this time to me.
  Mr. Chairman, the bill brought to the floor by the Committee on 
International Relations contains dramatic changes in the organization 
and structure of our foreign affairs programs.
  These changes are long overdue, and reflect the major changes that 
have taken place in the world since the United States assumed the 
responsibilities of world leadership in the post-World War II era.
  Under Chairman Gilman's very able leadership, the committee has 
drafted and reported a bill that well deserves the support of everyone 
in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  In view of the enormous changes in the realities with which we 
conduct our foreign affairs, we in the committee have studied the 
organizations of these institutions, and we have concluded that they 
must change as dramatically as the world in which they must cope. The 
administration is incorrectly stonewalling our efforts to promote 
change in the foreign affairs agencies.
  When we held hearings on these structural changes, the most recent 
Secretaries of State--Secretaries Eagleburger, Baker, and Shultz--
endorsed these organizational changes.
  They are needed to respond to the much changed circumstances in the 
world.
  The second major challenge in crafting this bill was to cope with the 
clear message of the American people that financial undiscipline and 
massive budget deficits were no longer acceptable.
  The bill makes major cuts in the cost of foreign affairs activities 
of our Government--cuts that are in line with the sacrifices that other 
Government programs are being asked to make.
  The program funding cuts in this bill as responsible cuts--they are 
significant without being draconian.
  If the program managers responsible for executing our Nation's 
foreign affairs programs set their minds to it, I am convinced that our 
Nation's foreign affairs interests can be fully protected, as these 
funding cuts are made.
  The administration has launched its own strategic management 
initiative, which it claims will reinvent government. [[Page H5404]] 
  Unfortunately, the results of that reinventing government effort, 
have been very disappointing.
  Too may good ideas have been rejected or compromised away.
  There are many people in the foreign affairs agencies who have tried 
to get agency management to stop the waste of public funds and to make 
cuts in the agencies' operations.
  There are people in the State Department, for instance, who 
questioned the need for us to have more State Department political 
officers in Belize than the Government of Belize has in its own foreign 
ministry.
  Proposals have been made to cut back on these overly expensive 
programs, but the proposals have been rejected.
  There just has not been the will at the senior level to make the hard 
decisions that are inherently necessary if we are ever to balance the 
budget.
  Now with the cuts in funding in this bill, and the cuts that I am 
sure will be contained in the appropriations bills, these changes are 
coming.
  I think that in the end, with the leaner and more efficient foreign 
policy program that will emerge from this bill, our country will be 
better off.
  I, therefore, urge all Members to support this bill.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman from Florida [Ms. 
Ros-Lehtinen] for her remarks in support of the bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from California [Mr. 
Kim], a senior member of our Committee on International Relations.
  (Mr. KIM asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. KIM. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 1561, the American 
Overseas Interests Act.
  This bill represents a much needed reduction in foreign aid spending 
and an overhaul in the bureaucracy.
  Over the next 7 years, the plan outlined in this bill will save the 
American taxpayer $24 billion.
  And, it will do so without jeopardizing key American foreign policy 
and our national security interests.
  H.R. 1561 is designed to replace our current 1950's-vintage cold war 
foreign policy system with a modern model that looks ahead and meets 
the challenges of the 1990's and beyond.
  The bill accomplishes this goal through two responsible reform 
packages: The first, America's foreign affairs bureaucracy: will be 
streamlined today, there is just too much duplication, overlap and 
waste among the four major foreign policy agencies. Look how confusing 
this is. H.R. 1561 eliminates three of these players--the Agency for 
International Development, the U.S. Information Agency, and the Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency, and consolidates all of their 
responsibilities in the State Department.
  This makes sense as the Secretary of State is the President's No. 1 
foreign policy adviser. The result is more effective management, 
elimination of waste, and the ability to cut spending by $1.1 billion 
next year alone. Over 7 years it will save taxpayers $3 billion.
  The second part of the bill's reform package is an overhaul of 
foreign aid spending:
  Over the next 7 years, foreign aid spending will be cut by $21 
billion.
  These cuts are being made in a responsible way. They target waste and 
low-priority programs. Here is a sampling of the kind of wasteful 
spending we're eliminating: International Copper Study Group, 
International Cotton Advisory Group, International Seed Testing 
Association, International Rubber Study Group, and International Wheat 
Council.
  Important programs that directly support American national security 
interests will continue to receive strong support. They include: 
narcotics control, anti-terrorism, nuclear disarmament, and Middle East 
Peace.
  Through this bill, Americans will continue to be caring and 
compassionate to the truly needy. For example, the bill sets aside: Two 
hundred and eighty million dollars for Child Survival programs, $25 
million for Vitamin A and other nutritional programs, and $15 million 
for the tropical disease prevention program.
  Mr. Chairman, this is carefully crafted legislation that will provide 
the most cost-effective foreign policy benefit to the United States. I 
urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from California [Mr. 
Kim] for his supporting remarks in favor of this measure.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Wynn].
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the ranking member for 
yielding me an opportunity to speak.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose this bill. I think it is a major 
retreat from our responsibilities as a world leader. As a sole 
remaining superpower in the world, the United States has the 
responsibility and an important opportunity to exert leadership on the 
world stage. The opportunity is in shaping the world to reflect our 
democratic ideals and principles so that we have a world of open 
societies and open markets. The responsibility is in providing 
leadership, strength, interest and humanitarian assistance.
  Mr. Chairman, we have already seen what can happen when the United 
States withdraws from the global stage. If we choose to run away from 
our responsibilities and commitments, the rest of the world may come 
calling. They may visit us, in fact, in some violent and terroristic 
ways.
  Now there are those in Congress who believe we are spending too much 
and that the price of being a superpower is too high. They prefer the 
rhetoric to the price tag. I disagree.
  We have heard how they are going to save money through this bill. Let 
me emphasize in the first instance the reorganization saves no money. 
They move around little boxes on a chart, but in the final analysis 
those responsibilities are only moved to another agency where they will 
be performed there. It is only an expansion of bureaucracy.
  They suggest that somehow they have a mandate to shrink our foreign 
commitments based on the November elections. The University of Maryland 
recently conducted a study of Americans on foreign aid, and what they 
found is that Americans actually do support foreign aid. It is just 
that they believe we are spending a lot more than we really are.
  When Americans were asked how much the U.S. spends on foreign aid, 
the average answer was we are spending about 15 percent of the Federal 
budget on foreign aid. When asked how much they felt would be an 
appropriate figure, they said about 5 percent.
  Let me set the record straight. Right now we are only spending 1 
percent, so in actuality, when we educate the American public, we find 
that their expectations of our role in world leadership and our actual 
expenditures are in fact in line.
  There is simply a lot of reasons why we should
   support foreign aid. I would like to talk about two reasons in 
particular.

  The cuts in this bill for Africa would force us to shut down many of 
the programs which help make countries--which help countries making a 
difficult transition from democracy to democracy and to open economies 
from communism. It will hurt our efforts to open markets in countries 
such as Ghana, where United States exports have doubled in recent 
years. It will harm efforts to slow population growth where we have 
succeeded in Kenya and Zimbabwe, and it will undermine future efforts 
to prevent humanitarian disasters such at those of Somalia, Rwanda, and 
Angola.
  In addition to harming our efforts in Africa. the bill would also 
harm our ability to support our Latin American and Caribbean neighbors. 
This bill cuts aid to that region by 25 percent, keeping in mind we are 
only spending 1 percent of the national budget on foreign aid. 
Political reforms in the Western Hemisphere and resulting economic 
stability have encouraged the strengthening of economic ties between 
this region and the United States. Trade is a winning proposition 
between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean. It is 
the fastest growing export market in the world for our goods. It is the 
only region where the United States enjoys a trade surplus.
  Open markets will also promote economic development in poor Latin 
American and Caribbean countries. This will help stem the flow of 
illegal immigration to the United States.
  Finally, foreign aid in the form of preventive diplomacy and 
international affairs will be our least costly [[Page H5405]] and most 
effective line of defense. Many Americans have sacrificed, some have 
even died, for our role as a world leader. Now is not the time to 
abdicate that role. Leadership does have a price tag. But I think, once 
the American people understand that that price tag is really a small 
proportion of our budget, they will support our current aid priorities 
and will leave us to continue tour role as a true world leader.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Roemer].
  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the distinguished ranking member, 
the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton], who we in Indiana are very 
proud of, and I congratulate the new chairman of the committee for his 
hard work on this bill. I would like to focus in my 2 minutes attention 
a little bit more on the problem in Chechnya. I know that this is a 
very foolhardy and brutal war that the Russians are conducting in 
Chechnya. It threatens the internal efforts the Russians are making 
toward democracy in a free market system.

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  It almost threatened the Russians' ability to gain access to the $6.2 
billion loan that they acquired through the International Monetary 
Fund, which the United States is the largest guarantor of. We cannot 
allow the Russians to continue to spend in some estimates up to $2 
billion to fight a war that is foolish, that is brutal, and that 
contains a host, a myriad, of human rights violations.
  Mr. Yeltsin in a recent meeting with President Clinton in Russia 
backtracked on his commitment to end this war. He said, first, this is 
an internal matter, and, second, there is no war there. We are merely 
confiscating some weapons. Nothing is going on. Nobody is being hurt, 
nobody is being killed.
  It is in the direct United States foreign policy interests to end 
this war and have a proactive and constructive relationship with 
Russia. I will hope to offer two amendments, first, a sense of the 
Congress condemning this ongoing Russian war in Chechnya; second, an 
amendment that will cut 10 percent of aid to Russia, to send them a 
very strong signal that we think Mr. Yeltsin should not say this is an 
internal matter, he should not say this is confiscating weapons. This 
is a foolhardy and brutal war that must end now.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, this is not an ordinary authorization bill. I think all 
of us would agree that these are not ordinary times and that the 
President and the Congress face extraordinary new challenges in this 
post-cold-war period, threats posed by Iran and Iraq, Bosnia, Russia, 
NATO expansion, Middle East peace, non-proliferation, and population 
growth. These are some of the problems that confront the President and 
the Congress. They are very formidable challenges.
  I think the key question we ought to ask ourselves as we engage in 
this debate is does the bill give the President the means to confront 
the challenges to American foreign policy that now exist? Does it 
enable the President of the United States to do what all of us want him 
to do, and that is to lead in the world?
  I will oppose this bill for three reasons: First, I oppose it because 
it mandates reorganization of the foreign policy bureaucracy. I do not 
believe that the proponents of the bill have provided us any 
rationalization for this reorganization. We have had very little time 
to consider the implications of the reorganization proposal, and, so 
far as I am able to see, as indeed one of the members of the majority 
on the committee acknowledged in debate, is that the bill merely 
shuffles boxes on a chart. It represents micro-management by the 
legislative branch of the executive branch without any evidence of cost 
saving or benefit to U.S. foreign policy.
  So far as I can see, there is no relationship between the 
reorganization plan presented in this bill and the problems with the 
making and implementation of American foreign policy, which surely 
exists. But there is no tie between those problems and the 
reorganizational changes that are made here. It is reorganization for 
reorganization's sake.
  USIA, ACTA, and AID have missions and expertise that are really quite 
distinct from the Department of State. These missions serve U.S. 
interests and would likely be lost, or at least diminished, in a 
massive new State Department bureaucracy.
  Let me simply call to the attention of my colleagues that what this 
bill does is create a massive State Department. It doubles the number 
of employees in the State Department. It triples the budget of the 
State Department. And that is a Department, to put it kindly, that has 
not been known for its management efficiencies. But we are doubling it 
and tripling it in size. Rather than make foreign policy more coherent, 
I think you really just create a massive Department and you diminish 
important voices like USIA, ACTA, and AID.
  It is worth noting that the Clinton administration has already made 
some significant changes, streamlining, achieving reductions, and cost 
savings. I think I would be among the first to acknowledge that they 
have not done enough and we should press them to do more. But the 
Congress of the United States should not be telling the executive 
branch how to organize its business. Basically what we should tell them 
is we will support them so long as they do things right, we will 
criticize them when they are wrong, and we will look to results. But we 
should not tell a President how he is organizing his own executive 
branch, at least under ordinary circumstances.
  If you compare this reorganization that is taking place in the 
foreign policy establishment with the kind of reorganizations that have 
taken place in the Defense Department, and are now taking place in the
 intelligence community, you can see that there simply is no 
comparison, there is no rationale here, there is no Bottom-Up Review. 
There is no time for consideration of the proposals, and I simply do 
not have a good idea of what this reorganization will do to the 
operation of American foreign policy.

  Now, the second reason that I oppose this bill is because it cuts 
drastically the resources this President, or any President, has to 
conduct American foreign policy. I do not think it is an exaggeration 
to say that the bill will force the United States out of the game as a 
player in major parts of the world. If we are not permitted to put up 
the resources, then we are not going to be able to lead.
  Several speakers have pointed out the advantages that come from 
foreign assistance. Foreign assistance is one of the tools that a 
President of the United States has in the conduct of American foreign 
policy. Those tools, of course, include military power, diplomacy, 
economic power, trade, and foreign aid. And not for a minute would I 
put foreign aid as among the most important tools of a President, but 
in certain circumstances it can be a very important tool. It can 
promote U.S. security and reduce U.S. defense spending, because it 
costs less to address problems before they become threats to U.S. 
security.
  Foreign assistance, for example, enabled us to persuade Ukraine, 
Belarus, and Kazakhstan to become nonnuclear weapons States. Foreign 
assistance directly benefits the United States. Eighty percent of the 
aid procurement goes directly to American firms and nongovernmental 
organizations, creating, I might say, jobs in America.
  Foreign assistance has certainly developed markets and increased U.S. 
exports. Most of the growth in United States exports today come from 
the developing world, in countries such as those in the former Soviet 
bloc, which are now in a transition to a free market.
  We agree with our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that the 
time calls for reduced government. We agree that savings can be made in 
this budget. But we think that it has been cut far too much with the 
proposals in this bill.
  Foreign assistance has been cut 40 percent in the last decade. There 
are very few accounts in the Federal Government's budget that have been 
cut more than the foreign assistance budget in the last 10 years.
  In 1985, foreign assistance was 2.5 percent of the budget. Today it 
is approximately 1 percent. We all know that the [[Page H5406]] Federal 
budget cannot be balanced by deep cuts in foreign aid which, as other 
speakers have said, represents less than 1 percent of the Federal 
spending. But let me just put on the record the degree of cuts that 
this bill provides.
  In developmental assistance, $442 million. That is 34 percent below 
what the President says he needs. The Development Fund for Africa has 
been cut $173 million. That is 21 percent below the President's 
request. Assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean has been cut by 
approximately $213 million. That is 25 percent below the President's 
request. Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltics has been cut by 
$155 million. That is about 32 percent below the President's request. 
Cuts for the New Independent States in the Soviet Union have been cut 
$145 million. That is 18 percent below the President's request. Cuts 
for contributions to international organizations have been cut $209 
million. That is 14 percent below the President's request.
  Now, I am prepared to stipulate that we do not
   need to give everything to the President that he has requested here. 
I myself favor some reductions. But these cuts in this bill I think you 
would acknowledge are very dramatic, draconian cuts. Keep in mind, 
these cuts are only the first installment, because as you go down the 
line under the House budget resolution, the cuts become much deeper and 
much more extreme. The result, I think, is that you seriously undermine 
the President's ability to use one of the important tools that he has 
available in the conduct of American foreign policy.

  Now, the third reason I oppose this bill is that it includes many 
provisions, policy provisions, that restrict a President's ability to 
conduct foreign policy. It reduces our ability to follow through on the 
North Korean framework agreement. It derails our steady support for 
democratic and market reform in the New Independent States. It weakens 
our leverage in the international institutions. It changes our refugee 
policies in ways that threaten to open up our borders to tens of 
thousands of new immigrants.
  Many of these provisions in the bill are complicated, vague, and 
ambiguous. On several occasions the sponsors of the amendments could 
not tell us what countries would be affected other than perhaps a 
specific country that was specifically targeted.
  We simply do not know the impact of many of these amendments. And 
while it can be said that any one of these amendments may very well 
have merit, the fact is that when you put all of these amendments 
together in this bill, dozens of them, dozens of amendments, the 
cumulative effect of those amendments is you tie a President's hands in 
knots when he tries to conduct American foreign policy.
  This bill ties the hands of the President in China. It undermines the 
1982 United States-China agreement on arms sales to Taiwan. It 
eliminates the President's discretion to decide what leaders from 
Taiwan may visit the United States. It mandates a special envoy to 
Tibet.
  The bill ties the President's hands on Russia. It requires a cutoff 
of assistance if the President cannot certify improved Russian behavior 
in Chechnya, if a country sells nuclear equipment, dual use items or 
military equipment to Iran or other states on the terrorism list. Not 
only will this sweeping provision cut off all assistance to Russia, 
which has been a critical component of American policy, it almost 
certainly would cut off assistance to Poland, Hungary, and several 
other Eastern European states.
  This bill requires the cutoff of assistance to any country that 
blocks the delivery of humanitarian assistance. That probably cuts off 
aid to Turkey. It could very well cut off aid to Israel. If Israel 
decides for security reasons, for example, to stop a single shipment to 
Gaza or Jericho, its aid would have to be cut off. Because of the Greek 
embargo on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, this provision 
could potentially lead to a cutoff of assistance to Greece.
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  The bill opens wide the door for a vast expansion of illegal 
immigrants, especially from the People's Republic of China. By offering 
asylum to victims of coercive populations programs, the bill offers 
political asylum to millions of Chinese. This provision will facilitate 
Chinese alien smuggling into the United States. The bill requires the 
United States to admit and help resettle elsewhere all Vietnamese, all 
Laotians, all Cambodian refugees who have failed to qualify for 
resettlement.
  Mr. Chairman, the bill prohibits assistance to countries that 
consistently oppose the United States in the U.N. General Assembly. 
That could be a slap at a number of countries, for example, India, and 
also hurts countries too poor to have an ambassador resident in New 
York to vote.
  This bill prohibits United States assistance to countries that engage 
in nonmarket trade with Cuba. That could be applied to Russia. It might 
be applied to Mexico. I am told it might even apply to Ireland.
  This bill not only makes deep cuts in development assistance and the 
development for Africa, but it earmarks two-thirds of what is left for 
a very worthy purpose: child survival resources, which all of us 
support. But as you diminish the total number of resources in the bill 
and then earmark two-thirds of what is left, it means you reduce money 
for microenterprise lending, agriculture, family planning and health.
  Well, the President then is going to be severely restricted by the 
passage of this bill, and this bill is going to be seen across the 
world as a retreat from our ability to lead. It signals a retreat from 
world leadership and a stepping back from world responsibilities.
  I really do not think that this House wants to send that message to 
the world today. This debate is not really about shuffling boxes in a 
reorganization scheme or cutting bureaucracies. It is about the 
President's ability to carry out his constitutional role to conduct 
American foreign policy. I believe this bill undermines our ability to 
support America's security, to advance America's interests, and to lead 
in the world.
  We are the world's only superpower. We have today an extraordinary 
opportunity, an unprecedented opportunity to shape the world, to open 
up societies, and to develop free markets. But we cannot do it, we 
cannot do it if we impose draconian cuts on resources and we engage in 
an assault on the President's power to conduct American foreign policy.
  For these reasons, my colleagues, I urge a ``no'' vote on the bill.
                            I. Introduction

  This is not just an ordinary authorization bill, and these are not 
ordinary times. The cold war is over, but we face new challenges: 
Bosnia, Russia, NATO expansion, Middle East peace, threats posed by 
Iran and Iraq, non-proliferation, and population growth. These are 
problems that this President is confronting, and that the next 
President--Republican or Democrat--will also confront.
  As we engage in debate and deliberation on H.R. 1561, I think we 
should be asking this basic question: Does this bill give the President 
the means to confront the challenges we face in the world today?


                        II. What's in this bill

  Bill summary--This bill has three components: First, it abolishes 
three agencies--AID, USIA, and ACDA--and rolls them into the State 
Department. This bill creates a massive State Department super-
bureaucracy, doubling the number of employees and tripling the budget 
managed by the Department, without providing either cost-savings or 
improvement in foreign policy performance.
  Second, this bill cuts international programs by $2 billion below the 
President's request, and $1 billion from fiscal year 1995 
appropriations. Foreign aid is hit hardest.
  Third, this bill is replete with policy restrictions and earmarks 
that hamstring the President. In country after country, this bill 
subjects important bilateral relationships to a single-issue litmus 
test. It sets a new standard for micromanagement and poorly-drafted 
provisions.


                      III. Problems with the bill

  A. Reorganization--I will oppose this bill because it mandates 
reorganization of the foreign policy bureaucracy.
  Proponents have provided no rationale for the reorganization. The 
committee had little time to study the proposal and little 
consideration was given to its implications.
  This bill merely shuffles boxes on a chart. It represents 
micromanagement without any evidence of cost-saving or benefit to U.S. 
foreign policy.
  There is no relationship between the reorganization plan in this bill 
and the problems we confront in the world. There is no effort to tie 
these reorganization proposals to any improvement in American foreign 
policy. [[Page H5407]] 
  USIA, ACDA, and AID have missions--and expertise--quite distinct from 
the State Department. These serve U.S. interests and would likely be 
lost in a massive new State Department.
  Rather than make foreign policy more coherent, reorganization will 
simply create a massive State Department bureaucracy, doubling the 
number of employees and tripling the current budget. All this in an 
agency notoriously weak on management.
  Under the Clinton administration, the foreign policy agencies are 
already streamlining and achieving significant reductions and cost-
savings. Under the Clinton administration, staff already has been 
reduced by 2,300 in these foreign policy agencies, contributing to $500 
million in cost savings so far. The administration has pledged to cut 
another $5 billion from the international affairs budget from 1997 
through the year 2000.
  Yet the Congressional Budget Office has not done any study on the 
potential cost savings that would result from the consolidation 
mandated by this bill.
  Compare this consolidation to the comprehensive review of the 
Pentagon under one of our former colleagues, Les Aspin, whose passing 
we mourn this week. Compare this bill to the comprehensive review of 
intelligence community now underway in the Administration.
  There is no comparison. There is no rationale, no Bottom-Up Review 
behind this reorganization proposal. I have looked at this bill, and I 
simply do not have a good idea what it will do to the operation of 
American foreign policy.
  Reorganization is a needless distraction from the real issues facing 
American foreign policy. It is a drain on the resources of senior 
officials who should be devoting their time and talent to the genuine 
problems of U.S. foreign policy.
  B. Cutting resources--the second reason I will oppose this bill is 
that it cuts drastically the resources this President--or any 
President--needs to conduct U.S. foreign policy.
  This bill will force the United States out of the game as a player in 
major parts of the world. The United States cannot lead without 
resources.
  Foreign assistance promotes U.S. security and reduces defense 
spending because it costs less to address problems before they become 
threats to U.S. security. Foreign assistance, for example, enabled us 
to persuade Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan to become non-nuclear 
weapons states.
  Foreign assistance benefits the United States directly. Nearly 80 
percent of aid procurement goes directly to American firms and non-
governmental organizations.
  Foreign assistance develops markets and increase U.S. exports. Most 
growth in U.S. exports comes from the developing world, and countries--
such as those in the former Soviet bloc--that are now in transition to 
a free market.
  We agree with our colleagues in the majority that the times call for 
reduced government. We agree that savings can be found in the 
international affairs budget.
  But foreign assistance has already been cut by 40 percent in the last 
decade. In 1985, foreign assistance was 2.5 percent of the budget. 
Today it is 1 percent. The Federal budget cannot be balanced by deep 
cuts in foreign aid, which represents less than 1 percent of Federal 
spending.
  This bill: Cuts development assistance by $442 million, or 34 percent 
below the President's request; cuts the Development Fund for Africa by 
$173 million, or 21 percent below the President's request; cuts 
assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the 
administration's best estimates, by $213 million, or 25 percent below 
the President's request; cuts assistance for Eastern Europe and the 
Baltics by $155 million, or 32 percent below the President's request; 
cuts assistance for the New Independent States of the former Soviet 
Union by $145 million, or 18 percent below the President's request; and 
cuts our contributions to international organizations by $209 million, 
or 14 percent below the President's request.
  Further cuts in foreign assistance are necessary, and appropriate. 
But the cuts in this bill are wrong, they are extreme, and they are 
draconian.
  C. Policy provisions--The third reason I will oppose this bill is 
that it includes many policy provisions that restrict the President's 
ability to conduct foreign policy.
  It reduces our ability to follow through on the North Korean 
framework agreement.
  It derails our steady support for democratic and market reform in the 
new independent states.
  It weakens our leverage at the United Nations and in other 
international institutions.
  It changes our refugee policies in ways that threaten to open up our 
borders to tens of thousands of new immigrants.
  Many of these provisions are complex, vague, and ambiguous. Many of 
the sponsors could not say what countries their amendments would 
affect, other than the country specifically targeted. We do not know a 
lot about the impact of these amendments. Any single amendment may have 
merit, but the cumulative effect is to tie the President in knots.
  This bill ties the President's hands on China. It undermines the 1982 
U.S. agreement with China on arms sales to Taiwan; eliminates the 
President's discretion to decide which leaders from Taiwan may visit 
the United States; and mandates a U.S. special envoy on Tibet.
  This bill ties the President's hands on Russia. It requires a cutoff 
of assistance if the President cannot certify improved Russian behavior 
in Chechnya; and, if a country sells nuclear equipment, dual-use items 
or military equipment to Iran or other states on the terrorism list.
  Not only would this sweeping provision cut off assistance to Russia, 
it would almost certainly cut off assistance to Poland, Hungary, and 
several other friendly countries in Eastern Europe.
  This bill requires the cutoff of assistance to any country that 
blocks the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance.
 This will cut off assistance to Turkey. It could cut off assistance to 
Israel if Israel decides for security reasons to stop a single U.S. 
shipment to Gaza or Jericho. Because of the Greek embargo of the former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, this provision could potentially lead 
to a cutoff of U.S. assistance to Greece.

  This bill will open the door wide for a vast expansion of illegal 
immigrants, especially from the People's Republic of China. By offering 
asylum to ``victims of coercive population programs'', the bill offers 
political asylum to a billion Chinese. This provision will facilitate 
Chinese alien smuggling to the United States.
  This bill requires the United States to admit or help resettle 
elsewhere all Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodian refugees who have 
failed to qualify for resettlement.
  This bill prohibits assistance to countries that consistently oppose 
the U.S. position in the U.N. General Assembly. This is a slap to 
India, and also hurts countries too poor to have an ambassador resident 
in New York to vote.
  This bill prohibits U.S. assistance to countries that engage in non-
market trade with Cuba. This could be applied to Russia, Mexico, and 
even Ireland.
  This bill not only makes deep cuts in development assistance and the 
Development of Africa, it earmarks two-thirds of what's left. It 
increases child survival resources, which we all support, but takes 
away resources for other important programs--microenterprise lending, 
agriculture, basic education, and family planning and health.


                 iv. conclusion: fundamental questions

  The President has a handful of tools with which to conduct foreign 
policy and protect national security: he can use military force, he can 
use diplomacy, he can use economic leverage, and he can use foreign 
assistance. If we pass this bill, we will be limiting his ability to 
use three of those tools.
  The bottom line is simple: This bill signals a retreat from world 
leadership, a stepping back from world responsibilities.
  I don't think that is the message this House wants to send to the 
world. This debate is not really about shuffling boxes, or cutting 
bureaucrats. It is about the President's ability to carry out his 
constitutional role to conduct American foreign policy.
  I believe this bill undermines our ability to support America's 
security, to advance America's interests, and to lead in the world. We 
are the world's only superpower. We have an extraordinary opportunity 
to shape the world--open societies and free markets. But we cannot do 
it if we impose draconian cuts on resources and engage in an assault on 
the President's authority to manage and to conduct American foreign 
policy.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this bill.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Indiana [Mr. Burton], the distinguished chairman of our Subcommittee on 
the Western Hemisphere.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding time to me. I hate to rise and oppose my good friend and 
colleague from Indiana, but I think there are some things that should 
be pointed out.
  He said in his very eloquent speech just a moment ago that this bill 
is going to hurt our security and hurt the President's ability to 
conduct foreign policy. The President just got back from Moscow. When 
he went to Moscow he was going to say something to the Russian 
President, Mr. Yeltsin, about selling nuclear technology to Iran. And 
he was also going to talk about the atrocities that are taking place in 
Chechnya at the hands of Russian troops and try to get that stopped. 
Neither of those policies were reversed by the Russian 
Government. [[Page H5408]] 
  The Russian leaders said in a joint press conference, in effect, keep 
your nose out of our business, just keep the foreign aid coming. And 
they are going to go ahead and sell nuclear technology to the Iranians 
who want to build an international ballistic missile system or at least 
short-range missile systems to enhance their power in that part of the 
world. They want to have the nuclear technology so they can build 
nuclear warheads, and we are allowing them to be sold. Our President 
was not able to stop that.
  Now, how are we hurting national security when our leader goes over 
there and cannot get the job done? The way we deal with it is for 
Congress to send a message. The Congress is sending a message in this 
bill. We are saying to the Soviets, you sell that technology to the 
Iranians and there is a penalty that is going to be incurred. The 
security of the world is at risk because we have a bunch of nuts over 
there in Iran running that country. We know about their terrorist 
activities.
  Now regarding the requirement in the bill that says that, if you do 
not vote with the United States at least 25 percent of the time, get 
that, 25 percent of the time in the United Nations, we are not going to 
give you foreign assistance. Does that sound unreasonable?
  Is it unreasonable for the American taxpayers' dollars not going to a 
country that only votes with us 25 percent of the time? I mean, if you 
ask anybody in this country, do you think your tax dollars should go to 
a country that votes against us over 75 percent of the time in the 
United Nations every time we have a major issue, they would say, heck 
no. They ought to vote with us at least 50 percent of the time. This 
bill only says 25 percent of the time.
  There are countries that will be penalized because they vote against 
us all the time, and they are getting hundreds of millions of dollars 
of taxpayers' money. That is wrong.
  This bill is a good bill, it is well balanced. It sends a very strong 
signal around the world and to the administration as well: Be strong in 
foreign policy and we are going to be strong.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Menendez].
  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding time 
to me.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 1561. I am afraid 
that the title of the bill should not be the American Overseas 
Interests Act. It should be really called the American Overseas 
Isolationist Act of 1995.
  Just yesterday the Speaker of the House said in a speech before the 
Council of the Americas that Republicans are not neoisolationists. He 
said that America must listen, learn, help, and lead. But this bill 
belies that statement. Were it to pass, it would demonstrate that a 
majority of Republicans in this House are indeed isolationists.
  Mr. Chairman, in this bill we are not listening, as the Speaker 
suggested. The other nations of the world are listening, and the 
message they hear is ``stay engaged.'' But that message has fallen on 
deaf ears to many in this Chamber. It is hard to understand my friends 
on the other side of the aisle. They are big promoters of international 
trade, but they do not want to stay engaged in a manner that provides 
the stability for that trade to take place.
  They do not want the United Nations to lead, but they do not want 
America to lead either. So who leads?
  Mr. Chairman, in this bill we are not learning either. During the 
post-World-War-II era, America was at her best when she did learn the 
lessons of war. America helped to rebuild the free world and organize 
the most awesome alliance for peace and freedom the world has ever 
known. It led that alliance to victory over communism during the cold 
war. But now that the cold war is over, we want to stick our heads in 
the sand and wish all of the world's problems away. Instead of sewing 
the seeds for economic prosperity, we are seeking massive cuts in 
programs that promote development, U.S. economic interests, and the 
sales of American products abroad.
  Take a look at the Japanese approach in their own backyard, the Asia-
Pacific region. Right now the Japanese Government is busy priming the 
pumps of the emerging Asian developing countries with huge amounts of 
development assistance. They do not consider them handouts. These are 
investments that are going to lock in, for the Japanese, tremendous 
economic benefits in terms of exports of goods and services for the 
Japanese well into the 21st century.
  They gave $5 billion alone to that region, but it paid off handsomely 
for them. They grew their exports by 57 percent to $145 billion. We are 
not doing the same. We are falling behind, and I am concerned that that 
gap will create a tremendous problem for us in our exports, which means 
jobs here at home.
  Export growth is not a luxury we can do without. It is a requirement 
for the basic health of our domestic economy. It is a requirement for 
the basic health of our domestic economy. It is a requirement if we are 
to provide American workers with high-paying, high-skilled jobs.
  Mr. Chairman, in this bill we are not helping either. Quite the 
contrary, we are sending a clear message to the world and to our allies 
that we do not want to help and that we prefer to look inward.
  Finally, Mr. Chairman, in this bill we have no intention of leading. 
After spending trillions of dollars in conflicts throughout the world, 
we are about to withdraw. When has America ever been afraid to lead?
  America has been the greatest and is the greatest, most powerful 
country in the world. Not only can it lead, it must lead. My 
colleagues, let us really do what Speaker Gingrich suggested, listen, 
learn, help, and lead.
  Vote this bill down. I urge a ``no'' vote on the America Overseas 
Isolationist Act of 1995.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Florida [Mr. Johnston], an important member of the 
committee.
  Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I rise in very vigorous and 
strong opposition to House Resolution 1561. The foreign assistance bill 
represents, as my previous speaker said, a return to isolationism. This 
is at its height. I really feel that I am in a time warp going back to 
the early 1920's when Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. got us out of the League 
of Nations. We are now becoming the isolationist country of the world.
  We live in a unipolar world. The United States is the lone remaining 
superpower on Earth. Our actions will profoundly affect the nature of 
the world in which we live.
  U.S. foreign assistance supports historic traditions to free market 
democracies, which are occurring across the globe. As the previous 
speaker said, look what happened when we poured into South Korea during 
all these years in foreign assistance, and it is returning to us doubly 
now in the trade that we have there.
  The records show that democracies do not go to war with democracies. 
And the spread of democracy is directly in the United States' national 
security interests. The growth of market economies around the world, 
providing new markets for United States exports, is in the economic 
interest of the United States.
  Americans are, thankfully, a moral people. We are our brother's 
keeper, and provision of humanitarian aid to the world's poorest people 
is in our moral interest.
  The severe cuts in the bill ignore United States interests, moreover. 
I am sure it has already been quoted but let us go back and look at the 
New York Times poll that was published 2 weeks ago. I am convinced that 
the Contract for America was written by a pollster, but he really 
missed the boat on this one.
  It found that Americans thought that 15 percent of foreign aid is too 
high and too much, but 5 percent is about right and 3 percent would be 
too little. We are now giving less than 1 percent of our budget to 
foreign aid.
  I oppose many of the specific provisions in the bill. Consolidation 
will create one huge unwieldy megabureaucracy. It will reduce 
accountability, shift the Secretary of State's attention from policy to 
program management and will wash down [[Page H5409]] and water down the 
specialized functions of each agency.
  In particular, it will, by merging all into the State Department, 
subsume development priorities to the day-to-day management of 
diplomacy.
  I vigorously oppose many of the provisions in the other sections of 
the bill. Cut the population programs; you talk about degradation of 
the environment; wait until this comes along; Development assistance 
cuts and peacemaking cuts will cripple our efforts in vital areas.
  But perhaps above all else, I oppose the 22 percent slash in our 
assistance to Africa. We now give $600 million to 600 million people. I 
believe that this cut is immoral, will necessitate huge future 
expenditures on preventive humanitarian prices. We could have stopped 
the crisis in Somalia in which we dropped $1.5 billion or the crisis in 
Rwanda, where we dropped $600 million, if we had gotten in their 
earlier with humanitarian assistance.
  Mr. Chairman, I strongly urge a no vote on this bill.

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  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Ackerman].
  (Mr. ACKERMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in reluctant opposition to this 
bill. The legislation before us today represents a retrenchment of U.S. 
foreign policy in the post-cold-war era. For the past 40 years we 
fought the cold war and we prevailed. Now a wave of neo-isolationism 
has taken over and this Congress is preparing to walk away from our 
responsibilities as a world leader. This bill is destructive not only 
to the foreign policy apparatus of this government, but the massive 
budget cuts that will result from it are unwise and shortsighted.
  Furthermore, this bill proposes the elimination of three agencies, 
without even a hint of what the cost will be. During the committee 
markup, an amendment was offered that is totally consistent, even with 
the Contract With America, requiring a cost-benefit analysis of the 
proposal so Congress may understand the costs that we are about to 
incur as a result of adopting this consolidation legislation. 
Unfortunately, the majority oppose the cost-cutting benefit proposal in 
a year when they are otherwise zealously committed to its rigorous 
application in the conduct of Government's affairs. This inconsistency 
is striking, to say the least
  On the foreign aid side of the ledger, the bill offered today cuts 
development assistance massively, with a 20-percent cut alone for the 
development fund for Africa. I vigorously oppose these cuts at a time 
when, magically, there are sufficient funds available to increase 
foreign military sales within the bill. I must wonder how we can have 
more for military sales when the basic development accounts are being 
stripped bare.
  Mr. Chairman, I am also deeply concerned about the future of aid to 
Israel. Israel has taken great risks by undertaking the peace process 
with Jordan, the Palestinians, and the Arab countries in the region. 
Yet, we are rapidly moving towards isolating Israel, Egypt, and the 
Middle East peace allocations within a rapidly shrinking foreign aid 
budget. This is a dangerous precedent which will leave the Middle East 
peace process hanging out, almost alone, vulnerable to future cuts when 
the peace process may require larger, rather than smaller, allocations 
in order to be implemented.
  Mr. Chairman, I am glad that this bill takes care of Israel this 
year. If it is the intent to take care of the few to the detriment of 
all others, I will not but it. I will not be put in a position of being 
for myself alone.
  Mr. Chairman, during the past decade we worked in a bipartisan 
fashion to craft a foreign aid bill that could receive the support of 
both sides. Today we have a bill that is designed to undermine our 
President and Secretary of State by devastating cuts to our foreign 
policy agencies and to the worldwide assistance which serves to 
buttress U.S. foreign policy objectives.
  Mr. Chairman, the destruction in this bill may be popular with the 
majority today, but the implications for tomorrow should give us pause 
before this Congress enacts such shortsighted legislation.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge the defeat of this bill.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from New Mexico [Mr. Richardson].
  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Chairman, first let me say that my opposition to 
this bill, very categorically, does not diminish the great respect I 
have for the gentleman from New York, Ben Gilman, and his leadership on 
foreign policy issues for many, many years. I want to commend the 
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] once again for being steadfast to 
the bipartisanship that has always existed in our foreign policy, and 
which, regrettably, seems to be ending this year with political 
documents, H.R. 7, and now this piece of legislation.
  Suffice it to say, Mr. Chairman, that the Secretary of State of the 
United States says that this bill ``wages an extraordinary assault on 
this and every future President's constitutional authority to manage 
foreign policy.'' That is pretty strong language. I believe we should 
pay heed to that language. We are strangling the Executive Branch's 
ability to conduct foreign policy.
  What this bill does is virtually eliminate our opportunity to 
negotiate with the North Koreans, which is happening at this very 
moment on the nuclear framework agreement. It eliminates any kind of 
leverage that we would have with the North Koreans, the South Koreans, 
and all those participating in this very key initiative.
  It limits the President's ability to deal with migration and refugee 
affairs which is becoming increasingly important in this 
interdepartmental world. On the shores of our own country, our borders, 
this bill drastically restricts our ability to deal with their issue. 
Our relationship with China is jeopardized by this bill, and our 
relationship with the new independent states is jeopardized. This bill 
reduces the assistance that we need to give them to keep them not just 
market-oriented and democratic, but moving in the direction that we 
want in terms of NATO and the power relationship in Europe.
  This bill also severely restricts the President's ability to 
reorganize the foreign policy machine. This bill abolishes important 
agencies, including AID, USDA, and USIA, that right now conduct our 
foreign policy, and without any administration consultant. It basically 
says we know best. We are going to abolish them, and we are going to 
decide what is best for the administration's conduct of foreign policy.
  Most importantly, Mr. Chairman, this bill kills any kind of effort by 
the United States to be involved in development assistance. The bill 
would reduce development assistance by 34 percent, cut Africa's 
development assistance by 21 percent, a devastating cut, at the same 
time that in Latin America we have halved our development assistance. 
We are no longer players in that arena.
  What would we have to do if this bill is passed? The administration 
would be forced to abruptly withdraw support for programs in up to 20 
lower-income countries, beyond the 27 the administration is committed 
to terminating; but by not engaging in the developing world, we are 
simply arming Europe and Japan to beat us in the world of trade. This 
is not a good bill, and it should be defeated.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, as I understand it, I have 1 minute 
remaining, and I yield that 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman 
from New York [Ms. Velazquez].
  (Ms. VELAZQUEZ asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
her remarks.)
  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this 
bill. This week the Republicans do for overseas interests what the new 
majority has done for the domestic agenda. They target assistance for 
the most needy, while preserving billions of dollars for military and 
security spending.
  The promotion of peace and international development were once seen 
as vital to global peace and prosperity. They were also considered as 
important domestic priorities. [[Page H5410]] 
  This bill reverses those policies. It cuts humanitarian assistance 
for education, AIDS prevention, and agricultural research; abolishes 
AID; and cripples international peacekeeping operations. It means death 
for hundreds of thousands of innocent children in Africa, and many more 
civilian casualties in the Balkans.
  This so-called Overseas Interests Act instead invests in arms. 
Billions more are wasted on military hardware in the Middle East--one 
of the most heavily armed regions in the world.
  The foreign assistance cuts will not even make a dent in the deficit. 
Only 1 percent of the Federal budget is spent on foreign aid. Even less 
goes towards development assistance.
  While the world calls out for opportunity and brotherhood, this bill 
offers isolation and indifference. For international peace and 
prosperity, and domestic sanity, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] 
has expired.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I fully agree with the gentleman from 
Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] that this bill makes significant changes. My 
colleagues, if you want to reduce the foreign aid budget, I urge you to 
vote for this bill. If you want to bring about savings in our State 
Department budget by consolidating the three agencies of the Federal 
Government, then vote for this bill. If you support aid for 
antiterrorism assistance, counter-narcotics programs,and assistance for 
stabilizing the Middle East, you should vote for this bill. If you 
prefer the status quo, more bureaucracy and increased foreign aid 
spending, then your vote is ``no.'' With the adoption of the Brownback 
amendment, this bill will be under budget. Secretary of State Warren 
Christopher earlier this year proposed consolidation. This bill will 
make it happen. I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill, the 
American Overseas Interests Act.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as modified, printed in the bill is considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment, and is considered as having 
been read.
  The text of the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
modified, is as follows:
                               H.R. 1561

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of representatives of 
     the United States of America assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``American Overseas Interests 
     Act of 1995''.

     SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
                   CONTENTS.

       (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into three divisions 
     as follows:
       (1) Division A--Consolidation of Foreign Affairs Agencies.
       (2) Division B--Foreign Relations Authorizations.
       (3) Division C--Foreign Assistance Authorizations.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.
         DIVISION A--CONSOLIDATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES

                      TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Congressional findings.
Sec. 103. Purposes.
Sec. 104. Definitions.

      TITLE II--UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 201. Effective date.
Sec. 202. References in title.

  Chapter 2--Abolition of United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
         Agency and Transfer of Functions to Secretary of State

Sec. 211. Abolition of United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
              Agency.
Sec. 212. Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.

Chapter 3--Reorganization of Department of State Relating to Functions 
                      Transferred Under This Title

Sec. 221. Reorganization plan.
Sec. 222. Coordinator for arms control and disarmament.

                    Chapter 4--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 241. References.
Sec. 242. Repeal of establishment of agency.
Sec. 243. Repeal of positions and offices.
Sec. 244. Transfer of authorities and functions under the Arms Control 
              and Disarmament Act to the Secretary of State.
Sec. 245. Conforming amendments.

              TITLE III--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 301. Effective date.

 Chapter 2--Abolition of United States Information Agency and Transfer 
                   of Functions to Secretary of State

Sec. 311. Abolition of United States Information Agency.
Sec. 312. Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.

Chapter 3--Reorganization of Department of State Relating to Functions 
                      Transferred Under This Title

Sec. 321. Reorganization plan.
Sec. 322. Principal officers.

                    Chapter 4--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 341. References.
Sec. 342. Abolition of Office of Inspector General of the United States 
              Information Agency and transfer of functions to Office of 
              Inspector General of the Department of State.
Sec. 343. Amendments to title 5.
Sec. 344. Amendments to United States Information and Educational 
              Exchange Act of 1948.
Sec. 345. Amendments to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
              Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act).
Sec. 346. International broadcasting activities.
Sec. 347. Television broadcasting to Cuba.
Sec. 348. Radio broadcasting to Cuba.
Sec. 349. National Endowment for Democracy.
Sec. 350. United States scholarship program for developing countries.
Sec. 351. Fascell Fellowship Board.
Sec. 352. National Security Education Board.
Sec. 353. Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between North 
              and South.
Sec. 354. East-West Center.
Sec. 355. Mission of the Department of State.
Sec. 356. Consolidation of administrative services.
Sec. 357. Grants.
Sec. 358. Ban on domestic activities.
Sec. 359. Conforming repeal to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
Sec. 360. Repeal relating to procurement of legal services.
Sec. 361. Repeal relating to payment of subsistence expenses.
Sec. 362. Conforming amendment to the Seed Act.
Sec. 363. International Cultural and Trade Center Commission.
Sec. 364. Foreign Service Act of 1980.
Sec. 365. Au pair programs.
Sec. 366. Exchange program with countries in transition from 
              totalitarianism to democracy.
Sec. 367. Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship program.
Sec. 368. Implementation of convention on cultural property.
Sec. 369. Mike Mansfield Fellowships.

             TITLE IV--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 401. Effective date.
Sec. 402. References in title.

 Chapter 2--Abolition of the Agency for International Development and 
              Transfer of Functions to Secretary of State

Sec. 411. Abolition of Agency for International Development and the 
              International Development Cooperation Agency.
Sec. 412. Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.

Chapter 3--Reorganization of Department of State Relating to Functions 
                      Transferred Under This Title

Sec. 421. Reorganization plan.
Sec. 422. Principal officers.

                    Chapter 4--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 441. References.
Sec. 442. Abolition of Office of Inspector General of the Agency for 
              International Development and transfer of functions to 
              Office of Inspector General of the Department of State.
Sec. 443. Abolition of Chief Financial Officer of the Agency for 
              International Development and transfer of functions to 
              Chief Financial Officer Department of State.
Sec. 444. Amendments to title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 445. Public Law 480 program.

                          TITLE V--TRANSITION

Sec. 501. Reorganization authority.
Sec. 502. Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel.
Sec. 503. Incidental transfers.
Sec. 504. Effect on personnel.
Sec. 505. Voluntary separation incentives.
Sec. 506. Savings provisions.
Sec. 507. Property and facilities. [[Page H5411]] 
Sec. 508. Authority of Secretary to facilitate transition.
Sec. 509. Recommendations for additional conforming amendments.
Sec. 510. Final report.
Sec. 511. Severability.

              DIVISION B--FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS

                      TITLE XX--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 2001. Short title.
Sec. 2002. Definitions.

TITLE XXI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
         CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

              Chapter 1--Authorizations of Appropriations

Sec. 2101. Administration of Foreign Affairs.
Sec. 2102. International organizations, programs, and conferences.
Sec. 2103. International commissions.
Sec. 2104. Migration and refugee assistance.
Sec. 2105. Certain other international affairs programs.
Sec. 2106. United States informational, educational, and cultural 
              programs.
Sec. 2107. United States arms control and disarmament.

       TITLE XXII--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 Chapter 1--Authorities And Activities

Sec. 2201. Revision of Department of State rewards program.
Sec. 2202. Authorities of Secretary of State.
Sec. 2203. Buying power maintenance account.
Sec. 2204. Expenses relating to certain international claims and 
              proceedings.
Sec. 2205. Consolidation of United States diplomatic missions and 
              consular posts.
Sec. 2206. Denial of passports to noncustodial parents subject to state 
              arrest warrants in cases of nonpayment of child support.
Sec. 2207. Capital investment fund.
Sec. 2208. Efficiency in procurement.
Sec. 2209. Training.

       Chapter 2--Consular Authorities of the Department of State

Sec. 2231. Surcharge for processing certain machine readable visas.
Sec. 2232. Fingerprint check requirement.
Sec. 2233. Use of certain passport processing fees for enhanced 
              passport services.
Sec. 2234. Consular officers.

                   Chapter 3--Refugees And Migration

Sec. 2251. United States emergency refugee and migration assistance 
              fund.
Sec. 2252. Persecution for resistance to coercive population control 
              methods.
Sec. 2253. Report to congress concerning Cuban emigration policies.
Sec. 2254. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of 
              refugees.
Sec. 2255. Extension of certain adjudication provisions.

  TITLE XXIII--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; DEPARTMENT OF 
                  STATE PERSONNEL; THE FOREIGN SERVICE

           Chapter 1--Organization Of the Department of State

Sec. 2301. Coordinator for counterterrorism.
Sec. 2302. Special envoy for Tibet.
Sec. 2303. Establishment of Coordinator for Human Rights and Refugees, 
              Bureau of Refugee and Migration Assistance, and Bureau of 
              Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Sec. 2304. Elimination of statutory establishment of certain positions 
              of the Department of State.
Sec. 2305. Establishment of Assistant Secretary of State for Human 
              Resources.
Sec. 2306. Authority of United States permanent representative to the 
              United Nations.

  Chapter 2--Personnel Of the Department of State; the Foreign Service

Sec. 2351. Authorized strength of the Foreign Service.
Sec. 2352. Repeal of authority for Senior Foreign Service performance 
              pay.
Sec. 2353. Recovery of costs of health care services.

TITLE XXIV--UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES 
  FOR UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 2401. Elimination of permanent authorization.
Sec. 2402. Extension of au pair programs.
Sec. 2403. Educational and cultural exchanges with Hong Kong.
Sec. 2404. Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange 
              programs in Asia.
Sec. 2405. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for 
              Tibetans and Burmese.
Sec. 2406. Availability of Voice of America and Radio Marti 
              multilingual computer readable text and voice recordings.
Sec. 2407. Retention of interest.
Sec. 2408. USIA office in Pristina, Kosova.

                 Chapter 2--International Broadcasting

Sec. 2431. Expansion of Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Sec. 2432. Plan for Radio Free Asia.
Sec. 2433. Pilot project for freedom broadcasting to Asia.

         TITLE XXV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 2501. International Boundary and Water Commission.

  Chapter 2--United Nations and Affiliated Agencies and Organizations

Sec. 2521. Reform in budget decisionmaking procedures of the United 
              Nations and its specialized agencies.
Sec. 2522. Limitation on contributions to the United Nations or United 
              Nations affiliated organizations.
Sec. 2523. Report on UNICEF.
Sec. 2524. United Nations budgetary and management reform.

                 TITLE XXVI--FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

           Chapter 1--Miscellaneous Foreign Policy Provisions

Sec. 2601. Taiwan Relations Act.
Sec. 2602. Bosnia Genocide Justice Act.
Sec. 2603. Expansion of Commission on Security and Cooperation in 
              Europe.

 Chapter 2--Relating to the United States-North Korea Agreed Framework 
 and the Obligations of North Korea Under That and Previous Agreements 
   With Respect to the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and 
                  Dialogue With the Republic of Korea

Sec. 2641. Findings.
Sec. 2642. Clarification of nuclear nonproliferation obligations of 
              North Korea under the agreed framework.
Sec. 2643. Role of the Republic of Korea under the agreed framework.
Sec. 2644. Further steps to promote United States security and 
              political interests with respect to North Korea.
Sec. 2645. Restrictions on assistance to North Korea and the Korean 
              peninsula energy development organization.

                            Chapter 3--Burma

Sec. 2651. United States policy concerning the dictatorship in Burma.

                           Chapter 4--Torture

Sec. 2661. Definitions.
Sec. 2662. United States policy with respect to the involuntary return 
              of persons subjected to torture.

                 TITLE XXVII--CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS

Sec. 2701. Inter-American organizations.
Sec. 2702. Territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sec. 2703. The Laogai system of political prisons.
Sec. 2704. Concerning the use of funds to further normalize relations 
              with Vietnam.
Sec. 2705. Declaration of Congress regarding United States Government 
              human rights policy toward China.
Sec. 2706. Concerning the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of 
              Torture.
Sec. 2707. Recommendations of the President for reform of war powers 
              resolution.
Sec. 2708. Conflict in Kashmir.
Sec. 2709. United States relations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
              Macedonia (FYROM).
Sec. 2710. Sense of the Congress relating to Indonesia.
Sec. 2711. Displaced persons.

             DIVISION C--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 3001. Short title.
Sec. 3002. Declaration of policy.

              TITLE XXXI--DEFENSE AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE

               Chapter 1--Military And Related Assistance


            SUBCHAPTER A--FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

Sec. 3101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 3102. Administrative expenses.
Sec. 3103. Assistance for Israel.
Sec. 3104. Assistance for Egypt.
Sec. 3105. Loans for Greece and Turkey.
Sec. 3106. Terms of loans.
Sec. 3107. Nonrepayment of grant assistance.
Sec. 3108. Additional requirements.


                     SUBCHAPTER B--OTHER ASSISTANCE

Sec. 3121. Defense drawdown special authorities.
Sec. 3122. Stockpiles of defense articles.
Sec. 3123. Transfer of excess defense articles.
Sec. 3124. Nonlethal excess defense articles for Albania.

        Chapter 2--International Military Education and Training

Sec. 3141. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 3142. Assistance for Indonesia.
Sec. 3143. Additional requirements.

                  Chapter 3--Antiterrorism Assistance

Sec. 3151. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 3152. Antiterrorism training assistance.
Sec. 3153. Research and development expenses.

                Chapter 4--Narcotics Control Assistance
Sec. 3161. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 3162. Additional requirements. [[Page H5412]] 
Sec. 3163. Notification requirement.
Sec. 3164. Waiver of restrictions for narcotics-related economic 
              assistance.

            Chapter 5--Nonproliferation And Disarmament Fund

Sec. 3171. Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund.

                      Chapter 6--Other Provisions

Sec. 3181. Standardization of congressional review procedures for arms 
              transfers.
Sec. 3182. Standardization of third country transfers of defense 
              articles.
Sec. 3183. Increased standardization, rationalization, and 
              interoperability of assistance and sales programs.
Sec. 3184. Repeal of price and availability reporting requirement 
              relating to proposed sale of defense articles and 
              services.
Sec. 3185. Definition of significant military equipment.
Sec. 3186. Requirements relating to the Special Defense Acquisition 
              Fund.
Sec. 3187. Cost of leased defense articles that have been lost or 
              destroyed.
Sec. 3188. Designation of major non-NATO allies.
Sec. 3189. Certification thresholds.
Sec. 3190. Competitive pricing for sales of defense articles and 
              services.
Sec. 3191. Depleted uranium ammunition.
Sec. 3192. End-use monitoring of defense articles and defense services.
Sec. 3193. Brokering activities relating to commercial sales of defense 
              articles and services.

                    TITLE XXXII--ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                 Chapter 1--Economic Support Assistance

Sec. 3201. Economic support fund.
Sec. 3202. Assistance for Israel.
Sec. 3203. Assistance for Egypt.
Sec. 3204. International Fund for Ireland.
Sec. 3205. Law enforcement assistance.

    Chapter 2--Assistance For Private Sector Programs and Activities

Sec. 3211. Private sector enterprise funds.
Sec. 3212. Micro- and small enterprise development credits.
Sec. 3213. Microenterprise development grant assistance.

                   Chapter 3--Development Assistance


            SUBCHAPTER A--DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES

Sec. 3221. Authorizations of appropriations.
Sec. 3222. Assistance for child survival activities, Vitamin A 
              Deficiency Program, and related activities.
Sec. 3223. Assistance for family planning.
Sec. 3224. Assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet 
              Union.
Sec. 3225. Development Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Sec. 3226. Effectiveness of United States development assistance.
Sec. 3227. Funding for private and voluntary organizations and 
              cooperatives.
Sec. 3228. Sense of the Congress relating to United States cooperatives 
              and credit unions.


                    SUBCHAPTER B--OPERATING EXPENSES

Sec. 3231. Operating expenses generally.
Sec. 3232. Operating expenses of the office of the inspector general.

                       Chapter 4--Public Law 480

Sec. 3241. Levels of assistance for title II.
Sec. 3242. Authorization of appropriations for title III.

                  Chapter 5--Housing Guarantee Program

Sec. 3251. Authorization of appropriations for administrative expenses.
Sec. 3252. Additional requirements.

                         Chapter 6--Peace Corps

Sec. 3261. Peace Corps.
Sec. 3262. Activities of the Peace Corps in the former Soviet Union.
Sec. 3263. Prohibition on use of funds for abortions.

              Chapter 7--International Disaster Assistance

Sec. 3271. Authority to provide reconstruction assistance.
Sec. 3272. Authorizations of appropriations.

                      Chapter 8--Other Provisions

Sec. 3281. Exemption from restrictions on assistance through 
              nongovernmental organizations.
Sec. 3282. Funding requirements relating to United States private and 
              voluntary organizations.
Sec. 3283. Documentation requested of private and voluntary 
              organizations.
Sec. 3284. Foreign government parking fines.
Sec. 3285. Human rights reports.
Sec. 3286. Deobligation of certain unexpended economic assistance 
              funds.

                   TITLE XXXIII--REGIONAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 3301. Prohibition on assistance to foreign governments providing 
              assistance to Cuba.
Sec. 3302. Assistance for Nicaragua.
Sec. 3303. Sense of the Congress regarding relations with Burma.
Sec. 3304. Debt restructuring for Egypt.
Sec. 3305. Prohibition on assistance to foreign governments providing 
              assistance to Iran.
Sec. 3306. Assistance for Pakistan.
Sec. 3307. Return of military equipment of Pakistan.
Sec. 3308. Eligibility of Panama under Arms Export Control Act.
Sec. 3309. Future of the United States military presence in Panama.
Sec. 3310. Peace and stability in the South China Sea.
Sec. 3311. Sense of the Congress regarding narcotics control efforts of 
              Colombia.
Sec. 3312. Notification of arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Sec. 3313. Assistance for Zaire.
         TITLE XXXIV--SPECIAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS

                     Chapter 1--Special Authorities

       Sec. 3401. Enhanced transfer authority.
       Sec. 3402. Authority to meet unanticipated contingencies.
       Sec. 3403. Special waiver authority.
       Sec. 3404. Termination of assistance.

                      Chapter 2--Other Provisions

       Sec. 3411. Congressional presentation documents.
       Sec. 3412. Prohibition on assistance to foreign governments 
           engaged in espionage against the United States.
       Sec. 3413. Debt restructuring for foreign assistance.
       Sec. 3414. Debt buybacks or sales for debt swaps.
       Sec. 3415. Impact on jobs in the United States.
       Sec. 3416. Prohibition on assistance to foreign governments 
           that export lethal military equipment to countries 
           supporting international terrorism.
       Sec. 3417. Prohibition on assistance to countries that 
           consistently oppose the United States position in the 
           United Nations General Assembly.
       Sec. 3418. Limitation on assistance to countries that 
           restrict the transport or delivery of United States 
           humanitarian assistance.
       Sec. 3419. Prohibition on assistance to foreign 
           governments, private and voluntary organizations, and 
           other entities that inhibit United States-supported 
           demining operations and activities.

                           Chapter 3--Repeals

       Sec. 3421. Repeal of obsolete provisions.

                       TITLE XXXV--EFFECTIVE DATE

       Sec. 3501. Effective date.
         DIVISION A--CONSOLIDATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES
                      TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Foreign Affairs 
     Agencies Consolidation Act of 1995''.

     SEC. 102. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

       The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) With the end of the Cold War, the international 
     challenges facing the United States have changed, but the 
     fundamental national interests of the United States have not. 
     The security, economic, and humanitarian interests of the 
     United States require continued American engagement in 
     international affairs. The leading role of the United States 
     in world affairs will be as important in the twenty-first 
     century as it has been in the twentieth.
       (2) The United States budget deficit requires that the 
     foreign as well as the domestic programs and activities of 
     the United States be carefully reviewed for potential 
     savings. Wherever possible, foreign programs and activities 
     must be streamlined, managed more efficiently, and adapted to 
     the requirements of the post-Cold War era.
       (3) In order to downsize the foreign programs and 
     activities of the United States without jeopardizing United 
     States interests, strong and effective leadership will be 
     required. As the official principally responsible for the 
     conduct of foreign policy, the Secretary of State must have 
     the authority to allocate efficiently the resources within 
     the international affairs budget. As a first step in the 
     downsizing process, the proliferation of foreign affairs 
     agencies that occurred during the Cold War must be reversed, 
     and the functions of these agencies must be restored to the 
     Secretary of State.
       (4) A streamlined and reorganized foreign affairs structure 
     under the strengthened 
     [[Page H5413]] leadership of the Secretary of State can more 
     effectively promote the international interests of the United 
     States in the next century than the existing structure.

     SEC. 103. PURPOSES.

       The purposes of this division are--
       (1) to consolidate and reinvent foreign affairs agencies of 
     the United States within the Department of State;
       (2) to provide for the reorganization of the Department of 
     State to maximize the efficient use of resources, eliminate 
     redundancy in functions, effect budget savings, and improve 
     the management of the State Department;
       (3) to strengthen--
       (A) the coordination of United States foreign policy; and
       (B) the leading role of the Secretary of State in the 
     formulation and articulation of United States foreign policy; 
     and
       (4) to abolish, not later than March 1, 1997, the United 
     States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the United States 
     Information Agency, the International Development Cooperation 
     Agency, and the Agency for International Development.

     SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS.

       The following terms have the following meaning for the 
     purposes of this division:
       (1) The term ``AID'' means the Agency for International 
     Development.
       (2) The term ``ACDA'' means the United States Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency.
       (3) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means 
     the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee of Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate.
       (4) The term ``Department'' means the Department of State.
       (5) The term ``Federal agency'' has the meaning given to 
     the term ``agency'' by section 551(1) of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (6) The term ``function'' means any duty, obligation, 
     power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, 
     or program.
       (7) The term ``office'' includes any office, 
     administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational 
     entity, or component thereof.
       (8) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of State.
       (9) The term ``USIA'' means the United States Information 
     Agency.
      TITLE II--UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 201. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this 
     title, and the amendments made by this title, shall take 
     effect--
       (1) March 1, 1997; or
       (2) on such earlier date as the President shall determine 
     to be appropriate and announce by notice published in the 
     Federal Register, which date may be not earlier than 60 
     calendar days (excluding any day on which either House of 
     Congress is not in session because of an adjournment sine 
     die) after the President has submitted a reorganization plan 
     to the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to 
     section 221.
       (b) Reorganization Plan.--Section 221 shall take effect on 
     the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 202. REFERENCES IN TITLE.

       Except as specifically provided in this title, whenever in 
     this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
     amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the reference shall 
     be considered to be made to a provision of the Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Act.

  CHAPTER 2--ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT 
         AGENCY AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF STATE

     SEC. 211. ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND 
                   DISARMAMENT AGENCY.

       The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency is 
     abolished.

     SEC. 212. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF STATE.

       There are transferred to the Secretary of State all 
     functions of the Director of the United States Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency and all functions of the United States 
     Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and any officer or 
     component of such agency under any statute, reorganization 
     plan, Executive order, or other provision of law before the 
     effective date of this title, except as otherwise provided in 
     this title.

CHAPTER 3--REORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO FUNCTIONS 
                      TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS TITLE

     SEC. 221. REORGANIZATION PLAN.

       (a) Submission of Plan.--Not later than March 1, 1996, the 
     President, in consultation with the Secretary and the 
     Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, shall 
     transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     reorganization plan providing for--
       (1) the abolition of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency in accordance with this title;
       (2) the transfer to the Department of State of the 
     functions and personnel of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency consistent with the provisions of this title; and
       (3) the consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining of 
     the Department upon the transfer of functions under this 
     title in order to carry out such functions.
       (b) Plan Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) identify the functions of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency that will be transferred to the Department 
     under the plan;
       (2) identify the personnel and positions of the Agency 
     (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service 
     personnel, and detailees) that will be transferred to the 
     Department, separated from service with the Agency, or be 
     eliminated under the plan, and set forth a schedule for such 
     transfers, separations, and terminations;
       (3) identify the personnel and positions of the Department 
     (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service 
     personnel, and detailees) that will be transferred within the 
     Department, separated from service with the Department, or 
     eliminated under the plan, and set forth a schedule for such 
     transfers, separations, and terminations;
       (4) specify the consolidations and reorganization of 
     functions of the Department that will be required under the 
     plan in order to permit the Department to carry out the 
     functions transferred to the Department under the plan;
       (5) specify the funds available to the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency that will be transferred to the Department 
     as a result of the transfer of functions of the Agency to the 
     Department;
       (6) specify the proposed allocations within the Department 
     of unexpended funds transferred in connection with the 
     transfer of functions under the plan; and
       (7) specify the proposed disposition of the property, 
     facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and 
     liabilities of the Agency in connection with the transfer of 
     the functions of the Agency to the Department.
       (c) Assistant Secretary Positions.--The plan under 
     subsection (a) shall provide for an appropriate number of 
     Assistant Secretaries of State to carry out the functions 
     transferred to the Department under this title.

     SEC. 222. COORDINATOR FOR ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT.

       (a) Establishment of Coordinator for Arms Control and 
     Disarmament.--Section 1(e) of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(e)) is amended by 
     adding after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) Coordinator for arms control and disarmament.--
       ``(A) There shall be within the office of the Secretary of 
     State a Coordinator for Arms Control and Disarmament 
     (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as the 
     ``Coordinator'' who shall be appointed by the President, by 
     and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 
     Coordinator shall report directly to the Secretary of State.
       ``(B)(i) The Coordinator shall perform such duties and 
     exercise such power as the Secretary of State shall 
     prescribe.
       ``(ii) The Coordinator shall be responsible for arms 
     control and disarmament matters. The Coordinator shall head 
     the Bureau of Arms Control and Disarmament.
       ``(C) The Coordinator shall have the rank and status of 
     Ambassador-at-Large. The Coordinator shall be compensated at 
     the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at 
     level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of 
     title 5, United States Code, or, if the Coordinator is 
     appointed from the Foreign Service, the annual rate of pay 
     which the individual last received under the Foreign Service 
     Schedule, whichever is greater.''.
       (b) Participation in Meetings of National Security 
     Council.--Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 
     (50 U.S.C. 402) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(i) The Coordinator for Arms Control and Disarmament may, 
     in the role of advisor to the National Security Council on 
     arms control and disarmament matters, and subject to the 
     direction of the President, attend and participate in 
     meetings of the National Security Council.''.
       (c) Transition provision.--The President may appoint the 
     individual serving as Director of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency on the day before the effective date of 
     this title, or such other officials appointed by and with the 
     advice and consent of the Senate and serving within the 
     Department of State or the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency on the day before the effective date of this title as 
     the President considers appropriate, to serve as the acting 
     Coordinator for Arms Control and Disarmament until an 
     individual is appointed to that office in accordance with 
     section 1(e)(5) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956, as amended by this Act.

                    CHAPTER 4--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 241. REFERENCES.

       Any reference in any statute, reorganization plan, 
     Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or 
     other official document or proceeding to--
       (1) the Director of the United States Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency or any other officer or employee of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall be 
     deemed to refer to the Secretary of State; and
       (2) the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 
     shall be deemed to refer to the Department of State.
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     SEC. 242. REPEAL OF ESTABLISHMENT OF AGENCY.

       Section 21 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2561; relating to the establishment of the agency) is 
     repealed.

     SEC. 243. REPEAL OF POSITIONS AND OFFICES.

       The following sections of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Act are repealed:
       (1) Section 22 (22 U.S.C. 2562; relating to the Director).
       (2) Section 23 (22 U.S.C. 2563; relating to the Deputy 
     Director).
       (3) Section 24 (22 U.S.C. 2564; relating to Assistant 
     Directors).
       (4) Section 25 (22 U.S.C. 2565; relating to bureaus, 
     offices, and divisions).
       (5) Section 50 (22 U.S.C 2593; relating to the ACDA 
     Inspector General).

     SEC. 244. TRANSFER OF AUTHORITIES AND FUNCTIONS UNDER THE 
                   ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACT TO THE 
                   SECRETARY OF STATE.

       (a) In General.--The Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2551 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Agency'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Department''; and
       (2) by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary''.
       (b) Purpose.--Section 2 (22 U.S.C. 2551) is repealed.
       (c) Definitions.--Section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2552) is amended by 
     striking paragraph (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) The term `Department' means the Department of State.
       ``(d) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of State.''.
       (d) Scientific and Policy Advisory Committee.--Section 
     26(b) (22 U.S.C. 2566(b)) is amended by striking ``, the 
     Secretary of State, and the Director'' and inserting ``and 
     the Secretary of State''.
       (e) Presidential Special Representatives.--Section 27 (22 
     U.S.C. 2567) is amended by striking ``, acting through the 
     Director''.
       (f) Program for Visiting Scholars.--Section 28 (22 U.S.C. 
     2568) is amended--
       (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``Agency's 
     activities'' and inserting ``Department's arms control, 
     nonproliferation, and disarmament activities''; and
       (2) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``, and all former 
     Directors of the Agency''.
       (g) Policy Formulation.--Section 33(a) (22 U.S.C. 2573(a)) 
     is amended by striking ``shall prepare for the President, the 
     Secretary of State,'' and inserting ``shall prepare for the 
     President''.
       (h) Negotiation Management.--Section 34 (22 U.S.C. 2574) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``the President and the 
     Secretary of State'' and inserting ``the President''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).
       (i) Verification of Compliance.--Section 37(d) (22 U.S.C. 
     2577(d)) is amended by striking ``Director's designee'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary's designee''.
       (j) General Authority.--Section 41 (22 U.S.C. 2581) is 
     repealed.
       (k) Security Requirements.--Section 45 (22 U.S.C. 2585) is 
     amended by striking subsections (a), (b), and (d).
       (l) Use of Funds.--Section 48 (22 U.S.C. 2588) is repealed.
       (m) Annual Report.--Section 51(a) (22 U.S.C. 2593a(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``the Secretary of State,''.
       (n) Requirement for Authorization of Appropriations.--
     Section 53 (22 U.S.C. 2593c) is repealed.
       (o) On-Site Inspection Agency.--Section 61 (22 U.S.C. 2595) 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency'' and inserting ``Department 
     of State''; and
       (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ``the United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency and''.

     SEC. 245. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Arms Export Control Act.--The Arms Export Control Act 
     is amended--
       (1) in section 36(b)(1)(D) (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1)(D)), by 
     striking ``Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency in consultation with the Secretary of State and'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State in consultation with'';
       (2) in section 38(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(2))--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``Director of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, taking 
     into account the Director's'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State, taking into account the Secretary's''; and
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Director of 
     the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency is authorized, 
     whenever the Director'' and inserting ``The Secretary of 
     State is authorized, whenever the Secretary'';
       (3) in section 42(a) (22 U.S.C. 2791(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``Director of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in the first sentence, by striking ``Director of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (ii) in the second sentence, by striking ``Director of the 
     Arms Control and Disarmament Agency is authorized, whenever 
     the Director'' and inserting ``Secretary of State, whenever 
     the Secretary'';
       (4) in section 71(a) (22 U.S.C. 2797(a)), by striking ``, 
     the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,'' 
     and inserting ``, Secretary of State,'';
       (5) in section 71(b)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2797(b)(1)), by striking 
     ``Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (6) in section 71(b)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2797(b)(2))--
       (A) by striking ``Director of the United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State''; and
       (B) by striking ``, or the Director'';
       (7) in section 71(c) (22 U.S.C. 2797(c)), by striking 
     ``Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency,'' and inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (8) in section 73(d) (22 U.S.C. 2797(d)), by striking 
     ``Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (b) United States Institute of Peace Act.--Section 1706(b) 
     of the United States Institute of Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 
     4605(b)) is amended--
       (1) by striking out paragraph (3);
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
     (3) and (4), respectively; and
       (3) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by 
     striking ``Eleven'' and inserting ``Twelve''.
       (c) The Atomic Energy Act of 1954.--The Atomic Energy Act 
     of 1954 is amended--
       (1) in section 57 b. (42 U.S.C. 2077(b))--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``the Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency,'', and
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``the Director of 
     the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,''; and
       (2) in section 123 (42 U.S.C. 2153)--
       (A) in subsection a. (in the text after paragraph (9)--
       (i) by striking ``and in consultation with the Director of 
     the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (`the Director')'', 
     and
       (ii) by striking ``and the Director'' and inserting ``and 
     the Secretary of Defense'',
       (B) in subsection d., in the first proviso, by striking 
     ``Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary of Defense'', and
       (C) in the first undesignated paragraph following 
     subsection d., by striking ``the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency,''.
       (d) The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.--The Nuclear 
     Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 is amended--
       (1) in section 4, by striking paragraph (2);
       (2) in section 102, by striking ``the Secretary of State, 
     and the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency'' 
     and inserting ``and the Secretary of State''; and
       (3) in section 602(c), by striking ``the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency,''.
       (e) Title 5, United States Code.--Title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 5313, by striking ``Director of the United 
     States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.'';
       (2) in section 5314, by striking ``Deputy Director of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.''; and
       (3) in section 5315, by striking ``Assistant Directors, 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (4).''.
              TITLE III--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this 
     title, and the amendments made by this title, shall take 
     effect--
       (1) March 1, 1997; or
       (2) on such earlier date as the President shall determine 
     to be appropriate and announce by notice published in the 
     Federal Register, which date may be not earlier than 60 
     calendar days (excluding any day on which either House of 
     Congress is not in session because of an adjournment sine 
     die) after the President has submitted a reorganization plan 
     to the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to 
     section 321.
       (b) Reorganization Plan.--Section 321 shall take effect on 
     the date of enactment of this Act.

 CHAPTER 2--ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY AND TRANSFER 
                   OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF STATE

     SEC. 311. ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY.

       The United States Information Agency is abolished.

     SEC. 312. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF STATE.

       There are transferred to the Secretary of State all 
     functions of the Director of the United States Information 
     Agency and all functions of the United States Information 
     Agency and any officer or component of such agency under any 
     statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, or other 
     provision of law before the effective date of this title, 
     except as otherwise provided in this title.

CHAPTER 3--REORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO FUNCTIONS 
                      TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS TITLE

     SEC. 321. REORGANIZATION PLAN.

       (a) Submission of Plan.--Not later than March 1, 1996, the 
     President, in consultation with the Secretary and the 
     Director of the United States Information Agency, shall 
     transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     reorganization plan providing for--
       (1) the abolition of the United States Information Agency 
     in accordance with this title;
       (2) the transfer to the Department of State of the 
     functions and personnel of the United [[Page H5415]] States 
     Information Agency consistent with the provisions of this 
     title; and
       (3) the consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining of 
     the Department upon the transfer of functions under this 
     title in order to carry out such functions.
       (b) Plan Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) identify the functions of the United States Information 
     Agency that will be transferred to the Department under the 
     plan;
       (2) identify the personnel and positions of the Agency 
     (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service 
     personnel, and detailees) that will be transferred to the 
     Department, separated from service with the Agency, or be 
     eliminated under the plan, and set forth a schedule for such 
     transfers, separations, and terminations;
       (3) identify the personnel and positions of the Department 
     (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service 
     personnel, and detailees) that will be transferred within the 
     Department, separated from service with the Department, or 
     eliminated under the plan, and set forth a schedule for such 
     transfers, separations, and terminations;
       (4) specify the consolidations and reorganization of 
     functions of the Department that will be required under the 
     plan in order to permit the Department to carry out the 
     functions transferred to the Department under the plan;
       (5) specify the funds available to the United States 
     Information Agency that will be transferred to the Department 
     as a result of the transfer of functions of the Agency to the 
     Department;
       (6) specify the proposed allocations within the Department 
     of unexpended funds transferred in connection with the 
     transfer of functions under the plan; and
       (7) specify the proposed disposition of the property, 
     facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and 
     liabilities of the Agency in connection with the transfer of 
     the functions of the Agency to the Department.
       (c) Assistant Secretary Positions.--The plan under 
     subsection (a) shall provide for an appropriate number of 
     Assistant Secretaries of State to carry out the functions 
     transferred to the Department under this title.

     SEC. 322. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

       (a) Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy.--
       (1) Establishment.--Section 1(b) of the State Department 
     Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b) is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``There'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--There''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Under secretary for public diplomacy.--There shall be 
     in the Department of State an Under Secretary for Public 
     Diplomacy who shall have responsibility to assist the 
     Secretary and the Deputy Secretary in the formation and 
     implementation of United States public diplomacy policies and 
     activities, including international educational and cultural 
     exchange programs, information, and international 
     broadcasting.''.
       (2) Transition provision.--The President may appoint the 
     individual serving as Director of the United States 
     Information Agency on the day before the effective date of 
     this title, or such other official appointed by and with the 
     advice and consent of the Senate and serving within the 
     Department of State or the United States Information Agency 
     as the President considers appropriate, to serve as the 
     acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy until an 
     individual is appointed to that office in accordance with 
     section (1)(b)(1) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956, as amended by this Act.
       (b) Assistant Secretaries.--
       (1) Establishment.--Section 1(c) of the State Department 
     Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended 
     by adding after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) Assistant secretary for academic programs and 
     cultural exchanges.--There shall be in the Department of 
     State an Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs and 
     Cultural Exchanges who shall report to the Under Secretary 
     for Public Diplomacy.
       ``(4) Assistant secretary for information, policy, and 
     programs.--There shall be in the Department of State an 
     Assistant Secretary for Information, Policy, and Programs who 
     shall report to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy.''.
       (2) Transition provision.--The President may appoint such 
     officials appointed by and with the advice and consent of the 
     Senate and serving within the Department of State or the 
     United States Information Agency as the President considers 
     appropriate to serve as the acting Assistant Secretary for 
     Academic Programs and Cultural Exchanges and to serve as the 
     acting Assistant Secretary for Information, Policy, and 
     Programs until individuals are appointed to those offices in 
     accordance with section 1(c)(1) of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956, as amended by this Act.

                    CHAPTER 4--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 341. REFERENCES.

       Any reference in any statute, reorganization plan, 
     Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or 
     other official document or proceeding to--
       (1) the Director of the United States Information Agency, 
     the Director of the International Communication Agency, or 
     any other officer or employee of the United States 
     Information Agency shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary 
     of State; and
       (2) the United States Information Agency, USIA, or the 
     International Communication Agency shall be deemed to refer 
     to the Department of State.
     SEC. 342. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY AND TRANSFER 
                   OF FUNCTIONS TO OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       (a) Abolition of Office of Inspector General of the USIA.--
       (1) The Office of Inspector General of the United States 
     Information Agency is abolished.
       (2) Section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
     U.S.C. App.) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``, the Office of 
     Personnel Management or the United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``or the Office of Personnel 
     Management''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``the United States 
     Information Agency,''.
       (3) Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking the following:
       ``Inspector General, United States Information Agency.''.
       (b) Functions of Office of Inspector General of the United 
     States Information Agency Transferred to Office of Inspector 
     General of the Department of State.--There are transferred to 
     the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of 
     State the functions that the Office of Inspector General of 
     the United States Information Agency exercised before the 
     effective date of this title (including all related functions 
     of the Inspector General of the United States Information 
     Agency).
       (c) Transfer and Allocations of Appropriations and 
     Personnel.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is 
     authorized to make such incidental dispositions of personnel, 
     assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, 
     and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, 
     allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from, 
     available to, or to be made available in connection with such 
     functions, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
     this section.

     SEC. 343. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5.

       Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 5313, by striking ``Director of the United 
     States Information Agency.'';
       (2) in section 5315, by striking ``Deputy Director of the 
     United States Information Agency.''; and
       (3) in section 5316, by striking ``Deputy Director, Policy 
     and Plans, United States Information Agency.'' and striking 
     ``Associate Director (Policy and Plans), United States 
     Information Agency.''.

     SEC. 344. AMENDMENTS TO UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND 
                   EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACT OF 1948.

       (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, the United States Information and Educational 
     Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``Department of State'';
       (2) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State'';
       (3) by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (4) by striking ``USIA'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Department of State''; and
       (5) by striking ``Agency'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Department of State''.
       (b) Satellite and Television Broadcasts.--Section 505 of 
     the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
     1948 (22 U.S.C. 1464a) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' each of the four places it appears and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``To be effective, the 
     United States Information Agency'' and inserting ``To be 
     effective in carrying out this subsection, the Department of 
     State'';
       (3) by striking ``USIA-TV'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``DEPARTMENT OF STATE-TV''; and
       (4) by striking subsection (e).
       (c) United States Advisory Commission on Public 
     Diplomacy.--Section 604 of the United States Information and 
     Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)(1)--
       (A) by striking ``the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency,''; and
       (B) by striking ``Director or the Agency, and shall 
     appraise the effectiveness of policies and programs of the 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of State or the Department 
     of State, and shall appraise the effectiveness of the 
     information, educational, and cultural policies and programs 
     of the Department'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
       (A) in the first sentence by striking ``the Secretary of 
     State, and the Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``and the Secretary of State'';
       (B) in the second sentence by striking ``by the Agency'' 
     and inserting ``by the Department of State''; and
       (C) by striking ``Director for effectuating the purposes of 
     the Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary for effectuating the 
     information, educational, and cultural functions of the 
     Department''; [[Page H5416]] 
       (3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``programs conducted 
     by the Agency'' and inserting ``information, educational, and 
     cultural programs conducted by the Department of State''; and
       (4) in subsection (c)(4), by striking ``Director of the 
     United States Information Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary 
     of State''.

     SEC. 345. AMENDMENTS TO THE MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 
                   EXCHANGE ACT OF 1961 (FULBRIGHT-HAYS ACT).

       (a) In General.--The Mutual Educational and Cultural 
     Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by 
     striking ``Director of the International Communication 
     Agency'' and ``Director'' each place either term appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (b) Repeal of Defunct Advisory Commissions.--Section 106 of 
     such Act (22 U.S.C. 2456) is amended by striking subsection 
     (c).
       (c) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.--Section 
     112 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460) is amended--
       (1) by striking the first sentence of subsection (a);
       (2) by striking ``Bureau'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Department of State''; and
       (3) by striking subsection (e).

     SEC. 346. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES.

       (a) In General.--Title III of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236) is amended--
       (1) in section 305(b)(1), by striking ``Agency's'' and 
     inserting ``Department's'';
       (2) in section 306, by striking ``, acting through the 
     Director of the United States Information Agency,'' and 
     inserting ``, acting through the Under Secretary of State for 
     Public Diplomacy,'';
       (3) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State'';
       (4) by striking all references to ``United States 
     Information Agency'' that were not stricken in paragraph (3) 
     and inserting ``Department of State'';
       (5) by striking ``Bureau'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Office''; and
       (6) in section 305(a)(1), by striking ``title,'' and 
     inserting ``title (including activities of the Voice of 
     America previously carried out by the United States 
     Information Agency),''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment to Title 5.--Section 5315 of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Director of 
     the International Broadcasting Bureau, the United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``Director of the 
     International Broadcasting Office, the Department of State''.

     SEC. 347. TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA.

       (a) Authority.--Section 243(a) of the Television 
     Broadcasting to Cuba Act (as contained in part D of title II 
     of Public Law 101-246) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb(a)) is amended by 
     striking ``United States Information Agency (hereafter in 
     this part referred to as the `Agency')'' and inserting 
     ``Department of State (hereafter in this part referred to as 
     the `Department')''.
       (b) Television Marti Service.--Section 244 of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 1465cc) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by amending the first sentence to read as follows: 
     ``The Secretary of State shall administer within the Voice of 
     America the Television Marti Service.''; and
       (B) in the third sentence, by striking ``Director of the 
     United States Information Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary 
     of State'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``USIA'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State'',
       (B) by striking ``Agency facilities'' and inserting 
     ``Department facilities''; and
       (C) by striking ``United States Information Agency 
     Television Service'' and inserting ``Department of State 
     Television Service''; and
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking ``USIA Authority.--The Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State Authority.--The Secretary of 
     State''; and
       (B) by striking ``Agency'' the second place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (c) Assistance From Other Government Agencies.--Section 246 
     of such Act (22 U.S.C. 1465dd) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State''; and
       (2) by striking ``the Agency'' and inserting ``the 
     Department''.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 247(a) of 
     such Act (22 U.S.C. 1465ee(a)) is repealed.

     SEC. 348. RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA.

       (a) Functions of the Department of State.--Section 3 of the 
     Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465a) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``united states 
     information agency'' and inserting ``department of state'';
       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 
     `Agency')'' and inserting ``Department of State (hereafter in 
     this Act referred to as the `Department')''; and
       (3) in subsection (f), by striking ``Director of the United 
     States Information Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State''.
       (b) Cuba Service.--Section 4 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 1465b) 
     is amended--
       (1) by amending the first sentence to read as follows: 
     ``The Secretary of State shall administer within the Voice of 
     America the Cuba Service (hereafter in this section referred 
     to as the `Service').''; and
       (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``Director of the 
     United States Information Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary 
     of State''.
       (c) Assistance From Other Government Agencies.--Section 6 
     of such Act (22 U.S.C. 1465d) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State''; and
       (B) by striking ``the Agency'' and inserting ``the 
     Department''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking ``The Agency'' and inserting ``The 
     Department''; and
       (B) by striking ``the Agency'' and inserting ``the 
     Secretary of State''.
       (d) Facility Compensation.--Section 7 of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 1465e) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``the Agency'' and 
     inserting ``the Department''; and
       (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``Agency'' and inserting 
     ``Department''.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 8 of such Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 1465f) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(a) The amount obligated by the Department of State each 
     fiscal year to carry out this Act shall be sufficient to 
     maintain broadcasts to Cuba under this Act at rates no less 
     than the fiscal year 1985 level of obligations by the former 
     United States Information Agency for such broadcasts.''; and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).

     SEC. 349. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.

       (a) Grants.--Section 503 of Public Law 98-164, as amended 
     (22 U.S.C. 4412) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (B) by striking ``the Agency'' and inserting ``the 
     Department of State''; and
       (C) by striking ``the Director'' and inserting ``the 
     Secretary of State''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (b) Audits.--Section 504(g) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4413(g)) 
     is amended by striking ``United States Information Agency'' 
     and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (c) Freedom of Information.--Section 506 of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 4415) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking ``Director'' each of the three places it 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary''; and
       (B) by striking ``of the United States Information Agency'' 
     and inserting ``of State''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in the subsection heading by striking ``USIA'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State'';
       (B) by striking ``Director'' each of the three places it 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary'';
       (C) by striking ``of the United States Information Agency'' 
     and inserting ``of State''; and
       (D) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State''.

     SEC. 350. UNITED STATES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING 
                   COUNTRIES.

       (a) Program Authority.--Section 603 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 
     U.S.C. 4703) is amended by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (b) Guidelines.--Section 604(11) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     4704(11)) is amended by striking ``United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (c) Policy Regarding Other International Educational 
     Programs.--Section 606(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4706(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``USIA'' and 
     inserting ``State Department''; and
       (2) by striking ``Director of United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (d) General Authorities.--Section 609(e) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 4709(e)) is amended by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``Department of State''.

     SEC. 351. FASCELL FELLOWSHIP BOARD.

       Section 1003(b) of the Fascell Fellowship Act (22 U.S.C. 
     4902(b)) is amended--
       (1) in the text above paragraph (1), by striking ``9 
     members'' and inserting ``8 members'';
       (2) by striking paragraph (3); and
       (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).

     SEC. 352. NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION BOARD.

       Section 803 of the Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal 
     Year 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1903(b)) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (6); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
     (6) and (7); and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``subsection (b)(7)'' 
     and inserting ``subsection (b)(6)''.
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     SEC. 353. CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE 
                   BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.

       Section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2075) is amended by 
     striking ``Director of the United States Information Agency'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of State''.

     SEC. 354. EAST-WEST CENTER.

       (a) Duties.--Section 703 of the Mutual Security Act of 1960 
     (22 U.S.C. 2055) is amended--
       (1) in the text above paragraph (1), by striking ``Director 
     of the United States Information Agency (hereinafter referred 
     to as the `Director')'' and inserting ``Secretary of State 
     (hereinafter referred to as the `Secretary')''; and
       (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``establishment and''.
       (b) Administration.--Section 704 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2056) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (2) by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary''.
     SEC. 355. MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       Section 202 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 1461-1) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``mission of the 
     International Communication Agency'' and inserting ``mission 
     of the Department of State in carrying out its information, 
     educational, and cultural functions'';
       (2) in the second sentence, in the text above paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``International Communication Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State'';
       (3) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Department''; and
       (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ``mission of the Agency'' 
     and inserting ``mission described in this section''.

     SEC. 356. CONSOLIDATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.

       Section 23(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2695(a)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(including'' and all that follows through 
     ``Agency)''; and
       (2) by striking ``other such agencies'' and inserting 
     ``other Federal agencies''.

     SEC. 357. GRANTS.

       Section 212 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 1475h) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``Department of State, in 
     carrying out its international information, educational, and 
     cultural functions,'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``Department of State'';
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency shall substantially comply with United 
     States Information Agency'' and inserting ``Department of 
     State, in carrying out its international information, 
     educational, and cultural functions, shall substantially 
     comply with Department of State''; and
       (B) in paragraphs (2) and (3)--
       (i) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State''; and
       (ii) by striking ``Agency'' each of the places it appears 
     and inserting ``Department''; and
       (4) by striking subsection (d).
     SEC. 358. BAN ON DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES.

       Section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461-1a) is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``United States Information Agency'' 
     each of the two places it appears and inserting ``Department 
     of State''; and
       (2) by inserting ``in carrying out its international 
     information, educational, and cultural activities'' before 
     ``shall be distributed''.

     SEC. 359. CONFORMING REPEAL TO THE ARMS CONTROL AND 
                   DISARMAMENT ACT.

       Section 34(b) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2574(b)) is repealed.

     SEC. 360. REPEAL RELATING TO PROCUREMENT OF LEGAL SERVICES.

       Section 26(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2698(b)) is repealed.

     SEC. 361. REPEAL RELATING TO PAYMENT OF SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES.

       Section 32 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2704) is amended by striking the second 
     sentence.

     SEC. 362. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO THE SEED ACT.

       Section 2(c) of the Support for East European Democracy 
     (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5401(c)) is amended in 
     paragraph (17) by striking ``United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Department of State''.

     SEC. 363. INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL AND TRADE CENTER COMMISSION.

       Section 7(c) of the Federal Triangle Development Act (40 
     U.S.C. 1106(c)) is amended--
       (1) in the text above subparagraph (A), by striking ``15 
     members'' and inserting ``14 members'';
       (2) by striking subparagraph (F); and
       (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (J) as 
     subparagraphs (F) through (I), respectively.

     SEC. 364. FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.

       (a) Other Agencies Utilizing Service.--Section 202(a) of 
     the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3922(a)) is 
     amended by striking paragraph (1).
       (b) Board of the Foreign Service.--Section 210 of such Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 3930) is amended by striking ``the United States 
     Information Agency, the United States International 
     Development Cooperation Agency,''.

     SEC. 365. AU PAIR PROGRAMS.

       Section 8 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 
     (Public Law 101-454) is amended by striking ``Director of the 
     United States Information Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary 
     of State''.

     SEC. 366. EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION FROM 
                   TOTALITARIANISM TO DEMOCRACY.

       Section 602 of the National and Community Service Act of 
     1990 (22 U.S.C. 2452a) is amended--
       (1) in the second sentence of subsection (a), by striking 
     ``United States Information Agency'' and inserting 
     ``Department of State''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking ``appropriations account of the United 
     States Information Agency'' and inserting ``appropriate 
     appropriations account of the Department of State''; and
       (B) by striking ``and the United States Information 
     Agency''.

     SEC. 367. EDMUND S. MUSKIE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

       Section 227 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (d).

     SEC. 368. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTION ON CULTURAL PROPERTY.

       Title III of the Convention on Cultural Property 
     Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by 
     striking ``Director of the United States Information Agency'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of State''.

     SEC. 369. MIKE MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIPS.

       Section 252(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6101(a)) is amended by 
     striking ``Director of the United States Information Agency'' 
     and inserting ``Secretary of State''.
             TITLE IV--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this 
     title, and the amendments made by this title, shall take 
     effect--
       (1) on March 1, 1997; or
       (2) on such earlier date as the President shall determine 
     to be appropriate and announce by notice published in the 
     Federal Register, which date may be not earlier than 60 
     calendar days (excluding any day on which either House of 
     Congress is not in session because of an adjournment sine 
     die) after the President has submitted a reorganization plan 
     to the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to 
     section 421.
       (b) Reorganization Plan.--Section 421 shall take effect on 
     the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 402. REFERENCES IN TITLE.

       Except as specifically provided in this title, whenever in 
     this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
     amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the reference shall 
     be considered to be made to a provision of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.

 CHAPTER 2--ABOLITION OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 
              TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF STATE

     SEC. 411. ABOLITION OF AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
                   AND THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION 
                   AGENCY.

       The Agency for International Development and the 
     International Development Cooperation Agency are abolished.

     SEC. 412. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF STATE.

       There are transferred to the Secretary of State all 
     functions of the Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development and the Director of the 
     International Development Cooperation Agency and all 
     functions of the Agency for International Development and the 
     International Development Cooperation Agency and any officer 
     or component of such agencies under any statute, 
     reorganization plan, Executive order, or other provision of 
     law before the effective date of this title, except as 
     otherwise provided in this title.

CHAPTER 3--REORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO FUNCTIONS 
                      TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS TITLE

     SEC. 421. REORGANIZATION PLAN.

       (a) Submission of Plan.--Not later than March 1, 1996, the 
     President, in consultation with the Secretary and the 
     Administrator of the Agency for International Development, 
     shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     reorganization plan providing for--
       (1) the abolition of the Agency for International 
     Development in accordance with this title; [[Page H5418]] 
       (2) the transfer to the Department of State of the 
     functions and personnel of the Agency for International 
     Development consistent with the provisions of this title; and
       (3) the consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining of 
     the Department upon the transfer of functions under this 
     title in order to carry out such functions.
       (b) Plan Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) identify the functions of the Agency for International 
     Development that will be transferred to the Department under 
     the plan;
       (2) identify the personnel and positions of the Agency 
     (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service 
     personnel, and detailees) that will be transferred to the 
     Department, separated from service with the Agency, or be 
     eliminated under the plan, and set forth a schedule for such 
     transfers, separations, and terminations;
       (3) identify the personnel and positions of the Department 
     (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service 
     personnel, and detailees) that will be transferred within the 
     Department, separated from service with the Department, or 
     eliminated under the plan, and set forth a schedule for such 
     transfers, separations, and terminations;
       (4) specify the consolidations and reorganization of 
     functions of the Department that will be required under the 
     plan in order to permit the Department to carry out the 
     functions transferred to the Department under the plan;
       (5) specify the funds available to the Agency for 
     International Development that will be transferred to the 
     Department under this title as a result of the transfer of 
     functions of the Agency to the Department;
       (6) specify the proposed allocations within the Department 
     of unexpended funds transferred in connection with the 
     transfer of functions under the plan; and
       (7) specify the proposed disposition of the property, 
     facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and 
     liabilities of the Agency in connection with the transfer of 
     the functions of the Agency to the Department.
       (c) Assistant Secretary Positions.--The plan under 
     subsection (a) shall provide for an appropriate number of 
     Assistant Secretaries of State to carry out the functions 
     transferred to the Department under this title.

     SEC. 422. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

       (a) Under Secretary of State for Development and Economic 
     Affairs.--
       (1) Establishment.--Section 1(b) of the State Department 
     Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)) is amended 
     by adding after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Under secretary for development and economic 
     affairs.--There shall be in the Department of State an Under 
     Secretary for Development and Economic Affairs who shall 
     assist the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary in the 
     formation and implementation of United States policies and 
     activities concerning international development and economic 
     affairs.''.
       (b) Transition Provision.--The President may appoint the 
     individual serving as Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development on the day before the effective 
     date of this title, or such other official appointed by and 
     with the advice and consent of the Senate and serving within 
     the Department of State or the Agency for International 
     Development as the President considers appropriate, to serve 
     as the acting Under Secretary for Development and Economic 
     Affairs until an individual is appointed to that office in 
     accordance with section 1(b)(1) of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956, as amended by this Act.

                    CHAPTER 4--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 441. REFERENCES.

       Any reference in any statute, reorganization plan, 
     Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or 
     other official document or proceeding to--
       (1) the Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development, or any other officer or employee of the Agency 
     for International Development shall be deemed to refer to the 
     Secretary of State;
       (2) the Director or any other officer or employee of the 
     International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA) shall be 
     deemed to refer to the Secretary of State; or
       (3) the Agency for International Development, AID, the 
     agency primarily responsible for administering part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or the International 
     Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA) shall be deemed to 
     refer to the Department of State.
     SEC. 442. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 
                   AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 
                   TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO OFFICE OF INSPECTOR 
                   GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       (a) Abolition of Office of Inspector General of the Agency 
     for International Development.--The Office of Inspector 
     General of the Agency for International Development is 
     abolished.
       (b) Amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978.--The 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended as 
     follows:
       (1) Section 8A is repealed.
       (2) Section 11(1) is amended by striking ``the 
     Administrator of the Agency for International Development,''.
       (3) Section 11(2) is amended by striking ``the Agency for 
     International Development,''.
       (c) Amendments to Title 5, United States Code.--Section 
     5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     the following: ``Inspector General, Agency for International 
     Development.''.
       (d) Functions of Office of Inspector General of the Agency 
     for International Development Transferred to Office of 
     Inspector General of the Department of State.--There are 
     transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 
     Department of State the functions that the Office of 
     Inspector General of the Agency for International Development 
     exercised before the effective date of this title (including 
     all related functions of the Inspector General of the Agency 
     for International Development).
       (e) Transfer and Allocations of Appropriations and 
     Personnel.--The Inspector General of the Department of State, 
     is authorized to make such incidental dispositions of 
     personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, 
     records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
     authorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, 
     arising from, available to, or to be made available in 
     connection with such functions, as may be necessary to carry 
     out the provisions of this section.

     SEC. 443. ABOLITION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE AGENCY 
                   FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF 
                   FUNCTIONS TO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DEPARTMENT 
                   OF STATE.

       (a) Abolition of Office of Chief Financial Officer of the 
     Agency for International Development.--The Office of Chief 
     Financial Officer of the Agency for International Development 
     is abolished.
       (b) Amendment to Title 31, United States Code.--Section 
     901(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking subparagraph (A).
       (c) Functions of Office of Chief Financial Officer of the 
     Agency for International Development Transferred to Office of 
     Chief Financial Officer of the Department of State.--There 
     are transferred to the Office of Chief Financial Officer of 
     the Department of State the functions that the Office of 
     Chief Financial Officer of the Agency for International 
     Development exercised before the effective date of this title 
     (including all related functions of the Chief Financial 
     Officer of the Agency for International Development).
       (d) Transfer and Allocations of Appropriations and 
     Personnel.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is 
     authorized to make such incidental dispositions of personnel, 
     assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, 
     and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, 
     allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from, 
     available to, or to be made available in connection with such 
     functions, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
     this section.

     SEC. 444. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.

       Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 5313, by striking ``Administrator, Agency 
     for International Development.'';
       (2) in section 5314, by striking ``Deputy Administrator, 
     Agency for International Development.'';
       (3) in section 5315--
       (A) by striking ``Assistant Administrators, Agency for 
     International Development (6).''; and
       (B) by striking ``Regional Assistant Administrators, Agency 
     for International Development (4).''; and
       (4) in section 5316 by striking ``General Counsel of the 
     Agency for International Development.''.

     SEC. 445. PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM.

       The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
     1954 (Public Law 83-480; 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) is amended by 
     striking ``Administrator'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Under Secretary of State for Development and 
     Economic Affairs''.
                          TITLE V--TRANSITION

     SEC. 501. REORGANIZATION AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized, subject to 
     the requirements of this division, to allocate or reallocate 
     any function transferred to the Department under any title of 
     this division among the officers of the Department, and to 
     establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue such 
     organizational entities within the Department as may be 
     necessary or appropriate to carry out any reorganization 
     under this division, but the authority of the Secretary under 
     this section does not extend to--
       (1) the abolition of organizational entities or officers 
     established by this Act or any other Act; or
       (2) the alteration of the delegation of functions to any 
     specific organizational entity or officer required by this 
     Act or any other Act.
       (b) Requirements and Limitations on Reorganization Plans.--
     A reorganization plan pursuant to any title of this division 
     may not have the effect of--
       (1) creating a new executive department;
       (2) continuing a function beyond the period authorized by 
     law for its exercise or beyond the time when it would have 
     terminated if the reorganization had not been made;
       (3) authorizing an agency to exercise a function which is 
     not authorized by law at the time the plan is transmitted to 
     Congress;
       (4) creating a new agency which is not a component or part 
     of an existing executive department or independent agency; 
     or [[Page H5419]] 
       (5) increasing the term of an office beyond that provided 
     by law for the office.

     SEC. 502. TRANSFER AND ALLOCATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND 
                   PERSONNEL.

       (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
     the personnel employed in connection with, and the assets, 
     liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended 
     balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and 
     other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available to, 
     or to be made available in connection with the functions and 
     offices, or portions thereof transferred by any title of this 
     division, subject to section 1531 of title 31, United States 
     Code, shall be transferred to the Secretary for appropriate 
     allocation.
       (b) Limitation on Use of Transferred Funds.--Unexpended and 
     unobligated funds transferred pursuant to any title of this 
     division shall be used only for the purposes for which the 
     funds were originally authorized and appropriated.
       (c) Authorized Strength of the Foreign Service.--When an 
     agency is abolished under this division, the limitations for 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997 under section 2351 of this Act on 
     the members of the Foreign Service authorized to be employed 
     by such agency shall be added to the limitations under such 
     section which apply to the Department of State.

     SEC. 503. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.

       The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to 
     make such incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, 
     liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, and 
     unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, 
     allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from, 
     available to, or to be made available in connection with such 
     functions, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of 
     any title of this division. The Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     State, shall provide for the termination of the affairs of 
     all entities terminated by this division and for such further 
     measures and dispositions as may be necessary to effectuate 
     the purposes of any title of this division.

     SEC. 504. EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.

       (a) Executive Schedule Positions.--Except as otherwise 
     provided in this division, any person who, on the day 
     preceding the date of the abolition of an agency the 
     functions of which are transferred under any title of this 
     division, held a position compensated in accordance with the 
     Executive Schedule prescribed in chapter 53 of title 5, 
     United States Code, and who, without a break in service, is 
     appointed in the Department to a position having duties 
     comparable to the duties performed immediately preceding such 
     appointment shall continue to be compensated in such new 
     position at not less than the rate provided for such previous 
     position, for the duration of the service of such person in 
     such new position.
       (b) Termination of Certain Positions.--Positions whose 
     incumbents are appointed by the President, by and with the 
     advice and consent of the Senate, the functions of which are 
     transferred by any title of this division, shall terminate on 
     the effective date of that title.
       (c) Excepted Service.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in the 
     case of employees occupying positions in the excepted service 
     or the Senior Executive Service, any appointment authority 
     established pursuant to law or regulations of the Office of 
     Personnel Management for filling such positions shall be 
     transferred.
       (2) The Department of State may decline a transfer of 
     authority under paragraph (1) (and the employees appointed 
     pursuant thereto) to the extent that such authority relates 
     to positions excepted from the competitive service because of 
     their confidential, policy-making, policy-determining, or 
     policy-advocating character, and noncareer positions in the 
     Senior Executive Service (within the meaning of section 
     3132(a)(7) of title 5, United States Code).
       (d) Employee Benefit Programs.--(1) Any employee accepting 
     employment with the Department of State as a result of a 
     transfer pursuant to any title of this division may retain 
     for 1 year after the date such transfer occurs membership in 
     any employee benefit program of the former agency, including 
     insurance, to which such employee belongs on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act if--
       (A) the employee does not elect to give up the benefit or 
     membership in the program; and
       (B) the benefit or program is continued by the Secretary of 
     State.
       (2) The difference in the costs between the benefits which 
     would have been provided by such agency or entity and those 
     provided by this section shall be paid by the Secretary of 
     State. If any employee elects to give up membership in a 
     health insurance program or the health insurance program is 
     not continued by the Secretary of State, the employee shall 
     be permitted to select an alternate Federal health insurance 
     program within 30 days of such election or notice, without 
     regard to any other regularly scheduled open season.
       (e) Senior Executive Service.--Any employee in the career 
     Senior Executive Service who is transferred pursuant to any 
     title of this division shall be placed in a position at the 
     Department of State which is comparable to the position the 
     employee held in the agency.
       (f) Assignments.--(1) Transferring employees shall be 
     provided reasonable notice of new positions and assignments 
     prior to their transfer pursuant to any title of this 
     division.
       (2) Foreign Service personnel transferred to the Department 
     of State pursuant to any title of this division shall be 
     eligible for any assignment open to Foreign Service personnel 
     within the Department for which such transferred personnel 
     are qualified.
       (g) Treatment of Personnel Employed in Terminated 
     Functions.--The provisions of this subsection shall apply 
     with respect to officers and employees of the agencies 
     identified in section 505(b) whose employment is terminated 
     as a result of the abolition of the agency or the 
     reorganization and consolidation of functions of the 
     Department of State under any title of this division:
       (1) Under such regulations as the Office of Personnel 
     Management may prescribe, the head of any agency in the 
     executive branch may appoint in the competitive service any 
     person who is certified by the head of the former agency as 
     having served satisfactorily in the former agency and who 
     passes such examination as the Office of Personnel Management 
     may prescribe. Any person so appointed shall, upon completion 
     of the prescribed probationary period, acquire a competitive 
     status.
       (2) The head of any agency in the executive branch having 
     an established merit system in the excepted service may 
     appoint in such service any person who is certified by the 
     head of the former agency as having served satisfactorily in 
     the former agency and who passes such examination as the head 
     of such agency in the executive branch may prescribe.
       (3) Any appointment under this subsection shall be made 
     within a period of one year after completion of the 
     appointee's service in the former agency.
       (4) Any law, Executive order, or regulation which would 
     disqualify an applicant for appointment in the competitive 
     service or in the excepted service concerned shall also 
     disqualify an applicant for appointment under this 
     subsection.

     SEC. 505. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVES.

       (a) Authority To Pay Incentives.--The head of an agency 
     referred to in subsection (b) may pay voluntary incentive 
     payments to employees of the agency in order to avoid or 
     minimize the need for involuntary separations from the agency 
     as a result of the abolition of the agency and the 
     reorganization and consolidation of functions of the 
     Department of State under any title of this division.
       (b) Covered Agencies.--Subsection (a) applies to the 
     following agencies:
       (1) The Department of State.
       (2) The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
       (3) The United States Information Agency.
       (4) The Agency for International Development.
       (c) Payment Requirements.--The head of an agency shall pay 
     voluntary separation incentive payments in accordance with 
     the provisions of section 3 of the Federal Workforce 
     Restructuring Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-226; 108 Stat. 
     111), except that an employee of the agency shall be deemed 
     to be eligible for payment of a voluntary separation 
     incentive payment under that section if the employee 
     separates from service with the agency during the period 
     beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending--
       (1) in the case of an agency referred to in paragraph (2), 
     (3), or (4) of subsection (b), on the date of the abolition 
     of that agency under this division; and
       (2) in the case of the Department of State, on September 
     30, 1997.
       (d) Termination of Authority.--The authority of the head of 
     an agency to authorize payment of voluntary separation 
     incentive payments under this section shall expire on--
       (1) in the case of an agency referred to in paragraph (2), 
     (3), or (4) of subsection (b), on the date of the abolition 
     of that agency under this division; and
       (3) in the case of the Department of State, September 30, 
     1997.
       (e) Budget Act Compliance.--Any new spending authority 
     (within the meaning of section 401 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974) which is provided under this section 
     shall be effective for any fiscal year only to the extent or 
     in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations 
     Acts.
       (f) Effect of Subsequent Employment with the Government.--
     An employee who has received a voluntary separation incentive 
     payment under this section and accepts employment with the 
     Government of the United States within 5 years after the date 
     of the separation on which the payment is based shall be 
     required to repay the entire amount of the incentive payment 
     to the agency that paid the incentive payment.
       (g) Additional Agency Contributions to the Retirement 
     Fund.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to any other payments which it 
     is required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 or 
     chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, in fiscal years 
     1996, 1997, and 1998 each agency under subsection (b) of this 
     section shall, before the end of each such fiscal year, remit 
     to the Office of Personnel Management for deposit in the 
     Treasury of the United States for credit of the Civil Service 
     Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to the product 
     of--
       (A) the number of employees of such agency who, as of March 
     31st of such fiscal year, [[Page H5420]] are subject to 
     subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title; 
     multiplied by
       (B) $80.
       (2) Regulations.--The Director of the Office of Personnel 
     Management may prescribe any regulations necessary to carry 
     out this subsection.

     SEC. 506. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.

       (a) Continuing Legal Force and Effect.--All orders, 
     determinations, rules, regulations, permits, agreements, 
     grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, 
     privileges, and other administrative actions--
       (1) that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to 
     become effective by the President, any Federal agency or 
     official thereof, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in 
     the performance of functions that are transferred under any 
     title of this division; and
       (2) that are in effect at the time such title takes effect, 
     or were final before the effective date of such title and are 
     to become effective on or after the effective date of such 
     title,

     shall continue in effect according to their terms until 
     modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in 
     accordance with law by the President, the Secretary, or other 
     authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or by 
     operation of law.
       (b) Pending Proceedings.--(1) The provisions of any title 
     of this division shall not affect any proceedings, including 
     notices of proposed rulemaking, or any application for any 
     license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending 
     on the effective date of any title of this division before 
     any department, agency, commission, or component thereof, 
     functions of which are transferred by any title of this 
     division. Such proceedings and applications, to the extent 
     that they relate to functions so transferred, shall be 
     continued.
       (2) Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals 
     shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursuant 
     to such orders, as if this Act had not been enacted. Orders 
     issued in any such proceedings shall continue in effect until 
     modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by the 
     Secretary, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by 
     operation of law.
       (3) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prohibit the 
     discontinuance or modification of any such proceeding under 
     the same terms and conditions and to the same extent that 
     such proceeding could have been discontinued or modified if 
     this Act had not been enacted.
       (4) The Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations 
     providing for the orderly transfer of proceedings continued 
     under this subsection to the Department.
       (c) No Effect on Judicial Proceedings.--Except as provided 
     in subsection (e)--
       (1) the provisions of this Act shall not affect suits 
     commenced prior to the effective date of this Act, and
       (2) in all such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals 
     taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner and effect 
     as if this Act had not been enacted.
       (d) Non-Abatement of Proceedings.--No suit, action, or 
     other proceeding commenced by or against any officer in the 
     official capacity of such individual as an officer of any 
     department or agency, functions of which are transferred by 
     any title of this division, shall abate by reason of the 
     enactment of this Act. No cause of action by or against any 
     department or agency, functions of which are transferred by 
     any title of this division, or by or against any officer 
     thereof in the official capacity of such officer shall abate 
     by reason of the enactment of this Act.
       (e) Continuation of Proceeding With Substitution of 
     Parties.--If, before the date on which any title of this 
     division takes effect, any department or agency, or officer 
     thereof in the official capacity of such officer, is a party 
     to a suit, and under this Act any function of such 
     department, agency, or officer is transferred to the 
     Secretary or any other official of the Department, then such 
     suit shall be continued with the Secretary or other 
     appropriate official of the Department substituted or added 
     as a party.
       (f) Reviewability of Orders and Actions Under Transferred 
     Functions.--Orders and actions of the Secretary in the 
     exercise of functions transferred under any title of this 
     division shall be subject to judicial review to the same 
     extent and in the same manner as if such orders and actions 
     had been by the agency or office, or part thereof, exercising 
     such functions immediately preceding their transfer. Any 
     statutory requirements relating to notice, hearings, action 
     upon the record, or administrative review that apply to any 
     function transferred by any title of this division shall 
     apply to the exercise of such function by the Secretary.
     SEC. 507. PROPERTY AND FACILITIES.

       The Secretary of State shall review the property and 
     facilities transferred to the Department under this division 
     to determine whether such property and facilities are 
     required by the Department.

     SEC. 508. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO FACILITATE TRANSITION.

       Prior to, or after, any transfer of a function under any 
     title of this division, the Secretary is authorized to 
     utilize--
       (1) the services of such officers, employees, and other 
     personnel of an agency with respect to functions that will be 
     or have been transferred to the Department by any title of 
     this division; and
       (2) funds appropriated to such functions for such period of 
     time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly 
     implementation of any title of this division.

     SEC. 509. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL CONFORMING 
                   AMENDMENTS.

       The Congress urges the President, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State and the heads of other appropriate 
     agencies, to develop and submit to the Congress 
     recommendations for such additional technical and conforming 
     amendments to the laws of the United States as may be 
     appropriate to reflect the changes made by this division.
     SEC. 510. FINAL REPORT.

       Not later than October 1, 1998, the President, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a report which 
     provides a final accounting of the finances and operations of 
     the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the 
     United States Information Agency, and the Agency for 
     International Development.

     SEC. 511. SEVERABILITY.

       If a provision of this division or its application to any 
     person or circumstance is held invalid, neither the remainder 
     of this division nor the application of the provision to 
     other persons or circumstances shall be affected.
              DIVISION B--FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS
                      TITLE XX--GENERAL PROVISIONS
     SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997''.
     SEC. 2002. DEFINITIONS.

       The following terms have the following meaning for the 
     purposes of this division:
       (1) The term ``AID'' means the Agency for International 
     Development.
       (2) The term ``ACDA'' means the United States Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency.
       (3) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means 
     the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee of Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate.
       (4) The term ``Department'' means the Department of State.
       (5) The term ``Federal agency'' has the meaning given to 
     the term ``agency'' by section 551(1) of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (6) The term ``function'' means any duty, obligation, 
     power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, 
     or program.
       (7) The term ``office'' includes any office, 
     administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational 
     entity, or component thereof.
       (8) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of State.
       (9) The term ``USIA'' means the United States Information 
     Agency.
TITLE XXI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
         CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

               CHAPER 1--AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

     SEC. 2101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--The following amounts 
     are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State 
     under ``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' to carry out the 
     authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the 
     conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States and for 
     other purposes authorized by law, including the diplomatic 
     security program:
       (1) Diplomatic and consular programs.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``Diplomatic and 
     Consular Programs'', of the Department of State 
     $1,728,797,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $1,676,903,000 
     for the fiscal year 1997.
       (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated by subparagraph (A), $5,000,000 for fiscal year 
     1996 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized to be 
     appropriated only for the purpose of processing immigrant 
     visas for persons who are outside their countries of 
     nationality, have asserted a fear of returning to their 
     countries of nationality and a credible basis for such fear, 
     and for whom immigrant visas are currently available.
       (2) Salaries and expenses.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``Salaries and 
     Expenses'', of the Department of State $366,276,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996 and $355,287,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated by subparagraph (A), $11,900,000 for fiscal year 
     1996 and $11,900,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized to 
     be appropriated only for salaries and expenses of the Bureau 
     of Refugee and Migration Assistance.
       (3) Capital investment fund.--For ``Capital Investment 
     Fund'', of the Department of State $20,000,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1996 and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (4) Acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad.--For 
     ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad'', 
     $391,760,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $391,760,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1997.
       (5) Representation allowances.--For ``Representation 
     Allowances'', $4,780,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $4,780,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (6) Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service.--
     For ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'', 
     $6,000,000 for the fiscal 1996 and $6,000,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1997. [[Page H5421]] 
       (7) Office of the inspector general.--For ``Office of the 
     Inspector General'', $23,469,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $23,469,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (8) Payment to the american institute in taiwan.--For 
     ``Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan'', $15,165,000 
     for the fiscal year 1996 and $14,710,000 for the fiscal year 
     1997.
       (9) Protection of foreign missions and officials.--For 
     ``Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials'', $9,579,000 
     for the fiscal year 1996 and $9,579,000 for the fiscal year 
     1997.
       (10) Repatriation loans.--For ``Repatriation Loans'', 
     $776,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $776,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1997, for administrative expenses.

     SEC. 2102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND 
                   CONFERENCES.

       (a) Assessed Contributions to International 
     Organizations.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
     ``Contributions to International Organizations'', 
     $873,505,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $867,050,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1997 for the Department of State to carry out 
     the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in 
     the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States with 
     respect to international organizations and to carry out other 
     authorities in law consistent with such purposes.
       (b) Voluntary Contributions to International 
     Organizations.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for ``Voluntary Contributions to 
     International Organizations'', $309,375,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1996 and $302,902,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (2) Limitations.--
       (A) UNICEF.--
       (i) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     paragraph (1), $103,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and 
     $103,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 is authorized to be 
     appropriated only for the United Nations Children's Fund 
     (UNICEF).
       (ii) For fiscal year 1996, not more than 25 percent of the 
     amount under clause (i) may be made available to the United 
     Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) until 30 days after the 
     submission to Congress of the report required by section 
     2523.
       (B) International atomic energy agency.--
       (i) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     paragraph (1), $43,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 and 
     1997 is authorized to be appropriated only for the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
       (ii) Amounts under clause (i) are authorized to be made 
     available to the International Atomic Energy Agency only if 
     the Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that Israel is not being denied its 
     right to participate in the activities of the International 
     Atomic Energy Agency.
       (C) War crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia.--Of the 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), 
     $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $15,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 1997, or 25 percent of the budget for the tribunal for 
     each such fiscal year, whichever amount is less, are 
     authorized to be made available for the United Nations 
     Voluntary Fund for the United Nations International Criminal 
     Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, located at The Hague, 
     Netherlands.
       (D) World Food Program.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under paragraph (1), $5,000,000 for fiscal year 
     1996 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized to be 
     appropriated only for the World Food Program.
       (E) United nations voluntary fund for victims of torture.--
     Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph 
     (1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $3,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 1997 are authorized to be appropriated only for the 
     United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
       (F) United nations population fund.--
       (i) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     paragraph (1) not more than $25,000,000 for each of the 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997 shall be available for the United 
     Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
       (ii) Of the amount made available for the United Nations 
     Population Fund under clause (i)--

       (I) for fiscal year 1996, not more than 50 percent of such 
     amount may be disbursed to the Fund before March 1, 1996; and
       (II) for fiscal year 1997, not more than 50 percent of such 
     amount may be disbursed to the Fund before March 1, 1997.

       (iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 
     the funds made available for the United Nations Population 
     Fund shall be available for the United States proportionate 
     share for activities in the People's Republic of China.
       (iv)(I) Not later than February 15, 1996, and February 15, 
     1997, the Secretary of State shall submit a report indicating 
     the amount that the United Nations Population Fund is 
     budgeting for activities in the People's Republic of China 
     for 1996 or 1997, as appropriate, to the Committee on 
     International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
       (II) Before March 1, for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 
     1997, if the United Nations Population Fund is budgeting an 
     amount in excess of $7,000,000 for activities in the People's 
     Republic of China, a sum equal to the amount in excess of 
     $7,000,000 shall be deducted from amounts otherwise available 
     for payment to the United Nations Population Fund.
       (v) Amounts made available for the United Nations 
     Population Fund under clause (i) may only be paid to the Fund 
     if--
       (I) the Fund maintains such amounts in a separate account 
     from other funds; and
       (II) the Fund does not commingle amounts provided under 
     clause (i) with other funds.
       (G) Organization for american states.--Of the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), 
     $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $15,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 1997 are authorized to be appropriated only for the 
     Organization for American States.
       (H) Limitation concerning use of funds under section 307 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law or of this Act, none of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1) are 
     authorized to be appropriated for the United States 
     proportionate share, in accordance with section 307(c) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for any programs identified 
     in section 307, or for Libya, Iran, or any Communist country 
     listed in section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961.
       (I) United Nations Development Program.--
       (i) Total limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under paragraph (1), for each of the fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997 not to exceed $70,000,000 shall be 
     available for the United Nations Development Program.
       (ii) Burma.--

       (I) Subject to subclauses (II) and (III), for each of the 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997 none of the funds made available 
     for United Nations Development Program (or United Nations 
     Development Program--Administered Funds) shall be available 
     for programs and activities in or for Burma.
       (II) Of the amount made available for United Nations 
     Development Program (and United Nations Development Program--
     Administered Funds) for fiscal year 1996, $18,200,000 of such 
     amount shall be disbursed only if the President certifies to 
     the Congress that the United Nations Development Program has 
     terminated its activities in and for Burma.
       (III) Of the amount made available for United Nations 
     Development Program (and United Nations Development Program--
     Administered Funds) for fiscal year 1997, $25,480,000 shall 
     be disbursed only if the President certifies to the Congress 
     that the United Nations Development Program has 
     terminated its activities in and for Burma.

       (3) Availability of funds.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain 
     available until expended.
       (c) Assessed Contributions for International Peacekeeping 
     Activities.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for ``Contributions for International 
     Peacekeeping Activities'', $445,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1996 and $345,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for the 
     Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, 
     duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign 
     affairs of the United States with respect to international 
     peacekeeping activities and to carry out other authorities in 
     law consistent with such purposes.
       (2) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated under paragraph (1) may be made available for 
     contributions to the United Nations Protection Force unless 
     the President determines and reports to the Congress during 
     the calendar year in which the funds are to be provided 
     that--
       (A) the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina supports the 
     continued presence of the United Nations Protection Force 
     within its territory;
       (B) the United Nations Protection Force is effectively 
     carrying out its mandate under United Nations Security 
     Council resolutions 761, 776, 781, 786, and 836, and is 
     effectively encouraging compliance with United Nations 
     Security Council resolutions 752, 757, 770, 771, 787, 820, 
     and 824.
       (C) the United Nations Protection Force is providing full 
     cooperation and support consistent with its mandate to the 
     efforts of the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the 
     former Yugoslavia to investigate war crimes and to apprehend 
     and prosecute suspected war criminals;
       (D) the United Nations Protection Force is providing full 
     cooperation and support consistent with its mandate to United 
     States diplomatic, military, and relief personnel in Bosnia; 
     and
       (E) the United Nations Protection Force has investigated 
     and taken appropriate action against any United Nations 
     Protection Force personnel or units suspected of 
     participating in illegal or improper activities, such as 
     black marketeering, embezzlement, expropriation of property, 
     and assaults on civilians.
       (d) Peacekeeping Operations.--There are authorized to be 
     appropriated for ``Peacekeeping Operations'', $68,260,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1996 and $68,260,000 for the fiscal year 1997 
     for the Department of State to carry out section 551 of 
     Public Law 87-195.
       (e) International Conferences and Contingencies.--
       (1) General Provision.--There are authorized to be 
     appropriated for ``International Conferences and 
     Contingencies'', $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $6,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for the Department of 
     State [[Page H5422]] to carry out the authorities, functions, 
     duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign 
     affairs of the United States with respect to international 
     conferences and contingencies and to carry out other 
     authorities in law consistent with such purposes.
       (2) Conditional Authority.--
       (A) Subject to subparagraph (B), in addition to such 
     amounts as are authorized to be appropriated under paragraph 
     (1), there is authorized to be appropriated for 
     ``International Conferences and Contingencies'', $1,000,000 
     for the fiscal year 1996 for the Department of State to carry 
     out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities 
     in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States 
     with respect to international conferences and contingencies 
     and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with 
     such purposes.
       (B) The authorization of appropriations under subparagraph 
     (A) shall take effect only after the Secretary of State 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees with 
     respect to any United Nations Fourth Conference on Women that 
     is held in Beijing that--
       (i) no funds of the Department of State were expended for 
     travel by any United States official or delegate to the 
     Fourth World Conference on Women, to be held in Beijing, 
     August and September 1995, or
       (ii)(I) that the United States vigorously urged the United 
     Nations to grant accreditation to a wide range of 
     nongovernmental organizations, including United States-based 
     groups representing Taiwanese and Tibetan women, in 
     accordance with relevant international standards and 
     precedents;
       (II) that the United States pressed the Government of China 
     to issue visas equitably to representatives of accredited 
     nongovernmental organizations;
       (III) that the United States encouraged the Government of 
     China and the United Nations to provide the accredited 
     nongovernmental organizations with access to the main 
     conference site that is substantially equivalent in manner 
     and degree to access afforded at previous major United 
     Nations conferences;
       (IV) that the United States delegation to the Fourth World 
     Conference on Women vigorously and publicly supported access 
     by representatives of accredited nongovernmental 
     organizations to the conference, especially with respect to 
     United States nongovernmental organizations;
       (V) that the United States delegation to the Fourth World 
     Conference on Women vigorously promoted universal respect for 
     internationally recognized human rights, including the rights 
     of women; and
       (VI) that, if the goals of subparagraphs (I), (II), or 
     (III) were not fully accomplished, the United States issued a 
     formal, public, protest to the United Nations for such a 
     departure from accepted international standards.
       (f) Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.--In addition to 
     amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated by 
     subsections (a) and (b) of this section, there are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
     the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to offset adverse fluctuations 
     in foreign currency exchange rates. Amounts appropriated 
     under this subsection shall be available for obligation and 
     expenditure only to the extent that the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget determines and certifies to 
     Congress that such amounts are necessary due to such 
     fluctuations.

     SEC. 2103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.

       The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated 
     under ``International Commissions'' for the Department of 
     State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and 
     responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the 
     United States and for other purposes authorized by law:
       (1) International boundary and water commission, united 
     states and mexico.--For ``International Boundary and Water 
     Commission, United States and Mexico''--
       (A) for ``Salaries and Expenses'' $13,858,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996 and $12,472,000 for the fiscal year 1997; 
     and
       (B) for ``Construction'' $10,393,000 for the fiscal year 
     1996 and $9,353,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (2) International boundary commission, united states and 
     canada.--For ``International Boundary Commission, United 
     States and Canada'', $740,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $666,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (3) International joint commission.--For ``International 
     Joint Commission'', $3,500,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $3,195,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (4) International fisheries commissions.--For 
     ``International Fisheries Commissions'', $14,669,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996 and $13,202,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

     SEC. 2104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) Migration and refugee assistance.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' 
     for authorized activities, $560,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1996 and $590,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (B) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this section are authorized to be 
     appropriated for salaries and administrative expenses of the 
     Bureau of Migration and Refugee Assistance.
       (2) Refugees resettling in Israel.--There are authorized to 
     be appropriated $80,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $80,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for assistance for 
     refugees resettling in Israel from other countries.
       (3) Humanitarian assistance for displaced Burmese.--There 
     are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1996 and $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1997 for 
     humanitarian assistance, including but not limited to food, 
     medicine, clothing, and medical and vocational training to 
     persons displaced as a result of civil conflict in Burma, 
     including persons still within Burma.
       (4) Resettlement of Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians.--
     There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1996 for the admission and resettlement of 
     persons who--
       (A) are or were nationals and residents of Vietnam, Laos, 
     or Cambodia;
       (B) are within a category of aliens referred to in section 
     599D(b)(2)(C) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
     and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 
     101-167); and
       (C) are or were at any time after January 1, 1989, 
     residents of refugee camps in Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, 
     Malaysia, or the Philippines.
       (b) General Limitations.--None of the funds authorized to 
     be appropriated by subsection (a) are authorized to be 
     available for any program or activity that provides for, 
     promotes, or assists in the repatriation of any person to 
     Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia, unless the President has 
     certified that--
       (1) all persons described in subsection (a)(4) who were 
     residents of refugee camps as of July 1, 1995, have been 
     offered resettlement outside their countries of nationality;
       (2) all nationals of Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia who were 
     residents of refugee camps as of July 1, 1995, who are not 
     persons described in subsection (a)(4) have, at any time 
     after such date, either had access to a process for the 
     determination of whether they are refugees, or been offered 
     resettlement outside their countries of nationality; and
       (3) the process referred to in paragraph (2) is genuinely 
     calculated to determine whether each applicant is a refugee, 
     and that the procedures, standards, and personnel employed in 
     such process ensure that the risk of return to persecution is 
     no greater than in the process available under United States 
     law to persons physically present in the United States.
       (c) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to 
     subsection (a) are authorized to be available until expended.
       (d) Refugee Camp Defined.--For the purposes of this 
     section, the term ``refugee camp'' means any place in which 
     people who left Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos are housed or held 
     by a government or international organization, regardless of 
     the designation of such place by such government or 
     organization.

     SEC. 2105. CERTAIN OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAMS.

       The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for 
     the Department of State to carry out the authorities, 
     functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the 
     foreign affairs of the United States and for other purposes 
     authorized by law:
       (1) Asia foundation.--For ``Asia Foundation'', $10,000,000 
     for the fiscal year 1996 and $9,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1997.

     SEC. 2106. UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND 
                   CULTURAL PROGRAMS.

       The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated to 
     carry out international information activities and 
     educational and cultural exchange programs under the United 
     States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the 
     Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 
     Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, the United States 
     International Broadcasting Act of 1994, the Radio 
     Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba 
     Act, the Board for International Broadcasting Act, the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978, the North/South Center Act of 
     1991, the National Endowment for Democracy Act, and to carry 
     out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes:
       (1) Salaries and expenses.--For ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $450,645,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $428,080,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1997.
       (2) Technology fund.--For ``Technology Fund'' for the 
     United States Information Agency, $5,050,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1996 and $5,050,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (3) Educational and cultural exchange programs.--
       (A) Fulbright academic exchange programs.--For the 
     ``Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs'', $117,484,200 for 
     the fiscal year 1996 and $113,680,800 for the fiscal year 
     1997.
       (B) South Pacific Exchanges.--For the ``South Pacific 
     Exchanges'', $900,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $900,000 
     for the fiscal year 1997.
       (C) East Timorese Scholarships.--For the ``East Timorese 
     Scholarships'', $800,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $800,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (D) Cambodian Scholarships.--For the ``Cambodian 
     Scholarships'', $141,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $141,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (E) Tibetan Exchanges.--For the ``Educational and Cultural 
     Exchanges with Tibet'' under section 236 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 
     (Public Law 103-236), $500,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $500,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (F) Other programs.--For ``Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship 
     Program'', ``Edmund [[Page H5423]] S. Muskie Fellowship 
     Program'', ``International Visitors Program'', ``Mike 
     Mansfield Fellowship Program'', ``Claude and Mildred Pepper 
     Scholarship Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation'', 
     ``Citizen Exchange Programs'', ``Congress-Bundestag Exchange 
     Program'', ``Newly Independent States and Eastern Europe 
     Training'', ``Institute for Representative Government'', and 
     ``Arts America'', $87,265,800 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $87,341,400 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (4) International broadcasting activities.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``International 
     Broadcasting Activities'', $321,191,000 for the fiscal year 
     1996, and $286,191,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subparagraph (A) $3,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 1996 and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 are authorized 
     to be appropriated only to carry out the Pilot Project for 
     Freedom Broadcasting to Asia authorized by section 2443.
       (C) Voice of America Farsi Service.--Of the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A) 
     $1,873,521 for the fiscal year 1996 and $1,873,521 for the 
     fiscal year 1997 are authorized to be appropriated only to 
     carry out the Voice of America Farsi Service.
       (5) Radio construction.--For ``Radio Construction'', 
     $75,164,000 for the fiscal year 1996, and $67,647,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1997.
       (6) Radio Free Asia.--For ``Radio Free Asia'', $10,000,000 
     for the fiscal year 1996 and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1997.
       (7) Broadcasting to Cuba.--For ``Broadcasting to Cuba'', 
     $24,809,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $24,809,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1997.
       (8) Office of the inspector general.--For ``Office of the 
     Inspector General'', $4,300,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $3,870,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (9) Center for cultural and technical interchange between 
     east and west.--For ``Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange between East and West'', $15,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996 and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (10) National Endowment for Democracy--For ``National 
     Endowment for Democracy'', $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1996 and $34,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (11) Center for cultural and technical interchange between 
     north and south.--For ``Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange between North and South'' $4,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996 and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

     SEC. 2107. UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
     purposes of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act--
       (1) $44,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $40,500,000 
     for the fiscal year 1997; and
       (2) such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997 for increases in salary, pay, retirement, 
     other employee benefits authorized by law, and to offset 
     adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
       TITLE XXII--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 CHAPTER 1--AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

     SEC. 2201. REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 36 of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amended to read 
     as follows:

     ``SEC. 36. DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Establishment.--(1) There is established a program 
     for the payment of rewards to carry out the purposes of this 
     section.
       ``(2) The rewards program established by this section shall 
     be administered by the Secretary of State, in consultation, 
     where appropriate, with the Attorney General.
       ``(b) Purpose.--(1) The rewards program established by this 
     section shall be designed to assist in the prevention of acts 
     of international terrorism, international narcotics 
     trafficking, and other related criminal acts.
       ``(2) The Secretary of State may pay a reward to any 
     individual who furnishes information leading to--
       ``(A) the arrest or conviction in any country of any 
     individual for the commission of an act of international 
     terrorism against a United States person or United States 
     property;
       ``(B) the arrest or conviction in any country of any 
     individual conspiring or attempting to commit an act of 
     international terrorism against a United States person or 
     United States property;
       ``(C) the arrest or conviction in any country of any 
     individual for committing, primarily outside the territorial 
     jurisdiction of the United States, any narcotics-related 
     offense if that offense involves or is a significant part of 
     conduct that involves--
       ``(i) a violation of United States narcotics laws and which 
     is such that the individual would be a major violator of such 
     laws; or
       ``(ii) the killing or kidnapping of--
       ``(I) any officer, employee, or contract employee of the 
     United States Government while such individual is engaged in 
     official duties, or on account of that individual's official 
     duties, in connection with the enforcement of United States 
     narcotics laws or the implementing of United States narcotics 
     control objectives; or
       ``(II) a member of the immediate family of any such 
     individual on account of that individual's official duties, 
     in connection with the enforcement of United States narcotics 
     laws or the implementing of United States narcotics control 
     objectives; or
       ``(iii) an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the acts 
     described in clause (i) or (ii); or
       ``(D) the arrest or conviction in any country of any 
     individual aiding or abetting in the commission of an act 
     described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); or
       ``(E) the prevention, frustration, or favorable resolution 
     of an act described in subparagraphs (A) through (C).
       ``(c) Coordination.--(1) To ensure that the payment of 
     rewards pursuant to this section does not duplicate or 
     interfere with the payment of informants or the obtaining of 
     evidence or information, as authorized to the Department of 
     Justice, the offering, administration, and payment of rewards 
     under this section, including procedures for--
       ``(A) identifying individuals, organizations, and offenses 
     with respect to which rewards will be offered;
       ``(B) the publication of rewards;
       ``(C) offering of joint rewards with foreign governments;
       ``(D) the receipt and analysis of data; and
       ``(E) the payment and approval of payment,

     shall be governed by procedures developed by the Secretary of 
     State, in consultation with the Attorney General.
       ``(2) Before making a reward under this section in a matter 
     over which there is Federal criminal jurisdiction, the 
     Secretary of State shall advise and consult with the Attorney 
     General.
       ``(d) Funding.--(1) There is authorized to be appropriated 
     to the Department of State from time to time such amounts as 
     may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, 
     notwithstanding section 102 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Public Law 99-
     93).
       ``(2) No amount of funds may be appropriated which, when 
     added to the amounts previously appropriated but not yet 
     obligated, would cause such amounts to exceed $15,000,000.
       ``(3) To the maximum extent practicable, funds made 
     available to carry out this section should be distributed 
     equally for the purpose of preventing acts of international 
     terrorism and for the purpose of preventing international 
     narcotics trafficking.
       ``(4) Amounts appropriated to carry out the purposes of 
     this section shall remain available until expended.
       ``(e) Additional Funding.--(1) In extraordinary 
     circumstances and when it is important to the national 
     security of the United States, the Secretary of State may use 
     fees collected for processing machine readable nonimmigrant 
     visas and machine readable combined border crossing 
     identification cards and nonimmigrant visas pursuant to 
     section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 8 U.S.C. 1351 
     note) to carry out the purposes of this section, subject to 
     the limitation contained in subsection (d)(2).
       ``(2) The authority contained in paragraph (1) may be used 
     only if the Secretary notifies the appropriate congressional 
     committees 15 days in advance in accordance with regular 
     reprogramming procedures. Such notification shall contain a 
     detailed justification of the circumstances necessitating the 
     use of such fees for the purposes of this section.
       ``(f)-- Limitation and Certification.--(1) A reward under 
     this section may not exceed $2,000,000.
       ``(2) A reward under this section of more than $100,000 may 
     not be made without the approval of the President or the 
     Secretary of State.
       ``(3) Any reward granted under this section shall be 
     approved and certified for payment by the Secretary of State.
       ``(4) The authority of paragraph (2) may not be delegated 
     to any other officer or employee of the United States 
     Government.
       ``(5) If the Secretary determines that the identity of the 
     recipient of a reward or of the members of the recipient's 
     immediate family must be protected, the Secretary may take 
     such measures in connection with the payment of the reward as 
     he considers necessary to effect such protection.
       ``(g) Ineligibility.--An officer or employee of any 
     governmental entity who, while in the performance of his or 
     her official duties, furnishes information described in 
     subsection (b) shall not be eligible for a reward under this 
     section.
       ``(h) Reports.--(1) Not later than 30 days after paying any 
     reward under this section, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
     with respect to such reward. The report, which may be 
     submitted on a classified basis if necessary, shall specify 
     the amount of the reward paid, to whom the reward was paid, 
     and the acts with respect to which the reward was paid. The 
     report shall also discuss the significance of the information 
     for which the reward was paid in dealing with those acts.
       ``(2) Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal 
     year, the Secretary of State shall submit an annual report to 
     the appropriate congressional committees with respect to the 
     operation of the rewards program authorized by this section. 
     Such report shall provide information on the total amounts 
     expended during such fiscal year to carry out the purposes of 
     this section, including [[Page H5424]] amounts spent to 
     publicize the availability of rewards. Such report shall also 
     include information on all requests for the payment of 
     rewards under this section, including the reasons for the 
     denial of any such requests.
       ``(i) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       ``(1) the term `appropriate congressional committees' means 
     the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate;
       ``(2) the term `act of international terrorism' includes, 
     but is not limited to--
       ``(A) any act substantially contributing to the acquisition 
     of unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as defined in 
     section 830(8) of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 
     1994) or any nuclear explosive device (as defined in section 
     830(4) of that Act) by an individual, group, or non-nuclear 
     weapon state (as defined in section 830(5) of that Act); and
       ``(B) any act, as determined by the Secretary of State, 
     which materially supports the conduct of international 
     terrorism, including the counterfeiting of United States 
     currency or the illegal use of other monetary instruments by 
     an individual, group, or country supporting international 
     terrorism as determined for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
     Export Administration Act of 1979;
       ``(3) the term `United States narcotics laws' means the 
     laws of the United States for the prevention and control of 
     illicit traffic in controlled substances (as such term is 
     defined for purposes of the Controlled Substances Act); and
       ``(4) the term `member of the immediate family' includes--
       ``(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child of the 
     individual;
       ``(B) a person to whom the individual stands in loco 
     parentis; and
       ``(C) any other person living in the individual's household 
     and related to the individual by blood or marriage.''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the Secretary of State should pursue additional means of 
     funding the program established by section 36 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708), 
     including the authority to seize and dispose of assets used 
     in the commission of any offense under sections 1028, 1541 
     through 1544, and 1546 of title 18, United States Code, and 
     to retain the proceeds derived from the disposition of such 
     assets, or to participate in asset sharing programs conducted 
     by the Department of Justice, to carry out the purposes of 
     section 36 of that Act.

     SEC. 2202. AUTHORITIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

       Section 203(4) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4303(4)) is amended in the third 
     sentence by striking ``should'' both places it appears and 
     inserting ``shall''.
     SEC. 2203. BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.

       Section 24(b)(7) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(b)(7)) is amended by striking 
     subparagraph (D).

     SEC. 2204. EXPENSES RELATING TO CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS 
                   AND PROCEEDINGS.

       (a) Recovery of Certain Expenses.--The Department of State 
     Appropriation Act, 1937 (49 Stat. 1321, 22 U.S.C. 2661, as 
     amended by section 142(b) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 
     100-204)) is amended in the fifth undesignated paragraph 
     under the heading entitled ``international fisheries 
     commission'' by striking ``extraordinary''.
       (b) Procurement of Services.--Section 38(c) of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710(c)) 
     is amended in the first sentence by inserting ``personal 
     and'' before ``other support services''.

     SEC. 2205. CONSOLIDATION OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS 
                   AND CONSULAR POSTS.

       (a) Consolidation Plan.--The Secretary of State shall 
     develop a worldwide plan for the consolidation, wherever 
     practicable, on a regional or areawide basis, of United 
     States missions and consular posts abroad.
       (b) Contents of Plan.--The plan shall--
       (1) identify specific United States diplomatic missions and 
     consular posts for consolidation;
       (2) identify those missions and posts at which the resident 
     ambassador would also be accredited to other specified states 
     in which the United States either maintained no resident 
     official presence or maintained such a presence only at staff 
     level; and
       (3) provide an estimate of--
       (A) the amount by which expenditures would be reduced 
     through the reduction in the number of United States 
     Government personnel assigned abroad;
       (B) the reduction in the costs of maintaining United States 
     properties abroad; and
       (C) the amount of revenues generated to the United States 
     through the sale or other disposition of United States 
     properties associated with the posts to be consolidated 
     abroad.
       (c) Transmittal.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     transmit a copy of the plan to the appropriate congressional 
     committees.
     SEC. 2206. DENIAL OF PASSPORTS TO NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS 
                   SUBJECT TO STATE ARREST WARRANTS IN CASES OF 
                   NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.

       The Secretary of State is authorized to refuse to issue a 
     passport or to revoke, restrict, or limit a passport in any 
     case in which the Secretary of State determines or is 
     informed by competent authority that the applicant or 
     passport holder is a noncustodial parent who is the subject 
     of an outstanding State warrant of arrest for nonpayment of 
     child support, where the amount in controversy is not less 
     than $10,000.

     SEC. 2207. CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.

       Section 135 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2684a) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ``and enhancement'' 
     after ``procurement'';
       (2) in subsection (c) by striking ``are authorized to'' and 
     inserting ``shall'';
       (3) in subsection (d) by striking ``for expenditure to 
     procure capital equipment and information technology'' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``for purposes of subsection (a)''; 
     and
       (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
       ``(e) Reprogramming Procedures.--Funds credited to the 
     Capital Investment Fund shall not be available for obligation 
     or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
     applicable to reprogrammings under section 34 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710).''.

     SEC. 2208. EFFICIENCY IN PROCUREMENT.

       (a) In General.--To the maximum extent practicable, United 
     States Government agencies performing functions at diplomatic 
     and consular posts abroad shall avoid duplicative acquisition 
     actions.
       (b) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     a contract awarded in accordance with the Competition in 
     Contracting Act by an agency of the United States Government 
     performing functions at diplomatic and consular posts abroad 
     may be amended without competition to permit other such 
     United States Government agencies to obtain goods or services 
     under such contract, if unit prices are not increased as a 
     result of any such amendment.

     SEC. 2209. TRAINING.

       Section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
     4021) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (d)(4) as subsection (g); 
     and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsections:
       ``(e)(1) The Secretary of State is authorized to provide 
     appropriate training through the institution to employees of 
     any United States company engaged in business abroad, and to 
     the families of such employees, when such training is in the 
     national interest of the United States.
       ``(2) In the case of any company under contract to provide 
     services to the Department of State, the Secretary of State 
     is authorized to provide job-related training to any company 
     employee who is performing such services.
       ``(3) Training under this subsection shall be on a 
     reimbursable or advance-of-funds basis. Such reimbursements 
     or advances shall be credited to the currently applicable 
     appropriation account.
       ``(4) Training under this subsection is authorized only to 
     the extent that it will not interfere with the institution's 
     primary mission of training employees of the Department and 
     of other agencies in the field of foreign relations.
       ``(f)(1) The Secretary of State is authorized to provide on 
     a reimbursable basis foreign language training programs to 
     Members of Congress and officers and employees of Congress.
       ``(2) Reimbursements under this subsection, to the extent 
     practicable, should be equivalent to the rate of 
     reimbursement charged other agencies of the United States 
     Government for comparable training.
       ``(3) Reimbursements collected under this subsection shall 
     be credited to the currently available applicable 
     appropriation account.
       ``(4) Training under this subsection is authorized only to 
     the extent that it will not interfere with the institution's 
     primary mission of training employees of the Department and 
     of other agencies in the field of foreign relations.''.

       CHAPTER 2--CONSULAR AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     SEC. 2231. SURCHARGE FOR PROCESSING CERTAIN MACHINE READABLE 
                   VISAS.

       Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103--236) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) For fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more than 
     $250,000,000 in fees collected under the authority of 
     paragraph (1) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection 
     to any Department of State appropriation to recover the costs 
     of the Department of State's border security program, 
     including the costs of--
       ``(1) installation and operation of the machine readable 
     visa and automated name-check process;
       ``(2) improving the quality and security of the United 
     States passport;
       ``(3) passport and visa fraud investigations; and
       ``(4) the technological infrastructure to support and 
     operate the programs referred to in paragraphs (1) through 
     (3).

     Such fees shall remain available for obligation until 
     expended.
       ``(3) For any fiscal year, fees collected under the 
     authority of paragraph (1) in excess of the amount specified 
     for such fiscal [[Page H5425]] year under paragraph (2) shall 
     be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as 
     miscellaneous receipts.''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (5).

     SEC. 2232. FINGERPRINT CHECK REQUIREMENT.

       Section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 8 U.S.C. 1182 
     note) as amended by section 505 of the Department of State 
     and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, Fiscal Year 1995 
     (Public Law 103-317) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(h) Fingerprint Check Requirement.--If a visa applicant 
     is determined to have a criminal history record under 
     subsection (d)(1), has been physically present in the United 
     States, and is more than 16 years of age, the applicant shall 
     provide a fingerprint record for submission with the 
     application, at no cost to the Department of State. The 
     Department of State shall submit such fingerprint record to 
     the Federal Bureau of Investigation for analysis to determine 
     whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony under 
     State or Federal law in the United States.''.

     SEC. 2233. USE OF CERTAIN PASSPORT PROCESSING FEES FOR 
                   ENHANCED PASSPORT SERVICES.

       For each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, of the fees 
     collected for expedited passport processing and deposited to 
     an offsetting collection pursuant to the Department of State 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1995 
     (Public Law 103--317; 22 U.S.C. 214), 10 percent shall be 
     available only for enhancing passport services for United 
     States citizens, improving the integrity and efficiency of 
     the passport issuance process, improving the secure nature of 
     the United States passport, investigating passport fraud, and 
     deterring entry into the United States by terrorists, drug 
     traffickers, or other criminals.

     SEC. 2234. CONSULAR OFFICERS.

       (a) Persons Authorized To Issue Reports of Birth Abroad.--
     Section 33 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2705) is amended in paragraph (2) by 
     inserting ``(or any United States citizen employee of the 
     Department of State designated by the Secretary of State to 
     adjudicate nationality abroad pursuant to such regulations as 
     the Secretary may prescribe)'' after ``consular officer''.
       (b) Provisions Applicable to Consular Officers.--Section 31 
     of the Act of August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat. 1689, 22 U.S.C. 
     4191), is amended by inserting ``and to such other United 
     States citizen employees of the Department of State as may be 
     designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to such 
     regulations as the Secretary may prescribe'' after ``such 
     officers''.

                   CHAPTER 3--REFUGEES AND MIGRATION

     SEC. 2251. UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
                   ASSISTANCE FUND.

       (a) Limitation on Transfers From Emergency Fund.--Section 
     2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 
     U.S.C. 2601(c)) is amended by adding after paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       ``(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
     committees not less than 15 days before transferring or 
     otherwise making available amounts from the United States 
     Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund under 
     paragraph (1).''.
       (b) Notification of Expenditures from Fund.--Section 2(d) 
     of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 
     U.S.C. 2601(c)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
     committees at least 15 days in advance of the obligation or 
     expenditure of sums from the United States Emergency Refugee 
     and Migration Assistance Fund under subsection (c).
       ``(2) Notwithstanding the notification requirement of 
     paragraph (1), the President may obligate and expend sums 
     from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration 
     Assistance Fund if the President determines, and promptly 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, that 
     unforseen emergency circumstances require the immediate 
     obligation of sums from such fund. Any such certification 
     shall fully inform such committees of the amount and use of 
     such sums from the Fund.
       ``(3) For purposes of this section, the term `appropriate 
     congressional committees' means the Committee on 
     International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate.''.
     SEC. 2252. PERSECUTION FOR RESISTANCE TO COERCIVE POPULATION 
                   CONTROL METHODS.

       Section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``For purposes of determinations under this Act, a 
     person who has been forced to abort a pregnancy or to undergo 
     involuntary sterilization, or who has been persecuted for 
     failure or refusal to undergo such a procedure or for other 
     resistance to a coercive population control program, shall be 
     deemed to have been persecuted on account of political 
     opinion, and a person who has a well founded fear that he or 
     she will be forced to undergo such a procedure or subjected 
     to persecution for such failure, refusal, or resistance shall 
     be deemed to have a well founded fear of persecution on 
     account of political opinion.''.
     SEC. 2253. REPORT TO CONGRESS CONCERNING CUBAN EMIGRATION 
                   POLICIES.

       Beginning 3 months after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act and every subsequent 6 months, the President shall 
     transmit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
     concerning the methods employed by the Government of Cuba to 
     enforce the United States--Cuba agreement of September 1994 
     to restrict the emigration of the Cuban people from Cuba to 
     the United States, and the treatment by the Government of 
     Cuba of persons who have been returned to Cuba pursuant to 
     the United States--Cuba agreement of May 1995. Each report 
     transmitted pursuant to this section shall include a detailed 
     account of United States efforts to monitor such enforcement 
     and treatment.
     SEC. 2254. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOLUNTARY 
                   RETURN OF REFUGEES.

       (a) In General.--No funds authorized to be appropriated by 
     this Act shall be available to involuntarily return any 
     person to a country in which the person has a well founded 
     fear of persecution on account of race, religion, 
     nationality, membership in a particular social group, or 
     political opinion, or promote or assist such involuntary 
     return.
       (b) Involuntarily Return Defined--As used in this section, 
     the term ``involuntarily return'' means to take action by 
     which it is reasonably foreseeable that a person will be 
     required to return to a country against the person's will, 
     regardless of whether such return is induced by physical 
     force and regardless of whether the person is physically 
     present in the United States.

     SEC. 2255. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ADJUDICATION PROVISIONS.

       The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101--167) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)--
       (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``and 1996'' and 
     inserting ``1996, and 1997''; and
       (B) in subsection (e), by striking out ``October 1, 1996'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``October 1, 1997''; and
       (2) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 
     (b)(2), by striking out ``September 30, 1996'' and inserting 
     ``September 30, 1997''.
  TITLE XXIII--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; DEPARTMENT OF 
                  STATE PERSONNEL; THE FOREIGN SERVICE

           CHAPTER 1--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     SEC. 2301. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM.
       (a) Establishment.--Section 1(e) of the State Department 
     Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(e)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``In'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In''; and
       (2) by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(2) Coordinator for Counterterror- ism.--
       ``(A) There shall be within the office of the Secretary of 
     State a Coordinator for Counterterrorism (hereafter in this 
     paragraph referred to as the `Coordinator') who shall be 
     appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate.
       ``(B)(i) The Coordinator shall perform such duties and 
     exercise such power as the Secretary of State shall 
     prescribe.
       ``(ii) The principal duty of the Coordinator shall be the 
     overall supervision (including policy oversight of resources) 
     of international counterterrorism activities. The Coordinator 
     shall be the principal advisor to the Secretary of State on 
     international counterterrorism matters. The Coordinator shall 
     be the principal counterterrorism official within the senior 
     management of the Department of State and shall report 
     directly to the Secretary of State.
       ``(C) The Coordinator shall have the rank and status of 
     Ambassador-at-Large. The Coordinator shall be compensated at 
     the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at 
     level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of 
     title 5, United States Code, or, if the Coordinator is 
     appointed from the Foreign Service, the annual rate of pay 
     which the individual last received under the Foreign Service 
     Schedule, whichever is greater.
       ``(D) For purposes of diplomatic protocol among officers of 
     the Department of State, the Coordinator shall take 
     precedence after the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary 
     of State, and the Under Secretaries of State and shall take 
     precedence among the Assistant Secretaries of State in the 
     order prescribed by the Secretary of State.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 161 of 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995 (P.L. 103-236) is amended by striking subsection 
     (e).
       (c) Transition provision.--The individual serving as 
     Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the Department of State 
     on the day before the effective date of this division may 
     continue to serve in that position.

     SEC. 2302. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Government of the People's Republic of China 
     withholds meaningful participation in the governance of Tibet 
     from Tibetans and has failed to abide by its own 
     constitutional guarantee of autonomy for Tibetans.
       (2) The Government of the People's Republic of China is 
     responsible for the destruction of much of Tibet's cultural 
     and religious heritage since 1959 and continues to threaten 
     the survival of Tibetan culture and religion. [[Page H5426]] 
       (3) The Government of the People's Republic of China, 
     through direct and indirect incentives, has established 
     discriminatory development programs which have resulted in an 
     overwhelming flow of Chinese immigrants into Tibet, including 
     those areas incorporated into the Chinese provinces of 
     Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, and Quinghai in recent years, and 
     have excluded Tibetans from participation in important policy 
     decisions, further threatening traditional Tibetan life.
       (4) The Government of the People's Republic of China denies 
     Tibetans their fundamental human rights, as reported in the 
     Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights 
     Practices for 1995.
       (5) The President and the Congress have determined that the 
     promotion of human rights in Tibet and the protection of 
     Tibet's religion and culture are important elements in United 
     States-China relations and have urged senior members of the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China to enter into 
     substantive negotiations on these matters with the Dalai Lama 
     or his representative.
       (6) The Dalai Lama has repeatedly stated his willingness to 
     begin substantive negotiations without preconditions.
       (7) The Government of the People's Republic of China has 
     failed to respond in a good faith manner by reciprocating a 
     willingness to begin negotiations without preconditions, and 
     no substantive negotiations have begun.
       (b) United States Special Envoy for Tibet.--Section 1(e) of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act (U.S.C. 2651a(e)) 
     is amended by adding after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) United States Special Envoy for Tibet.--
       ``(A) There shall be within the Department of State a 
     United States Special Envoy for Tibet, who shall be appointed 
     by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
     Senate. The United States Special Envoy for Tibet shall hold 
     office at the pleasure of the President.
       ``(B) The United States Special Envoy for Tibet shall have 
     the personal rank of ambassador.
       ``(C) The United States Special Envoy for Tibet is 
     authorized and encouraged--
       ``(i) to promote substantive negotiations between the Dalai 
     Lama or his representatives and senior members of the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China;
       ``(ii) to promote good relations between the Dalai Lama and 
     his representatives and the United States Government, 
     including meeting with members or representatives of the 
     Tibetan government-in-exile; and
       ``(iii) to travel regularly throughout Tibet and Tibetan 
     refugee settlements.
       ``(D) The United States Special Envoy for Tibet shall--
       ``(i) consult with the Congress on policies relevant to 
     Tibet and the future and welfare of all Tibetan people;
       ``(ii) coordinate United States Government policies, 
     programs, and projects concerning Tibet; and
       ``(iii) report to the Secretary of State regarding the 
     matters described in section 536(a)(2) of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 
     (Public Law 103-236).''.

     SEC. 2303. ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATOR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND 
                   REFUGEES, BUREAU OF REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
                   ASSISTANCE, AND BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN 
                   RIGHTS, AND LABOR.

       (a) Establishment of Coordinator for Human Rights and 
     Refugees.--
       Section 1(e) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2651a(e)) is amended by adding after paragraph (3) 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Coordinator for Human Rights and Refugees.--
       ``(A) There shall be within the office of the Secretary of 
     State a Coordinator for Human Rights and Refugees (hereafter 
     in this paragraph referred to as the `Coordinator') who shall 
     be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate. The Coordinator shall report directly 
     to the Secretary of State.
       ``(B) The Coordinator shall be responsible for matters 
     pertaining to human rights, refugees, and humanitarian 
     affairs (including matters relating to prisoners of war and 
     members of the United States Armed Forces missing in action) 
     in the conduct of foreign policy. The Coordinator shall head 
     the Bureau of Refugee and Migration Assistance and the Bureau 
     of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
       ``(C) The Coordinator shall have the rank and status of 
     Ambassador-at-Large. The Coordinator shall be compensated at 
     the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at 
     level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of 
     title 5, United States Code, or, if the Coordinator is 
     appointed from the Foreign Service, the annual rate of pay 
     which the individual last received under the Foreign Service 
     Schedule, whichever is greater.
       ``(D) For purposes of diplomatic protocol among officers of 
     the Department of State, the Coordinator shall take 
     precedence after the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary 
     of State, and the Under Secretaries of State and shall take 
     precedence among the Assistant Secretaries of State in the 
     order prescribed by the Secretary of State.''.
       (b) Termination of Assistant Secretary of State for 
     Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.--
       (1) In General.--Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended by 
     striking paragraph (2).
       (2) Conforming amendments.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 is amended--
       (A) in section 116(c) (22 U.S.C. 2151n), by striking 
     ``Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, 
     and Labor'' and inserting ``Secretary'';
       (B) in sections 502B, 502B, and 505(g)(4)(A) by striking 
     ``, prepared with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary 
     of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,''; and
       (C) in section 573(c) by striking ``Assistant Secretary of 
     State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''.
       (c) Establishment of Bureau of Refugee and Migration 
     Assistance and Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
     Labor.--Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding after 
     subsection (e) the following new subsection:
       ``(f) Establishment of Certain Bureaus, Offices, and Other 
     Organizational Entities Within the Department of State.--
       ``(1) Bureau of refugee and migration assistance.--There is 
     established within the Department of State the Bureau of 
     Refugee and Migration Assistance which shall assist the 
     Secretary of State in carrying out the Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance Act of 1962. The Bureau shall be headed by the 
     Coordinator for Human Rights and Refugees.
       ``(2) Bureau of democracy, human rights, and labor.--There 
     is established within the Department of State the Bureau of 
     Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. The Bureau shall be 
     headed by the Coordinator for Human Rights and Refugees. The 
     Bureau shall continuously observe and review all matters 
     pertaining to human rights and humanitarian affairs 
     (including matters relating to prisoners of war and members 
     of the United States Armed Forces missing in action) in the 
     conduct of foreign policy including the following:
       ``(A) Gathering detailed information regarding humanitarian 
     affairs and the observance of and respect for internationally 
     recognized human rights in each country to which the 
     requirements of section 116 and 502B of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 are relevant.
       ``(B) Preparing the statements and reports to Congress 
     required under section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961.
       ``(C) Making recommendations to the Secretary of State 
     regarding compliance with sections 116 and 502B of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and as part of the Bureau's 
     overall policy responsibility for the creation of United 
     States Government human rights policy, advising the Secretary 
     on the policy framework under which section 116(e) projects 
     are developed and consulting with the Secretary on the 
     selection and implementation of such projects.
       ``(D) Performing other responsibilities which serve to 
     promote increased observance of internationally recognized 
     human rights by all countries.''.

     SEC. 2304. ELIMINATION OF STATUTORY ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN 
                   POSITIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       (a) Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.--
     Section 122 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2652b) is repealed.
       (b) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
     Burdensharing.--Section 161 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
     2651a note) is amended by striking subsection (f).
       (c) Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International 
     Environmental and Scientific Affairs.--Section 9 of the 
     Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973 
     (22 U.S.C. 2655a) is repealed.

     SEC. 2305. ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 
                   HUMAN RESOURCES.

       Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended by adding after 
     paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) Assistant Secretary for Human Resources.--There shall 
     be in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary for 
     Human Resources who shall be responsible to the Secretary of 
     State for matters relating to human resources including the 
     implementation of personnel policies and programs within the 
     Department of State and international affairs functions and 
     activities carried out through the Department of State. The 
     Assistant Secretary shall have substantial professional 
     qualifications in the field of human resource policy and 
     management.''.

     SEC. 2306. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES PERMANENT 
                   REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

       Section 2(a) of the United Nations Participation Act of 
     1945 (22 U.S.C. 287(a)) is amended by striking ``hold office 
     at the pleasure of the President'' and inserting ``serve at 
     the pleasure of the President and subject to the direction of 
     the Secretary of State''.

  CHAPTER 2--PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; THE FOREIGN SERVICE

     SEC. 2351. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE.

       (a) End Fiscal Year 1996 Levels.--The number of members of 
     the Foreign Service authorized to be employed as of September 
     30, 1996--
       (1) for the Department of State, shall not exceed 9,000, of 
     whom not more than 720 shall be members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service;
       (2) for the United States Information Agency, shall not 
     exceed 1,150, of whom not more [[Page H5427]] than 165 shall 
     be members of the Senior Foreign Service; and
       (3) for the Agency for International Development, not to 
     exceed 1,800, of whom not more than 240 shall be members of 
     the Senior Foreign Service.
       (b) End Fiscal Year 1997 Levels.--The number of members of 
     the Foreign Service authorized to be employed as of September 
     30, 1997--
       (1) for the Department of State, shall not exceed 8,800, of 
     whom not more than 680 shall be members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service;
       (2) for the United States Information Agency, not to exceed 
     1,100 of whom not more than 160 shall be members of the 
     Senior Foreign Service; and
       (3) for the Agency for International Development, not to 
     exceed 1,775 of whom not more than 230 shall be members of 
     the Senior Foreign Service.
       (c) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
     ``members of the Foreign Service'' is used within the meaning 
     of such term under section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C 3903), except that such term does not 
     include--
       (1) members of the Service under paragraphs (6) and (7) of 
     such section;
       (2) members of the Service serving under temporary resident 
     appointments abroad;
       (3) members of the Service employed on less than a full-
     time basis;
       (4) members of the Service subject to involuntary 
     separation in cases in which such separation has been 
     suspended pursuant to section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980; and
       (5) members of the Service serving under non-career limited 
     appointments.
       (d) Waiver Authority.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the 
     President may waive any limitation under subsection (a) or 
     (b) to the extent that such waiver is necessary to carry on 
     the foreign affairs functions of the United States.
       (2) Not less than 15 days before the President exercises a 
     waiver under paragraph (1), such agency head shall notify the 
     Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
     and the Chairman of the Committee on International Relations 
     of the House of Representatives. Such notice shall include an 
     explanation of the circumstances and necessity for such 
     waiver.

     SEC. 2352. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE 
                   PERFORMANCE PAY.

       (a) Repeal.--Section 405 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
     (22 U.S.C. 3965) is repealed.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2 of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 is amended in the table of contents by striking 
     the item related to section 405.

     SEC. 2353. RECOVERY OF COSTS OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

       (a) Authorities.--Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by--
       (A) striking ``and'' before ``members of the families of 
     such members and employees''; and
       (B) by inserting immediately before the period ``, and for 
     care provided abroad) such other persons as are designated by 
     the Secretary of State, except that such persons shall be 
     considered persons other than covered beneficiaries for 
     purposes of subsections (g) and (h)'';
       (2) in subsection (d) by inserting ``, subject to the 
     provisions of subsections (g) and (h)'' after ``treatment''; 
     and
       (3) by adding the following new subsections:
       ``(g)(1) In the case of a person who is a covered 
     beneficiary, the Secretary of State is authorized to collect 
     from a third-party payer the reasonable costs incurred by the 
     Department of State on behalf of such person for health care 
     services to the same extent that the covered beneficiary 
     would be eligible to receive reimbursement or indemnification 
     from the third-party payer for such costs.
       ``(2) If the insurance policy, plan, contract, or similar 
     agreement of that third-party payer includes a requirement 
     for a deductible or copayment by the beneficiary of the plan, 
     then the Secretary of State may collect from the third-party 
     payer only the reasonable costs of the care provided less the 
     deductible or copayment amount.
       ``(3) A covered beneficiary shall not be required to pay 
     any deductible or copayment for health care services under 
     this subsection.
       ``(4) No provision of any insurance, medical service, or 
     health plan contract or agreement having the effect of 
     excluding from coverage or limiting payment of charges for 
     care in the following circumstances shall operate to prevent 
     collection by the Secretary of State under paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) care provided directly or indirectly by a 
     governmental entity;
       ``(B) care provided to an individual who has not paid a 
     required deductible or copayment; or
       ``(C) care provided by a provider with which the third-
     party payer has no participation agreement.
       ``(5) No law of any State, or of any political subdivision 
     of a State, and no provision of any contract or agreement 
     shall operate to prevent or hinder recovery or collection by 
     the United States under this section.
       ``(6) As to the authority provided in paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection--
       ``(A) the United States shall be subrogated to any right or 
     claim that the covered beneficiary may have against a third-
     party payer;
       ``(B) the United States may institute and prosecute legal 
     proceedings against a third-party payer to enforce a right of 
     the United States under this subsection; and
       ``(C) the Secretary may compromise, settle, or waive a 
     claim of the United States under this subsection.
       ``(7) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the 
     administration of this subsection and subsection (h). Such 
     regulations shall provide for computation of the reasonable 
     cost of health care services.
       ``(8) Regulations prescribed under this subsection shall 
     provide that medical records of a covered beneficiary 
     receiving health care under this subsection shall be made 
     available for inspection and review by representatives of the 
     payer from which collection by the United States is sought 
     for the sole purpose of permitting the third party to 
     verify--
       ``(A) that the care or services for which recovery or 
     collection is sought were furnished to the covered 
     beneficiary; and
       ``(B) that the provisions of such care or services to the 
     covered beneficiary meets criteria generally applicable under 
     the health plan contract involved, except that this paragraph 
     shall be subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (4).
       ``(9) Amounts collected under this subsection or under 
     subsection (h) from a third-party payer or from any other 
     payer shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any 
     Department of State appropriation and shall remain available 
     until expended.
       ``(10) For purposes of this section--
       ``(A) the term `covered beneficiary' means an individual 
     eligible to receive health care under this section whose 
     health care costs are to be paid by a third-party payer under 
     a contractual agreement with such payer;
       ``(B) the term `services', as used in `health care 
     services' includes products; and
       ``(C) the term `third-party payer' means an entity that 
     provides a fee-for-service insurance policy, contract, or 
     similar agreement through the Federal Employees Health 
     Benefit program, under which the expenses of health care 
     services for individuals are paid.
       ``(h) In the case of a person, other than a covered 
     beneficiary, who receives health care services pursuant to 
     this section, the Secretary of State is authorized to collect 
     from such person the reasonable costs of health care services 
     incurred by the Department of State on behalf of such person. 
     The United States shall have the same rights against persons 
     subject to the provisions of this subsection as against 
     third-party payers covered by subsection (g).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 
     October 1, 1996.
TITLE XXIV--UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES 
  FOR UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 2401. ELIMINATION OF PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION.

       Section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 is amended by striking subsection 
     (e).

     SEC. 2402. EXTENSION OF AU PAIR PROGRAMS.

       Section 8 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 
     (Public Law 101-454) is amended in the last sentence by 
     striking ``fiscal year 1995'' and inserting ``fiscal year 
     1997''.
     SEC. 2403. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES WITH HONG KONG.

       The Director of the United States Information Agency shall 
     conduct programs of educational and cultural exchange between 
     the United States and the people of Hong Kong.

     SEC. 2404. CONDUCT OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 
                   EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN ASIA.

       In carrying out programs of educational and cultural 
     exchange in Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Tibet, 
     Burma, and East Timor, the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency shall take appropriate steps to provide 
     opportunities for participation in such programs to human 
     rights and democracy leaders of such countries and persons 
     who are nationals but not residents of such countries.

     SEC. 2405. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND 
                   SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.

       (a) Establishment of Educational and Cultural Exchange for 
     Tibetans.--The Director of the United States Information 
     Agency shall establish programs of educational and cultural 
     exchange between the United States and the people of Tibet. 
     Such programs shall include opportunities for training and, 
     as the Director considers appropriate, may include the 
     assignment of personnel and resources abroad.
       (b) Scholarships for Tibetans and Burmese.--
       (1) For each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, at least 30 
     scholarships shall be made available to Tibetan students and 
     professionals who are outside Tibet, and at least 15 
     scholarships shall be made available to Burmese students and 
     professionals who are outside Burma.
       (2) Waiver.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the extent 
     that the Director of the United States Information Agency 
     determines that there are not enough qualified students to 
     fulfill such allocation requirement.
       (3) Scholarship defined.--For the purposes of this section, 
     the term ``scholarship'' means an amount to be used for full 
     or partial support of tuition and fees to attend an 
     educational institution, and may include [[Page H5428]] fees, 
     books, and supplies, equipment required for courses at an 
     educational institution, living expenses at a United States 
     educational institution, and travel expenses to and from, and 
     within, the United States.
     SEC. 2406. AVAILABILITY OF VOICE OF AMERICA AND RADIO MARTI 
                   MULTILINGUAL COMPUTER READABLE TEXT AND VOICE 
                   RECORDINGS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 208 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 
     U.S.C. 1461-1a) and the second sentence of section 501 of the 
     United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
     1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461), the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency is authorized to make available, upon 
     request, to the Linguistic Data Consortium of the University 
     of Pennsylvania computer readable multilingual text and 
     recorded speech in various languages. The Consortium shall, 
     directly or indirectly as appropriate, reimburse the Director 
     for any expenses involved in making such materials available.
       (b) Termination.--Subsection (a) shall cease to have effect 
     5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
     SEC. 2407. RETENTION OF INTEREST.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the 
     approval of the National Endowment for Democracy, grant funds 
     made available by the National Endowment for Democracy may be 
     deposited in interest-bearing accounts pending disbursement 
     and any interest which accrues may be retained by the grantee 
     and used for the purposes for which the grant was made.
     SEC. 2408. USIA OFFICE IN PRISTINA, KOSOVA.

       (a) Establishment of Office.--The Director of the United 
     States Information Agency shall seek to establish an office 
     in Pristina, Kosova, for the following purposes:
       (1) Disseminating information about the United States.
       (2) Promoting discussions on human rights, democracy, rule 
     of law, and conflict resolution.
       (3) Facilitating United States private sector involvement 
     in educational and cultural activities in Kosova.
       (4) Advising the United States Government with respect to 
     public opinion in Kosova.
       (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than April 1 of each 
     year until subsection (a) has been fully implemented, the 
     Director of the United States Information Agency shall submit 
     a detailed report on developments relating to the 
     implementation of subsection (a) to the appropriate 
     congressional committees.

                 CHAPTER 2--INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

     SEC. 2431. EXPANSION OF BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

       Section 304(b) of the United States International 
     Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``9'' and inserting 
     ``11'';
       (2) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``8'' and inserting 
     ``10''; and
       (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``4'' and inserting ``5''.

     SEC. 2432. PLAN FOR RADIO FREE ASIA.

       Section 309(c) of the United States International 
     Broadcasting Act (22 U.S.C. 6208(c)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(c) Submission of Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997, the Director of the United 
     States Information Agency shall submit to the Congress a 
     detailed plan for the establishment and operation of Radio 
     Free Asia in accordance with this section. Such plan shall 
     include the following:
       ``(1) A description of the manner in which Radio Free Asia 
     would meet the funding limitations provided in subsection 
     (d)(4).
       ``(2) A description of the numbers and qualifications of 
     employees it proposes to hire.
       ``(3) How it proposes to meet the technical requirements 
     for carrying out its responsibilities under this section.''.
     SEC. 2433. PILOT PROJECT FOR FREEDOM BROADCASTING TO ASIA.

       (a) Authority.--The Director of the United States 
     Information Agency shall make grants for broadcasting to the 
     People's Republic of China, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, North 
     Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam. Such broadcasting shall provide 
     accurate and timely information, news, and commentary about 
     events in the respective countries of Asia and elsewhere, and 
     shall be a forum for a variety of opinions and voices from 
     within Asian nations whose people do not fully enjoy freedom 
     of expression.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of such grants shall be to 
     provide such broadcasting on an interim basis during the 
     period before Radio Free Asia becomes fully operational.
       (c) Applications.--In considering applications for grants, 
     the Director of the United States Information Agency shall 
     give strong preference to entities which (1) take advantage 
     of the expertise of political and religious dissidents and 
     pro-democracy and human rights activists from within the 
     countries to whom broadcasting is directed, including exiles 
     from these countries; and (2) take advantage of contracts or 
     similar arrangements with existing broadcast facilities so as 
     to provide immediate broadcast coverage with low overhead.
       (d) Plan.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a plan for implementing this section 
     which shall include details concerning timetable for 
     implementation, grant criteria, and grant application 
     procedures. The procedures and timetable should be designed 
     to ensure that grantees will begin broadcasting not later 
     than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
         TITLE XXV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 2501. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION.

       The Act of May 13, 1924 (49 Stat. 660, 22 U.S.C. 277-277f), 
     is amended in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 277b) by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) and in 
     order to facilitate further compliance with the terms of the 
     Convention for Equitable Distribution of the Waters of the 
     Rio Grande, May 21, 1906, United States-Mexico, the Secretary 
     of State, acting through the United States Commissioner of 
     the International Boundary and Water Commission, may make 
     improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project, 
     originally authorized by the Act of August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 
     961). Such improvements may include all such works as may be 
     needed to stabilize the Rio Grande in the reach between the 
     Percha Diversion Dam in New Mexico and the American Diversion 
     Dam in El Paso.''.

  CHAPTER 2--UNITED NATIONS AND AFFILIATED AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

     SEC. 2521. REFORM IN BUDGET DECISIONMAKING PROCEDURES OF THE 
                   UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.

       (a) Assessed Contributions.--Of amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated for ``Assessed Contributions to International 
     Organizations'' by this Act, the President may withhold 20 
     percent of the funds appropriated for the United States 
     assessed contribution to the United Nations or to any of its 
     specialized agencies for any calendar year if the United 
     Nations or any such agency has failed to implement or to 
     continue to implement consensus-based decisionmaking 
     procedures on budgetary matters which assure that sufficient 
     attention is paid to the views of the United States and other 
     member states that are the major financial contributors to 
     such assessed budgets.
       (b) Notice to Congress.--The President shall notify the 
     Congress when a decision is made to withhold any share of the 
     United States assessed contribution to the United Nations or 
     its specialized agencies pursuant to subsection (a) and shall 
     notify the Congress when the decision is made to pay any 
     previously withheld assessed contribution. A notification 
     under this subsection shall include appropriate consultation 
     between the President (or the President's representative) and 
     the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate.
       (c) Contributions for Prior Years.--Subject to the 
     availability of appropriations, payment of assessed 
     contributions for prior years may be made to the United 
     Nations or any of its specialized agencies notwithstanding 
     subsection (a) if such payment would further United States 
     interests in that organization.
       (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than February 1 of each 
     year, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report concerning the amount of 
     United States assessed contributions paid to the United 
     Nations and each of its specialized agencies during the 
     preceding calendar year.
     SEC. 2522. LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 
                   OR UNITED NATIONS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS.

       The United States shall not make any voluntary or assessed 
     contribution--
       (1) to any affiliated organization of the United Nations 
     which grants full membership as a state to any organization 
     or group that does not have the internationally recognized 
     attributes of statehood, or
       (2) to the United Nations, if the United Nations grants 
     full membership as a state in the United Nations to any 
     organization or group that does not have the internationally 
     recognized attributes of statehood,

     during any period in which such membership is effective.
     SEC. 2523. REPORT ON UNICEF.

       Not later than December 31, 1995, the Secretary of State 
     shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report on (1) the progress of UNICEF toward effective 
     financial, program, and personnel management; (2) the 
     progress of UNICEF in shifting its health, child survival, 
     and maternal survival programs toward efficient and low-
     overhead contractors, with particular emphasis on 
     nongovernmental organizations; and (3) the extent to which 
     UNICEF has demonstrated its commitment to its traditional 
     mission of child health and welfare and resisted pressure to 
     become involved in functions performed by other United 
     Nations agencies.
     SEC. 2524. UNITED NATIONS BUDGETARY AND MANAGEMENT REFORM.

       (a) In General.--The United Nations Participation Act of 
     1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:
       ``Sec. 10. (a) Withholding of Contributions Related to the 
     Role of the Inspector General of the United Nations.-- 
     [[Page H5429]] 
       ``(1) Assessed contributions for regular united nations 
     budget.--For fiscal year 1996 and for each subsequent fiscal 
     year, 20 percent of the amount of funds made available for 
     that fiscal year for United States assessed contributions for 
     the regular United Nations budget shall be withheld from 
     obligation and expenditure unless a certification for that 
     fiscal year has been made under subsection (b).
       ``(2) Assessed contributions for united nations 
     peacekeeping.--For fiscal year 1996 and for each subsequent 
     fiscal year, 50 percent of the amount of funds made available 
     for that fiscal year for United States assessed contributions 
     for United Nations peacekeeping activities shall be withheld 
     from obligation and expenditure unless a certification for 
     that fiscal year has been made under subsection (b).
       ``(3) Voluntary contributions for united nations 
     peacekeeping.--For fiscal year 1996 and for each subsequent 
     fiscal year, the United States may not pay any voluntary 
     contribution to the United Nations for international 
     peacekeeping activities unless a certification for that 
     fiscal year has been made under subsection (b).
       ``(b) Certification.--The certification referred to in 
     subsection (a) for any fiscal year is a certification by the 
     President to the Congress, submitted on or after the 
     beginning of that fiscal year, of each of the following:
       ``(1) The United Nations has an independent office of 
     Inspector General to conduct and supervise objective audits, 
     inspections, and investigations relating to programs and 
     operations of the United Nations.
       ``(2) The United Nations has an Inspector General who was 
     appointed by the Secretary General with the approval of the 
     General Assembly and whose appointment was made principally 
     on the basis of the appointee's integrity and demonstrated 
     ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, 
     management analysis, public administration, or investigation.
       ``(3) The Inspector General is authorized to--
       ``(A) make investigations and reports relating to the 
     administration of the programs and operations of the United 
     Nations;
       ``(B) have access to all records, documents, and other 
     available materials relating to those programs and 
     operations;
       ``(C) have direct and prompt access to any official of the 
     United Nations; and
       ``(D) have access to all records and officials of the 
     specialized agencies of the United Nations.
       ``(4) The United Nations has fully implemented, and made 
     available to all member states, procedures that effectively 
     protect the identity of, and prevent reprisals against, any 
     staff member of the United Nations making a complaint or 
     disclosing information to, or cooperating in any 
     investigation or inspection by, the United Nations Inspector 
     General.
       ``(5) The United Nations has fully implemented procedures 
     that ensure compliance with recommendations of the United 
     Nations Inspector General.
       ``(6) The United Nations has required the United Nations 
     Inspector General to issue an annual report and has ensured 
     that the annual report and all other reports of the Inspector 
     General are made available to the General Assembly without 
     modification.
       ``(7) The United Nations has provided, and is committed to 
     providing, sufficient budgetary resources to ensure the 
     effective operation of the United Nations Inspector 
     General.''.
       (b) Withholding of Contributions Related to Contracting of 
     the United Nations.--The United Nations Participation Act of 
     1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is further amended by adding at 
     the end the following new section:
       ``Sec. 11. (a) Withholding of Contributions Related to 
     Timely Notice of Contract Opportunities and Contract 
     Awards.--
       ``(1) Withholding of assessed contributions for regular 
     united nations budget.--For fiscal year 1997 and for each 
     subsequent fiscal year, 10 percent of the amount of funds 
     made available for that fiscal year for United States 
     assessed contributions for the regular United Nations budget 
     shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure unless a 
     certification for that fiscal year has been made under 
     paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Certification.--The certification referred to in 
     paragraph (1) for any fiscal year is a certification by the 
     President to the Congress, submitted on or after the 
     beginning of that fiscal year, that the United Nations has 
     implemented a system requiring (A) prior notification for the 
     submission of all qualified bid proposals on all United 
     Nations procurement opportunities over $100,000 and (B) a 
     public announcement of the award of any contract over 
     $100,000. To the extent practicable, notifications shall be 
     made in the Commerce Business Daily.
       ``(b) Withholding of Contributions Related to 
     Discrimination Against Companies Which Challenge Contract 
     Awards.--
       ``(1) Withholding of assessed contributions for regular 
     united nations budget.--For fiscal year 1997 and for each 
     subsequent fiscal year, 10 percent of the amount of funds 
     made available for that fiscal year for United States 
     assessed contributions for the regular United Nations budget 
     shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure unless a 
     certification for that fiscal year has been made under 
     paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Certification.--The certification referred to in 
     paragraph (1) for any fiscal year is a certification by the 
     President to the Congress, submitted on or after the 
     beginning of that fiscal year, that the procurement 
     regulations of the United Nations prohibit punitive actions 
     such as the suspension of contract eligibility for 
     contractors who challenge contract awards or complain about 
     delayed payments.
       ``(c) Withholding of Contributions Related to Establishment 
     of a United Nations Contract Review Process.--
       ``(1) Withholding of assessed contributions for regular 
     united nations budget.--For fiscal year 1998 and for each 
     subsequent fiscal year, 10 percent of the amount of funds 
     made available for that fiscal year for United States 
     assessed contributions for the regular United Nations budget 
     shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure unless a 
     certification for that fiscal year has been made under 
     paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Certification.--The certification referred to in 
     paragraph (1) for any fiscal year is a certification by the 
     President to the Congress, submitted on or after the 
     beginning of that fiscal year, that the United Nations has 
     established a contract review process for contracts over 
     $100,000 and a process to assure unsuccessful bidders a 
     timely opportunity to challenge awards for contracts over 
     $100,000 such bidders consider to have been made 
     improperly.''.
       (c) Procurement Information.--Section 4(d) of the United 
     Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b(d)), as 
     amended by section 407 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended in paragraph (2)(B) by inserting before the period 
     ``, including local procurement contracts''.
                 TITLE XXVI--FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

           CHAPTER 1--MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

     SEC. 2601. TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT.

       (a) Applicability.--Section 3 of the Taiwan Relations Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 3302) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) supersede 
     any provision of the Joint Communique of the United States 
     and China of August 17, 1982.''.
       (b) Visits to the United States by Officials of the 
     Government of the Republic of China on Taiwan.--Section 4 of 
     the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3303) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) The Congress finds and declares that there are no 
     legitimate foreign policy grounds for preventing members of 
     the government chosen by the people of Taiwan from making 
     private visits to the United States. Accordingly, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, no official of 
     the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan may be 
     excluded from the United States on the basis of a 
     determination by the Secretary of State that the entry or 
     proposed activities in the United States of such individual 
     would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy 
     consequences for the United States.''.
     SEC. 2602. BOSNIA GENOCIDE JUSTICE ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Bosnia 
     Genocide Justice Act''.
       (b) Policy.--
       (1) In general.--Consistent with international law, it is 
     the policy of the United States to bring to justice persons 
     responsible for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity 
     and other serious violations of international humanitarian 
     law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 
     1991.
       (2) Sense of congress.--The Congress urges the President--
       (A) to collect or assist appropriate organizations and 
     individuals to collect relevant data on these crimes 
     committed in the former Yugoslavia;
       (B) to share such data with the War Crimes Tribunal for the 
     former Yugoslavia established by the Security Council of the 
     United Nations;
       (C) to assist United Nations efforts to investigate, 
     prosecute, and try those responsible for genocide, war 
     crimes, crimes against humanity and other serious violations 
     of international humanitarian law committed in the territory 
     of the former Yugoslavia since 1991;
       (D) to submit to the Congress implementing legislation to 
     enable compliance with requests and orders of the tribunal; 
     and
       (E) to support the ongoing work of the Tribunal through 
     adequate financial contributions to the United Nations 
     Voluntary Fund for the War Crimes Tribunal for the former 
     Yugoslavia for 1996 and 1997.
       (c) Reporting Requirement.--Beginning 6 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter 
     during fiscal years 1996 and 1997, the President shall submit 
     a report describing the steps taken to implement the 
     provisions of this section to the appropriate congressional 
     committees.

     SEC. 2603. EXPANSION OF COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND 
                   COOPERATION IN EUROPE.

       Section 3(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a 
     Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe'', approved 
     June 3, 1976 (22 U.S.C. 3003) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``twenty-one'' and 
     inserting ``twenty-nine''; and
       (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
     following: [[Page H5430]] 
       ``(1) Thirteen Members of the House of Representatives 
     appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
     Seven Members shall be selected from the majority party and 
     six Members shall be selected, after consulation with the 
     minority leader of the House, from the minority party.
       ``(2) Thirteen Members of the Senate appointed by the 
     President of the Senate. Seven Members shall be selected from 
     the majority party of the Senate, after consultation with the 
     majority leader, and six Members shall be selected, after 
     consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, from the 
     minority party.''.

 CHAPTER 2--RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES-NORTH KOREA AGREED FRAMEWORK 
 AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF NORTH KOREA UNDER THAT AND PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS 
   WITH RESPECT TO THE DENUCLEARIZATION OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND 
                  DIALOGUE WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

     SEC. 2641. FINDINGS.

       The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States-Democratic People's Republic of Korea 
     Agreed Framework (hereafter in this chapter referred to as 
     the ``Agreed Framework''), entered into on October 21, 1994, 
     between the United States and North Korea, requires North 
     Korea to stop and eventually dismantle its graphite-moderated 
     nuclear reactor program and related facilities, and comply 
     fully with its obligations under the Treaty on the Non-
     Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in exchange for alternative 
     energy sources, including interim supplies of heavy fuel oil 
     for electric generators and more proliferation-resistant 
     light water reactor technology.
       (2) The Agreed Framework also commits North Korea to 
     ``consistently take steps to implement the North-South Joint 
     Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula'' 
     and ``engage in North-South'' dialogue with the Republic of 
     Korea.
       (3) The Agreed Framework does not indicate specific 
     criteria for full normalization of relations between the 
     United States and North Korea, and does not link the 
     sequencing of actions in the Agreed Framework with any time-
     frame for carrying out the provisions of the North-South 
     Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean 
     Peninsula and carrying out the dialogue between North Korea 
     and the Republic of Korea.
       (4) The commitment by North Korea to carry out the letter 
     and spirit of the Agreed Framework has been put into doubt by 
     actions of North Korea since October 21, 1994, including the 
     suspected diversion of United States heavy fuel oil in 
     apparent contravention of the agreed purpose of the interim 
     fuel deliveries, the refusal to accept light water reactors 
     from the Republic of Korea, the harsh denunciations of the 
     Government of the Republic of Korea, and other actions 
     contrary to the commitment by North Korea to engage in a 
     dialogue with such Government, and the continued conduct of 
     provocative, offensive oriented military exercises.
       (5) The nuclear threat posed by North Korea is just one of 
     a number of security concerns of the United States arising 
     out of the policies of North Korea.

     SEC. 2642. CLARIFICATION OF NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
                   OBLIGATIONS OF NORTH KOREA UNDER THE AGREED 
                   FRAMEWORK.

       It is the sense of the Congress that in discussions or 
     negotiations with the Government of North Korea pursuant to 
     the implementation of the United States-Democratic People's 
     Republic of Korea Agreed Framework entered into on October 
     21, 1994, the President should uphold the following minimum 
     conditions relating to nuclear nonproliferation:
       (1) All spent fuel from the graphite-moderated nuclear 
     reactors and related facilities of North Korea should be 
     removed from the territory of North Korea as is consistent 
     with the Agreed Framework.
       (2) The International Atomic Energy Agency should have the 
     freedom to conduct any and all inspections that it deems 
     necessary to fully account for the stocks of plutonium and 
     other nuclear materials in North Korea, including special 
     inspections of suspected nuclear waste sites, before any 
     nuclear components controlled by the Nuclear Supplier Group 
     Guidelines are delivered for a light water reactor for North 
     Korea.
       (3) The dismantlement of all declared graphite-based 
     nuclear reactors and related facilities in North Korea, 
     including reprocessing units, should be completed in 
     accordance with the Agreed Framework and in a manner that 
     effectively bars in perpetuity any reactivation of such 
     reactors and facilities.
       (4) The United States should suspend actions described in 
     the Agreed Framework if North Korea reloads its existing 5 
     megawatt nuclear reactor or resumes construction of nuclear 
     facilities other than those permitted to be built under the 
     Agreed Framework.
     SEC. 2643. ROLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA UNDER THE AGREED 
                   FRAMEWORK.

       It is further the sense of the Congress that the Republic 
     of Korea should play the central role in the project to 
     provide light water reactors to North Korea under the Agreed 
     Framework.

     SEC. 2644. FURTHER STEPS TO PROMOTE UNITED STATES SECURITY 
                   AND POLITICAL INTERESTS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH 
                   KOREA.

       It is further the sense of the Congress that, after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the President should not 
     take further steps toward upgrading diplomatic relations with 
     North Korea beyond opening liaison offices or relaxing trade 
     and investment barriers imposed against North Korea without--
       (1) action by the Government of North Korea to engage in a 
     North-South dialogue with the Government of the Republic of 
     Korea;
       (2) significant progress toward implementation of the 
     North-South Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the 
     Korean Peninsula; and
       (3) progress toward the achievement of several long-
     standing United States policy objectives regarding North 
     Korea and the Korean Peninsula, including--
       (A) reducing the number of military forces of North Korea 
     along the Demilitarized Zone and relocating such military 
     forces away from the Demilitarized Zone;
       (B) prohibiting any movement by North Korea toward the 
     deployment of an intermediate range ballistic missile system; 
     and
       (C) prohibiting the export by North Korea of missiles and 
     other weapons of mass destruction, including related 
     technology and components.
     SEC. 2645. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA AND THE 
                   KOREAN PENINSULA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT 
                   ORGANIZATION.

       Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2370 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 620G. ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA AND THE KOREAN 
                   PENINSULA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.

       ``No assistance may be provided under this Act or any other 
     provision of law to North Korea or the Korean Peninsula 
     Energy Development Organization unless--
       ``(1) such assistance is provided in accordance with all 
     requirements, limitations, and procedures otherwise 
     applicable to the provision of such assistance for such 
     purposes; and
       ``(2) the President--
       ``(A) notifies the congressional committees specified in 
     section 634A(a) of this Act prior to the obligation of such 
     assistance in accordance with the procedures applicable to 
     reprogramming notifications under that section, irrespective 
     of the amount of the proposed obligation of such assistance; 
     and
       ``(B) determines and reports to such committees that the 
     provision of such assistance is vital to the national 
     interests of the United States.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 620G of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a), applies with respect 
     to assistance provided to North Korea or the Korean Peninsula 
     Energy Development Organization on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

                            CHAPTER 3--BURMA

     SEC. 2651. UNITED STATES POLICY CONCERNING THE DICTATORSHIP 
                   IN BURMA.

       (a) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the President should take steps to encourage the United 
     Nations Security Council to--
       (1) impose an international arms embargo on Burma;
       (2) affirm support for human rights and the protection of 
     all Karen, Karenni, and other minorities in Burma;
       (3) condemn Burmese officials responsible for crimes 
     against humanity;
       (4) take steps to encourage multilateral assistance 
     programs for refugees from Burma in Thailand and India; and
       (5) reduce United Nations activities in Burma, including 
     UNDP (United Nations Development Program), UNICEF (United 
     Nations Children's Fund), UNFPA (United Nations Family 
     Planning Agency), World Health Organization (WHO), Food and 
     Agriculture Organization (FAO), and UNIDCP (United Nations 
     International Drug Control Program) activities.
       (b) Reduction in Diplomatic Presence.--It is the sense of 
     the Congress that the President should reduce the diplomatic 
     presence of the United States in Burma by reducing the total 
     number of the members of the Foreign Service stationed in 
     Burma on the date of enactment of this Act.
                           CHAPTER 4--TORTURE

     SEC. 2661. DEFINITIONS.

       (a) Torture.--As used in this chapter, the term ``torture'' 
     means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether 
     physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person 
     for such purposes as obtaining from the person or a third 
     person information or a confession, punishing the person for 
     an act the person or a third person has committed or is 
     suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing 
     the person or a third person, or for any reason based on 
     discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is 
     inflicted by, at the instigation of, or with the consent or 
     acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in 
     an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering 
     arising only from, inherent in, or incidental to lawful 
     sanctions.
       (b) Substantial Grounds for Believing.--As used in this 
     chapter, the term ``substantial grounds for believing'' means 
     substantial evidence.
       (c) In Danger of Being Subjected to Torture.--As used in 
     this chapter, the term ``in danger of being subjected to 
     torture'' means circumstances in which a reasonable person 
     would fear subjection to torture.
       (d) Involuntarily Return.--As used in this chapter, the 
     term ``involuntarily return'' means to take action by which 
     it is reasonably foreseeable that a person will be 
     [[Page H5431]] required to return to a country against the 
     person's will, regardless of whether such return is induced 
     by physical force and regardless of whether the person is 
     physically present in the United States.

     SEC. 2662. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                   INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF PERSONS SUBJECTED TO 
                   TORTURE.

       No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act are 
     authorized to be available to expel, extradite, or otherwise 
     involuntarily return a person to a country in which there are 
     substantial grounds for believing the person would be in 
     danger of being subjected to torture, or to support, promote, 
     or assist such involuntary return.
                 TITLE XXVII--CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS
     SEC. 2701. INTER-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS.

       Taking into consideration the long-term commitment by the 
     United States to the affairs of this Hemisphere and the need 
     to build further upon the linkages between the United States 
     and its neighbors, the Secretary of State, in allocating the 
     level of resources for international organizations, should 
     pay particular attention to funding levels of the Inter-
     American organizations.
     SEC. 2702. TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The sovereign and independent state of Bosnia-
     Herzegovina was formally recognized by the United States of 
     America on April 7, 1992.
       (2) The sovereign and independent state of Bosnia-
     Herzegovina was admitted as a full participating State of the 
     Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe on April 30, 
     1992.
       (3) The sovereign and independent state of Bosnia-
     Herzegovina was admitted as a Member state of the United 
     Nations on May 22, 1992.
       (4) The United States has declared its determination to 
     respect and put into practice the Declaration on Principles 
     Guiding Relations between Participating States contained in 
     the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation 
     in Europe.
       (5) Each of the principles has been violated during the 
     course of war in Bosnia-Herzegovina: sovereign equality and 
     respect for the rights inherent in sovereignty, refraining 
     from the threat or use of force; inviolability of frontiers; 
     territorial integrity of States; peaceful settlement of 
     disputes; nonintervention in internal affairs; respect for 
     human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom 
     of thought, conscience, religion or belief; equal rights and 
     self-determination of peoples; cooperation among States; and 
     fulfillment in good faith of obligations under international 
     law.
       (6) Principle II of the Final Act commits the participating 
     States to ``refrain from any manifestation of force for the 
     purpose of inducing another participating State to renounce 
     the full exercise of its sovereign rights''.
       (7) Principle III of the Final Act commits the 
     participating States to ``refrain from any demand for, or act 
     of, seizure and usurpation of part or all of the territory of 
     any participating State''.
       (8) Principle IV of the Final Act commits the participating 
     States to ``respect the territorial integrity of each of the 
     participating States'' and ``refrain from any action 
     inconsistent with the purposes and principles of the Charter 
     of the United Nations against the territorial integrity, 
     political independence or the unity of any participating 
     State''.
       (9) The Charter of Paris for a New Europe commits the 
     participating States ``to cooperate in defending democratic 
     institutions against activities which violate the 
     independence, sovereign equality, or territorial integrity of 
     the participating States''.
       (10) The Helsinki Document 1992 reaffirms ``the validity of 
     the guiding principles and common values of the Helsinki 
     Final Act and the Charter of Paris, embodying 
     responsibilities of States towards each other and of 
     governments towards their own people'' which serve as the 
     ``collective conscience of our community''.
       (11) The Charter of the United Nations calls upon Member 
     states to respect the territorial integrity and political 
     independence of any state in keeping with the Purposes of the 
     United Nations.
       (12) The sovereign and independent state of Bosnia-
     Herzegovina has been and continues to be subjected to armed 
     aggression Bosnian Serb forces, Croatian Serb forces, and 
     others in violation of Final Act and the Charter.
       (13) Unchecked armed aggression and genocide threatens the 
     lives of innocent civilians as well as the very existence of 
     the sovereign and independent state of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the United States should refuse to recognize the 
     incorporation of any of the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina 
     into the territory of any neighboring state or the creation 
     of any new state or states within the borders of Bosnia-
     Herzegovina resulting from the threat or use of force, 
     coercion, or any other means inconsistent with international 
     law.
     SEC. 2703. THE LAOGAI SYSTEM OF POLITICAL PRISONS.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Chinese gulag, known as the Laogai, was created as 
     a primary means of political repression and control when the 
     Communists assumed power in China in 1949.
       (2) The Laogai has caused millions of people to suffer 
     grave human rights abuses over the past 46 years, including 
     countless deaths.
       (3) The Laogai continues to be used to incarcerate unknown 
     numbers of ordinary citizens for political reasons, including 
     workers, students, intellectuals, religious believers, and 
     Tibetans.
       (4) So-called ``thought reform'' is a standard practice of 
     Laogai officials, and reports of torture are routinely 
     received by human rights organizations from Laogai prisoners 
     and survivors.
       (5) Negotiations about unfettered access to Laogai 
     prisoners between the Chinese Government and the 
     International Red Cross have ceased.
       (6) The Laogai is in reality a huge system of forced labor 
     camps in which political and penal criminals are slave 
     laborers producing an array of products for export throughout 
     the world, including the United States.
       (7) The Chinese Government continues to maintain, as part 
     of its official propaganda and in defiance of significant 
     evidence to the contrary gathered by many human rights 
     organizations, that the Laogai is a prison system like any 
     other in the world.
       (8) Testimony delivered before the Subcommittee on 
     International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on 
     International Relations of the House of Representatives has 
     documented human rights abuses in the Laogai which continue 
     to this day.
       (9) The American people have repeatedly expressed their 
     abhorrence of forced labor camps systems, whether they be 
     operated by the Nazis, Soviet Communists, or any other 
     political ideology.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the President should--
       (1) publicly condemn the continued existence of the Laogai, 
     and call upon the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China to dismantle it, and release all of its political 
     prisoners; and
       (2) instruct the appropriate diplomatic representatives of 
     the United States to cause a resolution condemning the Laogai 
     to be put before the United Nations Human Rights Commission 
     and work for its passage.

     SEC. 2704. CONCERNING THE USE OF FUNDS TO FURTHER NORMALIZE 
                   RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.

       It is the sense of the Congress that none of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this Act may be obligated or expended to further normalize 
     diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam, 
     until Vietnam--
       (1) releases all of its political and religious prisoners;
       (2) accounts for American POWs and MIAs from the Vietnam 
     War;
       (3) holds democratic elections; and
       (4) institutes policies which protect human rights.

     SEC. 2705. DECLARATION OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED STATES 
                   GOVERNMENT HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY TOWARD CHINA.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) According to the 1994 State Department Country Reports 
     on Human Rights Practices there continue to be ``widespread 
     and well-documented human rights abuses in China, in 
     violation of internationally accepted norms . . . (including) 
     arbitrary and lengthy incommunicado detention, torture, and 
     mistreatment of prisoners. The regime continued severe 
     restrictions on freedoms of speech, press assembly and 
     association, and tightened controls on the exercise of these 
     rights during 1994. Serious human rights abuses persisted in 
     Tibet and other areas populated by ethnic minorities''.
       (2) The President, in announcing his decision on Most 
     Favored Nation trading status for China in May 1994 stated 
     that, ``China continues to commit very serious human rights 
     abuses. Even as we engage the Chinese on military, political, 
     and economic issues, we intend to stay engaged with those in 
     China who suffer from human rights abuses. The United States 
     must remain a champion of their liberties''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the President should take the following actions:
       (1) Decline the invitation to visit China until and unless 
     there is dramatic overall progress on human rights in China 
     and Tibet and communicate to the Government of China that 
     such a visit cannot take place without such progress. 
     Indications of overall progress would include the release of 
     hundreds of political, religious, and labor activists; an 
     agreement to allow unhindered confidential access to 
     prisoners by international humanitarian agencies; enactment 
     of major legal reforms such as an end to all restrictions on 
     the exercise of freedom of religion, revocation of the 1993 
     state security law, and the abolition of all so-called 
     ``counter-revolutionary'' crimes; an end to forced abortion, 
     forced sterilization, and the provision by government 
     facilities of human fetal remains for consumption as food; 
     and a decision to allow unrestricted access to Tibet by 
     foreign media and international human rights monitors.
       (2) Seek to develop an agreement on a multilateral strategy 
     to promote human rights in China with other members of the G-
     7, beginning with the meeting of the G-7 industrial partners 
     scheduled for June 1995 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Such an 
     agreement should include efforts to encourage greater 
     [[Page H5432]] cooperation by the Government of China with 
     the human rights rapporteurs and working groups of the United 
     Nations Human Rights Commission, as well as bilateral and 
     multilateral initiatives to secure the unconditional release 
     of imprisoned peaceful pro-democracy advocates such as Wei 
     Jingsheng.
       (3) Instruct the United States delegates to the United 
     Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995 to 
     vigorously and publicly support nongovernmental organizations 
     that may be subjected to harassment or to restrictions or 
     limitations on their activities, access to the media, or to 
     channels of communication during the conference by the 
     Government of China and to protest publicly and privately any 
     actions by the Government of China aimed at punishing or 
     repressing Chinese citizens who seek to peacefully express 
     their views or communicate with foreign citizens or media 
     during or following the United Nations Conference.
       (4) Extend an invitation to the Dalai Lama to visit 
     Washington, District of Columbia, in 1995.
       (c) United States Government Human Rights Policy Toward 
     China.--It shall be the policy of the United States 
     Government to continue to promote internationally recognized 
     human rights and worker rights in China and Tibet. The 
     President shall submit the following reports on the 
     formulation and implementation of United States human rights 
     policy toward China and the results of that policy to the 
     International Relations Committee of the House of 
     Representatives :
       (1) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the President shall report on the status of the 
     ``new United States Human Rights Policy for China'' announced 
     by the President on May 26, 1994, including an assessment of 
     the implementation and effectiveness of the policy in 
     bringing about human rights improvements in China and Tibet, 
     with reference to the following specific initiatives 
     announced on that date:
       (A) High-level dialogue on human rights.
       (B) Voluntary principles in the area of human rights for 
     United States businesses operating in China.
       (C) Increased contact with and support for groups and 
     individuals in China promoting law reform and human rights.
       (D) Increased exchanges to support human rights law reform 
     in China.
       (E) The practice of all United States officials who visit 
     China to meet with the broadest possible spectrum of Chinese 
     citizens.
       (F) Increased efforts to press United States views on human 
     rights in China at the United Nations, the United Nations 
     Human Rights Commission, and other international 
     organizations.
       (G) A plan of international actions to address Tibet's 
     human rights problems and to promote substantive discussions 
     between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese Government.
       (H) Efforts to use the 1995 United Nations Women's 
     Conference in Beijing to expand freedoms of speech, 
     association, and assembly, as well as the rights of women, in 
     China.
       (I) An information strategy for promoting human rights by 
     expanding Chinese and Tibetan language broadcasts on the 
     Voice of America and establishing Radio Free Asia.
       (J) Encouraging the Chinese Government to permit 
     international human rights groups to operate in and visit 
     China.

     The report required by this paragraph shall also assess the 
     progress, if any, of the People's Republic of China toward 
     ending forced abortion, forced sterilization, and other 
     coercive population control practices.
       (2) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the President shall report on the status of Chinese 
     Government compliance with United States laws prohibiting the 
     importation into the United States of forced labor products, 
     including (but not limited to) a complete assessment and 
     report on the implementation of the Memorandum of 
     Understanding signed by the United States and China in 1992. 
     The report shall include (but not be limited to) the 
     following:
       (A) All efforts made by the United States Customs Service 
     from 1992 until the date of the report to investigate forced 
     labor exports and to conduct unannounced unrestricted 
     inspections of suspected forced labor sites in China, and the 
     extent to which Chinese authorities cooperated with such 
     investigations.
       (B) Recommendations of what further steps might be taken to 
     enhance United States effectiveness in prohibiting forced 
     labor exports to the United States from China.

     SEC. 2706. CONCERNING THE UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND FOR 
                   VICTIMS OF TORTURE.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the President, acting 
     through the United States Permanent Representative to the 
     United Nations, should--
       (1) request the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims 
     of Torture--
       (A) to find new ways to support and protect treatment 
     centers that are carrying out rehabilitative services for 
     victims of torture; and
       (B) to encourage the development of new such centers;
       (2) use the voice and vote of the United States to support 
     the work of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the 
     Committee Against Torture established under the Convention 
     Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading 
     Treatment or Punishment; and
       (3) use the voice and vote of the United States to 
     establish a country rapporteur or similar procedural 
     mechanism to investigate human rights violations in a country 
     if either the Special Rapporteur or the Committee Against 
     Torture indicates that a systematic practice of torture is 
     prevalent in that country.

     SEC. 2707. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT FOR REFORM OF WAR 
                   POWERS RESOLUTION.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the President should 
     transmit to the Congress recommendations for reform of the 
     War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.) in order to 
     permit the Congress and the President to more effectively 
     fulfill their constitutional responsibilities with respect to 
     the deployment of United States Armed Forces abroad.

     SEC. 2708. CONFLICT IN KASHMIR.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the United States 
     reiterates the need for all parties to the conflict in 
     Kashmir to enter into negotiations and resolve the conflict 
     peacefully. The Congress urges the executive branch to work 
     with all parties to facilitate a peaceful negotiated 
     settlement of the Kashmir conflict.

     SEC. 2709. UNITED STATES RELATIONS WITH THE FORMER YUGOSLAV 
                   REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (FYROM).

       It is the sense of the Congress that the Former Yugoslav 
     Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) should be eligible for all 
     United States foreign assistance programs, including programs 
     of the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation, if the government continues to respect the 
     rights of all ethnic minorities.
     SEC. 2710. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO INDONESIA.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the United States should continue to urge progress in 
     promotion and protection of internationally recognized human 
     rights by the Government of Indonesia;
       (2) in its bilateral relations with the Government of 
     Indonesia, the United States should place a high priority on 
     public and private efforts to urge the Government of 
     Indonesia to take specific steps to remove restrictions of 
     freedom of expression and association, to allow freedom of 
     the press, to allow freedom of religion, to end arbitrary 
     arrests and torture and ill-treatment, to cease official 
     attacks on nongovernmental organizations, to end the 
     widespread denial of worker rights, and to hold members of 
     the military accountable for human rights abuses;
       (3) with respect to the situation in East Timor, the United 
     States should call on the Government of Indonesia to make 
     public the complete findings of the investigations into the 
     killings of unarmed civilians in Liquica on January 12, 1995, 
     including the reports of the Army Council of Military Honor 
     and the findings of the National Human Rights Commission, and 
     that those responsible for the killings be identified and 
     brought to justice;
       (4) the United States should continue to press the 
     Government of Indonesia to fully comply with the 1994 and 
     1995 recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights 
     Commission regarding the need for a full accounting of the 
     Dili incident of November 1991;
       (5) the United States should urge the Government of 
     Indonesia to allow independent human rights monitoring 
     organizations and foreign journalists unhindered access to 
     East Timor;
       (6) the United States should urge the Government of 
     Indonesia to respect free practice of religion, including 
     Christianity, in Indonesia, including East Timor; and
       (7) the President should instruct the United States 
     delegates to the annual Indonesia aid consortium donor 
     meeting in July 1995 to again raise concerns about human 
     rights violations in Indonesia, including restrictions of 
     freedom of the press, attacks on nongovernmental 
     organizations, and widespread violations of human rights in 
     East Timor.

     SEC. 2711. DISPLACED PERSONS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that of the amounts made 
     available to the United Nations Development Program (and 
     United Nations Development Program-Administered Funds), at 
     least $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $20,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1997 should be available for programs and 
     services conducted in cooperation with the International 
     Organization for Migration, the International Committee for 
     the Red Cross, and nongovernmental organizations, for persons 
     who are displaced within their countries of nationality.
             DIVISION C--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATIONS

     SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Foreign Aid Reduction 
     Act of 1995''.

     SEC. 3002. DECLARATION OF POLICY.

       The Congress declares the following:
       (1) United States leadership overseas must be maintained to 
     support our vital national security, economic, and 
     humanitarian interests.
       (2) As part of this leadership, United States foreign 
     assistance programs are essential to support these national 
     interests.
       (3) However, United States foreign assistance programs can 
     be responsibly reduced while maintaining United States 
     leadership overseas.
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              TITLE XXXI--DEFENSE AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE

               CHAPTER 1--MILITARY AND RELATED ASSISTANCE

            Subchapter A--Foreign Military Financing Program

     SEC. 3101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated for grant 
     assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2763) and for the subsidy cost, as defined in 
     section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of 
     direct loans under such section--
       (1) $3,284,440,000 for fiscal year 1996; and
       (2) $3,240,020,000 for fiscal year 1997.
     SEC. 3102. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

       Of the amounts made available for fiscal years 1996 and 
     1997 for assistance under the ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'' account under section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), not more than $24,020,000 for each such 
     fiscal year may be made available for necessary expenses for 
     the general costs of administration of military assistance 
     and sales, including expenses incurred in purchasing 
     passenger motor vehicles for replacement for use outside the 
     United States.

     SEC. 3103. ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL.

       (a) Minimum Allocation.--Of the amounts made available for 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for assistance under the ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'' account under section 23 of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), not less than 
     $1,800,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be available 
     only for Israel.
       (b) Terms of Assistance.--
       (1) Grant basis.--The assistance provided for Israel for 
     each fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be provided on a 
     grant basis.
       (2) Expedited disbursement.--Such assistance shall be 
     disbursed--
       (A) with respect to fiscal year 1996, not later than 30 
     days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1996, or by October 31, 1995, whichever 
     is later; and
       (B) with respect to fiscal year 1997, not later than 30 
     days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1997, or by October 31, 1996, whichever 
     is later.
       (3) Advanced weapons systems.--To the extent that the 
     Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such 
     purposes, funds described in subsection (a) shall, as agreed 
     by the Government of Israel and the Government of the United 
     States, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which 
     not less than $475,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be 
     available only for procurement in Israel of defense articles 
     and defense services, including research and development.
       (c) Foreign Military Sales.--Section 21(h) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(h)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``or the Government 
     of Israel'' after ``North Atlantic Treaty Organization''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or to any member 
     government of that Organization if that Organization or 
     member government'' and inserting ``, any member government 
     of that Organization, or the Government of Israel, if the 
     Organization, member government, or Government of Israel, as 
     the case may be,''.

     SEC. 3104. ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT.

       (a) Minimum Allocation.--Of the amounts made available for 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for assistance under the ``Foreign 
     Military Financing Program'' account under section 23 of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), not less than 
     $1,300,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be available 
     only for Egypt.
       (b) Terms of Assistance.--The assistance provided for Egypt 
     for each fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be provided 
     on a grant basis.

     SEC. 3105. LOANS FOR GREECE AND TURKEY.

       Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 1996 under 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763)--
       (1) not more than $26,620,000 shall be made available for 
     the subsidy cost, as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal 
     Credit Reform Act of 1990, of direct loans for Greece; and
       (2) not more than $37,800,000 shall be made available for 
     such subsidy cost of direct loans for Turkey.

     SEC. 3106. TERMS OF LOANS.

       Section 31(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2771(c)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(c) Loans available under section 23 shall be provided at 
     rates of interest that are not less than the current average 
     market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the 
     United States of comparable maturities.''.
     SEC. 3107. NONREPAYMENT OF GRANT ASSISTANCE.

       Section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
     the President shall not require repayment of any assistance 
     provided on a grant basis under this section to a foreign 
     country or international organization.''.
     SEC. 3108. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Availability of Funds for Procurement of Defense 
     Articles, Services, and Design and Construction Services not 
     Sold by U.S. Government.--Section 23 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), as amended by this Act, is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(g) Funds made available to carry out this section for a 
     fiscal year may be made available to a foreign country or 
     international organization for the purpose of financing the 
     procurement of defense articles, defense services, and design 
     and construction services that are not sold by the United 
     States Government under this Act only--
       ``(1) with respect to a country that is a member country of 
     the North Atlantic Organization, a major non-NATO ally, or 
     Jordan for which assistance was justified under this section 
     in the annual congressional presentation documents under 
     section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for that 
     fiscal year; and
       ``(2) if such country or international organization enters 
     into an agreement with the United States Government that 
     specifies the terms and conditions under which such 
     procurements shall be financed with such funds.''.
       (b) Audit of Certain Private Firms.--Section 23 of such Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2763), as amended by this Act, is further amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(h) For each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense, as 
     requested by the Director of the Defense Security Assistance 
     Agency, shall conduct audits on a nonreimbursable basis of 
     private firms that have entered into contracts with foreign 
     governments under which defense articles, defense services, 
     or design and construction services are to be procured by 
     such firms for such governments from financing under this 
     section for such fiscal year.''.
       (c) Prohibition on Use of Funds for the Transport of 
     Aircraft to Commercial Arms Sales Shows.--Section 23 of such 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(i) Funds made available to carry out this section may 
     not be used to facilitate the transport of aircraft to 
     commercial arms sales shows.''.
       (d) Notification Requirement With Respect to Cash Flow 
     Financing.--Section 23 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), as 
     amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(j)(1) For each country and international organization 
     that has been approved for cash flow financing under this 
     section, any letter of offer and acceptance or other purchase 
     agreement, or any amendment thereto, for a procurement of 
     defense articles, defense services, or design and 
     construction services in excess of $100,000,000 that is to be 
     financed in whole or in part with funds made available under 
     this Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be 
     submitted to the congressional committees specified in 
     section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in 
     accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming 
     notifications under that section.
       ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `cash flow 
     financing' has the meaning given such term in the second 
     subsection (d) of section 25.''.
       (e) Limitations on Use of Funds for Direct Commercial 
     Contracts.--Section 23 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), as 
     amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(k) Of the amounts made available for a fiscal year to 
     carry out this section, not more than $100,000,000 for such 
     fiscal year may be made available for countries other than 
     Israel and Egypt for the purpose of financing the procurement 
     of defense articles, defense services, and design and 
     construction services that are not sold by the United States 
     Government under this Act.''.
       (f) Use of Funds for Demining Activities.--Section 23 of 
     such Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     made available to carry out this section may be used for 
     demining activities, and may include activities implemented 
     through nongovernmental and international organizations.''.

                     Subchapter B--Other Assistance

     SEC. 3121. DEFENSE DRAWDOWN SPECIAL AUTHORITIES.

       (a) Unforeseen Emergency Drawdown.--Section 506(a)(1) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1)) is 
     amended by striking ``$75,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$100,000,000''.
       (b) Additional Drawdown.--Section 506 of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2318) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ``defense articles 
     from the stocks'' and all that follows and inserting the 
     following: ``articles and services from the inventory and 
     resources of any agency of the United States Government and 
     military education and training from the Department of 
     Defense, the President may direct the drawdown of such 
     articles, services, and military education and training--
       ``(i) for the purposes and under the authorities of--
       ``(I) chapter 8 of part I (relating to international 
     narcotics control assistance);
       ``(II) chapter 9 of part I (relating to international 
     disaster assistance); or
       ``(III) the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962; 
     or
       ``(ii) for the purpose of providing such articles, 
     services, and military education and [[Page H5434]] training 
     to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos as the President determines 
     are necessary--
       ``(I) to support efforts to locate and repatriate members 
     of the United States Armed Forces and civilians employed 
     directly or indirectly by the United States Government who 
     remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War; and
       ``(II) to ensure the safety of United States Government 
     personnel engaged in such cooperative efforts and to support 
     Department of Defense-sponsored humanitarian projects 
     associated with such efforts.'';
       (2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking ``$75,000,000'' 
     and all that follows and inserting ``$150,000,000 in any 
     fiscal year of such articles, services, and military 
     education and training may be provided pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A) of this paragraph--
       ``(i) not more than $75,000,000 of which may be provided 
     from the drawdown from the inventory and resources of the 
     Department of Defense;
       ``(ii) not more than $75,000,000 of which may be provided 
     pursuant to clause (i)(I) of such subparagraph; and
       ``(iii) not more than $15,000,000 of which may be provided 
     to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos pursuant to clause (ii) of 
     such subparagraph.''; and
       (3) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end the 
     following: ``In the case of drawdowns authorized by 
     subclauses (I) and (III) of subsection (a)(2)(A)(i), 
     notifications shall be provided to those committees at least 
     15 days in advance in accordance with the procedures 
     applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 
     634A.''.
       (c) Notice to Congress of Exercise of Special 
     Authorities.--Section 652 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2411) is 
     amended by striking ``prior to the date'' and inserting 
     ``before''.

     SEC. 3122. STOCKPILES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.

       (a) Limitation on Value of Additions.--Section 514(b)(1) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(1)) is 
     amended by inserting ``or in the implementation of agreements 
     with Israel'' after ``North Atlantic Treaty Organization''.
       (b) Additions in Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997.--Section 
     514(b)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(2)(A) The value of such additions to stockpiles of 
     defense articles in foreign countries shall not exceed 
     $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
       ``(B) Of the amount specified in subparagraph (A) for each 
     of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more than $40,000,000 
     may be made available for stockpiles in the Republic of Korea 
     and not more than $10,000,000 may be made available for 
     stockpiles in Thailand.''.
       (c) Location of Stockpiles of Defense Articles.--Section 
     514(c) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2321h(c)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(c) Location of Stockpiles of Defense Articles.--
       ``(1) Limitation.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
     stockpile of defense articles may be located outside the 
     boundaries of a United States military base or a military 
     base used primarily by the United States.
       ``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
     respect to stockpiles of defense articles located in the 
     Republic of Korea, Thailand, any country that is a member of 
     the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any country that is a 
     major non-NATO ally, or any other country the President may 
     designate. At least 15 days before designating a country 
     pursuant to the last clause of the preceding sentence, the 
     President shall notify the congressional committees specified 
     in section 634A(a) in accordance with the procedures 
     applicable to reprogramming notifications under that 
     section.''.

     SEC. 3123. TRANSFER OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.

       (a) In General.--Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 516. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.

       ``(a) Authorization.--The President is authorized to 
     transfer excess defense articles under this section to 
     countries for which receipt of such articles was justified 
     pursuant to the annual congressional presentation documents 
     for military assistance programs, or for programs under 
     chapter 8 of part I of this Act, submitted under section 634 
     of this Act, or for which receipt of such articles was 
     separately justified, for the fiscal year in which the 
     transfer is authorized.
       ``(b) Limitations on Transfers.--The President may transfer 
     excess defense articles under this section only if--
       ``(1) such articles are drawn from existing stocks of the 
     Department of Defense;
       ``(2) funds available to the Department of Defense for the 
     procurement of defense equipment are not expended in 
     connection with the transfer;
       ``(3) the transfer of such articles will not have an 
     adverse impact on the military readiness of the United 
     States;
       ``(4) with respect to a proposed transfer of such articles 
     on a grant basis, such a transfer is preferable to a transfer 
     on a sales basis, after taking into account the potential 
     proceeds from, and likelihood of, such sales, and the 
     comparative foreign policy benefits that may accrue to the 
     United States as the result of a transfer on either a grant 
     or sales basis;
       ``(5) the President determines that the transfer of such 
     articles will not have an adverse impact on the national 
     technology and industrial base, and particularly, will not 
     reduce the opportunities of entities in the national 
     technology and industrial base to sell new or used equipment 
     to the countries to which such articles are transferred; and
       ``(6) the transfer of such articles is consistent with the 
     policy framework for the Eastern Mediterranean established 
     under section 620C of this Act.
       ``(c) Terms of Transfers.--
       ``(1) No cost to recipient country.--Excess defense 
     articles may be transferred under this section without cost 
     to the recipient country.
       ``(2) Priority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the delivery of excess defense articles under this 
     section to member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (NATO) on the southern and southeastern flank of 
     NATO and to major non-NATO allies on such southern and 
     southeastern flank shall be given priority to the maximum 
     extent feasible over the delivery of such excess defense 
     articles to other countries.
       ``(d) Waiver of Requirement for Reimbursement of Department 
     of Defense Expenses.--Section 632(d) shall not apply with 
     respect to transfers of excess defense articles (including 
     transportation and related costs) under this section.
       ``(e) Transportation and Related Costs.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     funds available to the Department of Defense may not be 
     expended for crating, packing, handling, and transportation 
     of excess defense articles transferred under the authority of 
     this section.
       ``(2) Exception.--The President may provide for the 
     transportation of excess defense articles without charge to a 
     country for the costs of such transportation if--
       ``(A) it is determined that it is in the national interest 
     of the United States to do so;
       ``(B) the recipient is a developing country receiving less 
     than $10,000,000 of assistance under chapter 5 of part II of 
     this Act (relating to international military education and 
     training) or section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2763; relating to the Foreign Military Financing 
     program) in the fiscal year in which the transportation is 
     provided;
       ``(C) the total weight of the transfer does not exceed 
     25,000 pounds; and
       ``(D) such transportation is accomplished on a space 
     available basis.
       ``(f) Advance Notification to Congress for Transfer of 
     Certain Excess Defense Articles.--
       ``(1) In general.--The President may not transfer excess 
     defense articles that are significant military equipment (as 
     defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or 
     excess defense articles valued (in terms of original 
     acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, under this section 
     or under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 
     until 15 days after the date on which the President has 
     provided notice of the proposed transfer to the congressional 
     committees specified in section 634A(a) in accordance with 
     procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under 
     that section.
       ``(2) Contents.--Such notification shall include--
       ``(A) a statement outlining the purposes for which the 
     article is being provided to the country, including whether 
     such article has been previously provided to such country;
       ``(B) an assessment of the impact of the transfer on the 
     military readiness of the United States;
       ``(C) an assessment of the impact of the transfer on the 
     national technology and industrial base, and particularly, 
     the impact on opportunities of entities in the national 
     technology and industrial base to sell new or used equipment 
     to the countries to which such articles are to be 
     transferred; and
       ``(D) a statement describing the current value of such 
     article and the value of such article at acquisition.
       ``(g) Aggregate Annual Limitation.--The aggregate value of 
     excess defense articles transferred to countries under this 
     section in any fiscal year may not exceed $350,000,000.
       ``(h) Congressional Presentation Documents.--Documents 
     described in subsection (a) justifying the transfer of excess 
     defense articles shall include an explanation of the general 
     purposes of providing excess defense articles as well as a 
     table which provides an aggregate annual total of transfers 
     of excess defense articles in the preceding year by country 
     in terms of offers and actual deliveries and in terms of 
     acquisition cost and current value. Such table shall indicate 
     whether such excess defense articles were provided on a grant 
     or sale basis.
       ``(i) Excess Coast Guard Property.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term `excess defense articles' shall be deemed 
     to include excess property of the Coast Guard, and the term 
     `Department of Defense' shall be deemed, with respect to such 
     excess property, to include the Coast Guard.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Arms export control act.--Section 21(k) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(k)) is amended by striking 
     ``the President shall'' and all that follows and inserting 
     the following: ``the President shall determine that the sale 
     of such articles will not have an adverse impact on the 
     national technology and industrial base, and particularly, 
     will not reduce the opportunities of entities in the national 
     technology and industrial base to sell new or used equipment 
     to the countries to which such articles are 
     transferred.''. [[Page H5435]] 
       (2) Repeals.--The following provisions of law are hereby 
     repealed:
       (A) Section 502A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2303).
       (B) Sections 517 through 520 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k through 2321n).
       (C) Section 31(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2771(d)).
     SEC. 3124. NONLETHAL EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR ALBANIA.

       Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, during each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, 
     funds available to the Department of Defense may be expended 
     for crating, packing, handling, and transportation of 
     nonlethal excess defense articles transferred under the 
     authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania.

        CHAPTER 2--INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

     SEC. 3141. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated $39,781,000 for 
     each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to carry out chapter 5 
     of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2347 et seq.).

     SEC. 3142. ASSISTANCE FOR INDONESIA.

       Funds made available for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to 
     carry out chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) may be obligated for 
     Indonesia only for expanded military and education training 
     that meets the requirements of clauses (i) through (iv) of 
     the second sentence of section 541 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2347).
     SEC. 3143. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) General Authority.--Section 541 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) is amended in the 
     second sentence in the matter preceding clause (i) by 
     inserting ``and individuals who are not members of the 
     government'' after ``legislators''.
       (b) Test Pilot Exchange Training.--Section 544 of such Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2347c) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``In carrying out this chapter'' and 
     inserting ``(a) In carrying out this chapter''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(b) The President may provide for the attendance of 
     foreign military and civilian defense personnel at test pilot 
     flight schools in the United States without charge, and 
     without charge to funds available to carry out this chapter 
     (notwithstanding section 632(d) of this Act), if such 
     attendance is pursuant to an agreement providing for the 
     exchange of students on a one-for-one basis each fiscal year 
     between those United States test pilot flight schools and 
     comparable flight test pilot schools of foreign countries.''.
       (c) Assistance for Certain Foreign Countries.--Chapter 5 of 
     part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 546. ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

       ``Of the amounts made available for a fiscal year for 
     assistance under this chapter, not more than $300,000 for 
     such fiscal year may be made available for assistance on a 
     grant basis for any high-income foreign country for military 
     education and training of military and related civilian 
     personnel of such country if such country agrees to provide 
     for the transportation and living allowances of such military 
     and related civilian personnel.''.

                  CHAPTER 3--ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 3151. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $25,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 1997 to carry out chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq.).
       (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to remain 
     available until expended.

     SEC. 3152. ANTITERRORISM TRAINING ASSISTANCE.
       (a) In General.--Section 571 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa) is amended by striking ``Subject 
     to the provisions of this chapter'' and inserting 
     ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts 
     assistance to foreign countries (other than sections 502B and 
     620A of this Act)''.
       (b) Limitations.--Section 573 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2349aa-2) is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``specific authorities 
     and'';
       (2) by striking subsection (a);
       (3) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) as 
     subsections (a) through (e), respectively; and
       (4) in subsection (c) (as redesignated)--
       (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; and
       (C) by amending paragraph (2) (as redesignated) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), funds made 
     available to carry out this chapter shall not be made 
     available for the procurement of weapons and ammunition.
       ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to small arms and 
     ammunition in categories I and III of the United States 
     Munitions List that are integrally and directly related to 
     antiterrorism training provided under this chapter if, at 
     least 15 days before obligating those funds, the President 
     notifies the appropriate congressional committees specified 
     in section 634A of this Act in accordance with the procedures 
     applicable to reprogramming notifications under such section.
       ``(C) The value (in terms of original acquisition cost) of 
     all equipment and commodities provided under this chapter in 
     any fiscal year may not exceed 25 percent of the funds made 
     available to carry out this chapter for that fiscal year.''.
       (c) Annual Report.--Section 574 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2349aa-3) is hereby repealed.
       (d) Technical Corrections.--Section 575 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa-
     4) and section 576 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa-5) of such Act are 
     redesignated as sections 574 and 575, respectively.

     SEC. 3153. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES.

       Funds made available for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to 
     carry out chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa et seq.; relating to antiterrorism 
     assistance) may be made available to the Technical Support 
     Working Group of the Department of State for research and 
     development expenses related to contraband detection 
     technologies or for field demonstrations of such technologies 
     (whether such field demonstrations take place in the United 
     States or outside the United States).

                CHAPTER 4--NARCOTICS CONTROL ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 3161. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     $213,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to 
     carry out chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.).
       (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to remain 
     available until expended.

     SEC. 3162. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
       (a) Policy and General Authorities.--Section 481(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2291(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (F) as 
     subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(D) International criminal activities, particularly 
     international narcotics trafficking, money laundering, and 
     corruption, endanger political and economic stability and 
     democratic development, and assistance for the prevention and 
     suppression of international criminal activities should be a 
     priority for the United States.''; and
       (2) in paragraph (4), by adding before the period at the 
     end the following: ``, or for other related anticrime 
     purposes''.
       (b) Contributions and Reimbursement.--Section 482(c) of 
     that Act (22 U.S.C. 2291a(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Contribution by Recipient Country.--To'' 
     and inserting ``Contributions and Reimbursement.--(1) To''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(2)(A) The President is authorized to accept 
     contributions from other foreign governments to carry out the 
     purposes of this chapter. Such contributions shall be 
     deposited as an offsetting collection to the applicable 
     appropriation account and may be used under the same terms 
     and conditions as funds appropriated pursuant to this 
     chapter.
       ``(B) At the time of submission of the annual congressional 
     presentation documents required by section 634(a), the 
     President shall provide a detailed report on any 
     contributions received in the preceding fiscal year, the 
     amount of such contributions, and the purposes for which such 
     contributions were used.
       ``(3) The President is authorized to provide assistance 
     under this chapter on a reimbursable basis. Such 
     reimbursements shall be deposited as an offsetting collection 
     to the applicable appropriation and may be used under the 
     same terms and conditions as funds appropriated pursuant to 
     this chapter.''.
       (c) Implementation of Law Enforcement Assistance.--Section 
     482 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2291a) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsections:
       ``(f) Treatment of Funds.--Funds transferred to and 
     consolidated with funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter 
     may be made available on such terms and conditions as are 
     applicable to funds appropriated pursuant to this chapter. 
     Funds so transferred or consolidated shall be apportioned 
     directly to the bureau within the Department of State 
     responsible for administering this chapter.
       ``(g) Excess Property.--For purposes of this chapter, the 
     Secretary of State may use the authority of section 608, 
     without regard to the restrictions of such section, to 
     receive nonlethal excess property from any agency of the 
     United States Government for the purpose of providing such 
     property to a foreign government under the same terms and 
     conditions as funds authorized to be appropriated for the 
     purposes of this chapter.''.
       (d) Reporting Requirements.--(1) Section 489 of such Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2291h) is amended--
       (A) in the section heading, by striking ``for fiscal year 
     1995'';
       (B) by striking ``(a) International Narcotics Control 
     Strategy Report.--''; and
       (C) by striking subsections (b) and (c).
       (2) Section 489A of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2291i) is hereby 
     repealed.
       (e) Certification Requirements.--(1) Section 490 of such 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2291j) is amended-- [[Page H5436]] 
       (A) in the section heading by striking ``for fiscal year 
     1995''; and
       (B) by striking subsection (i).
       (2) Section 490A of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2291k) is hereby 
     repealed.

     SEC. 3163. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.
       (a) In General.--The authority of section 1003(d) of the 
     National Narcotics Control Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 
     1502(d)) may be exercised with respect to funds authorized to 
     be appropriated pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and with respect to the 
     personnel of the Department of State only to the extent that 
     the appropriate congressional committees have been notified 
     15 days in advance in accordance with the reprogramming 
     procedures applicable under section 634A of that Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2394).
       (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on International Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.

     SEC. 3164. WAIVER OF RESTRICTIONS FOR NARCOTICS-RELATED 
                   ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.
       For each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, narcotics-
     related assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) may be provided 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts 
     assistance to foreign countries (other than section 490(e) or 
     section 502B of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2291j(e) and 2304)) if, 
     at least 15 days before obligating funds for such assistance, 
     the President notifies the appropriate congressional 
     committees (as defined in section 481(e) of that Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2291(e))) in accordance with the procedures applicable 
     to reprogramming notifications under section 634A of that Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2394).

            CHAPTER 5--NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT FUND

     SEC. 3171. NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT FUND.

       (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to 
     carry out bilateral and multilateral nonproliferation and 
     disarmament activities for the independent states of the 
     former Soviet Union, countries other than the independent 
     states of the former Soviet Union, and international 
     organizations under section 504 of the Freedom for Russia and 
     Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 
     1992 (22 U.S.C. 5854).
       (b) Supersedes Other Laws.--Funds made available for fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997 under the authority of section 504 of the 
     Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open 
     Markets Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5854) may be used 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law.
       (c) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to remain 
     available until expended.
                      CHAPTER 6--OTHER PROVISIONS

     SEC. 3181. STANDARDIZATION OF CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PROCEDURES 
                   FOR ARMS TRANSFERS.

       (a) Third Country Transfers Under FMS Sales.--Section 
     3(d)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)(2)) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``, as provided for in 
     sections 36(b)(2) and 36(b)(3) of this Act'';
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``law'' and inserting 
     ``joint resolution''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) If the President states in his certification under 
     subparagraph (A) or (B) that an emergency exists which 
     requires that consent to the proposed transfer become 
     effective immediately in the national security interests of 
     the United States, thus waiving the requirements of that 
     subparagraph, the President shall set forth in the 
     certification a detailed justification for his determination, 
     including a description of the emergency circumstances which 
     necessitate immediate consent to the transfer and a 
     discussion of the national security interests involved.
       ``(D)(i) Any joint resolution under this paragraph shall be 
     considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of 
     section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and 
     Arms Export Control Act of 1976.
       ``(ii) For the purpose of expediting the consideration and 
     enactment of joint resolutions under this paragraph, a motion 
     to proceed to the consideration of any such joint resolution 
     after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall 
     be treated as highly privileged in the House of 
     Representatives.''.
       (b) Third Country Transfers Under Commercial Sales.--
     Section 3(d)(3) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)(3)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)'';
       (2) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``at least 30 calendar days''; and
       (B) by striking ``report'' and inserting ``certification''; 
     and
       (3) by striking the last sentence and inserting the 
     following: ``Such certification shall be submitted--
       ``(i) at least 15 calendar days before such consent is 
     given in the case of a transfer to a country which is a 
     member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or 
     Australia, Japan, or New Zealand; and
       ``(ii) at least 30 calendar days before such consent is 
     given in the case of a transfer to any other country,

     unless the President states in his certification that an 
     emergency exists which requires that consent to the proposed 
     transfer become effective immediately in the national 
     security interests of the United States. If the President 
     states in his certification that such an emergency exists 
     (thus waiving the requirements of clause (i) or (ii), as the 
     case may be, and of subparagraph (B)) the President shall set 
     forth in the certification a detailed justification for his 
     determination, including a description of the emergency 
     circumstances which necessitate that consent to the proposed 
     transfer become effective immediately and a discussion of the 
     national security interests involved.
       ``(B) Consent to a transfer subject to subparagraph (A) 
     shall become effective after the end of the 15-day or 30-day 
     period specified in subparagraph (A)(i) or (ii), as the case 
     may be, only if the Congress does not enact, within that 
     period, a joint resolution prohibiting the proposed transfer.
       ``(C)(i) Any joint resolution under this paragraph shall be 
     considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of 
     section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and 
     Arms Export Control Act of 1976.
       ``(ii) For the purpose of expediting the consideration and 
     enactment of joint resolutions under this paragraph, a motion 
     to proceed to the consideration of any such joint resolution 
     after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall 
     be treated as highly privileged in the House of 
     Representatives.''.
       (c) Commercial Sales.--Section 36(c)(2) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2753(c)(2)) is amended by amending subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B) to read as follows:
       ``(A) in the case of a license for an export to the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of that 
     Organization or Australia, Japan, or New Zealand, shall not 
     be issued until at least 15 calendar days after the Congress 
     receives such certification, and shall not be issued then if 
     the Congress, within that 15-day period, enacts a joint 
     resolution prohibiting the proposed export; and
       ``(B) in the case of any other license, shall not be issued 
     until at least 30 calendar days after the Congress receives 
     such certification, and shall not be issued then if the 
     Congress, within that 30-day period, enacts a joint 
     resolution prohibiting the proposed export.''.
       (d) Commercial Manufacturing Agreements.--Section 36(d) of 
     such Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(d)'';
       (2) by striking ``for or in a country not a member of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) A certification under this subsection shall be 
     submitted--
       ``(A) at least 15 days before approval is given in the case 
     of an agreement for or in a country which is a member of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization or Australia, Japan, or 
     New Zealand; and
       ``(B) at least 30 days before approval is given in the case 
     of an agreement for or in any other country;

     unless the President states in his certification that an 
     emergency exists which requires the immediate approval of the 
     agreement in the national security interests of the United 
     States.
       ``(3) If the President states in his certification that an 
     emergency exists which requires the immediate approval of the 
     agreement in the national security interests of the United 
     States, thus waiving the requirements of paragraph (4), he 
     shall set forth in the certification a detailed justification 
     for his determination, including a description of the 
     emergency circumstances which necessitate the immediate 
     approval of the agreement and a discussion of the national 
     security interests involved.
       ``(4) Approval for an agreement subject to paragraph (1) 
     may not be given under section 38 if the Congress, within the 
     15-day or 30-day period specified in paragraph (2)(A) or (B), 
     as the case may be, enacts a joint resolution prohibiting 
     such approval.
       ``(5)(A) Any joint resolution under paragraph (4) shall be 
     considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of 
     section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and 
     Arms Export Control Act of 1976.
       ``(B) For the purpose of expediting the consideration and 
     enactment of joint resolutions under paragraph (4), a motion 
     to proceed to the consideration of any such joint resolution 
     after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall 
     be treated as highly privileged in the House of 
     Representatives.''.
       (e) Government-to-Government Leases.--
       (1) Congressional review period.--Section 62 of such Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2796a) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Not less than 30 days 
     before'' and inserting ``Before'';
       (B) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``determines, and immediately reports to 
     the Congress'' and inserting ``states in his certification''; 
     and
       (ii) by adding at the end of the subsection the following: 
     ``If the President states in his certification that such an 
     emergency exists, he shall set forth in the certification a 
     detailed justification for his determination, including a 
     description of the emergency circumstances which necessitate 
     that the lease be entered into immediately and a discussion 
     of the national security interests involved.''; 
     and [[Page H5437]] 
       (C) by adding at the end of the section the following:
       ``(c) The certification required by subsection (a) shall be 
     transmitted--
       ``(1) not less than 15 calendar days before the agreement 
     is entered into or renewed in the case of an agreement with 
     the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of 
     that Organization or Australia, Japan, or New Zealand; and
       ``(2) not less than 30 calendar days before the agreement 
     is entered into or renewed in the case of an agreement with 
     any other organization or country.''.
       (2) Congressional disapproval.--Section 63(a) of such Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2796b(a)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``(a)(1)'' and inserting ``(a)'';
       (B) by striking out the ``30 calendar days after receiving 
     the certification with respect to that proposed agreement 
     pursuant to section 62(a),'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``the 15-day or 30-day period specified in section 62(c) (1) 
     or (2), as the case may be,''; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (2).
       (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     apply with respect to certifications required to be submitted 
     on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 3182. STANDARDIZATION OF THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFERS OF 
                   DEFENSE ARTICLES.

       Section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753) 
     is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(b) The consent of the President under paragraph (2) of 
     subsection (a) or under paragraph (1) of section 505(a) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as it relates to 
     subparagraph (B) of such paragraph) shall not be required for 
     the transfer by a foreign country or international 
     organization of defense articles sold by the United States 
     under this Act if--
       ``(1) such articles constitute components incorporated into 
     foreign defense articles;
       ``(2) the recipient is the government of a member country 
     of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Government of 
     Australia, the Government of Japan, or the Government of New 
     Zealand;
       ``(3) the United States-origin components are not--
       ``(A) significant military equipment (as defined in section 
     47(9));
       ``(B) defense articles for which notification to Congress 
     is required under section 36(b); and
       ``(C) identified by regulation as Missile Technology 
     Control Regime items; and
       ``(4) the foreign country or international organization 
     provides notification of the transfer of the defense articles 
     to the United States Government not later than 30 days after 
     the date of such transfer.''.
     SEC. 3183. INCREASED STANDARDIZATION, RATIONALIZATION, AND 
                   INTEROPERABILITY OF ASSISTANCE AND SALES 
                   PROGRAMS.

       Paragraph (6) of section 515(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321i(a)(6)) is amended by striking 
     ``among members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and 
     with the Armed Forces of Japan, Australia, and New Zealand''.

     SEC. 3184. REPEAL OF PRICE AND AVAILABILITY REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENT RELATING TO PROPOSED SALE OF 
                   DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES.

       (a) In General.--Section 28 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2768) is hereby repealed.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 36(b) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2776(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (4) of such 
     section.
     SEC. 3185. DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANT MILITARY EQUIPMENT.

       Section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794) 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(9) `significant military equipment' means articles--
       ``(A) for which special export controls are warranted 
     because of the capacity of such articles for substantial 
     military utility or capability; and
       ``(B) identified on the United States Munitions List.''.

     SEC. 3186. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE SPECIAL DEFENSE 
                   ACQUISITION FUND.

       (a) Elimination of Annual Report.--
       (1) In general.--Section 53 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2795b) is hereby repealed.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 51(a)(4) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2795(a)(4)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``(a)''; and
       (B) by striking subparagraph (B).
       (b) Return of Certain Amounts in Fund to the Treasury.--
     During fiscal year 1996 the President shall return $6,281,000 
     to the miscellaneous receipts account of the Treasury from 
     collections into the Special Defense Acquisition Fund 
     pursuant to section 51(b) of the Arms Export Control Act in 
     addition to the amount of such collections to be returned for 
     such fiscal year as indicated in the President's budget of 
     the United States Government for fiscal year 1996.

     SEC. 3187. COST OF LEASED DEFENSE ARTICLES THAT HAVE BEEN 
                   LOST OR DESTROYED.

       Section 61(a)(4) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2796(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``and the replacement 
     cost'' and all that follows and inserting the following: 
     ``and, if the articles are lost or destroyed while leased--
       ``(A) in the event the United States intends to replace the 
     articles lost or destroyed, the replacement cost (less any 
     depreciation in the value) of the articles; or
       ``(B) in the event the United States does not intend to 
     replace the articles lost or destroyed, an amount not less 
     than the actual value (less any depreciation in the value) 
     specified in the lease agreement.''.

     SEC. 3188. DESIGNATION OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLIES.

       (a) Designation.--
       (1) Notice to congress.--Chapter 2 of part II of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.), as 
     amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:
     ``SEC. 517. DESIGNATION OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLIES.

       ``(a) Notice to Congress.--The President shall notify the 
     Congress in writing at least 30 days before--
       ``(1) designating a country as a major non-NATO ally for 
     purposes of this Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); or
       ``(2) terminating such a designation.
       ``(b) Initial Designations.--Australia, Egypt, Israel, 
     Japan, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand shall be deemed 
     to have been so designated by the President as of the 
     effective date of this section, and the President is not 
     required to notify the Congress of such designation of those 
     countries.''.
       (2) Definition.--Section 644 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2403) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(q) `Major non-NATO ally' means a country which is 
     designated in accordance with section 517 as a major non-NATO 
     ally for purposes of this Act and the Arms Export Control Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).''.
       (3) Existing definitions.--(A) The last sentence of section 
     21(g) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(g)) is 
     repealed.
       (B) Section 65(d) of such Act is amended--
       (i) by striking ``or major non-NATO''; and
       (ii) by striking out ``or a'' and all that follows through 
     ``Code''.
       (b) Cooperative Training Agreements.--Section 21(g) of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(g)) is amended in the 
     first sentence by striking ``similar agreements'' and all 
     that follows through ``other countries'' and inserting 
     ``similar agreements with countries''.

     SEC. 3189. CERTIFICATION THRESHOLDS.

       (a) Increase in Dollar Thresholds.--The Arms Export Control 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 3(d) (22 U.S.C. 2753(d))--
       (A) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by striking ``$14,000,000'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``$25,000,000''; and
       (B) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by striking ``$50,000,000'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``$75,000,000'';
       (2) in section 36 (22 U.S.C. 2776)--
       (A) in subsections (b)(1), (b)(5)(C), and (c)(1), by 
     striking ``$14,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``$25,000,000'';
       (B) in subsections (b)(1), (b)(5)(C), and (c)(1), by 
     striking ``$50,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``$75,000,000''; and
       (C) in subsections (b)(1) and (b)(5)(C), by striking 
     ``$200,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``$300,000,000''; and
       (3) in section 63(a) (22 U.S.C. 2796b(a))--
       (A) by striking ``$14,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$25,000,000''; and
       (B) by striking ``$50,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$75,000,000''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     apply with respect to certifications submitted on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 3190. COMPETITIVE PRICING FOR SALES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
                   AND SERVICES.

       (a) Costing Basis.--Section 22 of the Arms Export Control 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2762) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(d) Competitive Pricing.--Procurement contracts made in 
     implementation of sales under this section for defense 
     articles and defense services wholly paid from funds made 
     available on a nonrepayable basis shall be priced on the same 
     costing basis with regard to profit, overhead, independent 
     research and development, bid and proposal, and other costing 
     elements, as is applicable to procurements of like items 
     purchased by the Department of Defense for its own use.''.
       (b) Effective Date and Implementing Regulations.--Section 
     22(d) of the Arms Export Control Act, as added by subsection 
     (a)--
       (1) shall take effect on the 60th day following the date of 
     the enactment of this Act;
       (2) shall be applicable only to contracts made in 
     implementation of sales made after such effective date; and
       (3) shall be implemented by revised procurement 
     regulations, which shall be issued prior to such effective 
     date.

     SEC. 3191. DEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION.

       Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2370 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 620H. DEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION.

       ``(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
     none of the funds made available to carry out this Act or any 
     other Act may be made available to facilitate in any way the 
     sale of M-833 antitank shells or any comparable antitank 
     shells containing a depleted uranium penetrating component to 
     any country other than--
       ``(1) a country that is a member of the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization; [[Page H5438]] 
       ``(2) a country that has been designated as a major non-
     NATO ally (as defined in section 644(q)); or
       ``(3) Taiwan.
       ``(b) Exception.--The prohibition contained in subsection 
     (a) shall not apply with respect to the use of funds to 
     facilitate the sale of antitank shells to a country if the 
     President determines that to do so is in the national 
     security interest of the United States.''.
     SEC. 3192. END-USE MONITORING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE 
                   SERVICES.

       (a) In General.--The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.2751 
     et seq.) is amended by inserting after chapter 3 the 
     following new chapter:

   ``CHAPTER 3A--END-USE MONITORING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE 
                                SERVICES

     ``SEC. 40A. END-USE MONITORING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND 
                   DEFENSE SERVICES.

       ``(a) Establishment of Monitoring Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--In order to improve accountability with 
     respect to defense articles and defense services sold, 
     leased, or exported under this Act or the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), the Secretary of State 
     shall establish a program which provides for the end-use 
     monitoring of such articles and services.
       ``(2) Requirements of program.--To the extent practicable, 
     such program--
       ``(A) shall provide for the end-use monitoring of defense 
     articles and defense services in accordance with the 
     standards that apply for identifying high-risk exports for 
     regular end-use verification developed under section 38(g)(7) 
     of this Act (commonly referred to as the `Blue Lantern' 
     program); and
       ``(B) shall be designed to provide reasonable assurance 
     that--
       ``(i) the recipient is complying with the requirements 
     imposed by the United States Government with respect to use, 
     transfers, and security of defense articles and defense 
     services; and
       ``(ii) such articles and services are being used for the 
     purposes for which they are provided.
       ``(b) Conduct of Program.--In carrying out the program 
     established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure 
     that the program--
       ``(1) provides for the end-use verification of defense 
     articles and defense services that incorporate sensitive 
     technology, defense articles and defense services that are 
     particularly vulnerable to diversion or other misuse, or 
     defense articles or defense services whose diversion or other 
     misuse could have significant consequences; and
       ``(2) prevents the diversion (through reverse engineering 
     or other means) of technology incorporated in defense 
     articles.
       ``(c) Monitoring Responsibilities.--
       ``(1) In general.--Pursuant to subsection (a), sections 3 
     and 38 of this Act, and sections 505, 622, and 623 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense and officials of 
     appropriate other Federal agencies, shall provide for the 
     monitoring of defense articles and defense services described 
     in subsection (a).
       ``(2) Additional personnel.--Upon the request of the 
     Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary 
     of the Treasury, as the case may be, shall provide to the 
     agency primarily responsible for the licensing of exports 
     under this section, on a nonreimbursable basis, personnel 
     with appropriate expertise to assist in the end-use 
     monitoring and enforcement functions under this section and 
     section 38 of this Act.
       ``(d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 6 months after 
     the date of the enactment of the Foreign Aid Reduction Act of 
     1995, and annually thereafter as a part of the annual 
     congressional presentation documents submitted under section 
     634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the President 
     shall transmit to the Congress a report describing the 
     actions taken to implement this section.
       ``(e) Third Country Transfers.--For purposes of this 
     section, defense articles and defense services sold, leased, 
     or exported under this Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) includes defense articles and 
     defense services that are transferred to a third country or 
     other third party.''.
       (b) Effective Dates.--Section 40A of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, as added by subsection (a), applies with respect 
     to defense articles and defense services provided before or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
     SEC. 3193. BROKERING ACTIVITIES RELATING TO COMMERCIAL SALES 
                   OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES.

       (a) In General.--Section 38(b)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(A)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``As prescribed in 
     regulations'' and inserting ``(i) As prescribed in 
     regulations''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(ii)(I) As prescribed in regulations issued under this 
     section, every person (other than an officer or employee of 
     the United States Government acting in official capacity) who 
     engages in the business of brokering activities with respect 
     to the manufacture, export, import, or transfer of any 
     defense article or defense service designated by the 
     President under subsection (a)(1), or in the business of 
     brokering activities with respect to the manufacture, export, 
     import, or transfer of any foreign defense article or defense 
     service (as defined in subclause (IV)), shall register with 
     the United States Government agency charged with the 
     administration of this section, and shall pay a registration 
     fee which shall be prescribed by such regulations.
       ``(II) Such brokering activities shall include the 
     financing, transportation, freight forwarding, or the taking 
     of any other action that facilitates the manufacture, export, 
     or import of a defense article or defense service.
       ``(III) No person may engage in the business of brokering 
     activities without a license, issued in accordance with this 
     Act, except that no license shall be required for such 
     activities undertaken by or for an agency of the United 
     States Government--
       ``(aa) for official use by an agency of the United States 
     Government; or
       ``(bb) for carrying out any foreign assistance or sales 
     program authorized by law and subject to the control of the 
     President by other means.
       ``(IV) For purposes of this clause, the term `foreign 
     defense article or defense service' includes any non-United 
     States defense article or defense service of a nature 
     described on the United States Munitions List regardless of 
     whether such article or service is of United States origin or 
     whether such article or service contains United States origin 
     components.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 38(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act, as added by subsection (a), shall apply 
     with respect to brokering activities engaged in on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
                    TITLE XXXII--ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                 CHAPTER 1--ECONOMIC SUPPORT ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 3201. ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.

       Section 532(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2346a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
     President to carry out the purposes of this chapter 
     $2,356,378,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $2,283,478,000 for 
     fiscal year 1997.''.

     SEC. 3202. ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL.

       (a) Minimum Allocation.--Of the amounts made available for 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for assistance under chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 
     et seq.; relating to the economic support fund), not less 
     than $1,200,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be 
     available only for Israel.
       (b) Terms of Assistance.--
       (1) Cash transfer.--The total amount of funds allocated for 
     Israel for each fiscal year under subsection (a) shall be 
     made available on a grant basis as a cash transfer.
       (2) Expedited disbursement.--Such funds shall be 
     disbursed--
       (A) with respect to fiscal year 1996, not later than 30 
     days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1996, or by October 31, 1995, whichever 
     is later; and
       (B) with respect to fiscal year 1997, not later than 30 
     days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1997, or by October 31, 1996, whichever 
     is later.
       (3) Additional requirement.--In exercising the authority of 
     this subsection, the President shall ensure that the amount 
     of funds provided as a cash transfer to Israel does not cause 
     an adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports 
     from the United States to Israel.

     SEC. 3203. ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT.

       (a) Minimum Allocation.--Of the amounts made available for 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for assistance under chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 
     et seq.; relating to the economic support fund), not less 
     than $815,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be 
     available only for Egypt.
       (b) Additional Requirement.--In exercising the authority of 
     this section, the President shall ensure that the amount of 
     funds provided as a cash transfer to Egypt does not cause an 
     adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports from 
     the United States to Egypt.

     SEC. 3204. INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND.

       (a) Funding.--
       (1) In general.--Of the amounts made available for fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997 for assistance under chapter 4 of part II 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et 
     seq.; relating to the economic support fund), not more than 
     $29,600,000 for fiscal year 1996 and not more than 
     $19,600,000 for fiscal year 1997 shall be available for the 
     United States contribution to the International Fund for 
     Ireland in accordance with the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support 
     Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-415).
       (2) Availability.--Amounts made available under paragraph 
     (1) are authorized to remain available until expended.
       (b) Additional Requirements.--
       (1) Purposes.--Section 2(b) of the Anglo-Irish Agreement 
     Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-415; 100 Stat. 947) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: 
     ``United States contributions shall be used in a manner that 
     effectively increases employment opportunities in communities 
     with rates of unemployment significantly higher than the 
     local or urban average of unemployment in Northern Ireland. 
     In addition, such contributions shall be used to benefit 
     individuals residing in such communities.''.
       (2) Conditions and understandings.--Section 5(a) of such 
     Act is amended-- [[Page H5439]] 
       (A) in the first sentence--
       (i) by striking ``The United States'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--The United States'';
       (ii) by striking ``in this Act may be used'' and inserting 
     the following: ``in this Act--
       ``(A) may be used'';
       (iii) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and
       (iv) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) may be provided to an individual or entity in 
     Northern Ireland only if such individual or entity is in 
     compliance with the principles of economic justice.''; and
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``The 
     restrictions'' and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Additional requirements.--The restrictions''.
       (3) Prior certifications.--Section 5(c)(2) of such Act is 
     amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``principle of 
     equality'' and all that follows and inserting ``principles of 
     economic justice; and''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``and will create employment 
     opportunities in regions and communities of Northern Ireland 
     suffering the highest rates of unemployment''.
       (4) Annual reports.--Section 6 of such Act is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) each individual or entity receiving assistance from 
     United States contributions to the International Fund has 
     agreed in writing to comply with the principles of economic 
     justice.''.
       (5) Definitions.--Section 8 of such Act is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(3) the term `Northern Ireland' includes the counties of 
     Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Tyrone, and Fermanagh; and
       ``(4) the term `principles of economic justice' means the 
     following principles:
       ``(A) Increasing the representation of individuals from 
     underrepresented religious groups in the workforce, including 
     managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and 
     technical jobs.
       ``(B) Providing adequate security for the protection of 
     minority employees at the workplace.
       ``(C) Banning provocative sectarian or political emblems 
     from the workplace.
       ``(D) Providing that all job openings be advertised 
     publicly and providing that special recruitment efforts be 
     made to attract applicants from underrepresented religious 
     groups.
       ``(E) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination 
     procedures do not favor a particular religious group.
       ``(F) Abolishing job reservations, apprenticeship 
     restrictions, and differential employment criteria which 
     discriminate on the basis of religion.
       ``(G) Providing for the development of training programs 
     that will prepare substantial numbers of minority employees 
     for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing 
     programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, 
     and improve the skills of minority employees.
       ``(H) Establishing procedures to assess, identify, and 
     actively recruit minority employees with the potential for 
     further advancement.
       ``(I) Providing for the appointment of a senior management 
     staff member to be responsible for the employment efforts of 
     the entity and, within a reasonable period of time, the 
     implementation of the principles described in subparagraphs 
     (A) through (H).''.
       (6) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

     SEC. 3205. LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--Of the amounts made available for fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997 for assistance under chapter 4 of part II 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et 
     seq.; relating to the economic support fund), not more than 
     $12,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be available for 
     law enforcement assistance under chapter 8 of part I of such 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.).
       (b) Availability.--Amounts made available under subsection 
     (a) are authorized to remain available until expended.

    CHAPTER 2--ASSISTANCE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
     SEC. 3211. PRIVATE SECTOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

       The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) 
     is amended by inserting after section 601 the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 601A. PRIVATE SECTOR ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

       ``(a) Authority.--(1) The President may provide funds and 
     support to Enterprise Funds designated in accordance with 
     subsection (b) that are or have been established for the 
     purposes of promoting--
       ``(A) development of the private sectors of eligible 
     countries, including small businesses, the agricultural 
     sector, and joint ventures with United States and host 
     country participants; and
       ``(B) policies and practices conducive to private sector 
     development in eligible countries;

     on the same basis as funds and support may be provided with 
     respect to Enterprise Funds for Poland and Hungary under the 
     Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 
     U.S.C. 5401 et seq.).
       ``(2) Funds may be made available under this section 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law.
       ``(b) Countries Eligible for Enterprise Funds.--(1) Except 
     as provided in paragraph (2), the President is authorized to 
     designate a private, nonprofit organization as eligible to 
     receive funds and support pursuant to this section with 
     respect to any country eligible to receive assistance under 
     part I of this Act in the same manner and with the same 
     limitations as set forth in section 201(d) of the Support for 
     East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 
     5421(d)).
       ``(2) The authority of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
     country with respect to which the President is authorized to 
     designate an enterprise fund under section 498B(c) or section 
     498C of this Act or section 201 of the Support for East 
     European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421).
       ``(c) Treatment Equivalent to Enterprise Funds for Poland 
     and Hungary.--Except as otherwise specifically provided in 
     this section, the provisions contained in section 201 of the 
     Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 
     U.S.C. 5421) (excluding the authorizations of appropriations 
     provided in subsection (b) of that section) shall apply to 
     any Enterprise Fund that receives funds and support under 
     this section. The officers, members, or employees of an 
     Enterprise Fund that receive funds and support under this 
     section shall enjoy the same status under law that is 
     applicable to officers, members, or employees of the 
     Enterprise Funds for Poland and Hungary under section 201 of 
     the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 
     (22 U.S.C. 5421).
       ``(d) Reporting Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this section, the requirement of section 201(p) 
     of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 
     (22 U.S.C. 5421(p)), that an Enterprise Fund shall be 
     required to publish an annual report not later than January 
     31 each year, shall not apply with respect to an Enterprise 
     Fund that receives funds and support under this section for 
     the first twelve months after it is designated as eligible to 
     receive such funds and support.
       ``(e) Funding.--
       ``(1) In general.--Amounts made available for a fiscal year 
     to carry out chapter 1 of part I of this Act (relating to 
     development assistance) and to carry out chapter 4 of part II 
     of this Act (relating to the economic support fund) shall be 
     available for such fiscal year to carry out this section, in 
     addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
       ``(2) African development.--In addition to amounts 
     available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, amounts made 
     available for such fiscal year to carry out chapter 10 of 
     part I of this Act (relating to the Development Fund for 
     Africa) shall be available for such fiscal year to carry out 
     this section with respect to countries in Africa.''.
     SEC. 3212. MICRO- AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CREDITS.

       (a) In General.--Section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151f) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 108. MICRO- AND SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT CREDITS.

       ``(a) Findings and Policy.--The Congress finds and declares 
     that--
       ``(1) the development of micro- and small enterprise, 
     including cooperatives, is a vital factor in the stable 
     growth of developing countries and in the development and 
     stability of a free, open, and equitable international 
     economic system;
       ``(2) it is, therefore, in the best interests of the United 
     States to assist the development of the private sector in 
     developing countries and to engage the United States private 
     sector in that process;
       ``(3) the support of private enterprise can be served by 
     programs providing credit, training, and technical assistance 
     for the benefit of micro- and small enterprises; and
       ``(4) programs that provide credit, training, and technical 
     assistance to private institutions can serve as a valuable 
     complement to grant assistance provided for the purpose of 
     benefiting micro- and small private enterprise.
       ``(b) Program.--To carry out the policy set forth in 
     subsection (a), the President is authorized to provide 
     assistance to increase the availability of credit to micro- 
     and small enterprises lacking full access to credit, 
     including through--
       ``(1) loans and guarantees to credit institutions for the 
     purpose of expanding the availability of credit to micro- and 
     small enterprises;
       ``(2) training programs for lenders in order to enable them 
     to better meet the credit needs of micro- and small 
     entrepreneurs; and
       ``(3) training programs for micro- and small entrepreneurs 
     in order to enable them to make better use of credit and to 
     better manage their enterprises.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--(A) There is authorized to be appropriated 
     to carry out section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
     [[Page H5440]] purposes, $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997. Funds authorized to be appropriated 
     under this subsection shall be made available for the subsidy 
     cost, as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit 
     Reform Act of 1990, for activities under section 108 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (B) In addition, there are authorized to be appropriated 
     $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for the 
     cost of training programs and administrative expenses to 
     carry out such section.
       (2) Availability of amounts.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain 
     available until expended.

     SEC. 3213. MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GRANT ASSISTANCE.

       Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 129. MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT GRANT ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) Authorization.--(1) In carrying out this part, the 
     administrator of the agency primarily responsible for 
     administering this part is authorized to provide grant 
     assistance for programs of credit and other assistance for 
     microenterprises in developing countries.
       ``(2) Assistance authorized under paragraph (1) shall be 
     provided through the following organizations that have a 
     capacity to develop and implement microenterprise programs:
       ``(A) United States and indigenous private and voluntary 
     organizations.
       ``(B) United States and indigenous credit unions and 
     cooperative organizations.
       ``(C) Other indigenous governmental and nongovernmental 
     organizations.
       ``(3) Approximately 50 percent of assistance authorized 
     under paragraph (1) shall be used for poverty lending 
     programs which--
       ``(A) meet the needs of the very poor members of society, 
     particularly poor women; and
       ``(B) provide loans of $300 or less in 1995 United States 
     dollars to such poor members of society.
       ``(4) The administrator of the agency primarily responsible 
     for administering this part shall strengthen appropriate 
     mechanisms, including mechanisms for central microenterprise 
     programs, for the purpose of--
       ``(A) providing technical support for field missions;
       ``(B) strengthening the institutional development of the 
     intermediary organizations described in paragraph (2); and
       ``(C) sharing information relating to the provision of 
     assistance authorized under paragraph (1) between such field 
     missions and intermediary organizations.
       ``(b) Monitoring System.--In order to maximize the 
     sustainable development impact of the assistance authorized 
     under subsection (a)(1), the administrator of the agency 
     primarily responsible for administering this part shall 
     establish a monitoring system that--
       ``(1) establishes performance goals for such assistance and 
     expresses such goals in an objective and quantifiable form, 
     to the extent feasible;
       ``(2) establishes performance indicators to be used in 
     measuring or assessing the achievement of the goals and 
     objectives of such assistance; and
       ``(3) provides a basis for recommendations for adjustments 
     to such assistance to enhance the sustainable development 
     impact of such assistance, particularly the impact of such 
     assistance on the very poor, particularly poor women.''.

                   CHAPTER 3--DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

            Subchapter A--Development Assistance Authorities

     SEC. 3221. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     the following amounts for the following purposes (in addition 
     to amounts otherwise available for such purposes):
       (1) Development assistance fund.--$858,000,000 for each of 
     the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to carry out sections 103 
     through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2151a through 2151d).
       (2) Development fund for africa.--$629,214,000 for each of 
     the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to carry out chapter 10 of 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2293 
     et seq.).
       (3) Assistance for the independent states of the former 
     soviet union.--$643,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and 
     $650,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 to carry out programs under 
     chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.) and other related programs.
       (4) Assistance for east european countries.--$325,000,000 
     for fiscal year 1996 and $275,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 
     for economic assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
     states under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2151 et seq.) and the Support for East European Democracy 
     (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.).
       (5) Inter-american foundation.--$20,000,000 for fiscal year 
     1996 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 to carry out 
     section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (22 U.S.C. 
     290f).
       (6) African development foundation.--$10,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 1996 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 to carry out 
     the African Development Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h et 
     seq.).
       (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to remain 
     available until expended.
     SEC. 3222. CHILD SURVIVAL ACTIVITIES, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY 
                   PROGRAM, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Child Survival Activities.--
       (1) In general.--(A) Of the amounts made available to carry 
     out the provisions of law described in paragraph (2) for 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not less than $280,000,000 for 
     each such fiscal year shall be made available only for 
     activities which have a direct measurable impact on rates of 
     child morbidity and mortality, with a particular emphasis on 
     delivery of community-based primary health care and health 
     education services which benefit the poorest of the poor.
       (B) Of the amounts made available under subparagraph (A) 
     for a fiscal year, not less than $30,000,000 for such fiscal 
     year shall be provided to private and voluntary organizations 
     under the PVO Child Survival grants program carried out by 
     the agency primarily responsible for administering part I of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (2) Provisions of law.--The provisions of law described in 
     this paragraph are the following:
       (A) Sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151a through 2151d; relating to the 
     development assistance fund).
       (B) Chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2293 et seq.; relating to the Development 
     Fund for Africa).
       (C) Chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the economic 
     support fund).
       (D) The ``Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the 
     Philippines'' program.
       (3) Special rule.--Amounts made available under sections 
     103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 
     Vitamin A Deficiency Program, part I of such Act for iodine 
     and iron fortification programs and for iron supplementation 
     programs for pregnant women, chapter 9 of part I of such Act 
     for international disaster assistance, section 104(c) of such 
     Act for international AIDS prevention and control, and any 
     other provision of law for migration and refugee assistance, 
     shall not be included in the aggregate amounts described in 
     paragraph (1) for purposes of the requirements contained in 
     such paragraph.
       (b) Vitamin A Deficiency Program and Related Activities.--
     Of the amounts made available to carry out sections 103 
     through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2151a through 2151d) for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not less 
     than $25,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be made 
     available for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program and for 
     activities relating to iodine deficiency and other 
     micronutrients.
       (c) UNDP/WHO Tropical Disease Program.--Of the amounts made 
     available to carry out section 103 through 106 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151a through 2151d) for 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not less than $15,000,000 for 
     each such fiscal year shall be made available for the United 
     Nations Development Program/World Health Organization Special 
     Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases.

     SEC. 3223. ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILY PLANNING.

       (a) Restriction on Use of Funds for Voluntary Population 
     Planning.--Section 104(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(b)) is amended by inserting after the 
     first sentence the following new sentence: ``Such assistance 
     shall be available only for voluntary family planning 
     projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, 
     or information about access to, a broad range of family 
     planning methods and services.''
       (b) Prohibition on Use of Funds for Voluntary Population 
     Planning to Organizations or Programs Supporting or 
     Participating in the Management of Abortion or Involuntary 
     Sterilization Programs.--Section 104(b) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2151b(b)), as amended by subsection (a), is further 
     amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``In order to'' and 
     inserting ``(1) In order to''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) None of the funds made available to carry out this 
     subsection may be made available to any organization or 
     program which, as determined by the President, supports or 
     participates in the management of a program of coercive 
     abortion or involuntary sterilization.''.
       (c) Prohibition on Discrimination With Respect to Grants 
     for Natural Family Planning.--Section 104(b) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2151b(b)), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) In providing grants for natural family planning under 
     this subsection, the administrator of the agency primarily 
     responsible for administering this part shall not 
     discriminate against applicants because of any religious or 
     conscientious commitment by such applicants to offer only 
     natural family planning services.''.
       (d) Clarification With Respect to Prohibition on Use of 
     Funds for Abortions.--Section 104(f)(1) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2151b(f)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``None of the funds'' and inserting ``(A) 
     None of the funds''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new 
     subparagraph: [[Page H5441]] 
       ``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `motivate' 
     shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent 
     with local law, of information and counseling concerning all 
     pregnancy options, including abortion.''.

     SEC. 3224. ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE 
                   FORMER SOVIET UNION.
       (a) Conditions on Assistance.--Section 498A(b) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295a(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (10); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(5) for the Government of Russia, unless the President 
     certifies to the Congress that such Government--
       ``(A) is pursuing, without preconditions, an immediate and 
     permanent ceasefire, and is pursuing a negotiated settlement 
     to the conflict in the Russian Federation Republic of 
     Chechnya;
       ``(B) is taking steps to provide unhindered access to the 
     region of Chechnya and surrounding areas of the Russian 
     Federation by elected officials of the Russian Federation and 
     by independent Russian media;
       ``(C) is cooperating with the Organization for Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe and other appropriate international 
     organizations in undertaking steps to investigate and 
     prosecute any and all individuals, including members of the 
     Russian armed forces and internal security agencies, who may 
     be responsible for atrocities, war crimes, or crimes against 
     humanity in the region of Chechnya;
       ``(D) is cooperating with the Assistance Group of the 
     Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe 
     established in Chechnya in fulfilling that mission's mandate;
       ``(E) is cooperating in assuring the unhindered delivery of 
     humanitarian assistance to the civilian population in 
     Chechnya;
       ``(F) has made the fullest possible accounting of all 
     persons currently detained by Russian military or security 
     forces as a result of the conflict in Chechnya and has 
     allowed access to those individuals by the International 
     Committee of the Red Cross;
       ``(G) is taking steps to repatriate refugees and displaced 
     persons wishing to return to Chechnya; and
       ``(H) is taking steps to hold free and fair elections in 
     Chechnya, based on the principles of the Organization on 
     Security and Cooperation in Europe and conducted in the 
     presence of foreign and domestic observers;

     except that this paragraph shall not apply to the provision 
     of such assistance for purposes of humanitarian, disaster, 
     and refugee relief or assisting democratic political reform 
     and rule of law activities, provision of technical assistance 
     for safety upgrade of civilian nuclear power plants, and 
     assisting in the creation of private sector and 
     nongovernmental organizations that are independent of 
     government ownership and control;
       ``(6) for the government of any independent state that has 
     agreed to provide nuclear reactor components to Iran, unless 
     the President determines that the sale of such components to 
     Iran includes safeguards that are consistent with the 
     national security objectives of the United States and the 
     concerns of the United States with respect to 
     nonproliferation of nuclear weapons technology, except that 
     this paragraph shall not apply to the provision of such of 
     assistance for purposes of--
       ``(A) humanitarian, disaster, and refugee relief; or
       ``(B) assisting democratic political reform, rule of law 
     activities, and the creation of private sector and 
     nongovernmental organizations that are independent of 
     government ownership and control;
       ``(7) for the government of any independent state that the 
     President determines directs any action in violation of the 
     territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other 
     new independent state, except that this paragraph shall not 
     apply to the provision of such assistance for purposes of--
       ``(A) humanitarian, disaster, and refugee relief; or
       ``(B) assisting democratic political reform, rule of law 
     activities, and the creation of private sector and 
     nongovernmental organizations that are independent of 
     government ownership and control;
       ``(8) for the purpose of enhancing the military capability 
     of any independent state, except that this paragraph shall 
     not apply to demilitarization, defense conversion or 
     nonproliferation programs, or programs to support troop 
     withdrawal including through the support of an officer 
     resettlement program, and technical assistance for the 
     housing sector;
       ``(9) for the Government of Russia if the President 
     determines that Government--
       ``(A) is not making progress in implementing comprehensive 
     economic reforms based on market principles, including 
     fostering private ownership, the repayment of commercial 
     debt, the respect of commercial contracts, the equitable 
     treatment of foreign private investment; or
       ``(B) applies or transfers assistance provided under this 
     chapter to any entity for the purpose of expropriating or 
     seizing ownership or control of assets, investments, or 
     ventures; or''.
       (b) Assistance Through the Private Sector.--Section 498B(a) 
     of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2295b(a)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(a) Assistance Through the Private Sector.--Assistance 
     under this chapter shall be provided, to the maximum extent 
     feasible, through the private sector, including private and 
     voluntary organizations and other nongovernmental 
     organizations functioning in the independent states of the 
     former Soviet Union.''.
       (c) Waiver of Certain Provisions.--Section 498B(j)(1) of 
     such Act (22 U.S.C. 2295b(j)(1)) is amended in the matter 
     preceding subparagraph (A)--
       (1) by striking ``for fiscal year 1993 by this chapter'' 
     and inserting ``to carry out this chapter''; and
       (2) by striking ``appropriated for fiscal year 1993''.

     SEC. 3225. DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE 
                   CARIBBEAN.

       Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new chapter:
   ``CHAPTER 12--DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

     ``SEC. 499. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       ``The Congress declares the following:
       ``(1) The historic, economic, political, and geographic 
     relationships among the countries of the Western Hemisphere 
     are unique and of continuing special significance.
       ``(2) Following the historic Summit of the Americas and the 
     passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the 
     countries of the Western Hemisphere have moved steadfastly 
     toward economic and political integration.
       ``(3) The interests of the countries of the Western 
     Hemisphere are more interrelated than ever, and sound 
     economic, social, and democratic progress in each of the 
     countries continues to be of importance to all countries, and 
     lack of it in any country may have serious repercussions in 
     others.
       ``(4) For the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean to 
     progress within the framework of social justice, respect for 
     human rights, political democracy, and market-oriented 
     economies, there is a compelling need for the achievement of 
     social and economic advancement and the consolidation of 
     political democracy and the rule of law adequate to meet the 
     legitimate aspirations of the individual citizens of the 
     countries of Latin America and the Caribbean for a better way 
     of life.
       ``(5) The prosperity, security, and well-being of the 
     United States is linked directly to peace, prosperity, and 
     democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
       ``(6) Democratic values are dominant throughout Latin 
     America and the Caribbean region and nearly all governments 
     in such region have come to power through democratic 
     elections.
       ``(7) Nonetheless, existing democratic governments and 
     their supporting institutions remain fragile and face 
     critical challenges, including, in particular, the 
     consolidation of civilian control of such governments and 
     institutions, including control of the military, the 
     consolidation or establishment of independent judicial 
     institutions and of the rule of law, and where appropriate, 
     the decentralization of government.
       ``(8) In adherence to free market principles, it is 
     essential to promote economic growth with equity--enlarging 
     employment and decisionmaking opportunities and the provision 
     of basic social services for traditionally marginalized 
     groups, such as indigenous minorities, women, and the poor--
     and to protect and promote workers rights.
       ``(9) By supporting the purposes and objectives of 
     sustainable development and applying such purposes and 
     objectives to Latin America and the Caribbean, the 
     Development Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean can 
     advance the national interests of the United States and can 
     directly improve the lives of the poor, encourage broad-based 
     economic growth while protecting the environment, build human 
     capital and knowledge, support participation in democracy, 
     and promote peace and justice in Latin America and the 
     Caribbean.

     ``SEC. 499A. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) In General.--The President is authorized to provide 
     assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean to promote 
     democracy, sustainable development, and economic growth in 
     Latin America and the Caribbean.
       ``(b) Terms and Conditions.--Assistance under this chapter 
     shall be provided on such terms and conditions as the 
     President may determine.

     ``SEC. 499B. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.

       ``(a) In General.--Of the amounts made available to carry 
     out the provisions of law described in subsection (b) for 
     fiscal year 1996 and for each succeeding fiscal year, not 
     less than an amount requested by the President and approved 
     by the Congress in appropriations Acts shall be made 
     available to carry out this chapter.
       ``(b) Provisions of Law.--The provisions of law described 
     in this subsection are the following:
       ``(1) Sections 103 through 106 of this Act (relating to the 
     development assistance fund).
       ``(2) Chapter 8 of this part (relating to international 
     narcotics control).
       ``(3) Chapter 4 of part II of this Act (relating to the 
     economic support fund).
       ``(4) Chapter 5 of part II of this Act (relating to 
     international military education and training).
       ``(5) Titles II and III of the Agricultural Trade 
     Development and Assistance Act of 1954.
       ``(6) The `Foreign Military Financing Program' under 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2763). [[Page H5442]] 
       ``(c) Availability.--Amounts made available under this 
     section are authorized to remain available until expended.''.
     SEC. 3226. EFFECTIVENESS OF UNITED STATES DEVELOPMENT 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 130. EFFECTIVENESS OF UNITED STATES DEVELOPMENT 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) Reports.--Not later than December 31, 1996, and 
     December 31 of each third year thereafter, the President 
     shall transmit to the Congress a report which analyzes, on a 
     country-by-country basis, the impact and effectiveness of the 
     United States development assistance provided during the 
     preceding three fiscal years. Each report shall include the 
     following for each recipient country:
       ``(1) An analysis of the impact of United States 
     development assistance during the preceding three fiscal 
     years on development in that country, with a discussion of 
     the United States interests that were served by the 
     assistance. Such analysis shall be done on a sector-by-sector 
     basis to the extent possible and shall identify any economic 
     policy reforms which were promoted by the assistance. Such 
     analysis shall--
       ``(A) include a description, quantified to the extent 
     practicable, of the specific objectives the United States 
     sought to achieve in providing development assistance for 
     that country; and
       ``(B) specify the extent to which those objectives were not 
     achieved, with an explanation of why they were not achieved.
       ``(2) A description of the amount and nature of development 
     assistance provided by other donors during the preceding 
     three fiscal years, set forth by development sector to the 
     extent possible.
       ``(3) A discussion of the commitment of the host government 
     to addressing the country's needs in each development sector, 
     including a description of the resources devoted by that 
     government to each development sector during the preceding 
     three fiscal years.
       ``(4) A description of the trends, both favorable and 
     unfavorable, in each development sector.
       ``(5) Statistical and other information necessary to 
     evaluate the impact and effectiveness of United States 
     development assistance on development in the country.
       ``(b) Listing of Most and Least Successful Assistance 
     Programs.--Each report required by this section shall 
     identify--
       ``(1) those five countries in which United States 
     development assistance has been most successful; and
       ``(2) those five countries in which United States 
     development assistance has been least successful.

     For each country listed pursuant to paragraph (2), the report 
     shall explain why the assistance was not more successful and 
     shall specify what the United States has done as a result.
       ``(c) Report To Be a Separate Document.--Each report 
     required by this section shall be submitted to the Congress 
     as a separate document.
       ``(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the terms 
     `United States development assistance' and `development 
     assistance' means assistance under this chapter.''.

     SEC. 3227. FUNDING FOR PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS 
                   AND COOPERATIVES.

       (a) In General.--For each of the fiscal years 1996 and 
     1997, the President shall allocate an aggregate amount to 
     private and voluntary organizations and cooperatives under 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) 
     and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 
     1989 which, at a minimum, is equal to the aggregate amount 
     allocated to such organizations and cooperatives under such 
     Acts for fiscal year 1994.
       (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``private and voluntary organization'' means a private 
     nongovernmental organization which--
       (1) is organized under the laws of a country;
       (2) receives funds from private sources;
       (3) operates on a not-for-profit basis with appropriate 
     tax-exempt status if the laws of the country grant such 
     status to not-for-profit organizations;
       (4) is voluntary in that it receives voluntary 
     contributions of money, time, or in-kind support from the 
     public; and
       (5) is engaged or intends to be engaged in voluntary, 
     charitable, development, or humanitarian assistance 
     activities.

     SEC. 3228. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO UNITED STATES 
                   COOPERATIVES AND CREDIT UNIONS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) United States cooperatives and credit unions can 
     provide an opportunity for people in developing countries to 
     participate directly in democratic decisionmaking for their 
     economic and social benefit through ownership and control of 
     business enterprises and through the mobilization of local 
     capital and savings; and
       (2) such organizations should be utilized in fostering 
     democracy, free markets, community-based development, and 
     self-help projects.

                    Subchapter B--Operating Expenses

     SEC. 3231. OPERATING EXPENSES GENERALLY.

       Section 667(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2427(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) $465,774,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $419,196,000 
     for fiscal year 1997 for necessary operating expenses of the 
     agency primarily responsible for administering part I of this 
     Act (other than the office of the inspector general of such 
     agency); and''.

     SEC. 3232. OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 
                   GENERAL.

       Section 667(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2427(a)), as amended by this Act, is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
       (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) $35,206,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $31,685,000 for 
     fiscal year 1997 for necessary operating expenses of the 
     office of the inspector general of such agency; and''.

                       CHAPTER 4--PUBLIC LAW 480

     SEC. 3241. LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE FOR TITLE II.

       Section 204(a) of the Agricultural Trade Development and 
     Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1724(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ``for fiscal year 
     1995'' and inserting ``for each of the fiscal years 1995 
     through 1997''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ``for fiscal year 
     1995'' and inserting ``for each of the fiscal years 1995 
     through 1997''.

     SEC. 3242. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE III.

       No funds are authorized to be appropriated for either of 
     the fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for the provision of 
     agricultural commodities under title III of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1727 
     et seq.).

                  CHAPTER 5--HOUSING GUARANTEE PROGRAM

     SEC. 3251. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE 
                   EXPENSES.

       (a) In General.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), there are 
     authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 
     and $6,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 for administrative 
     expenses to carry out guaranteed loan programs under sections 
     221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2181 and 2182).
       (2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph 
     (1) may be made available only for--
       (A) administrative expenses incurred with respect to 
     guaranties issued before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act; or
       (B) expenses incurred with respect to activities related to 
     the collection of amounts paid by the United States in the 
     discharge of liabilities under guaranties issued under 
     section 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2182).
       (b) Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     under subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.
     SEC. 3252. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Expiration of Authority.--Section 222(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2182(a)) is amended by 
     striking the third sentence and inserting the following: ``No 
     guaranties may be issued under this section on or after the 
     date of the enactment of the Foreign Aid Reduction Act of 
     1995.''.
       (b) Cancellation of Certain Existing Guaranties.--Section 
     222 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2182) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (d); and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) The President shall cancel all guaranties issued 
     under this section with respect to which eligible investors 
     have not (before the date of the enactment of the Foreign Aid 
     Reduction Act of 1995) applied such guaranties to loans for 
     projects under this title.''.
       (c) Prohibition on Assistance for Entities in Default and 
     Certain Other Entities.--Section 620 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2370) is amended by inserting after subsection (u) the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(v)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no assistance shall be 
     furnished under this Act to any entity that--
       ``(A) fails to make timely payments on loans with respect 
     to which guaranties have been issued under title III of 
     chapter 2 of part I of this Act (relating to housing and 
     other credit guaranty programs); or
       ``(B) causes amounts (including amounts for administrative 
     expenses) to be paid by the United States in the discharge of 
     liabilities under guaranties issued under such title, unless 
     such entity has reimbursed the United States for such 
     amounts.
       ``(2) The President may waive the prohibition in paragraph 
     (1) with respect to an entity if the President determines 
     that it is in the national interest of the United States to 
     furnish assistance under this Act to such entity.''.

                         CHAPTER 6--PEACE CORPS

     SEC. 3261. PEACE CORPS.
       Section 3(b) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502(b)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
     out the purposes of this Act $219,745,000 for each of the 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
       ``(2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph 
     (1)--
       (1) with respect to fiscal year 1996 are authorized to 
     remain available until September 30, 1997; and
       (2) with respect to fiscal year 1997 are authorized to 
     remain available until September 30, 1998.''.
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     SEC. 3262. ACTIVITIES OF THE PEACE CORPS IN THE FORMER SOVIET 
                   UNION.

       (a) In General.--Of the amounts made available for fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997 to carry out chapter 11 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.; 
     relating to assistance for the independent states of the 
     former Soviet Union), not more than $11,600,000 for each such 
     fiscal year shall be available for activities of the Peace 
     Corps in the independent states of the former Soviet Union 
     (as defined in section 3 of the Freedom for Russia and 
     Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 
     1992).
       (b) Availability.--Amounts made available under subsection 
     (a)--
       (1) with respect to fiscal year 1996 are authorized to 
     remain available until September 30, 1997; and
       (2) with respect to fiscal year 1997 are authorized to 
     remain available until September 30, 1998.

     SEC. 3263. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ABORTIONS.

       Section 15 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2514) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Funds made available for the purposes of this Act may 
     not be used to pay for abortions.''.

              CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 3271. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE.

       Section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2292) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``and rehabilitation'' 
     and inserting ``, rehabilitation, and reconstruction''; and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``and rehabilitation'' 
     and inserting ``, rehabilitation, and reconstruction''.

     SEC. 3272. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Section 492(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2292a(a)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
     President to carry out section 491, in addition to funds 
     otherwise available for such purposes, $200,000,000 for each 
     of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997.''.
                      CHAPTER 8--OTHER PROVISIONS

     SEC. 3281. EXEMPTION FROM RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE THROUGH 
                   NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       Section 123(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2151u(e)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(e)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), restrictions contained 
     in this Act or any other provision of law with respect to 
     assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict 
     assistance under this chapter, chapter 10, or chapter 11 of 
     this part in support of programs of nongovernmental 
     organizations.
       ``(2) The President shall take into consideration, in any 
     case in which a restriction on assistance for a country would 
     be applicable but for this subsection, whether assistance for 
     programs of nongovernmental organizations is in the national 
     interest of the United States.
       ``(3) Whenever the authority of this subsection is used to 
     furnish assistance for a program of a nongovernmental 
     organization, the President shall notify the congressional 
     committees specified in section 634A(a) of this Act in 
     accordance with procedures applicable to reprogramming 
     notifications under that section. Such notification shall 
     describe the program assisted, the assistance provided, and 
     the reasons for furnishing such assistance.''.

     SEC. 3282. FUNDING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO UNITED STATES 
                   PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 123(g) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151u(g)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(g) Funds made available to carry out this chapter or 
     chapter 10 of this part may not be made available to any 
     United States private and voluntary organization, except any 
     cooperative development organization, that obtains less than 
     20 percent of its total annual financial support for its 
     international activities from sources other than the United 
     States Government.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     applies with respect to funds made available for programs of 
     any United States private and voluntary organization on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 3283. DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED OF PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY 
                   ORGANIZATIONS.

       Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2370), as amended by this Act, is further amended by 
     inserting after subsection (v) (as added by this Act) the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(w) None of the funds made available to carry out this 
     Act shall be available to any private and voluntary 
     organization which--
       ``(1) fails to provide upon timely request any document, 
     file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of the 
     agency primarily responsible for administering part I of this 
     Act; or
       ``(2) is not registered with the agency primarily 
     responsible for administering part I of this Act.''.

     SEC. 3284. FOREIGN GOVERNMENT PARKING FINES.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.), as amended 
     by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 620I. FOREIGN GOVERNMENT PARKING FINES.

       ``(a) In General.--An amount equivalent to 110 percent of 
     the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and 
     penalties owed to the District of Columbia, Virginia, 
     Maryland, and New York by the government of a foreign country 
     as of the end of a fiscal year, as certified to the President 
     by the chief executive officer of each State or District, 
     shall be withheld from obligation for such country out of 
     funds available in the next fiscal year to carry out part I 
     of this Act, until the requirement of subsection (b) is 
     satisfied.
       ``(b) Requirement.--The requirement of this subsection is 
     satisfied when the Secretary of State determines and 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     such fines and penalties are fully paid to the governments of 
     the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, and New York.
       ``(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--For 
     purposes of this section, the term `appropriate congressional 
     committees' means the Committee on International Relations 
     and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to fines certified as of the end of 
     fiscal year 1995 or any fiscal year thereafter.

     SEC. 3285. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.

       (a) Section 116 Report.--Section 116(d) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(3) the votes of each member of the United Nations 
     Commission on Human Rights on all country-specific and 
     thematic resolutions voted on at the Commission's annual 
     session during the period covered during the preceding year;
       ``(4) the extent to which each country has extended 
     protection to refugees, including the provision of first 
     asylum and resettlement; and''.
       (b) Section 502B Report.--Section 502B(b) of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2304(b)) is amended by adding after the second 
     sentence the following new sentence: ``Each report under this 
     section shall list the votes of each member of the United 
     Nations Commission on Human Rights on all country-specific 
     and thematic resolutions voted on at the Commission's annual 
     session during the period covered during the preceding 
     year.''.
     SEC. 3286. DEOBLIGATION OF CERTAIN UNEXPENDED ECONOMIC 
                   ASSISTANCE FUNDS.

       Chapter 3 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 668. DEOBLIGATION OF CERTAIN UNEXPENDED ECONOMIC 
                   ASSISTANCE FUNDS.

       ``(a) Requirement to Deobligate.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (b) of 
     this section and in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 617(a) 
     of this Act, at the beginning of each fiscal year the 
     President shall deobligate and return to the Treasury, any 
     funds described in paragraph (2) that, as of the end of the 
     preceding fiscal year, have been obligated for a project or 
     activity for a period of more than 3 years but have not been 
     expended.
       ``(2) Funds.--Paragraph (1) applies to funds made available 
     for--
       ``(A) assistance under chapter 1 of part I of this Act 
     (relating to development assistance), chapter 10 of part I of 
     this Act (relating to the Development Fund for Africa), or 
     chapter 4 of part II of this Act (relating to the economic 
     support fund);
       ``(B) assistance under the `Multilateral Assistance 
     Initiative for the Philippines';
       ``(C) assistance under the Support for East European 
     Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989; and
       ``(D) economic assistance for the independent states of the 
     former Soviet Union under this Act or under any other Act 
     authorizing economic assistance for such independent states.
       ``(b) Exceptions.--The President, on a case-by-case basis, 
     may waive the requirement of subsection (a)(1) if the 
     President determines, and reports to the appropriate 
     congressional committees, that--
       ``(1) the funds are being used for a construction project 
     that requires more than 3 years to complete; or
       ``(2) the funds have not been expended because of 
     unforeseen circumstances, and those circumstances could not 
     have been reasonably foreseen.
       ``(c) Comments by Inspector General.--As soon as possible 
     after the submission of a report pursuant to subsection (b), 
     the Inspector General of the agency primarily responsible for 
     administering part I of this Act shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees such comments as the 
     Inspector General considers appropriate with regard to the 
     determination described in that report.
       ``(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--As used in 
     this section, the term `appropriate congressional committees' 
     means the Committee on International Relations and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the [[Page H5444]] House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.''.
                   TITLE XXXIII--REGIONAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 3301. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
                   PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO CUBA.

       (a) In General.--Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(y)(1) No assistance may be provided under this Act 
     (other than humanitarian assistance and assistance for 
     refugees) for a fiscal year to any foreign government that 
     the President determines has provided economic assistance to 
     or engaged in nonmarket-based trade with the Government of 
     Cuba or any entity controlled by such Government in the 
     preceding fiscal year.
       ``(2) The President may waive the requirements of paragraph 
     (1) if--
       ``(A) the President certifies to the congressional 
     committees specified in section 634A of this Act (in 
     accordance with procedures applicable to reprogramming of 
     funds under that section) that the provision of such 
     assistance is vital to the national security of the United 
     States; or
       ``(B) the President determines and reports to the Congress 
     that the Government of Cuba has met the requirements 
     contained in section 1708 of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 
     (22 U.S.C. 6001 et seq.).
       ``(3) Not later than February 1st each year, the President 
     shall prepare and transmit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report containing a list of all foreign 
     governments that the President has determined have provided 
     economic assistance to or engaged in nonmarket-based trade 
     with the Government of Cuba in the preceding fiscal year.
       ``(4) For purposes of this subsection--
       ``(A) the term `appropriate congressional committees' means 
     the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate;
       ``(B) the term `humanitarian assistance' means food 
     (including the monetization of food), clothing, medicine, and 
     medical supplies; and
       ``(C) the term `nonmarket-based trade' includes exports, 
     imports, exchanges, or other trade arrangements under which 
     goods or services are provided on terms more favorable than 
     those generally available in applicable markets or for 
     comparable commodities, including--
       ``(i) exports to the Government of Cuba on terms that 
     involve a grant, concessional price, guaranty, insurance, or 
     subsidy;
       ``(ii) imports from the Government of Cuba at preferential 
     tariff rates; and
       ``(iii) exchange arrangements that include advance delivery 
     of commodities, arrangements in which the Government of Cuba 
     is not held accountable for unfulfilled exchange contracts, 
     and arrangements under which such Government does not pay 
     appropriate transportation, insurance, or finance costs.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     prohibition on assistance to a foreign government contained 
     in section 620(y) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
     added by subsection (a), shall apply only with respect to 
     assistance provided in fiscal years beginning on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Exception.--In the case of the fiscal year in which 
     this Act is enacted, such prohibition shall apply with 
     respect to the obligation or expenditure of assistance on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 3302. ASSISTANCE FOR NICARAGUA.

       (a) Restrictions.--Amounts made available for fiscal years 
     1996 and 1997 for assistance under chapter 1 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.; 
     relating to development assistance) or chapter 4 of part II 
     of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the economic 
     support fund), including any unobligated balances of prior 
     appropriations, may only be made available to the Government 
     of Nicaragua if the Secretary of State determines and 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that--
       (1) a full and independent investigation has been completed 
     of the weapons caches discovered after the May 23, 1993, 
     Santa Rosa arms cache explosion, including an investigation 
     of passports, identity papers, and other documents found at 
     weapons sites indicating the existence of a terrorist or 
     kidnapping ring and whether the terrorist network was 
     involved in the February 1993 World Trade Center bombing;
       (2) prosecutions have been initiated against all 
     individuals, including government officials and members of 
     the armed forces or security forces of Nicaragua, identified 
     in the investigation described in paragraph (1);
       (3) Nicaragua has made substantial progress in meeting the 
     requirements set forth in section 527 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 
     (relating to expropriation of United States property);
       (4) substantial progress has been made in the timely 
     implementation of all recommendations made by the Tripartite 
     Commission with respect to individuals responsible for 
     assassinations, including the immediate suspension of all 
     individuals from the Sandinista Army and security forces who 
     were named in such recommendations, and the expeditious 
     prosecution of such individuals;
       (5) all individuals responsible for the murders of Jean 
     Paul Genie, Arges Sequeira, and Enrique Bermudez have been 
     removed from the military and security forces of Nicaragua, 
     and judicial proceedings against these individuals have been 
     initiated;
       (6) specific changes have been implemented which have 
     resulted in verifiable civilian control over the Sandinista 
     military, security forces, and police; and
       (7) genuine, effective, and concrete reforms in the 
     Nicaraguan judicial system have been initiated.
       (b) Contents of Certification.--
       (1) In general.--A certification made pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall include a detailed accounting of all 
     evidence in support of the determinations listed in 
     paragraphs (1) through (7) of such subsection.
       (2) Form.--A certification made pursuant to subsection (a) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form, and, to the extent 
     necessary, classified form.
       (c) Exception to Restrictions.--The restrictions on the 
     availability of funds in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     support for--
       (1) programs facilitating the resolution of United States 
     citizen property claims;
       (2) the International Commission for Support and 
     Verification of the Organization of American States for human 
     rights monitoring, related assistance programs or election 
     observation;
       (3) independent human rights groups in Nicaragua;
       (4) programs intended to ensure free and fair elections in 
     Nicaragua;
       (5) democracy-building programs administered through the 
     National Endowment for Democracy and related nongovernmental 
     groups; or
       (6) programs to promote civilian control of the military.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--For 
     purposes of this section, the term ``appropriate 
     congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
     International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
     SEC. 3303. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING RELATIONS WITH 
                   BURMA.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) official United States trade delegations to Burma 
     should be indefinitely suspended;
       (2) visits to Burma by senior officials of the United 
     States Government should be minimized until Aung San Suu Kyi 
     is released from house arrest;
       (3) the Secretary of Labor should submit to the Congress a 
     report on labor practices in Burma so that Members of 
     Congress can better inform constituents, including 
     stockholders and business leaders of the United States 
     companies which transact commerce with Burma, on labor 
     conditions in that country;
       (4) the Secretary of State should submit to the Congress a 
     report on resource exploitation and environmental degradation 
     in Burma;
       (5) no assistance should be used for cooperative 
     counternarcotics efforts between the United States and 
     members of the State Law and Order Restoration Committee 
     (SLORC) regime;
       (6) the United States should discourage the Association of 
     Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from including the SLORC 
     regime in ASEAN activities;
       (7) the Secretary of State should submit to the Congress a 
     report which outlines a strategy for encouraging democratic 
     transition in Burma; and
       (8) the United States should encourage its allies to 
     restrict the relations of such allies with Burma in 
     accordance with this section.
     SEC. 3304. DEBT RESTRUCTURING FOR EGYPT.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Government of Egypt owes the United States 
     Government over $6,000,000,000 from prior economic assistance 
     credit programs.
       (2) Current annual debt service payments by Egypt to the 
     United States are approximately $270,000,000, will climb in 
     the near future to $350,000,000, and will continue until the 
     year 2021.
       (3) Egypt's debt service to the United States results in 
     reduced investment capital and slower economic growth in 
     Egypt.
       (4) Restructuring Egypt's debt burden, and buying down 
     Egypt's debt, could substantially reduce over time Egypt's 
     requirement for economic assistance.
       (5) Addressing Egypt's debt burden is in the mutual 
     interest of Egypt and the United States.
       (b) Report.--(1) Not later than January 31, 1996, the 
     Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committee 
     options to restructure Egypt's debt, and buy down, over a 
     period of time through the use of funds authorized to be 
     appropriated under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to 
     the economic support fund), all outstanding debt owed by the 
     Government of Egypt to the United States Government, 
     including debt owed under development assistance, 
     agriculture, Export-Import Bank, and Commodity Credit 
     Corporation credit programs. [[Page H5445]] 
       (2) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall develop the options required by paragraph (1) 
     in such a way as to enable the United States to reduce 
     assistance to Egypt in the future under chapter 4 of part II 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et 
     seq.; relating to the economic support fund). In the 
     development of such options, the Secretaries shall consult 
     with the Secretary of Commerce for the purpose of determining 
     the impact of the options required under paragraph (1) on the 
     level of United States exports to Egypt.
       (3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ``appropriate 
     congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
     International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
     SEC. 3305. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
                   PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO IRAN.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Iran is engaged in an intensive effort to develop 
     nuclear weapons and some nations have indicated that they are 
     prepared to cooperate with Iran in the nuclear field.
       (2) The possession of nuclear weapons by Iran would 
     represent a serious threat to the peace and security of the 
     entire Middle East region and an extremely serious challenge 
     to United States interests in that region.
       (3) The United States places the highest priority on 
     denying to Iran the capability to produce nuclear weapons and 
     systems for the delivery of nuclear weapons and other weapons 
     of mass destruction.
       (4) The sale or transfer to Iran by any other government or 
     with the permission of any other government of technology 
     that may be critical for Iran to develop or deploy nuclear 
     weapons is a serious threat to United States interests.
       (b) Admission to NATO.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the United States should vigorously oppose the accession 
     to the North Atlantic Treaty and the admission to the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization of any country which sells or 
     licenses for sale any nuclear or dual-use technology or any 
     military weapons, equipment, ammunition or munitions of any 
     kind, including any item included on any lists covered by the 
     Missile Technology Control Regime, to Iran or to any country 
     which the Secretary of State has determined repeatedly 
     provides support for acts of international terrorism pursuant 
     to section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979.
       (c) Prohibition on United States Assistance.--No assistance 
     authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any other Act 
     may be provided by any agency of the United States Government 
     to the government of any country which sells or licenses for 
     sale any nuclear or dual-use technology or any military 
     weapons, equipment, ammunition or munitions of any kind, 
     including any item included on any lists covered by the 
     Missile Technology Control Regime, to Iran or to any other 
     country which the Secretary of State has determined 
     repeatedly provides support for acts of international 
     terrorism pursuant to section 6(j) of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979.
       (d) Exceptions.--The prohibition in subsection (c) shall 
     not apply to--
       (1) assistance provided to Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, or 
     Kazakhstan under the authorities of the Soviet Nuclear Threat 
     Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law 102-228; 105 
     Stat. 1691); and
       (2) assistance provided under chapter 11 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.; 
     relating to assistance for the independent states of the 
     former Soviet Union) for the purposes of--
       (A) humanitarian, disaster, or refugee relief; or
       (B) assisting democratic political reform and rule of law 
     activities, and assisting in the creation of private sector 
     and nongovernmental organizations that are independent of 
     government ownership and control.
     SEC. 3306. ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN.

       Section 620E(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2375(e)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``No assistance shall'' and inserting ``(1) 
     Except as provided in paragraph (2), no assistance shall''; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2)(A) Assistance in support of nongovernmental 
     organizations or microenterprises under chapter 1 of part I 
     of this Act (relating to development assistance) and 
     assistance under the provisions of law described in 
     subparagraph (B) may be made available for Pakistan.
       ``(B) The provisions of law described in this subparagraph 
     are the following:
       ``(i) Title IV of chapter 2 of part I of this Act (relating 
     to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation).
       ``(ii) Chapter 8 of part I of this Act (relating to 
     international narcotics control).
       ``(iii) Chapter 5 of part II of this Act (relating to 
     international military education and training).
       ``(iv) Chapter 8 of part II of this Act (relating to 
     antiterrorism assistance).
       ``(v) Any provision of law under which assistance is 
     available to carry out the following activities:
       ``(I) Aviation safety.
       ``(II) Immigration and customs procedures.
       ``(III) Peacekeeping.
       ``(IV) Promotion of trade and investment interests of the 
     United States.
       ``(C) Assistance described in subparagraph (B)(iii) may be 
     made available for Pakistan under this paragraph for fiscal 
     year 1997 and each subsequent fiscal year only if the 
     President certifies to the Congress for such fiscal year that 
     the Government of Pakistan is fully cooperating with United 
     States counter-narcotics assistance programs and policies.''.
     SEC. 3307. RETURN OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT OF PAKISTAN.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the inability of the President since October 1, 1990, 
     to make the necessary certification under section 620E(e) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to the nuclear 
     activities of Pakistan) has prevented the delivery of 
     military aircraft for which Pakistan made nonrefundable cash 
     payments to contractors and unnecessarily complicated the 
     achievement of United States foreign policy and 
     nonproliferation objectives in South Asia;
       (2) in the absence of a Presidential certification for 
     Pakistan under section 620E(e) of such Act, the United States 
     should make a determined effort to find a third party buyer 
     for the such military aircraft and should reimburse Pakistan 
     with any proceeds derived from a sale to such third party, up 
     to the amount paid by Pakistan for such military aircraft; 
     and
       (3) with respect to other military equipment imported into 
     the United States from Pakistan prior to May 1, 1991, for 
     repair or modification by the Department of Defense, the 
     return of such military equipment, including spare parts 
     thereof, or equivalent equipment or spare parts originally 
     owned by another country, does not constitute a transfer of 
     military equipment under the terms of section 620E(e) of such 
     Act, provided such military equipment or spare parts are 
     returned in an unrepaired state or without modifications for 
     which they were originally imported into the United States.

     SEC. 3308. ELIGIBILITY OF PANAMA UNDER ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 
                   ACT.

       The Government of the Republic of Panama shall be eligible 
     to purchase defense articles and defense services under the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), except as 
     otherwise specifically provided by law.

     SEC. 3309. FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PRESENCE IN 
                   PANAMA.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Panama Canal is a vital strategic asset to the 
     United States, its allies, and the world.
       (2) The Treaty on the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of 
     the Panama Canal signed on September 7, 1977, provides that 
     Panama and the United States have the responsibility to 
     assure that the Panama Canal will remain open and secure.
       (3) Such Treaty also provides that each of the two 
     countries shall, in accordance with their respective 
     constitutional processes, defend the Canal against any threat 
     to the regime of neutrality, and consequently shall have the 
     right to act against any aggression or threat directed 
     against the Canal or against the peaceful transit of vessels 
     through the Canal.
       (4) The United States instrument of ratification of such 
     Treaty includes specific language that the two countries 
     should consider negotiating future arrangements or agreements 
     to maintain military forces necessary to fulfill the 
     responsibility of the two countries of maintaining the 
     neutrality of the Canal after 1999.
       (5) The Government of Panama, in the bilateral Protocol of 
     Exchange of instruments of ratification, expressly ``agreed 
     upon'' such arrangements or agreements.
       (6) The United States Navy depends upon the Panama Canal 
     for rapid transit in times of emergency, as demonstrated 
     during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam conflict, 
     the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Persian Gulf conflict.
       (7) Drug trafficking and money laundering have proliferated 
     in the Western Hemisphere since the Treaty on the Permanent 
     Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal was signed on 
     September 7, 1977, and such trafficking and laundering poses 
     a grave threat to peace and security in the region.
       (8) Certain facilities now utilized by the United States 
     Armed Forces in Panama are critical to combat the trade in 
     illegal drugs.
       (9) The United States and Panama share common policy goals 
     such as strengthening democracy, expanding economic trade, 
     and combating illegal narcotics throughout Latin America.
       (10) The Government of Panama has dissolved its military 
     forces and has maintained only a civilian police organization 
     to defend the Panama Canal against aggression.
       (11) Certain public opinion polls in Panama suggest that 
     many Panamanians desire a continued United States military 
     presence in Panama.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) the President should negotiate a new base rights 
     agreement with the Government of Panama--
       (A) to allow the stationing of United States Armed Forces 
     in Panama beyond December 31, 1999; and
       (B) to ensure that the United States will be able to act 
     appropriately, consistent with the Panama Canal Treaty, the 
     Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of 
     the Panama Canal, and the resolutions of ratification 
     thereto, for the purpose [[Page H5446]] of assuring that the 
     Panama Canal shall remain open, neutral, secure, and 
     accessible; and
       (2) the President should consult with the Congress 
     throughout the negotiations described in paragraph (1).

     SEC. 3310. PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (1) The South China Sea is a critically important waterway 
     through which 25 percent of the world's ocean freight and 70 
     percent of Japan's energy supplies transit.
       (2) The South China Sea serves as a crucial sea lane for 
     United States Navy ships moving between the Pacific and 
     Indian Oceans, particularly in time of emergency.
       (3) There are a number of competing claims to territory in 
     the South China Sea.
       (4) The 1992 Manila Declaration adhered to by the 
     Association of South East Asian Nations, the Socialist 
     Republic of Vietnam, and the People's Republic of China calls 
     for all claimants to territory in the South China Sea to 
     resolve questions of boundaries through peaceful 
     negotiations.
       (5) The legislature of the People's Republic of China has 
     declared the entire South China Sea to be Chinese territorial 
     waters.
       (6) The armed forces of the People's Republic of China have 
     asserted China's claim to the South China Sea through the 
     kidnapping of citizens of the Republic of the Philippines and 
     the construction of military bases on territory claimed by 
     the Philippines.
       (7) These acts of aggression committed by the armed forces 
     of the People's Republic of China against citizens of the 
     Philippines are contrary to both international law and to 
     peace and stability in East Asia.
       (b) Policy Declarations.--The Congress--
       (1) declares the right of free passage through the South 
     China Sea to be vital to the national security interests of 
     the United States, its friends, and allies;
       (2) declares that any attempt by a nondemocratic power to 
     assert, through the use of force or intimidation, its claims 
     to territory in the South China Sea to be a matter of grave 
     concern to the United States;
       (3) calls upon the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China to adhere faithfully to its commitment under the Manila 
     Declaration of 1992; and
       (4) calls upon the President to review the defense needs of 
     democratic countries with claims to territory in the South 
     China Sea.

     SEC. 3311. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING NARCOTICS CONTROL 
                   EFFORTS OF COLOMBIA.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) relations between the United States and Colombia are at 
     a critical stage, particularly following the President's 
     March 1, 1995, decision to grant the Government of Colombia a 
     national interest waiver in the 1994 narcotics certification 
     determination;
       (2) the Government of Colombia has undertaken efforts 
     toward the elimination of drug trafficking organizations, 
     especially the powerful ``kingpins'' based in Cali;
       (3) important advances need to be taken to dismantle the 
     operations of criminal enterprises in Colombia which seek to 
     corrupt government institutions;
       (4) the Government of Colombia should be encouraged to 
     complete specific, attainable objectives in its overall 
     narcotics control strategy, including--
       (A) the arrest and prosecution of the acknowledged leaders 
     of the Cali drug organization;
       (B) the imposition of tougher sentencing of drug 
     traffickers to ensure that such traffickers serve sentences 
     commensurate with their crimes;
       (C) the expeditious passage of legislation to criminalize 
     money laundering;
       (D) the aggressive eradication of illicit crops, including 
     coca opium, and marijuana;
       (E) the elimination of the industrial infrastructure of the 
     narcotics trade, including laboratories, precursor chemicals, 
     and aircraft;
       (F) the destruction of the internal narcotics distribution 
     export system, including the use of airports, rivers, and 
     ports for such system;
       (G) the elimination of the island of San Andres as a 
     illegal narcotics transshipment point; and
       (H) the end of the current policy of the Government of 
     Colombia under which key drug traffickers are given lenient 
     sentences in return for their surrender;
       (5) the Secretary of State should make the issue of illicit 
     narcotics the highest foreign policy priority of the United 
     States with respect to relations with key illicit drug 
     transit and producing nations, such as Colombia; and
       (6) the Secretary of State should request our European 
     allies to join the United States in sending a clear message 
     to Colombia on the importance of attaining these 
     counternarcotics goals and 
     objectives in the shortest possible time so that reductions 
     in United States foreign assistance will not be necessary in 
     the future.
     SEC. 3312. NOTIFICATION OF ARMS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA.

       (a) Notification.--Until the certification under subsection 
     (b) is submitted to the Congress, section 36(b)(1) of the 
     Arms Export Control Act shall be applied to sales of Saudi 
     Arabia by substituting in the first sentence ``0'' for 
     $50,000,000, ``0'' for $200,000,000, and ``0'' for 
     $14,000,000.
       (b) Certification.--Subsection (a) shall cease to apply if 
     and when the Secretary of State certifies and reports in 
     writing to the Congress that the unpaid claims of American 
     firms against the Government of Saudi Arabia that are 
     described in the June 30, 1993, report by the Secretary of 
     Defense pursuant to section 9140(c) of the Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-396; 106 
     Stat. 1939), including the additional claims noticed by the 
     Department of Commerce on page 2 of that report, have been 
     resolved satisfactorily.

     SEC. 3313. ASSISTANCE FOR ZAIRE.

       (a) Security Assistance.--Assistance may not be transferred 
     to the Government of Zaire for each of the fiscal years 1996 
     and 1997--
       (1) under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the economic 
     support fund);
       (2) under chapter 5 of part II of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2347 
     et seq.; relating to international military education and 
     training); or
       (3) from the ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' account 
     under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2763).
       (b) Development Assistance.--Assistance under chapter 1 of 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
     et seq.; relating to development assistance) or chapter 10 of 
     such part (22 U.S.C. 2293 et seq.; relating to the 
     Development Fund for Africa) for each of the fiscal years 
     1996 and 1997 shall not be transferred to the Government of 
     Zaire.
         TITLE XXXIV--SPECIAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER PROVISIONS

                     CHAPTER 1--SPECIAL AUTHORITIES

     SEC. 3401. ENHANCED TRANSFER AUTHORITY.

       Section 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2360) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 610. TRANSFER BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.

       ``(a) General Authority.--Whenever the President determines 
     it to be necessary for the purposes of this Act or the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), not to exceed 20 
     percent of the funds made available to carry out any 
     provision of this Act (except funds made available pursuant 
     to title IV of chapter 2 of part I) or section 23 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763)--
       ``(1) may be transferred to, and consolidated with, the 
     funds in any other account or fund available to carry out any 
     provision of this Act; and
       ``(2) may be used for any purpose for which funds in that 
     account or fund may be used.
       ``(b) Limitation on Amount of Increase.--The total amount 
     in the account or fund for the benefit of which transfer is 
     made under subsection (a) during any fiscal year may not be 
     increased by more than 20 percent of the amount of funds 
     otherwise made available.
       ``(c) Notification.--The President shall notify in writing 
     the congressional committees specified in section 634A at 
     least fifteen days in advance of each such transfer between 
     accounts in accordance with procedures applicable to 
     reprogramming notifications under such section.''.

     SEC. 3402. AUTHORITY TO MEET UNANTICIPATED CONTINGENCIES.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by inserting after section 
     610 (22 U.S.C. 2360) the following new section:

     ``SEC. 610A. AUTHORITY TO MEET UNANTICIPATED CONTINGENCIES.

       ``(a) Authority.--
       ``(1) In general.--In order to provide for any 
     unanticipated contingency in the programs, projects, or 
     activities for which assistance is provided under this Act, 
     the President is authorized to use funds made available to 
     carry out any provision of this Act (other than chapter 1 or 
     chapter 10 of part I of this Act) for the purpose of 
     providing assistance authorized by any other provision of 
     this Act in accordance with the provisions applicable to the 
     furnishing of such assistance.
       ``(2) Limitation.--The authority of paragraph (1) may not 
     be used to authorize the use of more than $40,000,000 in any 
     fiscal year.
       ``(b) Supersedes Other Laws.--Funds made available under 
     the authority of this section may be used notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law.
       ``(c) Notification of Congress.--
       ``(1) Notification.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     the President shall notify the congressional committees 
     specified in section 634A(a) at least 15 days before 
     obligating any funds under this section in accordance with 
     the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications 
     under section 634A(a).
       ``(2) Exception.--The President may waive the requirement 
     contained in paragraph (1) if the President determines that 
     complying with such requirement would pose a substantial risk 
     to human health or welfare. If the President exercises the 
     waiver under the preceding sentence, the President shall 
     notify the congressional committees specified in section 
     634A(a) as early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 
     days after the date on which the President took the action to 
     which such notification requirement was applicable.''.
       (b) Repeal.--Chapter 5 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2261; relating to contingencies) is 
     hereby repealed.

     SEC. 3403. SPECIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.

       Section 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2364) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 614. SPECIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.

       ``(a) Authority.--The President may provide assistance and 
     make loans under the [[Page H5447]] provisions of law 
     described in subsection (b), notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, if the President determines that to do so 
     is vital to the national interests of the United States.
       ``(b) Laws Which May Be Waived.--The provisions of law 
     described in this subsection are--
       ``(1) this Act;
       ``(2) the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
       ``(3) any provision of law authorizing the provision of 
     assistance to foreign countries or making appropriations for 
     such assistance; and
       ``(4) any other provision of law that restricts the 
     authority to provide assistance or make loans under a 
     provision of law described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
       ``(c) Consultation With Congress.--Before exercising the 
     authority under subsection (a), the President shall consult 
     with, and shall provide a written policy justification to the 
     Committee on International Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.
       ``(d) Notification to Congress.--A determination under 
     subsection (a) shall be effective only if the President 
     notifies the congressional committees specified in subsection 
     (c) in writing of that determination.
       ``(e) Annual Ceilings.--
       ``(1) In general.--The authority of this section may not be 
     used in any fiscal year to authorize--
       ``(A) more than $750,000,000 in sales or leases to be made 
     under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
       ``(B) the use of more than $250,000,000 of funds made 
     available under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act; or
       ``(C) the use of more than $100,000,000 of foreign 
     currencies accruing under this Act or any other provision of 
     law.
       ``(2) Sales under the arms export control act.--If the 
     authority of this section is used both to authorize a sale or 
     lease under the Arms Export Control Act and to authorize 
     funds to be used under this Act with respect to the financing 
     of that sale or lease, then the use of the funds shall be 
     counted against the limitation in paragraph (1)(B) and the 
     portion, if any, of the sale or lease which is not so 
     financed shall be counted against the limitation in paragraph 
     (1)(A).
       ``(3) Leases.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(A) the 
     replacement cost, less any depreciation in the value, of the 
     defense articles authorized to be leased shall be counted 
     against the limitation in that paragraph.
       ``(4) Country limits.--(A) Not more than $75,000,000 of the 
     $250,000,000 limitation provided in paragraph (1)(B) may be 
     allocated to any one country in any fiscal year unless that 
     country is a victim of active aggression.
       ``(B) Not more than $500,000,000 of the aggregate 
     limitation of $1,000,000,000 provided in paragraph (1)(A) and 
     (1)(B) may be allocated to any one country in any fiscal 
     year.''.
     SEC. 3404. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.

       Section 617 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2367) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 617. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) In General.--(1) In order to ensure the effectiveness 
     of assistance provided under this Act, funds made available 
     under this Act to carry out any program, project, or activity 
     of assistance shall remain available for obligation for a 
     period not to exceed 8 months after the date of termination 
     of such assistance for the necessary expenses of winding up 
     such programs, projects, or activities and, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, funds so obligated may remain 
     available until expended.
       ``(2) Funds obligated to carry out any program, project, or 
     activity of assistance before the effective date of the 
     termination of such assistance are authorized to be available 
     for expenditure for the necessary expenses of winding up such 
     programs, projects, and activities, notwithstanding any 
     provision of law restricting the expenditure of funds, and 
     may be reobligated to meet any other necessary expenses 
     arising from the termination of such assistance.
       ``(3) The necessary expenses of winding up programs, 
     projects, and activities of assistance include the obligation 
     and expenditure of funds to complete the training or studies 
     outside their countries of origin of students whose course of 
     study or training program began before assistance was 
     terminated.
       ``(b) Liability to Contractors.--For the purpose of making 
     an equitable settlement of termination claims under 
     extraordinary contractual relief standards, the President is 
     authorized to adopt as a contract or other obligation of the 
     United States Government, and assume (in whole or in part) 
     any liabilities arising thereunder, any contract with a 
     United States or third-country contractor to carry out any 
     program, project, or activity of assistance under this Act 
     that was subsequently terminated pursuant to law.
       ``(c) Guarantee Programs.--Provisions of this or any other 
     Act requiring the termination of assistance under this Act 
     shall not be construed to require the termination of 
     guarantee commitments that were entered into before the 
     effective date of the termination of assistance.''.

                      CHAPTER 2--OTHER PROVISIONS

     SEC. 3411. CONGRESSIONAL PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS.

       Section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2394) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 634. CONGRESSIONAL PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS.

       ``(a) Requirement for Submission.--As part of the annual 
     requests for enactment of authorizations and appropriations 
     for foreign assistance programs for each fiscal year, the 
     President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress annual 
     congressional presentation documents for the programs 
     authorized under this Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
       ``(b) Materials To Be Included.--The documents submitted 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall include--
       ``(1) the rationale for the allocation of assistance or 
     contributions to each country, regional, or centrally funded 
     program, or organization, as the case may be;
       ``(2) a description of how each such program or 
     contribution supports the objectives of this Act or the Arms 
     Export Control Act, as the case may be;
       ``(3) a description of planned country, regional, or 
     centrally funded programs or contributions to international 
     organizations and programs for the coming fiscal year; and
       ``(4) for each country for which assistance is requested 
     under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act--
       ``(A) the total number of years since 1946 that the United 
     States has provided assistance;
       ``(B) the total amount of bilateral assistance provided by 
     the United States since 1946, including the principal amount 
     of all loans, credits, and guarantees; and
       ``(C) the total amount of assistance provided to such 
     country from all multilateral organizations to which the 
     United States is a member, including all international 
     financial institutions, the United Nations, and other 
     international organizations.
       ``(c) Graduation From Development Assistance.--
       ``(1) Determination.--As part of the congressional 
     presentation documents transmitted to the Congress under this 
     section, the Secretary of State shall make a separate 
     determination for each country identified in such documents 
     for which bilateral development assistance is requested, 
     estimating the year in which each such country will no longer 
     be receiving bilateral development assistance.
       ``(2) Development assistance defined.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term `development assistance' means assistance 
     under--
       ``(A) chapter 1 of part I of this Act;
       ``(B) chapter 10 of part I of this Act;
       ``(C) chapter 11 of part I of this Act; and
       ``(D) the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 
     1989 (22 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.).''.

     SEC. 3412. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
                   ENGAGED IN ESPIONAGE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

       Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2370 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 620J. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
                   ENGAGED IN ESPIONAGE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

       ``(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds made available to 
     carry out this Act or the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2751 et seq.) (other than humanitarian assistance or 
     assistance for refugees) may be provided to any foreign 
     government which the President determines is engaged in 
     intelligence activities within the United States harmful to 
     the national security of the United States.
       ``(b) Periodic Reports.--Beginning one year after the date 
     of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the 
     President shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and 
     the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
     of Representatives a report, in classified and unclassified 
     forms, listing all foreign governments which the President 
     determines are conducting intelligence activities within the 
     United States harmful to the national security of the United 
     States.
       ``(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term 
     `humanitarian assistance' means food (including the 
     monetization of food), clothing, medicine, and medical 
     supplies.''.

     SEC. 3413. DEBT RESTRUCTURING FOR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

       Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2370 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 620K. SPECIAL DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES.

       ``(a) Authority To Reduce Debt.--The President may reduce 
     amounts owed to the United States Government by a country 
     described in subsection (b) as a result of--
       ``(1) loans or guarantees issued under this Act; or
       ``(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
       ``(b) Country Described.--A country described in this 
     subsection is a country--
       ``(1) with a heavy debt burden that is eligible to borrow 
     from the International Development Association but not from 
     the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
     (commonly referred to as an `IDA-only' country); and
       ``(2) the government of which--
       ``(A) does not have an excessive level of military 
     expenditures;

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       ``(B) has not repeatedly provided support for acts of 
     international terrorism; and
       ``(C) is cooperating with the United States on 
     international narcotics control matters;
       ``(3) (including the military or other security forces of 
     such government) does not engage in a consistent pattern of 
     gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; 
     and
       ``(4) is not prohibited from receiving assistance described 
     in section 527(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 by reason of such section.
       ``(c) Limitations.--The authority under subsection (a) may 
     be exercised--
       ``(1) only to implement multilateral official debt relief 
     ad referendum agreements (commonly referred to as `Paris Club 
     Agreed Minutes'); and
       ``(2) only to the extent that appropriations for the cost 
     of the modification, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, are made in advance.
       ``(d) Certain Prohibitions Inapplicable.--A reduction of 
     debt pursuant to the exercise of authority under subsection 
     (a)--
       ``(1) shall not be considered assistance for purposes of 
     any provision of law limiting assistance to a country; and
       ``(2) may be exercised notwithstanding section 620(r) of 
     this Act or any comparable provision of law.
       ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     to the President for the purpose of carrying out this section 
     $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
       ``(2) Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.''.

     SEC. 3414. DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES FOR DEBT SWAPS.

       Part IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2430 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new section:

     ``SEC. 711. AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN DEBT BUYBACKS OR SALES.

       ``(a) Loans Eligible for Sale, Reduction, or 
     Cancellation.--
       ``(1) Authority to sell, reduce, or cancel certain loans.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President 
     may, in accordance with this section, sell to any eligible 
     purchaser any concessional loan or portion thereof made 
     before January 1, 1995, to the government of any eligible 
     country pursuant to this Act, or on receipt of payment from 
     an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel such loan or portion 
     thereof, only for the purpose of facilitating--
       ``(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or 
     debt-for-nature swaps; or
       ``(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country of its own 
     qualified debt, only if the eligible country uses an 
     additional amount of the local currency of the eligible 
     country, equal to not less than 40 percent of the price paid 
     for such debt by such eligible country, or the difference 
     between the price paid for such debt and the face value of 
     such debt, to support activities that link conservation and 
     sustainable use of natural resources with local community 
     development, and child survival and other child development, 
     in a manner consistent with sections 707 through 710, if the 
     sale, reduction, or cancellation would not contravene any 
     term or condition of any prior agreement relating to such 
     loan.
       ``(2) Terms and conditions.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the President shall, in accordance with 
     this section, establish the terms and conditions under which 
     loans may be sold, reduced, or canceled pursuant to this 
     section.
       ``(3) Administration.--The Facility shall notify the 
     administrator of the agency primarily responsible for 
     administering part I of this Act of purchasers that the 
     President has determined to be eligible, and shall direct 
     such agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or cancellation 
     of a loan pursuant to this section. Such agency shall make an 
     adjustment in its accounts to reflect the sale, reduction, or 
     cancellation.
       ``(4) Limitation.--The authorities of this subsection shall 
     be available only to the extent that appropriations for the 
     cost of the modification, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, are made in advance.
       ``(b) Deposit of Proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale, 
     reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, or 
     canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in an 
     account or accounts established in the Treasury for the 
     repayment of such loan.
       ``(c) Eligible Purchasers.--A loan may be sold pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who presents plans 
     satisfactory to the President for using the loan for the 
     purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-
     development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
       ``(d) Debtor Consultations.--Before the sale to any 
     eligible purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursuant 
     to this section, of any loan made to an eligible country, the 
     President shall consult with the country concerning the 
     amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and their 
     uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, 
     or debt-for-nature swaps.
       ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       ``(1) In general.--For the sale, reduction, and 
     cancellation of loans or portions thereof pursuant to this 
     section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
     President $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 
     1997.
       ``(2) Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.''.

     SEC. 3415. IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES.

       Section 636 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2396) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(j)(1) Funds made available to carry out the provisions 
     of this Act may not be made available to provide--
       ``(A) any financial incentive to a business enterprise 
     located in the United States for the purpose of inducing that 
     enterprise to relocate outside the United States if such 
     incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number of 
     individuals employed in the United States by that enterprise 
     because that enterprise would replace production in the 
     United States with production outside the United States;
       ``(B) assistance for the purpose of establishing or 
     developing in a foreign country any export processing zone or 
     designated area in which the tax, tariff, labor, environment, 
     and safety laws of that country do not apply, in part or in 
     whole, to activities carried out within that zone or area, 
     unless the President determines and certifies that such 
     assistance is not likely to cause a loss of jobs within the 
     United States; or
       ``(C) subject to paragraph (2), assistance for any project 
     or activity that contributes to the violation of 
     internationally recognized workers rights (as defined in 
     section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 1974) of workers in the 
     foreign country, including in any designated zone or area in 
     that country.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1)(C) shall not apply with respect to the 
     provision of assistance for the informal sector, 
     microenterprises and small-scale enterprises, and small-
     holder agriculture of the foreign country.''.

     SEC. 3416. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
                   THAT EXPORT LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO 
                   COUNTRIES SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.

       (a) In General.--Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(z)(1) No assistance may be provided under this Act or 
     the Arms Export Control Act to any foreign government that 
     provides lethal military equipment to a country, the 
     government of which the Secretary of State has determined 
     pursuant to section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act is a 
     government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
     international terrorism.
       ``(2) The prohibition under paragraph (1) with respect to a 
     foreign government shall terminate 12 months after the date 
     on which that government ceases to provide such lethal 
     military equipment.
       ``(3) The President may waive the requirements of paragraph 
     (1) if the President determines that the provision of such 
     assistance is important to the national security interests of 
     the United States.
       ``(4) Whenever the waiver of paragraph (3) is exercised, 
     the President shall prepare and transmit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report with respect to the 
     furnishing of such assistance. Such report shall include a 
     detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, 
     including the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and 
     an explanation of how the assistance furthers the national 
     interests of the United States.
       ``(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term 
     `appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on 
     International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 620(z) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a), applies 
     with respect to lethal military equipment provided pursuant 
     to a contract entered into on or after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
     SEC. 3417. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT 
                   CONSISTENTLY OPPOSE THE UNITED STATES POSITION 
                   IN THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

       (a) Prohibition.--United States assistance may not be 
     provided to a country that consistently opposed the United 
     States position in the United Nations General Assembly during 
     the most recent session of the General Assembly.
       (b) Change in Government.--If--
       (1) the Secretary of State determines that, since the 
     beginning of the most recent session of the General Assembly, 
     there has been a fundamental change in the leadership and 
     policies of the government of a country to which the 
     prohibition in subsection (a) applies, and
       (2) the Secretary believes that because of that change the 
     government of that country will no longer consistently oppose 
     the United States position in the General Assembly,

     the Secretary may exempt that country from that prohibition. 
     Any such exemption shall be effective only until submission 
     of the next report under section 406 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. The Secretary 
     shall submit to the Congress a certification of each 
     exemption made under this subsection. Such certification 
     shall be accompanied by a discussion of the basis for the 
     Secretary's determination and belief with respect to such 
     exemption. [[Page H5449]] 
       (c) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
     requirement of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines and 
     reports to the Congress that despite the United Nations 
     voting pattern of a particular country, the provision of 
     United States assistance to that country is necessary to 
     promote United States foreign policy objectives.
       (d) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) the term ``consistently opposed the United States 
     position'' means that the country's votes in the United 
     Nations General Assembly coincided with the United States 
     position less than 25 percent of the time, using for this 
     purpose the overall percentage-of-voting coincidences set 
     forth in the annual report submitted to the Congress pursuant 
     to section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991;
       (2) the term ``most recent session of the General 
     Assembly'' means the most recently completed plenary session 
     of the General Assembly for which overall percentage-of-
     voting coincidences is set forth in the most recent report 
     submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 406 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 
     1991; and
       (3) the term ``United States assistance'' means assistance 
     under--
       (A) chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (relating to the economic support fund),
       (B) chapter 5 of part II of that Act (relating to 
     international military education and training), or
       (C) the ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' account 
     under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act,
     except that such term does not include assistance under 
     chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (relating to international narcotics control) or assistance 
     under chapter 8 of part II of such Act (relating to 
     antiterrorism assistance).
       (e) Effective Date.--This section takes effect upon the 
     date of the submission to the Congress of the report pursuant 
     to section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, that is required to be submitted 
     by March 31, 1996.
     SEC. 3418. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT 
                   RESTRICT THE TRANSPORT OR DELIVERY OF UNITED 
                   STATES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States Federal budget deficit and spending 
     constraints require the maximum efficiency in the usage of 
     United States foreign assistance.
       (2) The delivery of humanitarian assistance to people in 
     need is consistent with the fundamental values of our Nation 
     and is an important component of United States foreign 
     policy.
       (3) As a matter of principle and in furtherance of fiscal 
     prudence, the United States should seek to promote the 
     delivery of humanitarian assistance to people in need in a 
     manner that is both timely and cost effective.
       (4) Recipients of United States assistance should not 
     hinder or delay the transport or delivery of United States 
     humanitarian assistance to other countries.
       (b) Prohibition on Assistance.--Section 620 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370), as amended by this 
     Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(aa)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     United States assistance may not be made available for any 
     country whose government prohibits or otherwise restricts, 
     directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United 
     States humanitarian assistance.
       ``(2) The prohibition on United States assistance contained 
     in paragraph (1) shall not apply if the President determines 
     and notifies the Congress in writing that providing such 
     assistance to a country is in the national security interest 
     of the United States.
       ``(3) A suspension or termination of United States 
     assistance for any country under paragraph (1) shall cease to 
     be effective when the President certifies in writing to the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate that such country is no 
     longer prohibiting or otherwise restricting, either directly 
     or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States 
     humanitarian assistance.
       ``(4)(A) At the time of the annual budget submission to 
     Congress, the President shall submit a report to the Congress 
     describing any information available to the President 
     concerning prohibitions or restrictions, direct or indirect, 
     on the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian 
     assistance by the government of any country receiving or 
     eligible to receive United States foreign assistance during 
     the current or preceding fiscal year.
       ``(B) The President shall include in the report required by 
     subparagraph (A) a statement as to whether the prohibition in 
     paragraph (1) is being applied to each country for which the 
     President has information available to him concerning 
     prohibitions or restrictions, direct or indirect, on the 
     transport or delivery of United States humanitarian 
     assistance.
       ``(5) As used in this subsection, the term `United States 
     assistance' has the same meaning given that term in section 
     481(e)(4) of this Act.''.
     SEC. 3419. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, 
                   PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER 
                   ENTITIES THAT INHIBIT UNITED STATES-SUPPORTED 
                   DE- MINING OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act may be made available to any foreign 
     government, private and voluntary organization, or any other 
     entity which the Secretary of State determines inhibits 
     United States-supported demining operations and activities 
     through the imposition of discriminatory customs duties, 
     tariffs, or any other barrier to the entry of equipment or 
     personnel designated for use or participation in such 
     operations and activities.
       (b) Exception.--(1) The prohibition contained in subsection 
     (a) shall not apply with respect to a foreign government, 
     private and voluntary organization, or any other entity if 
     the President determines and reports to the congressional 
     committees specified in section 634A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (in accordance with procedures 
     applicable to reprogramming notifications under that section) 
     that the provision of assistance to such government, 
     organization, or other entity, as the case may be, is 
     important to the national interest of the United States.
       (2) Any determination under paragraph (1) shall include a 
     detailed justification of how the provision of assistance 
     furthers United States national interests.

                           CHAPTER 3--REPEALS
     SEC. 3421. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.

       (a) 1988 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act.--Section 
     537(h)(2) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988, as included in 
     Public Law 100-202, is hereby repealed.
       (b) 1987 Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act.--Section 
     539(g)(2) of the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1987, as included in Public Law 99-591, 
     is hereby repealed.
       (c) 1986 Assistance Act.--The Special Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1986 is hereby repealed except for section 1 and 
     section 204.
       (d) 1985 Assistance Act.--The International Security and 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1985 is hereby repealed except 
     for section 1, section 131, section 132, section 504, section 
     505, part B of title V (other than section 558 and section 
     559), section 1302, section 1303, and section 1304.
       (e) 1985 Jordan Supplemental Act.--The Jordan Supplemental 
     Economic Assistance Authorization Act of 1985 is hereby 
     repealed.
       (f) 1985 African Famine Act.--The African Famine Relief and 
     Recovery Act of 1985 is hereby repealed.
       (g) 1983 Assistance Act.--The International Security and 
     Development Assistance Authorization Act of 1983 is hereby 
     repealed.
       (h) 1983 Lebanon Assistance Act.--The Lebanon Emergency 
     Assistance Act of 1983 is hereby repealed.
       (i) 1981 Assistance Act.--The International Security and 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1981 is hereby repealed except 
     for section 1, section 709, and section 714.
       (j) 1980 Assistance Act.--The International Security and 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1980 is hereby repealed except 
     for section 1, section 110, section 316, and title V.
       (k) 1979 Development Assistance Act.--The International 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1979 is hereby repealed.
       (l) 1979 Security Assistance Act.--The International 
     Security Assistance Act of 1979 is hereby repealed.
       (m) 1979 Special Security Assistance Act.--The Special 
     International Security Assistance Act of 1979 is hereby 
     repealed.
       (n) 1978 Development Assistance Act.--The International 
     Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978 is hereby 
     repealed, except for section 1, title IV, and section 
     603(a)(2).
       (o) 1978 Security Assistance Act.--The International 
     Security Assistance Act of 1978 is hereby repealed.
       (p) 1977 Development Assistance Act.--The International 
     Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977 is hereby 
     repealed except for section 1, section 132(b), and section 
     133.
       (q) 1977 Security Assistance Act.--The International 
     Security Assistance Act of 1977 is hereby repealed.
       (r) 1976 Security Assistance Act.--The International 
     Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 is 
     hereby repealed except for section 1, section 201(b), section 
     212(b), section 601, and section 608.
       (s) 1975 Development Assistance Act.--The International 
     Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975 is hereby 
     repealed.
       (t) 1975 BIB Act.--Public Law 94-104 is hereby repealed.
       (u) 1974 Assistance Act.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1974 is hereby repealed.
       (v) 1973 Emergency Assistance Act.--The Emergency Security 
     Assistance Act of 1973 is hereby repealed.
       (w) 1973 Assistance Act.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1973 is hereby repealed.
       (x) 1971 Assistance Act.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1971 is hereby repealed.
       (y) 1971 Special Assistance Act.--The Special Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1971 is hereby repealed.
       (z) 1969 Assistance Act.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1969 is hereby repealed except for the first section and part 
     IV.
       (aa) 1968 Assistance Act.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1968 is hereby repealed.
       (bb) 1964 Assistance Act.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1964 is hereby repealed. [[Page H5450]] 
       (cc) Latin American Development Act.--The Latin American 
     Development Act is hereby repealed.
       (dd) 1959 Mutual Security Act.--The Mutual Security Act of 
     1959 is hereby repealed.
       (ee) 1954 Mutual Security Act.--Sections 402 and 417 of the 
     Mutual Security Act of 1954 are hereby repealed.
       (ff) Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
     1982 and 1983.--Section 109 of the Department of State 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983, is hereby 
     repealed.
       (gg) Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
     1984 and 1985.--Sections 1004 and 1005(a) of the Department 
     of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985, are 
     hereby repealed.
       (hh) Savings Provision.--Except as otherwise provided in 
     this Act, the repeal by this Act of any provision of law that 
     amended or repealed another provision of law does not affect 
     in any way that amendment or repeal.
                       TITLE XXXV--EFFECTIVE DATE

     SEC. 3501. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this division, 
     and the amendments made by this division, shall take effect 
     on the date of the enactment of this Act or October 1, 1995, 
     whichever occurs later.

  The CHAIRMAN. The bill will be considered for amendment under the 5-
minute rule for an initial period of 10 hours.
  After that initial period, amendments shall be debatable only as 
provided in clause 6 of rule XXIII, or section 2 of House Resolution 
155. Consideration of the bill for amendment will not continue beyond 
2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 25, 1995.
  Other than pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate and 
amendments en bloc described in section 2 of the resolution, no 
amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
modified, is in order unless printed in the Congressional Record.
  It shall be in order for the chairman of the Committee on 
International Relations or a designee to offer amendments en bloc 
consisting of printed amendments or germane modifications thereto. 
Those amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, except that the 
modifications shall be reported, shall not be subject to amendment or 
to a demand for a division of the question, and shall be debatable for 
10 minutes, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on International Relations.
  The original proponents of the amendment offered en bloc shall have 
permission to insert statements in the Congressional Record immediately 
before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.
  Are there any amendments to the bill?


                   Amendment offered by Mr. BROWNBACK

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Brownback: In section 2101(a)(1) 
     (relating to the Diplomatic and Consular Programs) strike 
     ``$1,676,903,000'' and insert ``$1,656,903,000''.
       In section 2101(a)(2) (relating to the Salaries and 
     Expenses) strike ``$355,287,000'' and insert 
     ``$335,287,000''.
       In section 2101(a)(4) (relating to Acquisition and 
     Maintenance of Buildings Aboard) strike ``$391,760,000 for 
     fiscal year 1997'' and insert ``$376,760,000 for fiscal year 
     1997''.
       In section 2101(a)(7) (relating to the Office of the 
     Inspector General) strike ``$23,469,000 for fiscal year 
     1997'' and insert ``$21,469,000 for fiscal year 1997''.
       In section 2101(a)(8) (relating to the Payment to the 
     American Institute in Taiwan) strike ``$14,710,000'' and 
     insert ``$13,710,000''.
       In section 2102(a) (relating to the Assessed Contributions 
     to International Organizations) strike ``$867,050,000'' and 
     insert ``$828,388,000''.
       In section 2102(b)(1) (relating to the Voluntary 
     Contributions to International Organizations) strike 
     ``$302,920,000'' and insert ``$290,680,000''.
       In section 2102(c)(1) (relating to Assessed Contributions 
     for International Peacekeeping) strike ``$345,000,000'' and 
     insert ``$300,000,000''.
       In section 2102(d)(1) (relating to the Voluntary 
     Contributions to Peacekeeping Operations) strike ``and 
     $68,260,000 for fiscal year 1997'' and insert ``and 
     $62,260,000 for fiscal year 1997''.
       In section 2102(e)(1) (relating to the International 
     Conferences and Contingencies) strike ``$6,000,000'' and 
     insert ``$5,000,000''.
       In section 2106(1) (relating to Salaries and Expenses) 
     strike ``$428,080,000'' and insert ``$407,080,000''.
       In section 2106(3)(A) (relating to Fulbright Academic 
     Exchange Programs) strike ``$113,680,000'' and insert 
     ``$93,680,000''.
       In section 2106(3)(F) (relating to Other Programs) strike 
     ``$87,341,400'' and insert ``$67,341,400''.
       In section 2106(4)(A) (relating to International 
     Broadcasting Activities) strike ``$286,191,000'' and insert 
     ``$256,191,000''.
       In section 2106(5) (relating to Radio Construction) strike 
     ``$67,647,000'' and insert ``$57,647,000''.
       In section 2106(9) (relating to the Center for Cultural and 
     Technical Interchange between East and West) strike 
     ``$10,000,000'' and insert ``$8,000,000''.
       In section 2106(10) (relating to the National Endowment for 
     Democracy) strike ``$34,000,000 for fiscal year 1997'' and 
     insert ``$32,000,000 for fiscal year 1997''.
       In section 2107(1) (relating to the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency) strike ``$40,500,000'' and insert 
     ``$39,500,000''.
       In section 3101 (relating to the Foreign Military Financing 
     Program) strike ``$3,240,020,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,226,020,000''.
       In section 3201 (relating to the Economic Support Fund) 
     strike ``$2,283,478,000'' and insert ``$2,248,478,000''.
       In section 3221(a)(1) (relating to the Development 
     Assistance Fund) strike ``for each of fiscal years 1996 and 
     1997'' and insert ``for fiscal year 1996 and $745,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1997''.
       In section 3221(a)(2) (relating to the Development Fund for 
     Africa) strike ``for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997'' and 
     insert ``for fiscal year 1996 and $614,214,000 for fiscal 
     year 1997''.
       In section 3221(a)(3) (relating to the Assistance for 
     Independent States for the Former Soviet Union) strike 
     ``$650,000,000'' and insert ``$625,000,000''.
       In section 3221(a)(5) (relating to the Inter-American 
     Foundation) strike ``$10,000,000'' and insert ``$7,000,000''.
       In section 3221(a)(6) (relating to the African Development 
     Foundation) strike ``$5,000,000'' and insert ``$4,000,000''.
       In section 3222(3) (relating to the Operating Expenses of 
     the Office of the Inspector General) strike ``$31,685,000'' 
     and insert ``$30,685,000''.
       In section 3261 (relating to the Peace Corps) strike ``for 
     each of the fiscal years 1966 and 1977'' and insert ``fiscal 
     year 1996 and $215,000,000 for fiscal year 1997''.

  Mr. BROWNBACK (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Kansas?
  There was no objection.
  (Mr. BROWNBACK asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. Chairman, in cooperation with the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Gilman], the chairman, we are offering this amendment to 
bring H.R. 1561 in line with the budget resolution adopted last week. 
This amendment seeks further reductions and efficiencies without 
cutting essential functions that would support our national security, 
trade, or humanitarian interests.
  Members will recall we voted to support $18.2 billion for function 
150 spending in fiscal year 1996. Working with the chairman and the 
other members of the Committee on International Relations, we have 
crafted a bill to cut approximately $1 billion from programs under our 
jurisdiction, which, along with cuts from programs outside our 
jurisdiction, reaches the Committee on the Budget's targets.
  For fiscal year 1997, the Committee on International Relations cut 
$1.5 billion from the foreign affairs budget, but since the Committee 
on International Relations was preparing this bill at the same time as 
the Committee on the Budget was crafting the budget resolution, we were 
not able to conform our numbers to the budget resolution. Therfore, my 
amendment is necessary to cut an additional $477.9 million from the 
bill so we can reach the Committee on the Budget's mandate and what 
this House voted on of $16.8 billion for fiscal year 1997.
  There are some very clear and specific reasons why we need to do 
this. This amendment is crucial, first of all, Mr. Chairman, because we 
are broke. I want to turn Members' attention to the chart I have here 
which shows just where we are going with the Federal debt. We are at 
nearly $5 trillion today.
  Under President Clinton's proposed budget, we would get to nearly $7 
trillion by the year 2000, and the red ink continues to pile on. We 
cannot afford to continue to spend as much as we have on any program. 
That is why we passed a budget resolution last week that balances the 
budget by 2002 so our kids do not have to pay off our red ink. That is 
why we have to bring H.R. 1561 into compliance with that resolution.

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  People on the other side of the aisle will say that we are 
isolationists. I would refute that because of the number of things the 
Republican Party has [[Page H5451]] done over the years to disprove 
that, and I would further say we may become a nation of isolationists 
if we do not get our fiscal house in order, because we are not going to 
have any more credit to be able to extend across the rest of the globe 
because of being broke.
  There will be those that will say, as well, that this amendment is an 
outrage, that we cannot make these types of cuts, that it will kill 
U.S. foreign policy. To them I respond that what is outrageous to the 
American people is that Congress has mindlessly spent them into debt to 
the tune of nearly $5 trillion. It is an outrage that we have left this 
mortgage on America to our kids.
  I would ask, will it kill foreign policy if we cut funding to the 
U.N. Industrial Development Organization, when we already have provided 
multilateral development assistance through the World Bank? Will it 
kill foreign policy if we force the State Department to close 
extraneous consulates and
 reduce the size of bloated embassy staffs? Will it kill foreign policy 
if we reduce educational and cultural exchange programs?

  We are all going to have to sacrifice to balance this budget, to be 
able to get it in line so we do not sacrifice our kids because we were 
not willing to make the tough choices and the tough cuts. The 
sacrifices that we are asking to recipients of foreign aid are not 
inordinate, not whatsoever, given our precarious financial situation 
and the mountains and mountains of debt that we are piling on future 
generations.
  We must sacrifice to achieve fiscal stability. We must get our own 
fiscal house in order for this country to be strong and grow into the 
future so our children can have a foreign policy, so they can push the 
initiatives that we desire rather than paying off our debt. For that, I 
think we should ask this of the recipients of our foreign aid, to make 
these responsible and reasonable cuts.
  I submit this amendment, Mr. Chairman. I urge my colleagues to 
support and vote for the Brownback amendment. It gets us in line with 
the budget resolution passed by this body last week. It staunches the 
flow of red ink.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the Brownback 
amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, this is not even a pennywise issue. It is an issue that 
goes to the very heart of cutting what I think is one of the most 
important programs that this country has to offer, the U.S. Peace 
Corps.
  The gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], the chairman, has already 
reduced the President's request for the Peace Corps by $3 million. In 
tight times, although I do not like the reduction, I think we can live 
with that, but this amendment goes far beyond that. Now is the time in 
American history when we need to strengthen American awareness and 
American involvement in cost-effective ways abroad, and I think the 
Peace Corps does that.
  Now is the time we need Americans working in Eastern Europe and South 
America, in Eastern Asia. I know, and nine other colleagues of mine in 
this body know what it is like to have been working in the Peace Corps 
because we were all former Peace Corps volunteers.
  The 2 years that we spent overseas really taught us, and I think each 
of us and all of the other thousands of returned Peace Corps volunteers 
have been able to come home with a language, with an understanding of a 
culture, with an understanding of foreign governments, with an 
understanding of how to build infrastructure in a cost-effective way. 
Let me give one example.
  We talk a lot about foreign aid and how we are going to try to get 
the world community into education. Most people do not realize that in 
developing countries, the youth of those countries in the rural areas 
have to deal with the basic necessities of life. Most of their time is 
spent gathering water. Indeed, if you want to have children go to 
school, you have to build a water system, because they are needed for 
the labor to support the families.
  That is not going to be done by sophisticated foreign aid projects or 
international diplomacy. That is going to be done by people in the very 
areas, in the rural areas of this world being able to work with the 
people to develop the self-help programs that they need, to develop the 
infrastructure so that indeed we can have a stabilized world.
  Also I would like to mention that the Peace Corps has been, 
throughout its history, strongly supported in a bipartisan fashion. I 
think to take this partisan amendment and to reduce the Peace Corps is 
essentially a blow to the strongest program that we have had throughout 
this world. There is not a country where the Peace Corps has served or 
is being asked to serve that does not realize the benefit that they 
provide in having a two-way system where volunteers from the United 
States of all ages can go and spend 2 years of their life working in a 
country, and at the same time come back with the strength of knowing 
the rest of the world.
  I am in strong support of reauthorizing the program. I regret that it 
is going to be even reduced by the $3 million from what the President 
has requested, but this amendment goes much further than that. It is 
very destructive, and I urge its defeat.
  Mr. SALMON. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Brownback].
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Arizona [Mr. 
Salmon] for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, to respond quickly to the comment on the cuts in the 
Peace Corps, which I think is an excellent program, a very worthwhile 
program, I would note in our cuts that we are proposing it is a 2-
percent cut in the Peace Corps. At a time when we have just got to 
balance the budget and we cannot afford to stack more debt on future 
generations, I think that is a responsible cut so that our future kids 
and our children can be in the Peace Corps as well.
  Mr. SALMON. Mr. Chairman, I urge support for the well-crafted 
Brownback amendment. It is never easy to reduce Government spending but 
this amendment protects our top priorities while meeting our 
obligations to our children and our grandchildren to balance the budget 
by the year 2002. This amendment protects critical aid to our allies, 
Israel and Egypt, and ensures substantial levels of aid to the hungry 
and the needy across the world, while acknowledging that given $200 
billion annual deficits, some programs like cultural exchange programs 
will have to look more to the private sector that to taxpayers and to 
deficit spending.
  I urge bipartisan support for the Brownback amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Chabot].
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, I commend the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Brownback] for 
this important amendment. The people of this country spoke loudly and 
clearly last November. They clearly said, ``Balance the budget,'' and 
not by raising taxes but by cutting spending.
  One area that the American people said to cut is foreign aid. While I 
strongly agree with the sentiment of the American people that foreign 
aid must be cut, what the gentleman from Kansas does in this amendment 
is to make additional cuts of approximately $477 million. If we are 
going to ask some Americans, for example, those who are dependent upon 
welfare, to be less dependent on the Government, then surely we must 
insist that other countries be less dependent on our Government as 
well.
  I strongly support the Brownback amendment and I urge its adoption.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SALMON. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, let me end up by saying when the budget resolution was 
passed, it was passed about the same time we were working on this bill. 
We are $477 million short of what the budget resolution requires, so it 
is really important that we pass this amendment.
  It is going to take the overall foreign aid cuts down by about $2 
billion, but at a time when the American people are being asked to bite 
the bullet as far as spending is concerned, it is only reasonable to 
say that we ought to cut foreign spending as well, so the cut of $2 
billion and this additional cut of $477 million is in order. I urge my 
colleagues to support this amendment.

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  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words, and I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, this afternoon the President said in his news 
conference that we should not handcuff the President. ``If this bill 
passes,'' he is referring to the bill we are debating now on the floor, 
``if this bill passes in its present form, I will veto it.''
  I think all of us understand that it takes the Congress and the 
President working together to make American foreign policy. What we 
have now is kind of two ships passing in the night without dialog, 
without discussion and without debate, and we simply are fooling 
ourselves on this floor if we think we are making foreign policy. At 
the present time we are really engaged in kind of a political exercise, 
so far as I can see.
  If this amendment passes, it will only make more difficult the 
accommodation that simply has to come about eventually between the 
President and the U.S. Congress in making foreign policy.
  I am fully aware, of course, of the great popularity of cutting the 
budget and of cutting foreign aid. There are very few among us who do 
not recognize that that is a popular exercise. I want to lay out on the 
record, although I think I know how the votes fall here, the impact of 
this amendment.
  Foreign aid has already been cut since 1985 by 40 percent. All of the 
foreign affairs agencies have undergone downsizing, and more downsizing 
is scheduled to come this year.
  The committee bill that has been reported out unanimously on the 
majority side already cuts current levels of foreign assistance by 9 
percent. The Brownback amendment increases that cut to 12 percent. One 
really wonders how far you go in this cutting game and still be able to 
maintain a semblance of leadership in the world. If cutting 12 is good, 
then why not cut 20, 30, 40, or 50 percent? Why stop now?
  This amendment cuts another $58 million from the State Department. 
That is on top of $90 million in cuts in the bill already from 1995 
levels. This amendment cuts 13 percent from an already low 
authorization for U.N. peacekeeping. We are adding almost weekly 
additional burdens on the United Nations for peacekeeping, and we are 
demanding more and more of the United Nations while we cut their budget 
more and more.
  This amendment cuts another 4\1/2\ percent from our assessed 
international organization contributions. It cuts almost 9 percent from 
the contributions we make voluntarily for international peacekeeping, 
and it makes further additional cuts in economic assistance, especially 
development assistance. It would cut development assistance another 13 
percent, and that results in a total cut of nearly 45 percent between 
fiscal year 1995 and fiscal year 1997.
  I understand that I have thrown a lot of statistics out, but I hope, 
in sum, they convey to Members how deeply these cuts are impacting, or 
will impact, American foreign policy and one of its important tools, 
the foreign aid bill.
  The New Independent States will take additional reductions here on 
top of the 20 percent from the President's fiscal year 1996 request. As 
my colleague from California has argued, we will also be cutting the 
Peace Corps, one of the most successful programs that we have had and 
one that enjoys overwhelming bipartisan support.
  That, then, is the impact. But let me return to the principal point. 
The President has made his position clear. Are we in this House going 
to be a part of the process and work with him for an accommodation, or 
are we simply going to play a political game here with no real 
relevance to the foreign policymaking process?
  I urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment.
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  Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the 
requisite number of words.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by 
Representative Brownback. Foreign aid must not be sacrificed in order 
to fund the Republican effort to balance the budget by any means 
necessary. Just as no man is an island, no country is isolated. America 
has always been a leader in foreign relations. We must continue to 
encourage diplomacy with our international neighbors.
  This amendment will diminish our leadership in world affairs. U.S. 
interests and security dictate that we play a vital role in world 
affairs. This amendment will ensure that this legislation serves as a 
wall between ourselves and other countries.
  Foreign aid is in the best interest of the United States. Maintaining 
effective aid programs will help developing countries make gains in 
health care, educational opportunities and small business development. 
We must be committed to creating an environment that promotes fair 
trade and investment opportunities. This will lead to sustained 
economic progress for both sides.
  If we leave our world neighbors in the lurch it will certainly come 
back to haunt us. In a dangerous world, we are foregoing the protection 
that foreign assistance can often provide. This amendment undercuts our 
ability to conduct diplomacy, create new markets, and protect U.S. 
interests.
  Foreign aid programs should not be singled out to fund the Republican 
goal of reducing the Federal budget by any means necessary. This 
amendment will undermine U.S. leadership in the world. This bill is a 
step in the wrong direction.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to oppose this measure.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite 
number of words.
  Mr. Chairman, I just want to make a couple of real brief points. We 
are going to be spending $17\1/2\ billion, that is $17.5 billion, in 
foreign assistance. Sure, we are cutting $2 billion, but we are still 
sending $17\1/2\ billion of taxpayers' money overseas. That is a lot of 
money.
  For my colleagues who know we are under severe budgetary constraints, 
to say we are not doing enough for the rest of the world, they need to 
start telling us where they think we ought to cut. We have not had many 
suggestions from the other side on where to cut spending. Every time we 
bring a bill to the floor that cuts spending to get us on a trend line 
to a balanced budget, everybody starts complaining and says, oh my 
gosh, you are going to hurt these people, and this group and this 
group. The fact of the matter is the people who are getting hurt the 
most in the country are the American taxpayers, because the deficit 
continues to go up and up and up and the interest on the debt goes up 
and we have to do something about it.
  So, the $2 billion out of the $19.5 billion we are sending overseas, 
a $2 billion cut is justifiable. We are not relinquishing our position 
in the world as the world leader, we are still helping wherever we can. 
We are going to be helping starving children, we are going to be 
helping countries rebuild, we are going to be helping countries do a 
lot of things, but at the same time we are doing it in a much more 
responsible way, we are watching taxpayers' money and spending 
taxpayers' dollar wisely, and that is the thing we should be doing.
  So when my good friends on the other side of the aisle start 
complaining about where we are making these cuts, I hope everybody will 
remember the cuts have to be made. Otherwise we are going to have a 
fiscal disaster in the country in about the next 6 or 7 years. We have 
to have a balanced budget by the year 2002. We in the Republican 
leadership are heading in that direction, and this is one step that 
must be taken.
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, I understand this amendment would reduce from the 
committee-passed bill an additional $478 million in fiscal year 1997 
authorizations. So on top of the $2 billion reduction in the 150 
account that the budget resolution and this bill impose on our 
diplomatic and foreign relations account, the amendment further 
squeezes the whole series of accounts in the foreign affairs budget.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield.
  Mr. BERMAN. Sure; I yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, as I understand it, the cut 
originally proposed is $1.5 billion, and this [[Page H5453]] takes us 
close to $2 billion, so it was not $2 billion initially, and this takes 
us to $477 million more.
  Mr. BERMAN. The 150 account covers the items in this bill and the 
multilateral banks which are all tools of our foreign policy interests 
and the PL-480 program, which is not authorized in this bill. The 150 
function, the most reduced function in the Federal Government over the 
last 10 years, which accounts for about 1.3 percent of our Federal 
spending, is being reduced as I understand it by close to $2 billion 
below last year's spending, $3 billion below the administration's 
request, and now in fiscal year 1997 we have a further cut.
  I do not understand, and I would like to hear laid out at some point 
in this thing just how you think the foreign relations functions of the 
Federal Government are going to work to serve American interests. I 
listened during the general debate on this bill to your colleague from 
Oregon who said functions run by the Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency, functions run by the Agency for International Development, 
functions
 run by the USIA are irrelevant in the post-cold war era. He does not 
think that verification and monitoring of arms control agreements has 
relevance simply because the cold war has ended? The fact that the 
republics, that Russia in particular has a substantial number of 
nuclear weapons left, that we are going to try and ratify and enforce a 
chemical weapons treaty to get rid of these functions, he does not 
think that radio broadcasts into totalitarian countries which do not 
allow free press still have some relevance, and world is all safe, the 
cold war is over?

  We know that many of you do not believe that because you are 
concerned, understandably and correctly, about the level of defense 
spending. We know what history has brought us. We know the end of World 
War I led to just this kind of dynamic pullout from the world, go back, 
Fortress America. We heard one member of our committee talk about 
America First and for once, as if being involved with an active 
diplomatic agenda was not putting America first, that this was not all 
about serving America's interests.
  We know the history of what happened between the wars. We know what 
happened after World War II. We know that the bipartisan leadership 
after World War II decided to do it a different way, and the result was 
that we had a long and difficult and expensive cold war, but ultimately 
we won it.
  But we also know that there are threats of terrorism and 
proliferation and famine and poverty, all of which, apart from the 
humanitarian interests, undermine our own interests in the strength of 
future global markets, of regional stability, of controlling the 
proliferation of nuclear weapons, and I am telling you, I understand 
your focus on the deficit. I do not share where you want to go in the 
end, but I really think taking the function of government which has 
been the most cut for the past 10 years and thinking you can through 
drastic cuts and micromanagement run 
foreign policy in a way that maintains America's international 
leadership is terribly mistaken.
  I urge this amendment be defeated. I think this is no longer a bill 
that just constrains the cuts to what were originally proposed. You are 
now going further, slashing even more than the bill that the committee 
brought to the floor, and I urge that the Brownback amendment be 
defeated.
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number 
of words.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. I yield to the gentleman from Kansas.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I 
just point out in response to the last speaker briefly that was saying 
that we are pulling out completely away from the world, going 
isolationist on our policies, that what my amendment proposes is a 3-
percent cut overall in the 150 account. A 3-percent cut it seems to me 
hardly qualifies for us completely disengaging in the world, 
particularly how engaged the United States is militarily, trade 
security. And also I would point out specifically on the Arms Control 
and Disarmament Agency area cut, it is an additional $1 million, $1 
million cut, which again I do not believe really qualifies for the 
overstatement the gentleman has given of we are pulling out of the 
world.
  What these are are targeted, specific cuts that, what we are trying 
to get at is balancing the budget, and if not this area, then somewhere 
else.
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the 
Brownback amendment. First of all, we are cutting the budget in order 
to balance the budget in the long run. And in doing so, we are cutting 
domestic programs, not drastically, but we are making prudent cuts 
throughout our domestic programs.
  What we are suggesting here is that American foreign aid and what we 
give to others through, for our benevolence and other reasons, should 
also be reduced to be fair to our own people during this time of 
domestic budget cuts.
  Overall, as we put the budget together, we plan to cut 9 percent, 
that is $1.5 billion, from the spending level from last year, and the 
gentleman from Oregon [Mr. Brownback] is simply adding another 3 
percent to that level of cuts, which leaves us $16.7 billion in aid 
left.
  In the post-cold-war world that should make sense to the American 
people. If the American people want us to spend more and more money, 
more than $16.7 billion on direct foreign aid, let me note in terms of 
our foreign policy and in terms of foreign aid, in terms of what we are 
doing overseas, $16.7 billion outside of the military and what we are 
doing in the military seems like a prudent number.
  In the post-cold-war world we do not have to spend as much as we did 
in the cold-war era. That makes sense, and it is not fair to our own 
people if we do not make prudent cuts. And we are not withdrawing from 
the world. We are just saying from now on, because we bore the whole 
burden of the cold war, because we, the American people, decided that 
we had to protect the world against communism and yes, before that, 
against fascism and Japanese militarism, and yes, before that, against 
the Germans invading Western Europe, but the fact of the matter is the 
American people do not have to bear all of the burdens of the world any 
longer. What we are saying is not isolationism, but that when we are 
spending our hard-earned tax dollars we must, No. 1, make sure that all 
of those dollars are being spent in the interests of the United States, 
and yes, there is a benevolent interest to the United States, but in 
essence we want to make sure that we are spending money that is in our 
interest, and also that the dollars are being spent effectively.
  We are spending things in this, even left in the budget, we are 
spending things like for example paying for birth control for India, at 
a time when India ends up spending their money on developing nuclear 
weapons. That is not even cut out of this budget. I will tell Members 
if it was up to this Congressman we would cut a lot more out of the 
budget. And the gentleman from Oregon [Mr. Brownback] has been 
absolutely responsible. I salute him, and I salute the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Gilman]. They have done a tremendous job, and I think 
they are trying to make our foreign aid more effective and they are 
trying to do what is in the interests of this country.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from California [Mr. 
Rohrabacher] has expired.
  (On request of Mr. Berman, and by unanimous consent, Mr. Rohrabacher 
was allowed to proceed for 2 additional minutes.)
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. We can 
go through foreign aid budgets and we can talk about any specific 
program, but I have worked with the gentleman on a number of issues, 
and, for instance, I know of his support and the importance he gives, 
unlike some of his colleagues, to, for instance, the surrogate 
broadcasting, the getting information into countries where there is not 
either a well-developed institutional free press and broadcasting, or 
totalitarian states where they block it.
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. That is correct.
  Mr. BERMAN. I look at the Brownback amendment and I say we started 
out with a bill that in fiscal year 1996, $121 million in reductions 
for [[Page H5454]] USIA, USIA's presence abroad cut by 10 percent, a 
thousand positions in USIA eliminated. Broadcasting cut by over 10 
percent, impairing the agency's ability to broadcast to the Middle 
East, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, other important areas.

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  Let me just make the last one. Then under the Brownback amendment, we 
cut an additional $10 million for radio construction.
  You and I, I thought, were hoping to create a support for Radio Free 
Asia transmitters, Free Asia transmitters construction expenses, get 
radio, get information into China, $30 million more in additional cuts, 
millions for broadcasting. I feel like I hear a mechanistic debate. We 
talk numbers, only 3 percent, 5 percent.
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Reclaiming my time, I will give you a better 
example. As you know, both of us have worked together for National 
Endowment for Democracy. No one has been a stronger supporter for 
National Endowment for Democracy than I have been. Yet, in the 
Brownback amendment, I understand they take another $2 million out of 
the NED budget. Yet we are in a situation where we owe it to our own 
people, even though we have priorities we would like to spend money on, 
to cut moneys out to make them more effective. Cutting the budget does 
not mean it is less effectively spent.
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  You know, this debate that we are having here today is more than just 
about dollars. This debate basically is about political power. What we 
are hearing today is the President down at the Rose Garden saying that 
Congress is going to clip his wings. That is not true at all.
  When our forefathers met in Philadelphia, they set up a Government 
with a separation of powers, some powers delegated to the executive, 
some to the judicial, some to the executive, legislative.
  Since up to the Second World War, Congress was always involved in 
foreign affairs, but during the Second World War and after, because of 
the cold war and the President had to respond quickly, Congress 
abdicated these powers to the executive.
  What we are saying now basically is that we are going to take some of 
these powers back. So it is not that we are cutting a billion dollars 
out of the $17 billion we are shipping overseas, which is really a 
pittance, the real issue here is what is Congress' role in foreign 
affairs? What is Congress' role in foreign policy?
  And we, the more conservative element, are saying Congress should be 
involved because Congress speaks for the people, and when our 
forefathers set up the Constitution, they said, for example, the 
President our Executive, can ask for a declaration of war, but only 
Congress can declare war.
  All the way down the line we have certain responsibilities given to 
the Congress, certain to the Presidency, certain to the judiciary, but 
in the last 50 years Congress has abdicated all of its powers and given 
them to the Presidency.
  Now, in this particular bill we have some $17 billion in cuts. The 
argument here has been made with the $250 billion deficit, is that too 
much to ask? I do not think so. One of reasons the Soviet Union fell, 
we no longer have the Soviet Union, it is ancient history, is because 
they went bankrupt. Why? Because they spent themselves into bankruptcy.
  While we are richer than old Soviet Union was, the truth of the 
matter is we are facing a $4.9 trillion national debt. We cannot keep 
going in this direction.
  I know it is hard to change. Machiavelli told us
   that in his famous book ``The Prince,'' that one of most difficult 
things to do is change, and we are changing. But there is still old 
thinking, the old mentality of the liberal welfare state; yes, we have 
welfare at home and we are going to have welfare overseas.

  While we are changing the welfare at home, why not change the welfare 
overseas, too? You know, the only time a family can help itself and 
help its neighbors is when the family is able to take care of itself. 
When a family spends itself into bankruptcy, they cannot take care of 
their brothers or sisters or anyone else down the street. That is 
basically what we are saying here today. We have got to start taking 
care of our own problems here at home or else we will not be able to 
take care of anyone's problems.
  We are now to the point, with a $4.9 trillion national debt, that we 
have got to stop and say, hey, wait a minute, we have got to stop and 
say, hey, wait a minute, we have got to stop and analyze where we are 
going.
  There is a beautiful book, not a beautiful book but an interesting 
book, called ``Wild Ride.'' You see it on the newsstand today. It is 
about that famous Kentucky horse farm, Calumet. They had so much money 
they thought they would never come to the end of dollars. What happened 
one day, they woke up and they were broke. You know something, when you 
see what happened to that farm, it is the same thing, a metaphor of 
what is happening here in the Congress and our own Government.
  Let us start taking care of the problems we have got at home. Let us 
watch the dollars we have in our pocket because these pockets are empty 
and we have got to start analyzing where our money is going to come 
from and how we are going to set our priorities.
  There are many areas in this budget, when we passed the balanced 
budget on Thursday, that cut much, much deeper than we are cutting in 
foreign aid. We do not need the crocodile tears on foreign aid. We are 
still sending billions overseas, and we are not nearly cutting as much 
in foreign aid as we are some of our domestic programs.
  Mr. KASICH. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ROTH. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. KASICH. I just want to take a minute here and compliment the 
gentleman from Kansas for trying to get this overall spending level in 
1997 to concur with the spending level in the Committee on the Budget 
resolution, and I want to associate myself with the remarks from 
various speakers who have risen in support of the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Brownback].
  We will still have a very robust program.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Roth] has 
expired.
  (At the request of Mr. Kasich and by unanimous consent, Mr. Roth was 
allowed to proceed for 2 additional minutes.)
  Mr. KASICH. If the gentleman will yield further, we will still have a 
robust program that will promote U.S. interests around the world, but, 
frankly, I think that the foreign aid budget for too long has 
represented an awful lot of interests that are not necessarily in line 
with promoting direct U.S. national interests.
  Frankly, I think that the foreign aid bill to a large degree has 
become a bill that represents corporate welfare, and we have a number 
of changes in this bill.
  This is only part of our attempt to get in the middle of reform. 
Frankly, the multilateral banks are another area where we will be 
directing some change.
  But I think that the gentleman from Kansas is proposing makes good 
sense, and, frankly, I would be pretty well surprised if we did not get 
strong bipartisan support for this proposal.
  I mean, if you are interested in responding to what your constituents 
want, which is a tight-fisted, responsible foreign aid budget, you want 
to come to the floor and support Brownback, and this will be able to 
accomplish our goals around the world, but do it in a way that is 
responsive to hardworking Americans.
  So I want to appreciate the gentleman yielding this time to me and 
would urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to come to 
the floor, conform this to the budget resolution, support the Brownback 
amendment.
  Mr. ROTH. I thank the gentleman for his contribution.
  I think it is true when you take a look at, for example, AID, and the 
gentleman from Ohio was talking about corporate welfare, well, we have 
a lot of waste, fraud, and abuse in these programs, and if the American 
people were voting here today, believe me, they would have much deeper 
cuts than we are asking for. [[Page H5455]] 
  The President just had a news conference at the Rose Garden. Again, I 
want to point this out, he said that the Congress basically is going to 
be clipping his wings. He needs more power in foreign affairs. The 
truth of the matter is that he has had all the power in foreign 
affairs.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Committee will rise informally in order that the 
House may receive a message.

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