[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 31 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H1987-H2032]
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 CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1561, FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, 
                       FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey submitted the following conference report and 
statement on 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:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 104-478)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to 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, having met, 
     after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and 
     do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate 
     amendment, insert the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:

         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.

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

Sec. 211. Abolition of United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
              Agency.
Sec. 212. Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.
Sec. 213. Coordinator for Arms Control and Disarmament.

                    Chapter 3--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 221. References.

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Sec. 222. Repeal of establishment of ACDA.
Sec. 223. Repeal of positions and offices.
Sec. 224. Authorities of Secretary of State.
Sec. 225. 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

Sec. 311. Abolition of United States Information Agency.
Sec. 312. Transfer of functions.
Sec. 313. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy.

                    Chapter 3--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 321. References in law.
Sec. 322. Amendments to title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 323. Amendments to United States Information and Educational 
              Exchange Act of 1948.
Sec. 324. Amendments to Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
              1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act).
Sec. 325. International broadcasting activities.
Sec. 326. Television broadcasting to Cuba.
Sec. 327. Radio broadcasting to Cuba.
Sec. 328. National Endowment for Democracy.
Sec. 329. United States scholarship program for developing countries.
Sec. 330. Fascell Fellowship Board.
Sec. 331. National Security Education Board.
Sec. 332. Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between North 
              and South.
Sec. 333. Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East 
              and West.
Sec. 334. Mission of Department of State.
Sec. 335. Consolidation of administrative services.
Sec. 336. Grants.
Sec. 337. Ban on domestic activities.
Sec. 338. Conforming repeal to Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
Sec. 339. Repeal relating to procurement of legal services.
Sec. 340. Repeal relating to payment of subsistence expenses.
Sec. 341. Conforming amendment to SEED Act.
Sec. 342. International Cultural and Trade Center Commission.
Sec. 343. Other laws referenced in Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977.
Sec. 344. Exchange program with countries in transition from 
              totalitarianism to democracy.
Sec. 345. Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship Program.
Sec. 346. Implementation of Convention on Cultural Property.
Sec. 347. Mike Mansfield Fellowships.
Sec. 348. United States Advisory Committee for Public Diplomacy.

             TITLE IV--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 401. Effective date.

   Chapter 2--Abolition of Agency for International Development and 
                         Transfer of Functions

Sec. 411. Abolition of Agency for International Development and United 
              States International Development Cooperation Agency.
Sec. 412. Transfer of functions.
Sec. 413. Under Secretary of State for Development and for Economic and 
              Commercial Affairs.
Sec. 414. Abolition of Office of Inspector General of Agency for 
              International Development and transfer of functions.
Sec. 415. Abolition of Office of Chief Financial Officer of Agency for 
              International Development and transfer of functions.

                    Chapter 3--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 421. References.
Sec. 422. Exercise of functions by Secretary of State.
Sec. 423. Repeal of positions; employment and contracting authorities.
Sec. 424. Development Loan Committee.
Sec. 425. Development Coordination Committee.
Sec. 426. Public Law 83-480 program.
Sec. 427. Conforming amendments to title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 428. Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee.
Sec. 429. Additional conforming amendments.

                 TITLE V--OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL

Sec. 501. Repeal relating to Inspector General for United States Arms 
              Control and Disarmament Agency.
Sec. 502. Abolition of Office of Inspector General of United States 
              Information Agency and transfer of functions.

                          TITLE VI--TRANSITION

               Chapter 1--Reorganization Plan and Waiver

Sec. 601. Reorganization plan.
Sec. 602. Waiver.

                  Chapter 2--Reorganization Authority

Sec. 611. Reorganization authority.
Sec. 612. Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel.
Sec. 613. Incidental transfers.
Sec. 614. Effect on personnel.
Sec. 615. Transition fund.
Sec. 616. Savings provisions.
Sec. 617. Property and facilities.
Sec. 618. Authority of Secretary of State to facilitate transition.
Sec. 619. Recommendations for additional conforming amendments.
Sec. 620. Final report.
Sec. 621. Transfer of function.
Sec. 622. Severability.

              DIVISION B--FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS

                      TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Definitions.

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

Sec. 1101. Administration of foreign affairs.
Sec. 1102. International organizations, programs, and conferences.
Sec. 1103. International commissions.
Sec. 1104. Migration and refugee assistance.
Sec. 1105. Asia Foundation.
Sec. 1106. United States informational, educational, and cultural 
              programs.
Sec. 1107. United States arms control and disarmament.
Sec. 1108. Administration of foreign assistance.
Sec. 1109. Narcotics control assistance.
Sec. 1110. Peace Corps.
Sec. 1111. Housing guarantee program.

       TITLE XII--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 Chapter 1--Authorities and Activities

Sec. 1201. Revision of Department of State rewards program.
Sec. 1202. Buying power maintenance account.
Sec. 1203. Expenses relating to certain international claims and 
              proceedings.
Sec. 1204. Denial of passports to noncustodial parents subject to State 
              arrest warrants in cases of nonpayment of child support.
Sec. 1205. Training.
Sec. 1206. Capital Investment Fund.
Sec. 1207. Lease-purchase of overseas property.
Sec. 1208. Fees for commercial services.
Sec. 1209. Reduction of reporting requirements.
Sec. 1210. Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms.
Sec. 1211. International Center reserve funds.
Sec. 1212. Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in 
              environmental, scientific, cultural, and related areas.
Sec. 1213. Efficiency in procurement.
Sec. 1214. Concerning the use of funds to further normalize relations 
              with Vietnam.
Sec. 1215. Diplomatic Telecommunications Service.

       Chapter 2--Consular Authorities of the Department of State

Sec. 1231. Fees for machine readable visas.
Sec. 1232. Fingerprint check requirement.
Sec. 1233. Use of certain passport processing fees for enhanced 
              passport services.
Sec. 1234. Consular officers.
Sec. 1235. Fee for diversity immigrant lottery.
Sec. 1236. Fee for execution of passport applications.
Sec. 1237. Exclusion from the United States for membership in a 
              terrorist organization.
Sec. 1238. Terrorist Lookout Committees.
Sec. 1239. Incitement as a basis for exclusion from the United States.

                   Chapter 3--Refugees and Migration

Sec. 1251. Report to Congress concerning Cuban emigration policies.
Sec. 1252. Extension of certain adjudication provisions.
Sec. 1253. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of 
              refugees.
Sec. 1254. Report on Iraqi refugees.
Sec. 1255. Persecution for resistance to coercive population control 
              methods.
Sec. 1256. United States policy with respect to the involuntary return 
              of persons in danger of subjection to torture.

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

           Chapter 1--Organization of the Department of State

Sec. 1301. Coordinator for Counterterrorism.
Sec. 1302. Authority of United States Permanent Representative to the 
              United Nations.
Sec. 1303. Special Envoy for Tibet.
Sec. 1304. Responsibilities of bureau charged with migration and 
              refugee assistance.
Sec. 1305. Elimination of statutory establishment of certain positions 
              of the Department of State.
Sec. 1306. Management of the human resources of the Department of 
              State.

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

Sec. 1351. Authorized strength of the Foreign Service.
Sec. 1352. Restriction on lobbying activities of former United States 
              chiefs of mission.
Sec. 1353. Limitations on management assignments.
Sec. 1354. Nonovertime differential pay.
Sec. 1355. Recovery of costs of health care services.
Sec. 1356. Report on promotion and retention of personnel.
Sec. 1357. Foreign Service reform.

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

Sec. 1401. Availability of Voice of America and Radio Marti 
              multilingual computer readable text and voice recordings.
Sec. 1402. Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between North 
              and South.
Sec. 1403. Expansion of Muskie Fellowship Program.
Sec. 1404. Mansfield Fellowship Program requirements.
Sec. 1405. Pilot program on advertising on USIA television and radio 
              broadcasts.
Sec. 1406. Changes in administrative authorities.
Sec. 1407. Retention of interest.
Sec. 1408. Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange 
              programs.
Sec. 1409. Extension of Au Pair programs.
Sec. 1410. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for 
              Tibetans and Burmese.
Sec. 1411. Initiation of broadcasts by Radio Free Asia.
Sec. 1412. Distribution within the United States of the United States 
              Information Agency film entitled ``The Fragile Ring of 
              Life''.

         TITLE XV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 1501. Termination of United States participation in certain 
              international organizations.
Sec. 1502. International Boundary and Water Commission.
Sec. 1503. Prohibition on assistance to international organizations 
              espousing world government.
Sec. 1504. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Sec. 1505. United States participation in single commodity 
              international organizations.

  Chapter 2--United Nations and Affiliated Agencies and Organizations

Sec. 1521. Reform in budget decisionmaking procedures of the United 
              Nations and its specialized agencies.
Sec. 1522. Report on UNICEF.
Sec. 1523. United Nations budgetary and management reform.
Sec. 1524. Limitation on assessment percentage for peacekeeping 
              activities.
Sec. 1525. Annual report on United States contributions to United 
              Nations peacekeeping activities.
Sec. 1526. Prior congressional notification of Security Council votes 
              on United Nations peacekeeping activities.
Sec. 1527. Codification of required notice to Congress of proposed 
              United Nations peacekeeping activities.
Sec. 1528. Restrictions on intelligence sharing with the United 
              Nations.

                  TITLE XVI--FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

Sec. 1601. Applicability of Taiwan Relations Act.
Sec. 1602. Report on occupied Tibet.
Sec. 1603. Taipei Representative Office.
Sec. 1604. Efforts against emerging infectious diseases.
Sec. 1605. Statutory construction.
Sec. 1606. Reports regarding Hong Kong.
Sec. 1607. The United States-North Korea Agreed Framework of October 
              21, 1994, and the Korean Peninsula Energy Development 
              Organization (KEDO).
Sec. 1608. International criminal court participation.
Sec. 1609. Prohibition on the transfer of arms to Indonesia.
Sec. 1610. Bosnia and Herzegovina Self-Defense Fund.
Sec. 1611. Reports to Congress on aspects of implementation of the 
              General Framework Agreement.
Sec. 1612. Verification of Missile Technology Control Regime.
Sec. 1613. Repeal of termination of provisions of the Nuclear 
              Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994.
Sec. 1614. Payment of Iraqi claims.
Sec. 1615. International Fund for Ireland.
Sec. 1616. Deobligation of certain unexpended economic assistance 
              funds.
Sec. 1617. Limitation on assistance to countries that restrict the 
              transport or delivery of United States humanitarian 
              assistance.

                  TITLE XVII--CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS

Sec. 1701. The Laogai system of political prisons.
Sec. 1702. Declaration of Congress regarding United States Government 
              human rights policy toward China.
Sec. 1703. United States relations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
              Macedonia (FYROM).
Sec. 1704. Displaced persons.
Sec. 1705. Sense of Congress on border crossing fees.
Sec. 1706. Inter-American organizations.
Sec. 1707. Escalating costs for international peacekeeping activities.
Sec. 1708. Visit of the President of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
Sec. 1709. Republic of China on Taiwan's participation in GATT and WTO.
Sec. 1710. Industrial park for Gaza or the West Bank.
         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 1996''.

     SEC. 102. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

       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 United States 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 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 the foreign affairs 
     agencies of the United States within the Department of State;
       (2) to assist congressional efforts to balance the Federal 
     budget and reduce the Federal debt;
       (3) 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 Department of State;
       (4) to ensure that the United States maintains adequate 
     representation abroad within budgetary restraints;
       (5) to ensure that programs critical to the promotion of 
     United States national interests be maintained;
       (6) to encourage United States foreign affairs agencies to 
     maintain a high percentage of the best qualified, most 
     competent United States citizens serving in the United States 
     Government while downsizing significantly the total number of 
     people employed by such agencies;
       (7) 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
       (8) to abolish, not later than March 1, 1997, the United 
     States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the United States 
     Information Agency, the United States International 
     Development Cooperation Agency, and the Agency for 
     International Development.

     SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS.

       The following terms have the following meanings for the 
     purposes of this division:
       (1) The term ``ACDA'' means the United States Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency.
       (2) The term ``AID'' means the Agency for International 
     Development.
       (3) 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.
       (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 on the earlier of--
       (1) March 1, 1997; or
       (2) the date of abolition of the United States Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency pursuant to the reorganization plan 
     described in section 601.
       (b) Exception.--This title shall not take effect if the 
     President waives the applicability of this title pursuant to 
     section 602.

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

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

       The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency is 
     abolished.

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     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 office or 
     component of such agency under any statute, reorganization 
     plan, Executive order, or other provision of law as of the 
     day before the effective date of this title, except as 
     otherwise provided in this division.

     SEC. 213. COORDINATOR FOR ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT.

       (a) Establishment of Coordinator for Arms Control and 
     Disarmament.--Section 1 of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsection (e):
       ``(e) Coordinator for Arms Control and Disarmament.--(1) 
     There shall be within the office of the Secretary of State a 
     Coordinator for Arms Control and Disarmament (hereafter in 
     this subsection 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.
       ``(2)(A) The Coordinator shall perform such duties and 
     exercise such power as the Secretary of State shall 
     prescribe.
       ``(B) The Coordinator shall be responsible for arms control 
     and disarmament matters. The Coordinator shall head the 
     Bureau of Arms Control and Disarmament.
       ``(3) 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.''.

                    CHAPTER 3--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 221. 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.

     SEC. 222. REPEAL OF ESTABLISHMENT OF ACDA.

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

     SEC. 223. 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).

     SEC. 224. AUTHORITIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

       (a) In General.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2551 et seq.) 
     is amended by striking ``Agency'' and ``Director'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``Department'' and ``Secretary'', 
     respectively.
       (2) No amendment shall be made under paragraph (1) to 
     references to the On-Site Inspection Agency or to the 
     Director of Central Intelligence.
       (b) Purpose.--Section 2 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2551) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking the second, fourth, fifth, and sixth 
     sentences; and
       (2) in the seventh sentence--
       (A) by striking ``It'' and all that follows through 
     ``State,'' and inserting ``The Department of State shall have 
     the authority''; and
       (B) by striking ``primary''.
       (c) Definitions.--Section 3 of such Act (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) of such Act (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 of 
     such Act (22 U.S.C. 2567) is amended by striking ``, acting 
     through the Director''.
       (f) Program for Visiting Scholars.--Section 28 of such Act 
     (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) of such Act (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 of such Act (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) of such Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2577(d)) is amended by striking ``Director's 
     designee'' and inserting ``Secretary's designee''.
       (j) General Authority.--Section 41 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2581) is repealed.
       (k) Security Requirements.--Section 45 of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2585) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (d); and
       (2) by striking ``(c)'' before ``The Atomic Energy 
     Commission''.
       (l) Use of Funds.--Section 48 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2588) 
     is repealed.
       (m) Annual Report.--Section 51(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2593a(a)) is amended by striking ``the Secretary of State,''.
       (n) Requirement for Authorization of Appropriations.--
     Section 53 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2593c) is repealed.
       (o) On-Site Inspection Agency.--Section 61 of such Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2595) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency is'' and inserting 
     ``Department of State and the Department of Defense are 
     respectively''; and
       (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ``the United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency and''.

     SEC. 225. 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 is 
     authorized, 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. 2797b(d)), by striking ``, 
     the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of the United 
     States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency'' and inserting 
     ``and the Secretary of Commerce''.
       (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) 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 below 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) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.--The Nuclear 
     Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 is amended--

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       (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.'';
       (3) in section 5315--
       (A) by striking ``Assistant Directors, United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency (4).''; and
       (B) by striking ``Special Representatives of the President 
     for arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters, 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency'', and 
     inserting ``Special Representatives of the President for arms 
     control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters, 
     Department of State''; and
       (4) in section 5316, by striking ``General Counsel of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.''.
              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 on the earlier of--
       (1) March 1, 1997; or
       (2) the date of abolition of the United States Information 
     Agency pursuant to the reorganization plan described in 
     section 601.
       (b) Exception.--This title shall not take effect if the 
     President waives the applicability of this title pursuant to 
     section 602.

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

     SEC. 311. ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY.

       The United States Information Agency is abolished.

     SEC. 312. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

       (a) Transfer 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 office or component 
     of such agency under any statute, reorganization plan, 
     Executive order, or other provision of law as of the day 
     before the effective date of this title, except as otherwise 
     provided in this division.
       (b) Transfer to Broadcasting Board of Governors.--There are 
     transferred to the Broadcasting Board of Governors of the 
     Department of State under title III of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236), as amended by this Act, all functions of the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors of the United States 
     Information Agency as of the day before the effective date of 
     this title.

     SEC. 313. UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

       Section 1(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``There'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--There''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Under secretary for public diplomacy.--There shall be 
     in the Department of State, among the Under Secretaries 
     authorized by paragraph (1), 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.''.

                    CHAPTER 3--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 321. REFERENCES IN LAW.

       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 or 
     the Director of the International Communication 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. 322. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.

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

       (a) References in Section.--Except as specifically provided 
     in this section, whenever in this section an amendment or 
     repeal is expressed as an amendment or repeal of a provision, 
     the reference shall be deemed to be made to the United States 
     Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 
     1431 et seq.).
       (b) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, the Act (other than section 604 and subsections (a) 
     and (c) of section 701) 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''.
       (c) Satellite and Television Broadcasts.--Section 505 (22 
     U.S.C. 1464a) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' each of the three 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).
       (d) Nondiscretionary Personnel Costs and Currency 
     Fluctuations.--Section 704 (22 U.S.C. 1477b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by inserting after ``authorized by 
     law'' the following: ``in connection with carrying out the 
     informational and educational exchange functions of the 
     Department''; and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Department of State in carrying out the informational and 
     educational exchange functions of the Department''.
       (e) Reprogramming Notifications.--Section 705 (22 U.S.C. 
     1477c) is amended by striking ``United States Information 
     Agency'' each place it appears and inserting ``Department of 
     State in carrying out its informational and educational 
     exchange functions''.
       (f) Authorities of the Secretary.--Section 801(3) (22 
     U.S.C. 1471(3)) is amended by striking all ``if the 
     sufficiency'' and all that follows and inserting ``if the 
     Secretary determines that title to such real property or 
     interests is sufficient;''.
       (g) Repeal of the USIA Seal.--Section 807 (22 U.S.C. 1475b) 
     is repealed.
       (h) Acting Associate Directors.--Section 808 (22 U.S.C. 
     1475c) is repealed.
       (i) Debt Collection.--Section 811 (22 U.S.C. 1475f) is 
     amended by inserting ``informational and educational 
     exchange'' before ``activities'' each place it appears.
       (j) Overseas Posts.--Section 812 (22 U.S.C. 1475g) is 
     amended by striking ``United States Information Agency post'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``informational and 
     educational exchange post of the Department of State''.
       (k) Definition.--Section 4 (22 U.S.C. 1433) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) `informational and educational exchange functions', 
     with respect to the Department of State, refers to functions 
     exercised by the United States Information Agency before the 
     effective date of title III of the Foreign Affairs Agencies 
     Consolidation Act of 1996.''.

     SEC. 324. AMENDMENTS TO MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 
                   EXCHANGE ACT OF 1961 (FULBRIGHT-HAYS ACT).

       (a) References in Section.--Except as specifically provided 
     in this section, whenever in this section an amendment or 
     repeal is expressed as an amendment or repeal of a provision, 
     the reference shall be deemed to be made to the Mutual 
     Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 
     et seq.).
       (b) In General.--The Act (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is 
     amended by striking ``Director of the International 
     Communication Agency'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''.
       (c) Program Authorities.--(1) Section 102(a) (22 U.S.C. 
     2452(a)) is amended by striking ``President'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (2) Section 102(b) (22 U.S.C. 2452(b)) is amended by 
     striking ``President'' and inserting ``Secretary of State 
     (except, in the case of paragraphs (6) and (10), the 
     President)''.
       (d) International Agreements.--Section 103 (22 U.S.C. 2453) 
     is amended by striking ``President'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (e) Personnel Benefits.--Section 104(d) (22 U.S.C. 2454(d)) 
     is amended by striking ``President'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (f) Foreign Student Counseling.--Section 104(e)(3) (22 
     U.S.C. 2454(e)(3)) is amended by striking ``President'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (g) Publicity and Promotion Overseas.--Section 104(e)(4) 
     (22 U.S.C. 2454(e)(4)) is amended by striking ``President'' 
     and inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (h) Use of Funds.--Section 105(e) (22 U.S.C. 2455(e)) is 
     amended by striking ``President'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (i) Repeal of Authority for Abolished Advisory Committee.--
     Section 106(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
     Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2456(c)) is repealed.
       (j) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.--
       (1) In general.--Section 112(a) (22 U.S.C. 2460(a)) is 
     amended by striking the first sentence and inserting the 
     following: ``In order to carry out the purposes of this Act, 
     there is established in the Department of State a Bureau for 
     International Exchange Activities (in this section referred 
     to as the `Bureau').''.
       (2) Implementation of programs.--Section 112(c) (22 U.S.C. 
     2460(c)) is amended by striking

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     ``President'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary 
     of State''.

     SEC. 325. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES.

       (a) In General.--(1) Except as otherwise provided in 
     paragraph (2), title III of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' or ``Director'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy'';
       (B) by striking all references to ``United States 
     Information Agency'' that were not stricken in subparagraph 
     (A) and inserting ``Department of State'';
       (C) in section 305(a)(1), by inserting ``(including 
     activities of the Voice of America previously carried out by 
     the United States Information Agency)'' after ``this title'';
       (D) in section 305(b), by striking ``Agency's'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``Department's''; and
       (E) by striking ``Bureau'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Office''.
       (2) Title III of such Act is amended--
       (A) in section 304(c)--
       (i) by striking ``Director's'' and inserting ``Under 
     Secretary's''; and
       (ii) in the fifth sentence, by striking ``Director of the 
     United States Information Agency, the acting Director of the 
     agency'' and inserting ``Under Secretary of State for Public 
     Diplomacy, the acting Under Secretary'';
       (B) in sections 305(b) and 307(b)(1), by striking 
     ``Director of the Bureau'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Director of the Office''; and
       (C) in section 310(d), by striking ``Director on the date 
     of enactment of this Act, to the extent that the Director'' 
     and inserting ``Under Secretary on the effective date of 
     title III of the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act 
     of 1996, to the extent that the Under Secretary''.
       (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. 326. 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 title 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. 327. 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')'';
       (3) by striking subsection (d); and
       (4) 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. 328. 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. 329. 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 the 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. 330. 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. 331. 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 paragraph (7) as paragraph (6); and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``subsection (b)(7)'' 
     and inserting ``subsection (b)(6)''.

     SEC. 332. 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. 333. CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE 
                   BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.

       (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. 334. MISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       Section 202 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 1461-1) is amended--

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       (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``mission of the 
     United States Information 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 ``United States Information 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. 335. 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. 336. 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 paragraph (2), by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``Department of State''; 
     and
       (C) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking ``Agency'' each 
     of the two places it appears and inserting ``Department''; 
     and
       (4) by striking subsection (d).

     SEC. 337. 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 international 
     information, educational, and cultural activities comparable 
     to those previously administered by the United States 
     Information Agency'' before ``shall be distributed''.

     SEC. 338. CONFORMING REPEAL TO ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT 
                   ACT.

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

     SEC. 339. 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. 340. 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. 341. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO 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. 342. INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL AND TRADE CENTER COMMISSION.

       Section 7(c)(1) of the Federal Triangle Development Act (40 
     U.S.C. 1106(c)(1)) 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. 343. OTHER LAWS REFERENCED IN REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 
                   OF 1977.

       (a) Immigration and Nationality Act.--(1) Section 
     101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)) is amended by striking ``Director of 
     the United States Information Agency'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''.
       (2) Section 212(e) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(e)) is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (B) by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary''.
       (b) Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act.--Section 3(a) of the 
     Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (20 U.S.C. 972(a)) is 
     amended by striking out ``Director of the United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``Secretary of State''.
       (c) National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act 
     of 1965.--Section 9(b) of the National Foundation on the Arts 
     and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 958(b)) is amended 
     by striking out ``a member designated by the Director of the 
     United States Information Agency,'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``a member designated by the Secretary of State,''.
       (d) Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968.--Section 3(b) of 
     the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (20 U.S.C. 80f(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking out 
     ``19 members'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``18 members'';
       (2) by striking out paragraph (7); and
       (3) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) as 
     paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively.
       (e) Public Law 95-86.--Title V of the Departments of State, 
     Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1978 (Public Law 95-86) is amended in the 
     third proviso of the paragraph ``salaries and expenses'' 
     under the heading ``United States Information Agency'' (22 
     U.S.C. 1461b) by striking out ``the United States Information 
     Agency is authorized,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``the 
     Secretary of State may,''.
       (f) Act of July 9, 1949.--The Act of July 9, 1949 (63 Stat. 
     408; chapter 301; 22 U.S.C. 2681 et seq.) is repealed.

     SEC. 344. 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. 345. 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) in subsection (b), by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``Department of State''; 
     and
       (2) by striking subsection (d).

     SEC. 346. 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. 347. MIKE MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIPS.

       Part C of title II of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State''; and
       (2) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``Department of State''.

     SEC. 348. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 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), in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``the Secretary of State, and the Director 
     of the United States Information Agency'' and inserting ``, 
     and the Secretary of State'';
       (B) by striking ``Agency'' the first place it appears and 
     inserting ``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'';
       (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''.
             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 on the earlier of--
       (1) March 1, 1997; or
       (2) the date of abolition of the Agency for International 
     Development and the United States International Development 
     Cooperation Agency pursuant to the reorganization plan 
     described in section 601.
       (b) Exception.--This title shall not take effect if the 
     President waives the applicability of this title pursuant to 
     section 602.

   CHAPTER 2--ABOLITION OF AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 
                         TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

     SEC. 411. ABOLITION OF AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
                   AND UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
                   COOPERATION AGENCY.

       (a) In General.--The Agency for International Development 
     and the United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency are abolished.
       (b) OPIC.--Subsection (a) shall not be interpreted to apply 
     to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

     SEC. 412. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

       There are transferred to the Secretary of State all 
     functions of the Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development and the Director of the United 
     States International Development Cooperation Agency and all 
     functions of the Agency for International Development and the 
     United States International Development Cooperation Agency 
     (other than the functions

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     with respect to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation) 
     and any office 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 division.

     SEC. 413. UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND FOR 
                   ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS.

       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), as added by section 313 of this Act, the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Under secretary for development and for economic and 
     commercial affairs.--There shall be in the Department of 
     State, among the Under Secretaries authorized by paragraph 
     (1), an Under Secretary for Development and for Economic and 
     Commercial 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 and commercial 
     affairs.''.

     SEC. 414. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF AGENCY 
                   FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF 
                   FUNCTIONS.

       (a) Abolition of Office.--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) Executive Schedule.--Section 5315 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking the following: 
     ``Inspector General, Agency for International Development.''.
       (d) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 239(e) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2199(e)) is amended 
     by striking ``Inspector General of the Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Inspector General 
     of the Department of State''.
       (2) Sections 805, 806, and 812 of the Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045, 4046, 4052) are amended by striking 
     ``Office of the Inspector General, Agency for International 
     Development'' each place it appears and inserting ``Office of 
     the Inspector General, Department of State''.
       (3) Section 205(b)(3) of the Agricultural Trade Development 
     and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1725(b)(3)) is amended 
     by striking ``Inspector General of the Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Inspector General 
     of the Department of State''.
       (e) Transfer of Functions.--
       (1) Transfer to inspector general of department of state.--
     Except as provided in paragraph (2), 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).
       (2) Transfer to secretary of state.--There are transferred 
     to the Secretary of State all security functions exercised by 
     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).
       (f) Transfer and Allocations of Appropriations and 
     Personnel.--The Secretary and the Inspector General of the 
     Department of State, are 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. 415. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF 
                   AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 
                   TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

       (a) Abolition of Office.--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) Transfer of Functions.--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.

                    CHAPTER 3--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 421. 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 primarily responsible 
     for administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, 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 
     United States 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 United States 
     International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA) shall be 
     deemed to refer to the Department of State.

     SEC. 422. EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE.

       Section 621(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2381(a)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by inserting before the period 
     the following: ``, except that functions conferred upon the 
     President in part I of this Act may be exercised by the 
     Secretary of State''; and
       (2) in the second and third sentences, by striking ``head 
     of any such agency'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State and any other head of any such agency''.

     SEC. 423. REPEAL OF POSITIONS; EMPLOYMENT AND CONTRACTING 
                   AUTHORITIES.

       The following sections of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 are repealed:
       (1) Section 624 (a), (b), (c), and (e) (22 U.S.C. 2384 (a), 
     (b), (c), and (e); relating to statutory officers).
       (2) Section 626 (a) and (b) (22 U.S.C. 2386 (a) and (b); 
     relating to experts and consultants).

     SEC. 424. DEVELOPMENT LOAN COMMITTEE.

       Section 122(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2151t(e)) is amended by inserting after the first 
     sentence the following new sentence: ``The Secretary of State 
     shall serve as Chairman of the Committee.''.

     SEC. 425. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION COMMITTEE.

       (a) Annual Report.--Section 634(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394(a)) is amended in the 
     text above paragraph (1)(A) by striking ``Chairman of the 
     Development Coordination Committee'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''.
       (b) Coordination.--Section 640B(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2399(a)) is amended by striking ``head of the agency 
     primarily responsible for administering part I, Chairman, and 
     representatives of the Departments of State,'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State,''.

     SEC. 426. PUBLIC LAW 83-480 PROGRAM.

       The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
     1954 (Public Law 83-480; 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Administrator'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (2) in section 402 (7 U.S.C. 1732)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (1); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (7), respectively.

     SEC. 427. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES 
                   CODE.

       (a) Administrator.--Section 5313 of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``Administrator, Agency for 
     International Development.''.
       (b) Deputy Administrator.--Section 5314 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``Deputy Administrator, 
     Agency for International Development.''.
       (c) Assistant Administrators.--Section 5315 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``Assistant 
     Administrators, Agency for International Development (6).''.
       (d) Regional Assistant Administrators.--Section 5315 of 
     title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``Regional Assistant Administrators, Agency for International 
     Development (4).''.
       (e) General Counsel.--Section 5316 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``General Counsel of the 
     Agency for International Development.''.

     SEC. 428. TRADE PROMOTION COORDINATING COMMITTEE.

       Section 2312 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 
     U.S.C. 4727) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d)(1)--
       (A) by striking subparagraph (I); and
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) through (M) as 
     subparagraphs (I) through (L), respectively; and
       (2) in subsection (f)--
       (A) by inserting ``the Committee on Foreign Relations and'' 
     after ``submit to''; and
       (B) by striking ``Foreign Affairs'' and inserting 
     ``International Relations''.

     SEC. 429. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

       (a) FAA Authorities.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 118 (22 U.S.C. 2151p-1)--
       (A) by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``Department of State''; 
     and
       (B) by striking ``Agency'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Department'';
       (2) in section 119 (22 U.S.C. 2151q)--
       (A) by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``Department of State'';
       (B) by striking ``Agency'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Department''; and
       (C) in subsection (g)--
       (i) by striking ``Actions by AID'' and inserting ``Actions 
     by the Department of State''; and
       (ii) by striking ``Agency's'' and inserting 
     ``Department's'';
       (3) in section 123(b) (22 U.S.C. 2151u), by striking 
     ``Agency for International Development'' and inserting 
     ``Department of State'';

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       (4) in section 225 (22 U.S.C. 2185)--
       (A) by striking ``Administrator'' each place it appears 
     (other than in subsection (m)(2)) and inserting 
     ``Secretary''; and
       (B) in subsection (m)--
       (i) by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     and inserting ``Department of State''; and
       (ii) by striking `` `Administrator' means the Administrator 
     of the Agency for International Development'' and inserting 
     `` `Secretary' means the Secretary of State'';
       (5) in section 233(b), by striking ``Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State'';
       (6) in section 239 (22 U.S.C. 2199) in subsection (h), by 
     striking ``Agency for International Development'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State'';
       (7) in section 296 (22 U.S.C. 2220a), by striking 
     subsection (e);
       (8) in sections 462 through 466 (22 U.S.C. 2282-2286), by 
     striking ``Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary 
     of State'';
       (9) in section 495K(b)(3), by striking `` `Operating 
     Expenses of the Agency for International Development' 
     account'' and inserting ``appropriate administrative account 
     of the Department of State'';
       (10) in section 496, by striking ``Agency for International 
     Development'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Department of State'';
       (11) in section 498C(b)(1), by striking `` `Operating 
     Expenses of the Agency for International Development' '' and 
     inserting ``the appropriate administrative account of the 
     Department of State'';
       (12) in section 601--
       (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), by striking 
     ``Administrator'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State'';
       (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``Administrator of 
     the Agency for International Development'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''; and
       (C) by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     and inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (13) in section 607(a), by striking ``Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Department of 
     State'';
       (14) in section 634(a)(2)(F), by striking ``Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Department of 
     State''; and
       (15) in section 635(c), by striking ``Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Department of 
     State''.
       (b) Additional FAA References.--(1) Except as provided in 
     paragraphs (2) and (3), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
     amended by striking ``agency primarily responsible for 
     administering this part'', ``agency primarily responsible for 
     administering part I'', ``agency primarily responsible for 
     administering part I of this Act'' each place such phrase 
     appears and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (2) The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by 
     striking ``administrator of the agency primarily responsible 
     for administering part I of this Act'', ``Administrator of 
     the agency primarily responsible for administering this 
     part'', and the ``Administrator of the agency primarily 
     responsible for administering part I of this Act'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (3) The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended--
       (A) in section 101(b), by striking ``Under the policy 
     guidance of the Secretary of State, the agency primarily 
     responsible for administering this part'' and inserting ``The 
     Department of State'';
       (B) in section 116(b), by striking ``Administrator 
     primarily responsible for administering part I of this Act'' 
     and inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (C) in section 224(a), by striking ``Agency'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Department'';
       (D) in section 464(d), as added by section 701 of Public 
     Law 99-83, is amended by striking ``, under the supervision 
     and direction of the Secretary of State,'';
       (E) in section 604(f), by striking ``agency primarily 
     responsible for administering such part I'' and inserting 
     ``Department of State'';
       (F) in section 611(e), by striking ``head of the agency 
     primarily responsible for administering part I of the Act'' 
     and inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (G) in paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 636(a), by 
     striking ``head of the agency primarily responsible for 
     administering part I'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''.
       (c) SEED Act.--(1) Section 201(e) of the Support for East 
     European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421(e)) is 
     amended by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (2) Section 203 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 5423) is amended by 
     striking ``Agency for International Development'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (3)(A) Section 402(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 5442(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State''.
       (B) Except as provided in subparagraph (A), section 402 is 
     further amended by striking ``Administrator'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
       (4) Section 803 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 5493) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``Department of State''; 
     and
       (B) by striking ``to the Agency'' and inserting ``to the 
     Department''.
       (d) Cooperation Threat Reduction With States of Former 
     Soviet Union.--Section 1204(h) of the Cooperation Threat 
     Reduction Act of 1993 (22 U.S.C. 5953(h)) is amended by 
     striking ``and the Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development''.
       (e) Peace Corps National Advisory Council.--Section 
     12(c)(3) of Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2511(c)(3)) is amended 
     in subsection (c)(3) by striking ``and the Administrator of 
     the Agency for International Development, or their 
     designees,'' and inserting ``or his designee''.
       (f) Democracy Corps.--Section 401 of the FREEDOM Support 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 5841) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Administrator'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary'';
       (2) in subsection (h)(3)--
       (A) by striking ``aid review'' and inserting ``state 
     department review''; and
       (B) by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     and inserting ``Department of State''; and
       (3) by striking subsection (l)(1).
       (g) Environmental Performance of Multilateral Development 
     Banks.--(1) Section 1302 of the International Financial 
     Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m-1) is amended by striking 
     ``, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development,''.
       (2) Section 1303 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 262m-2) is 
     amended--
       (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``missions of the 
     Agency for International Development'' and inserting 
     ``economic assistance missions of the Department of State''; 
     and
       (B) by striking ``Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development, in consultation with the Secretary 
     of the Treasury and the Secretary of State,'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary of State, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of the Treasury,''.
       (h) Cooperative Information Exchange System.--Section 1304 
     of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 
     262m-3) is amended by striking ``and the Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development''.
       (i) Environmental Impact of Proposed Multilateral 
     Development Bank Actions.--Section 1307(e) of the 
     International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m-
     7(e)) is amended by striking ``the Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development,''.
       (j) Annual Report by Chairman of National Advisory Council 
     on International Monetary and Financial Policies.--Section 
     1701(b)(10) of the International Financial Institutions Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 262r(b)(10)) is amended by striking ``and the 
     Administrator of the Agency for International Development''.
       (k) Combined Report.--Section 1703 of the International 
     Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r-2) is amended by 
     striking ``Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
     Treasury and the Secretary of State'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     the Treasury,''.
       (l) Property Management Fund.--Section 585 of Public Law 
     101-513 (22 U.S.C. 2369a) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``Department of State''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State''.
       (m) Capital Projects.--(1) Section 302 of the Aid, Trade, 
     and Competitiveness Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 2421a) is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``Administrator of AID'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (B) in all references not covered by subparagraph (A), by 
     striking ``AID'' and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (2) Section 303 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2421b) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Administrator of AID'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (B) by striking ``AID'' each place it appears (except as 
     provided in subparagraph (A)) and inserting ``Department of 
     State''.
       (3) Section 308(1) of such Act is repealed.
       (n) Foreign Contracts.--Section 121 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977 (22 U.S.C. 
     2661a) is amended by striking ``(including the Agency for 
     International Development)''.
       (o) Administrative Services.--Section 23 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2695) is 
     amended by striking ``the Agency for International 
     Development,''.
       (p) Energy Development Programs.--Section 502(c) of the 
     Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 (22 U.S.C. 3262(c)) is 
     amended by striking ``Agency for International Development 
     and''.
       (q) Agricultural Commodities.--Section 416(b)(8)(C)(i) of 
     the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)(8)(C)(i)) is 
     amended by striking ``Agency for International Development 
     office'' and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (r) Local Currency Proceeds.--Section 305(c) of the 
     Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 
     U.S.C. 1727d(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Administrator'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary''; and
       (2) by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (s) Special Assistant for Agricultural Trade and Food 
     Assistance.--Section 1113(c)(3) of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736-1(c)(3)) is amended by striking ``Agency 
     for International Development'' and inserting ``Department of 
     State''.
       (t) Avoidance of Conflict of Interest.--Section 407(d)(3) 
     of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
     1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736a(d)(3)) is amended by striking ``Agency 
     for International Development'' and inserting ``Department of 
     State''.
       (u) International Agricultural Research and Extension.--
     Section 1458 of the National Agricultural Extension and 
     Policy Act (7 U.S.C.

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     3291) is amended by striking ``Agency for International 
     Development'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Department of State''.
       (v) Tied Aid Credit Program.--(1) Section 645(d) of the 
     Trade and Development Enhancement Act of 1983 (12 U.S.C. 
     635r(d)) is amended by striking ``in cooperation with the 
     Administrator of the Agency for International Development''.
       (2) Section 647(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 635t(2)) is 
     amended by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (w) Research and Development.--Section 9(e)(1) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C 638(e)(1)) is amended by striking 
     ``Agency for International Development'' and inserting 
     ``Department of State (insofar as it carries out functions 
     previously administered by the Agency for International 
     Development)''.
       (x) Central European Small Business Development 
     Commission.--Section 25(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C 652(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Department of 
     State (insofar as it carries out functions previously 
     administered by the Agency for International Development)''.
       (y) Interagency Aquaculture Coordinating Group.--Section 
     6(a)(9) of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
     6601 note) is amended by striking ``Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''.
       (z) Forestry and Related Natural Resource Assistance.--
     Section 602(c) of the International Forestry Cooperation Act 
     of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4501(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State''; and
       (2) by striking ``Agency for International Development'' 
     and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (aa) Caribbean and Central American Scholarship Program.--
     Section 231 of the Customs and Trade Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 
     226) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''; and
       (2) in subsections (c) and (d), by striking 
     ``Administrator'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''.
       (bb) Use of Renewable Resources for Energy Production.--
     Section 602(a)(7) of Public Law 96-259 (22 U.S.C. 262j(a)(7)) 
     is amended by striking ``Agency for International 
     Development'' and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (cc) Public Health Activities.--(1) Section 2102 of the Act 
     of July 1, 1944, chapter 373, as amended, is amended by 
     striking ``Agency for International Development'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``Department of State''.
       (2) Section 2315(b) of such Act is amended by striking 
     ``Administrator of the Agency for International Development'' 
     and inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (dd) Energy Authorities.--Section 256 of Public Law 94-163, 
     as amended (42 U.S.C. 6276), is amended in subsection 
     (d)(1)(C) by striking ``Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State''.
       (ee) Transportation Expenses.--Section 706 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (49 U.S.C. 
     1518) is amended by striking ``Agency for International 
     Development''.
                 TITLE V--OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL

     SEC. 501. REPEAL RELATING TO INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR UNITED 
                   STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY.

       Section 50 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2593a), relating to the ACDA Inspector General, is 
     repealed.

     SEC. 502. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF UNITED 
                   STATES INFORMATION AGENCY AND TRANSFER OF 
                   FUNCTIONS.

       (a) Abolition of Office.--The Office of Inspector General 
     of the United States Information Agency is abolished.
       (b) Amendments to Inspector General Act of 1978.--Section 
     11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
     amended--
       (1) 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
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the United States 
     Information Agency,''.
       (c) Executive Schedule.--Section 5315 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking the following:
       ``Inspector General, United States Information Agency.''.
       (d) Amendments to Public Law 103-236.--Subsections (i) and 
     (j) of section 308 of Public Law 103-236 are amended by 
     striking ``Inspector General of the United States Information 
     Agency'' each place it appears and inserting ``Inspector 
     General for the Department of State''.
       (e) Transfer of Functions.--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).
       (f) 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.
       (g) Effective Date.--This section, and the amendments made 
     by this section, shall take effect on the earlier of--
       (1) March 1, 1997; or
       (2) the date of the abolition of the United States 
     Information Agency pursuant to the reorganization plan 
     described in section 601.
                          TITLE VI--TRANSITION

               CHAPTER 1--REORGANIZATION PLAN AND WAIVER

     SEC. 601. REORGANIZATION PLAN.

       (a) Submission of Plan.--Not later than October 1, 1996, 
     the President shall, in consultation with the Secretary and 
     the heads of the agencies covered under subsection (b), 
     transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     reorganization plan providing for--
       (1) the abolition of each such agency in accordance with 
     this division not later than March 1, 1997;
       (2) the termination of functions of each such agency that 
     would be redundant if transferred to the Department, and the 
     separation from service of employees of each such agency not 
     otherwise provided for in the plan;
       (3) the transfer to the Department of the functions and 
     personnel of each such agency consistent with the provisions 
     of this division; and
       (4) the consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining of 
     the Department upon the transfer of such functions and 
     personnel in order to carry out such functions.
       (b) Covered Agencies.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     agencies covered under this subsection are the following:
       (A) The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
       (B) The United States Information Agency.
       (C) The Agency for International Development (including the 
     United States International Development Cooperation Agency).
       (2) Exception.--The President may exclude up to two of the 
     agencies set forth in paragraph (1) from consideration as 
     agencies covered under this subsection. The President shall 
     exclude such agency or agencies by submitting a waiver with 
     respect to such agencies in accordance with section 602.
       (c) Plan Elements.--The plan transmitted under subsection 
     (a) shall--
       (1) identify the functions of each covered agency that will 
     be transferred to the Department under the plan;
       (2) identify the personnel and positions of each such 
     agency (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service 
     personnel, and detailees) that will be transferred to the 
     Department, separated from service with such agency, or 
     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 each such agency that 
     will be transferred to the Department as a result of the 
     transfer of functions of such 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 each such agency in connection with the 
     transfer of the functions of the agency to the Department.
       (d) Modification of Plan.--The President may, on the basis 
     of consultations with the appropriate congressional 
     committees, modify or revise the plan transmitted under 
     subsection (a).
       (e) Effective Date.--(1) The reorganization plan described 
     in this section, including any modifications or revisions of 
     the plan under subsection (d), shall become effective on the 
     earlier of March 1, 1997, or such 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 
     or because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day 
     certain) after the President has transmitted the 
     reorganization plan to the appropriate congressional 
     committees pursuant to subsection (a).
       (2) Paragraph (1) shall apply notwithstanding section 
     905(b) of title 5, United States Code.

     SEC. 602. WAIVER.

       (a) In General.--(1) The President may waive the 
     applicability of title II, III, or IV of this division to the 
     agency otherwise covered by such title only if--
       (A) the President includes in the reorganization plan 
     transmitted under section 601 the certification described in 
     subsection (b); and
       (B) the certification is transmitted with the 
     reorganization plan not later than October 1, 1996.
       (2) The President may exercise such waiver authority with 
     respect to not more than two such titles.
       (b) Certification.--In order to waive the applicability of 
     a title referred to in subsection (a), the President shall 
     certify that--
       (1) the reorganization plan submitted under section 601--
       (A) will achieve savings of $1,700,000,000 in budget 
     authority during fiscal years 1996

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     through 1999 (not more than 30 percent of which may be 
     realized from reductions in program levels); and
       (B) will conform to the authorizations of appropriations 
     during such fiscal years in division B; and
       (2) the preservation of the agency that would otherwise be 
     abolished pursuant to the title is important to the national 
     interest of the United States.
       (c) Reorganization of Agency Covered by Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding the waiver of the 
     applicability of a title of this division, the President, in 
     consultation with the Secretary and the head of the agency 
     otherwise abolished pursuant to the title--
       (A) shall provide in the reorganization plan transmitted 
     under section 601 for the transfer to and consolidation 
     within the Department of the functions of the agency set 
     forth in paragraph (2); and
       (B) may provide in the reorganization plan for additional 
     consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining of the 
     agency, including--
       (i) the termination of functions and reductions in 
     personnel of the agency;
       (ii) the transfer of functions of the agency (including 
     personnel operations other than personnel management, 
     financial operations, public affairs aimed primarily at 
     domestic audiences, legislative affairs, and legal affairs), 
     and the personnel associated with such functions, to the 
     Department; and
       (iii) the consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining 
     of the Department upon the transfer of such functions and 
     personnel in order to carry out the functions transferred.
       (2) Functions to be transferred.--The functions to be 
     transferred under paragraph (1) are the functions relating to 
     the following:
       (A) Non-specialized procurement.
       (B) Travel and transportation.
       (C) Facilities management.
       (D) Security operations.

                  CHAPTER 2--REORGANIZATION AUTHORITY

     SEC. 611. 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 Plan.--
     The reorganization plan under section 601 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
       (5) increasing the term of an office beyond that provided 
     by law for the office.

     SEC. 612. 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 1351 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.

     SEC. 613. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.

       The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
     consultation with the Secretary, 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, 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. 614. 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) Treatment of Appointed Positions.--(1) 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.
       (2) An individual holding an office immediately prior to 
     the abolition or transfer of the office by a title of this 
     division--
       (A) who was appointed to the office by the President, by 
     and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and
       (B) who performs duties substantially similar to the duties 
     of an office proposed to be created under the reorganization 
     plan submitted under section 601,

     may, in the discretion of the Secretary, assume the duties of 
     such new office, and shall not be required to be reappointed 
     by reason of the abolition or transfer of the individual's 
     previous office.
       (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 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 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.
       (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. If 
     any employee elects to give up membership in a health 
     insurance program or the health insurance program is not 
     continued by the Secretary, 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 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 
     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 in the competitive 
     service, or employed under an established merit system in the 
     excepted service, whose employment is terminated as a result 
     of the abolition of the agency or the reorganization and 
     consolidation of functions of the Department 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 competitive service 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.
       (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.

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       (5) Any rights or benefits created by this subsection are 
     in addition to rights and benefits otherwise provided by law.

     SEC. 615. TRANSITION FUND.

       (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established on the 
     books of the Treasury an account to be known as the ``Foreign 
     Affairs Reorganization Transition Fund''.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the account is to provide 
     funds for the orderly transfer of functions and personnel to 
     the Department as a result of the implementation of this 
     division and for payment of other costs associated with the 
     consolidation of foreign affairs agencies under this 
     division.
       (c) Deposits.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), there 
     shall be deposited into the account the following:
       (A) Funds appropriated to the account.
       (B) Funds transferred to the account by the Secretary from 
     funds that are transferred to the Secretary by the head of an 
     agency under subsection (d).
       (C) Funds transferred to the account by the Secretary from 
     funds that are transferred to the Department together with 
     the transfer of functions to the Department under this 
     division and that are not required by the Secretary in order 
     to carry out the functions.
       (D) Funds transferred to the account by the Secretary from 
     any unobligated funds that are appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department.
       (2) Limitation on transfer of certain department funds.--
     The Secretary may transfer funds to the account under 
     subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) only if the Secretary 
     determines that the amount of funds deposited in the account 
     pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of that paragraph is 
     inadequate to pay the costs of carrying out this division.
       (3) Limitation on transfer of unobligated funds of 
     department.--The Secretary may transfer funds to the account 
     under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) only if the Secretary 
     determines that the amount of funds deposited in the account 
     pursuant to subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of that paragraph 
     is inadequate to pay the costs of carrying out this division.
       (d) Transfer of Funds to Secretary.--The head of an agency 
     abolished under this division shall transfer to the Secretary 
     the amount, if any, of the unobligated funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available to the agency for functions of the 
     agency that are abolished under this division which funds are 
     not required to carry out the functions of the agency as a 
     result of the abolishment of the functions under this 
     division.
       (e) Use of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall use sums in 
     the account for payment of the costs of carrying out this 
     division, including costs relating to the consolidation of 
     functions of the Department and the termination of employees 
     of the Department.
       (2) Limitation on use of funds.--
       (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
     may not use sums in the account for payment of the costs 
     described in paragraph (1) unless the appropriate 
     congressional committees are notified 15 days in advance of 
     such use in accordance with procedures applicable to 
     reprogramming notifications under section 34 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706).
       (B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) does not apply to the 
     following uses of sums in the account:
       (i) For payment of the cost of any severance payments 
     required to be paid by the Secretary to employees of the 
     Department, but only if the cost of such payments is less 
     than $10,000,000.
       (ii) For transfer to the head of an agency to be abolished 
     under this division for payment of the cost of any severance 
     payments required to be paid to employees of the agency, but 
     only if the total amount transferred with respect to the 
     agency is less than $40,000,000.
       (iii) For payment of the cost of any improvements of the 
     information management systems of the Department that are 
     carried out as a result of the abolishment of agencies under 
     this division, but only if the cost of such improvements is 
     less than $15,000,000.
       (iv) For payment of the cost of the physical relocation of 
     fixtures, materials, and other resources from an agency to be 
     abolished under this division to the Department or of such 
     relocation within the Department, but only if the cost of 
     such relocation is less than $10,000,000.
       (3) Availability without fiscal year limitation.--Funds in 
     the account shall be available for the payment of costs under 
     paragraph (1) without fiscal year limitation.
       (f) Treatment of Unobligated Balances.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), unobligated 
     funds, if any, which remain in the account after the payment 
     of the costs described in subsection (e)(1) shall be 
     transferred to the Department and shall be available to the 
     Secretary for purposes of carrying out the functions of the 
     Department.
       (2) Notification.--The Secretary may not transfer funds in 
     the account to the Department under paragraph (1) unless the 
     appropriate congressional committees are notified in advance 
     of such transfer in accordance with the procedures applicable 
     to reprogramming notifications under section 34 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
       (g) Report on Account.--Not later than October 1, 1998, the 
     Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report containing an accounting of--
       (1) the expenditures from the account established under 
     this section; and
       (2) in the event of any transfer of funds to the Department 
     under subsection (f), the functions for which the funds so 
     transferred were expended.
       (h) Termination of Authority To Use Account.--The Secretary 
     may not obligate funds in the account after September 30, 
     1999.

     SEC. 616. 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 division 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 division 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 division 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 division 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 division 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 division. 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 division.
       (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 division 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. 617. PROPERTY AND FACILITIES.

       The Secretary 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. 618. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE 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. 619. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL CONFORMING 
                   AMENDMENTS.

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

     SEC. 620. 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 agencies abolished under this division.

     SEC. 621. TRANSFER OF FUNCTION.

       Any determination as to whether a transfer of function, 
     carried out under this Act, constitutes a transfer of 
     function for purposes of subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 
     5, United States Code, shall be made without regard to 
     whether or not the function involved is identical to 
     functions already being performed by the receiving agency.

     SEC. 622. 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 X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Department of State and 
     Related Agencies Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1996 and 
     1997''.

     SEC. 1002. 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 XI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
         CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

     SEC. 1101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

       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.--For ``Diplomatic and 
     Consular Programs'' of the Department of State, 
     $1,719,220,000 for the fiscal year 1996, $1,710,000,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1997, $1,708,800,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998, and $1,700,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Salaries and expenses.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``Salaries and 
     Expenses'' of the Department of State, $365,146,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996, $357,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997, 
     $355,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998, and $355,000,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1999.
       (B) Limitation.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by subparagraph (A), $11,900,000 for fiscal year 
     1997 is authorized to be appropriated 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, $16,400,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1996 and $16,400,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (4) Security and maintenance of united states missions.--
     For ``Security and Maintenance of United States Missions'', 
     $385,760,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $380,000,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1997.
       (5) Representation allowances.--For ``Representation 
     Allowances'', $4,500,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $4,500,000 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 year 1996 and $6,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1997.
       (7) Office of the inspector general.--For ``Office of the 
     Inspector General'', $27,369,000 for the fiscal year 1996, 
     $27,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997, $27,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1998, and $27,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (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 $14,165,000 for the fiscal year 
     1997.
       (9) Protection of foreign missions and officials.--For 
     ``Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials'', $8,579,000 
     for the fiscal year 1996 and $10,000,000 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. 1102. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND 
                   CONFERENCES.

       (a) Assessed Contributions to International 
     Organizations.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
     ``Contributions to International Organizations'', 
     $850,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $840,000,000 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 organizations and to carry out other 
     authorities in law consistent with such purposes.
       (b) Assessed Contributions for International Peacekeeping 
     Activities.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
     ``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'', 
     $445,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $375,000,000 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.
       (c) International Conferences and Contingencies.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated for ``International Conferences 
     and Contingencies'', $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $3,000,000 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 conferences and 
     contingencies and to carry out other authorities in law 
     consistent with such purposes.
       (d) Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.--In addition to 
     amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated by 
     subsections (a) and (b), 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.
       (e) Limitation on United States Voluntary Contributions to 
     United Nations Development Program.--
       (1) Of the amounts made available for fiscal years 1996 and 
     1997 for United States voluntary contributions to the United 
     Nations Development Program--
       (A) not more than $51,800,000 shall be made available for 
     fiscal year 1996 unless, during fiscal year 1996, the 
     President submits to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     the certification described in paragraph (2), and
       (B) not more than $51,800,000 shall be available for fiscal 
     year 1997 unless, during fiscal year 1997, the President 
     submits to the appropriate committees of Congress the 
     certification described in paragraph (2).
       (2) The certification referred to in paragraph (1) is a 
     certification by the President that all programs and 
     activities of the United Nations Development Program 
     (including United Nations Development Program--Administered 
     Funds) in Burma--
       (A) are focused on eliminating human suffering and 
     addressing the needs of the poor;
       (B) are undertaken only through international or private 
     voluntary organizations that have been deemed independent of 
     the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) by the 
     leadership of the National League for Democracy and the 
     leadership of the National Coalition Government of the Union 
     of Burma;
       (C) provide no financial, political, or military benefit to 
     the SLORC; and
       (D) are supported by the leadership of the National League 
     for Democracy and the leadership of the National Coalition 
     Government of the Union of Burma.

     SEC. 1103. 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'' $12,058,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996 and $19,372,000 for the fiscal year 1997; 
     and
       (B) for ``Construction'' $6,644,000 for the fiscal year 
     1996 and $9,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (2) International boundary commission, united states and 
     canada.--For ``International Boundary Commission, United 
     States and Canada'', $640,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and 
     $666,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (3) International joint commission.--For ``International 
     Joint Commission'', $3,360,000 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. 1104. 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, $590,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1996 and $590,000,00 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (B) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this section for fiscal year 1997 are 
     authorized to be appropriated for salaries and administrative 
     expenses of the Bureau of Migration and Refugee Assistance.

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       (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.--
     Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
     1996 under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be 
     appropriated such amounts as are necessary for the admission 
     and resettlement, within numerical limitations provided by 
     law for refugee admissions, of persons who--
       (A) are or were nationals and residents of Vietnam, Laos, 
     or Cambodia and are or were at any time after July 1, 1995, 
     residents of refugee camps in Hong Kong, the Philippines, 
     Indonesia, Malaysia, or Thailand; and
       (B)(i) are determined by a United States immigration 
     officer to be 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); or
       (ii) are otherwise determined by a United States 
     immigration officer to be refugees within the meaning of 
     section 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
       (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 to the appropriate congressional committees that--
       (1) all persons described in subsection (a)(4)(A) have been 
     or will be offered an interview by a United States 
     immigration officer in a refugee camp or elsewhere in the 
     host country in which such a camp is located (or, if the 
     government of such a country has declined a request by the 
     United States to permit such interviews to take place within 
     such country, in their country of origin) for the purpose of 
     determining whether they are persons described in subsection 
     (a)(4)(B); and
       (2) all persons described in subsection (a)(4)(B) have been 
     or will be offered resettlement outside their countries of 
     nationality.
       (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.
       (e) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to require or permit an increase in the number of 
     refugee admissions for fiscal year 1996 from the numerical 
     limitation for refugee admissions for fiscal year 1995.

     SEC. 1105. ASIA FOUNDATION.

       There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
     of State $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and $10,000,000 
     for the fiscal year 1997 for ``Asia Foundation''.

     SEC. 1106. 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'', 
     $445,645,000 for the fiscal year 1996, $440,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1997, $410,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998, and 
     $399,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (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'', $102,500,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1996 and $98,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1997.
       (B) Other programs.--For ``Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship 
     Program'', ``Edmund 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'', ``Arts 
     America'', ``South Pacific Exchanges'', ``East Timorese 
     Scholarships'', ``Cambodian Scholarships'', and ``Educational 
     and Cultural Exchanges with Tibet'', $97,500,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996 and $85,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (4) International broadcasting activities.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``International 
     Broadcasting Activities'', $325,191,000 for the fiscal year 
     1996, $330,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997, $320,000,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1998, and $315,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1999.
       (B) Allocation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subparagraph (A), the Director of the 
     United States Information Agency and the Board of 
     Broadcasting Governors shall seek to ensure that the amounts 
     made available for broadcasting to nations whose people do 
     not fully enjoy freedom of expression do not decline in 
     proportion to the amounts made available for broadcasting to 
     other nations.
       (5) Radio construction.--For ``Radio Construction'', 
     $40,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996, and $35,000,000 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) Center for cultural and technical interchange between 
     east and west.--For ``Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange between East and West'', $11,750,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996 and $11,750,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (9) National endowment for democracy.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``National 
     Endowment for Democracy'', $32,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1996 and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.
       (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subparagraph (A) for each fiscal year, not 
     more than 55 percent shall be available only for the 
     following organizations, in equal allotments:
       (i) The International Republican Institute (IRI).
       (ii) The National Democratic Institute (NDI).
       (iii) The Free Trade Union Institute (FTUI).
       (iv) The Center for International Private Enterprise 
     (CIPE).
       (10) Center for cultural and technical interchange between 
     north and south.--For ``Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange between North and South'' $2,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1996 and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

     SEC. 1107. 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) $35,700,000 for the fiscal year 1996, $30,000,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1997, $28,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998, 
     and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999; 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.

     SEC. 1108. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

       (a) 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) $465,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 
     1997, $445,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $435,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1999 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''.
       (b) Operating Expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General of AID.--Section 667(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2427(a)) 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) $30,200,000 for fiscal year 1996, $27,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1997, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and 
     $19,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for necessary operating 
     expenses of the office of the inspector general of such 
     agency; and''.

     SEC. 1109. NARCOTICS CONTROL ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     $115,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $213,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 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. 1110. 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 $210,000,000 for fiscal year 
     1996 and $234,000,000 for fiscal year 1997.
       ``(2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph 
     (1)--
       ``(A) with respect to fiscal year 1996 are authorized to 
     remain available until September 30, 1997; and
       ``(B) with respect to fiscal year 1997 are authorized to 
     remain available until September 30, 1998.''.

     SEC. 1111. HOUSING GUARANTEE PROGRAM.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations for Administrative 
     Expenses.--
       (1) In general.--(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), 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).
       (B) Amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     subparagraph (A) may be made available only for--

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       (i) administrative expenses incurred with respect to 
     guaranties issued before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act; or
       (ii) 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).
       (2) Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.
       (b) Additional Requirements.--
       (1) 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 Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997.''.
       (2) Cancellation of certain existing guaranties.--Section 
     222 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2182) is amended--
       (A) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (d); and
       (B) 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 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997) 
     applied such guaranties to loans for projects under this 
     title. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to 
     guaranties which have been issued for the benefit of the 
     Republic of South Africa.''.
       (3) 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.''.
       TITLE XII--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 CHAPTER 1--AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

     SEC. 1201. 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) At the sole discretion of the Secretary of State and 
     in consultation, as appropriate, with the Attorney General, 
     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;
       ``(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);
       ``(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 are 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) 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.
       ``(f) 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.
       ``(g) Reports.--(1) Not later than 30 days after the 
     payment of 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 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.
       ``(h) 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.
       ``(i) Judicial Review.--A determination made by the 
     Secretary of State as to whether to authorize a reward under 
     this section or as to the

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     amount of a reward shall not be subject to judicial 
     review.''.
       (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; to participate in asset sharing programs conducted by 
     the Department of Justice; and to retain earnings accruing on 
     all assets of foreign countries blocked by the President 
     pursuant to the International Emergency Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1701 and following) to carry out the purposes of section 36 
     of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.

     SEC. 1202. 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. 1203. 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. 1204. 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. 1205. 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.''.

     SEC. 1206. 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 upgrade'' after 
     ``procurement'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``are authorized to'' 
     and inserting ``shall'';
       (3) in subsection (d), by striking all that follows 
     ``available'' and inserting ``for the purposes of subsection 
     (a).''; and
       (4) in subsection (e), by striking all that follows ``(22 
     U.S.C. 2710)'' before the period at the end.

     SEC. 1207. LEASE-PURCHASE OF OVERSEAS PROPERTY.

       (a) Authority for Lease-Purchase.--Subject to subsections 
     (b) and (c), the Secretary is authorized to acquire by lease-
     purchase such properties as are described in subsection (b), 
     if--
       (1) the Secretary of State, and
       (2) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,

     certify and notify the appropriate committees of Congress 
     that the lease-purchase arrangement will result in a net cost 
     savings to the Federal Government when compared to a lease, a 
     direct purchase, or direct construction of comparable 
     property.
       (b) Locations and Limitations.--The authority granted in 
     subsection (a) may be exercised only--
       (1) to acquire appropriate housing for Department of State 
     personnel stationed abroad and for the acquisition of other 
     facilities, in locations in which the United States has a 
     diplomatic mission; and
       (2) during fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
       (c) Authorization of Funding.--Funds for lease-purchase 
     arrangements made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
     available from amounts appropriated under the authority of 
     section 1101(4) (relating to the ``Security and Maintenance 
     of United States Missions'' account). Such funds shall be 
     available only to such extent or in such amounts as are 
     provided in advance in an appropriation Act.

     SEC. 1208. FEES FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

       Section 52 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2724) is amended in subsection (b) by adding 
     at the end the following: ``Such fees shall remain available 
     for obligation until expended. Deposited funds may be 
     obligated and expended only in such amounts as are provided 
     in advance in an appropriation Act.''.

     SEC. 1209. REDUCTION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       Section 488(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2291g) is amended by striking ``quarter of the''.

     SEC. 1210. FEE FOR USE OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOMS.

       Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 53. FEE FOR USE OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOMS.

       ``The Secretary of State is authorized to charge a fee for 
     use of the Department of State diplomatic reception rooms. 
     Fees collected under the authority of this section shall be 
     deposited as an offsetting collection to any Department of 
     State appropriation to recover the costs of such use and 
     shall remain available for obligation until expended. Amounts 
     deposited may be obligated and expended only to the extent 
     and in such amounts as are provided in advance in an 
     appropriation Act.''.

     SEC. 1211. INTERNATIONAL CENTER RESERVE FUNDS.

       Section 5 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90-
     533) is amended by inserting before the last sentence the 
     following: ``Amounts in the reserve may be deposited in 
     interest bearing accounts, and the Secretary may retain for 
     the purposes of the reserve any interest earned on such 
     deposits without returning such interest to the Treasury of 
     the United States.''.

     SEC. 1212. JOINT FUNDS UNDER AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATION IN 
                   ENVIRONMENTAL, SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL, AND 
                   RELATED AREAS.

       In order to promote the maximum benefits from continued 
     participation in international agreements in effect as of the 
     date of enactment of this Act for cooperation in 
     environmental, scientific, cultural, and related areas, 
     appropriated funds that have been made available in fiscal 
     year 1995 and prior fiscal years under the Department of 
     State's program of international environmental, scientific, 
     and cultural cooperation to joint funds or accounts under 
     such agreements may, to the extent specified within the 
     agreement, be deposited in interest bearing accounts prior to 
     disbursement of such funds for the purposes of the program. 
     Interest earned may be retained for use under such agreements 
     for program or administrative purposes, without returning 
     such interest to the Treasury of the United States. Such 
     retained interest amounts shall be available for obligation 
     and expenditure only to such extent and in such amounts as 
     are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

     SEC. 1213. 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. 1214. CONCERNING THE USE OF FUNDS TO FURTHER NORMALIZE 
                   RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or 
     expended to pay for any cost incurred for (1) opening or 
     operating any United States diplomatic or consular post in 
     the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was not operating on 
     July 11, 1995; (2) expanding any United States diplomatic or 
     consular post in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was 
     operating on July 11, 1995; or (3) increasing the total 
     number of personnel assigned to United States diplomatic or 
     consular posts in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam above the 
     levels existing on July 11, 1995, unless not less than 60 
     days prior to any such obligation or expenditure the 
     President certifies to the Congress that based upon all 
     information available to the United States Government that 
     the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is fully 
     cooperating with the United States in the following 4 areas:
       (A) Resolving discrepancy cases, live sightings, and field 
     activities.
       (B) Recovering and repatriating American remains.
       (C) Accelerating efforts to provide documents that will 
     help lead to fullest possible accounting of POW/MIA's.

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       (D) Providing further assistance in implementing trilateral 
     investigations with Laos.

     SEC. 1215. DIPLOMATIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.

       Section 507 of the Department of State and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-317) is amended in 
     subsections (a) and (b) by striking ``and each succeeding 
     fiscal year'' each place it appears.

       CHAPTER 2--CONSULAR AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     SEC. 1231. FEES FOR 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 
     $150,000,000 in fees collected under the authority of 
     paragraph (1) for each fiscal year 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--
       ``(A) installation and operation of the machine readable 
     visa and automated name-check process;
       ``(B) improving the quality and security of the United 
     States passport;
       ``(C) passport and visa fraud investigations; and
       ``(D) the technological infrastructure to support and 
     operate the programs referred to in subparagraphs (A) through 
     (C).

     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 year under paragraph (2) shall be deposited 
     in the general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous 
     receipts.''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (5).

     SEC. 1232. FINGERPRINT CHECK REQUIREMENT.

       Section 140(e)(1) 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 to read as follows:
       ``(1) The Secretary of State shall in the 10 countries with 
     the highest volume of immigrant visa issuance for the most 
     recent fiscal year for which data are available require 
     applicants for immigrant visas to provide a fingerprint 
     record for submission with the application, at no cost to the 
     Department of State, if such an applicant--
       ``(A) has been determined to have a criminal history record 
     under subsection (d)(1);
       ``(B) has been physically present in the United States; and
       ``(C) is more than 16 years of age.

     The Department of State shall submit such fingerprint records 
     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. 1233. 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 
     preventing entry into the United States by terrorists, drug 
     traffickers, or other criminals.

     SEC. 1234. CONSULAR OFFICERS.

       (a) Persons Authorized To Issue Reports of Births Abroad.--
     Section 33 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2705) is amended in paragraph (2) by adding 
     at the end the following: ``For purposes of this paragraph, a 
     consular officer shall include 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.''.
       (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 after ``such officers'' the 
     following: ``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''.
       (c) Persons Authorized To Authenticate Foreign Documents.--
     Section 3492(c) of title 18 of the United States Code is 
     amended by adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of 
     this section and sections 3493 through 3496 of this title, a 
     consular officer shall include any United States citizen 
     employee of the Department of State designated to perform 
     notarial functions pursuant to section 24 of the Act of 
     August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat. 1750; 22 U.S.C. 4221).''.
       (d) Persons Authorized To Administer Oaths.--Section 115 of 
     title 35 of the United States Code is amended by adding at 
     the end the following: ``For purposes of this section, a 
     consular officer shall include any United States citizen 
     employee of the Department of State designated to perform 
     notarial functions pursuant to section 24 of the Act of 
     August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat. 1750; 22 U.S.C. 4221).''.
       (e) Definition of Consular Officer.--Section 101(a)(9) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(9)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``As 
     used in title III, the term ``consular officer'' includes 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.''.

     SEC. 1235. FEE FOR DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT LOTTERY.

       The Secretary of State may establish a fee to be paid by 
     each alien who applies for an immigrant visa on the basis of 
     an approved petition filed under section 204(a)(1)(G) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act. Such fee may be set at a 
     level so as to recover the full cost to the Department of 
     State of administering subsection (c) of section 203 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act, including the cost of 
     processing all petitions thereunder. All such fees collected 
     shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any 
     Department of State appropriation and shall remain available 
     for obligation until expended. The provisions of the Act of 
     August 18, 1856 (Rev. Stat. 1726-28; 22 U.S.C. 4212-14), 
     concerning accounting for consular fees, shall not apply to 
     fees collected pursuant to this section. Amounts deposited 
     shall be available for obligation and expenditure only in 
     such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation 
     Acts.

     SEC. 1236. FEE FOR EXECUTION OF PASSPORT APPLICATIONS.

       Section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 750; 22 
     U.S.C. 214) is amended by--
       (1) inserting before the period at the end of the first 
     sentence the following: ``; except that the Secretary of 
     State may by regulation authorize State officials or the 
     United States Postal Service to collect and retain the 
     execution fee for each application for a passport accepted by 
     such officials or by that Service''; and
       (2) striking the second sentence.

     SEC. 1237. EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES FOR MEMBERSHIP IN 
                   A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

       Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (i)(I);
       (2) by inserting ``or'' at the end of clause (i)(II);
       (3) by inserting after clause (i)(II) the following new 
     subclause:

       ``(III) is a member of a terrorist organization or who 
     actively supports or advocates terrorist activity,''; and

       (4) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iv) Terrorist organization defined.--As used in this 
     subparagraph, the term `terrorist organization' means an 
     organization that engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist 
     activity as determined by the Attorney General, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State.''.

     SEC. 1238. TERRORIST LOOKOUT COMMITTEES.

       (a) Establishment.--
       (1) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall establish within each 
     United States Embassy a Terrorist Lookout Committee, which 
     shall include the head of the political section and senior 
     representatives of all United States law enforcement agencies 
     and all elements of the intelligence community under the 
     authority of the chief of mission.
       (2) Each Committee shall be chaired by the respective 
     deputy chief of mission, with the head of the consular 
     section as vice chair.
       (b) Meetings.--Each Terrorist Lookout Committee established 
     under subsection (a) shall meet at least monthly and shall 
     maintain records of its meetings. Upon the completion of each 
     meeting, each Committee shall report to the Department of 
     State all names submitted for inclusion in the visa lookout 
     system.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees within 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act on the status of 
     establishing Terrorist Lookout Committees under this section 
     and evaluating interagency cooperation in the process.
       (2) Not later than April 1, 1997, the Secretary of State 
     shall submit a follow-up report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees detailing progress on submitting 
     names for inclusion in the visa lookout system and evaluating 
     cooperation among agencies and embassy sections in 
     maintaining lists of such names.

     SEC. 1239. INCITEMENT AS A BASIS FOR EXCLUSION FROM THE 
                   UNITED STATES.

       (a) In General.--Section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)), as amended by 
     this Act, is further amended--
       (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (i)(II);
       (2) in clause (i)(III) by inserting ``or'' at the end; and
       (3) by inserting after clause (i)(III) the following new 
     subclause:

       ``(IV) has, under circumstances indicating an intention to 
     cause death or serious bodily harm, incited terrorism, 
     engaged in targeted racial vilification, or advocated the 
     overthrow of the United States Government or death or serious 
     bodily harm to any United States citizen or United States 
     Government official,''.

       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to aliens seeking to enter the United States on 
     or after the date of enactment of this Act.

                   CHAPTER 3--REFUGEES AND MIGRATION

     SEC. 1251. 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 submit 
     a report to

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     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. 1252. 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''.

     SEC. 1253. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOLUNTARY 
                   RETURN OF REFUGEES.

       (a) In General.--No funds authorized to be appropriated by 
     section 1104 of this Act or by section 2(c) of the Migration 
     and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)) shall 
     be available to effect the involuntary return of 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.
       (b) Involuntary Return Defined.--As used in this section, 
     the term ``effect the involuntary 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. 1254. REPORT ON IRAQI REFUGEES.

       (a) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     describing in detail the procedures for determining 
     eligibility for resettlement of Iraqi nationals from Saudi 
     Arabia and Turkey to the United States.
       (b) Report.--The report under subsection (a) shall include 
     the following:
       (1) The history of the United States resettlement program 
     for Iraqi refugees, including the number of such refugees 
     resettled in the United States and in other countries during 
     each year since fiscal year 1991, as well as activities of 
     the United States Government, other governments, and 
     international organizations with respect to temporary 
     protection for Iraqi refugees in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and 
     other countries.
       (2) An evaluation and explanation of the continuing need 
     for the program, including an evaluation of the prospects for 
     future resettlement of Iraqi refugees in countries other than 
     the United States and the impact of United States activities 
     on resettlement commitments by such countries and on the 
     actions of countries providing temporary protection.
       (3) A detailed analysis of the basis for claims of 
     persecution of Iraqi refugees approved for resettlement in 
     the United States.
       (4) A detailed description and evaluation of procedures 
     employed by United States personnel to ensure the denial of 
     fraudulent applications and the application of all grounds of 
     exclusion provided by United States law.
       (5) A detailed description of the acculturation program for 
     Iraqi refugees selected for admission to the United States, 
     with particular reference to any differences between this 
     program and similar programs for other refugees, and an 
     evaluation of the continuing need for such program and for 
     improvements therein.

     SEC. 1255. 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. 1256. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                   INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF PERSONS IN DANGER OF 
                   SUBJECTION TO TORTURE.

       (a) In General.--No funds authorized to be appropriated by 
     this Act, or by section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), shall be 
     available to expel, extradite, or otherwise effect the 
     involuntary return of any person to a country in which there 
     are substantial grounds for believing the person would be in 
     danger of being subjected to torture.
       (b) Definitions.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided, terms used 
     in this section have the meanings assigned under the United 
     Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman 
     or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, subject to any 
     reservations, understandings, declarations and provisos 
     contained in the United States resolution of advice and 
     consent to ratification to such Convention.
       (2) Involuntary return.--As used in this section, the term 
     ``effect the involuntary 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.
  TITLE XIII--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; DEPARTMENT OF 
                  STATE PERSONNEL; THE FOREIGN SERVICE

           CHAPTER 1--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     SEC. 1301. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM.

       (a) Establishment.--Section 1(f) of the State Department 
     Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(f)) (as 
     amended by section 213 of this Act) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``In'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In''; and
       (2) by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(2) Coordinator for counterterrorism.--
       ``(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.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 161 of 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995 (Public Law 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. 1302. 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''.

     SEC. 1303. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TIBET.

       (a) United States Special Envoy for Tibet.--The President 
     should appoint within the Department of State a United States 
     Special Envoy for Tibet, who shall hold office at the 
     pleasure of the President.
       (b) Rank.--A United States Special Envoy for Tibet 
     appointed under subsection (a) shall have the personal rank 
     of ambassador and shall be appointed by and with the advice 
     and consent of the Senate.
       (c) Special Functions.--The United States Special Envoy for 
     Tibet should be authorized and encouraged--
       (1) to promote substantive negotiations between the Dalai 
     Lama or his representatives and senior members of the 
     Government of the People's Republic of China;
       (2) 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
       (3) to travel regularly throughout Tibet and Tibetan 
     refugee settlements.
       (d) Duties and Responsibilities.--The United States Special 
     Envoy for Tibet should--
       (1) consult with the Congress on policies relevant to Tibet 
     and the future and welfare of all Tibetan people;
       (2) coordinate United States Government policies, programs, 
     and projects concerning Tibet; and
       (3) 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. 1304. RESPONSIBILITIES OF BUREAU CHARGED WITH MIGRATION 
                   AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

       The Bureau of Migration and Refugee Assistance shall be the 
     bureau within the Department of State with principal 
     responsibility for assisting the Secretary in carrying out 
     the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 and shall 
     not be charged with responsibility for assisting the 
     Secretary in matters relating to family planning or 
     population policy.

     SEC. 1305. 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

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     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. 1306. MANAGEMENT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       (a) Position.--Either the head or next most senior person 
     of the bureau or office within the Department of State with 
     principal responsibility for management of human resources 
     and personnel policies of the Department shall have 
     substantial professional qualifications in the field of human 
     resource policy and management.
       (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``substantial professional qualifications in the field of 
     human resources policy and management'' means in excess of 15 
     years experience as a human resources management professional 
     of which at least 5 years shall have been gained in the 
     private sector or in government service outside the Foreign 
     Service.

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

     SEC. 1351. 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 660 shall be members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service;
       (2) for the United States Information Agency, shall not 
     exceed 1,150, 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 1,800, of whom not more than 225 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 660 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 225 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 of the President's intention 
     to exercise the waiver authority. Such notice shall include 
     an explanation of the circumstances and necessity for such 
     waiver.

     SEC. 1352. RESTRICTION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES OF FORMER 
                   UNITED STATES CHIEFS OF MISSION.

       Section 207(d)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or'' after ``title 
     3,''; and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(D) serves in the position of chief of mission (as 
     defined in section 102(3) of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980),''.

     SEC. 1353. LIMITATIONS ON MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENTS.

       Section 1017(e)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4117(e)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(A)(ii) and 
     paragraph (1)(B), the term `management official' does not 
     include chiefs of mission, principal officers or their 
     deputies, administrative and personnel officers abroad, or 
     individuals described in section 1002(12) (B), (C), and (D) 
     who are not involved in the administration of this chapter or 
     in the formulation of the personnel policies and programs of 
     the Department.''.

     SEC. 1354. NONOVERTIME DIFFERENTIAL PAY.

       Title 5 of the United States Code is amended--
       (1) in section 5544(a), by inserting after the fourth 
     sentence the following new sentence: ``For employees serving 
     outside the United States in areas where Sunday is a routine 
     workday and another day of the week is officially recognized 
     as the day of rest and worship, the Secretary of State may 
     designate the officially recognized day of rest and worship 
     as the day with respect to which additional pay is authorized 
     by the preceding sentence.''; and
       (2) at the end of section 5546(a), by adding the following 
     new sentence: ``For employees serving outside the United 
     States in areas where Sunday is a routine workday and another 
     day of the week is officially recognized as the day of rest 
     and worship, the Secretary of State may designate the 
     officially recognized day of rest and worship as the day with 
     respect to which additional pay is authorized by the 
     preceding sentence.''.

     SEC. 1355. 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)--
       (A) by 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) 
     for--
       ``(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. Amounts deposited shall be obligated and 
     expended only to the extent and in such amounts as are 
     provided in advance in an appropriation Act.
       ``(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).''.

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       (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect 
     October 1, 1996.

     SEC. 1356. REPORT ON PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF PERSONNEL.

       Section 601(c)(4) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4001(c)(4)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) include on a biennual basis the comments of the 
     Inspector General for Foreign Affairs with respect to the 
     adequacy of the reports on the matters described in this 
     paragraph.''.

     SEC. 1357. FOREIGN SERVICE REFORM.

       (a) Appointments by the President.--Section 302(b) of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3942(b)) is amended in 
     the second sentence--
       (1) by striking ``may elect to'' and inserting ``shall''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``Service,'' and all that follows and 
     inserting ``Service.''.
       (b) Performance Pay.--Section 405 of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Members'' and 
     inserting ``Subject to subsection (e), members''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of State may provide for recognition of the 
     meritorious or distinguished service of a member of the 
     Foreign Service described in subsection (a) (including 
     members of the Senior Foreign Service) by means other than an 
     award of performance pay in lieu of making such an award 
     under this section.''.
       (c) Expedited Separation Out.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
     shall develop and implement procedures to identify, and 
     recommend for separation, members of the Foreign Service 
     ranked by promotion boards in the bottom five percent of 
     their class for any two of the five preceding years.
 TITLE XIV--UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES 
  FOR UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

     SEC. 1401. 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. 1402. CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE 
                   BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.

       Section 208(e) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2075(e)) is amended by 
     striking ``$10,000,000'' and inserting ``$4,000,000''.

     SEC. 1403. EXPANSION OF 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) in subsection (a), by striking ``Soviet Union, 
     Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia'' and inserting ``former 
     Soviet Union, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Albania, Bulgaria, 
     Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, 
     and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(5), by striking ``law,'' in the first 
     sentence and all that follows through the end of paragraph 
     (5) and inserting ``journalism, law, library and information 
     science, public administration, and public policy.'';
       (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``Soviet Union, 
     Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia'' and inserting ``countries 
     specified in subsection (a)'';
       (4) in subsection (c)(11), by striking ``Soviet republics, 
     Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia'' and inserting ``countries 
     specified in subsection (a)''; and
       (5) in the section heading, by striking ``THE SOVIET UNION, 
     LITHUANIA, LATVIA, AND ESTONIA'' and inserting ``CERTAIN 
     EURASIAN COUNTRIES''.

     SEC. 1404. MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

       Section 253(4)(B) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6102(4)(B)) is 
     amended by striking ``certain'' and inserting the following: 
     ``, under criteria established by the Mansfield Center for 
     Pacific Affairs, certain allowances and benefits not to 
     exceed the amount of equivalent''.

     SEC. 1405. PILOT PROGRAM ON ADVERTISING ON USIA TELEVISION 
                   AND RADIO BROADCASTS.

       (a) In General.--(1) The Director of the United States 
     Information Agency shall carry out a pilot program to 
     determine the feasibility and advisability of permitting 
     advertisements on the television broadcasts and radio 
     broadcasts of the USIA , including broadcasts of the Voice of 
     America, Radio Marti/TV Marti, Worldnet, Radio Free Europe/
     Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia.
       (2) The Director shall commence carrying out the pilot 
     program not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     transmittal to Congress of the plan required under subsection 
     (b).
       (3) The Director shall carry out the pilot program for 12 
     months.
       (b) Program Plan.--(1) Not later than 120 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall prepare 
     and transmit to Congress a plan for carrying out the pilot 
     program required under subsection (a).
       (2) In preparing the plan, the Director shall solicit and 
     take into account the comments of other broadcasting entities 
     funded by the United States Government on the experiences of 
     and advantages and disadvantages to public television and 
     radio broadcast stations of permitting advertisements on the 
     broadcasts of such stations.
       (c) Treatment of Revenues.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Director may use any revenues received 
     by the USIA under the pilot program to pay for the cost of 
     the radio and television broadcasting activities of the USIA. 
     Such funds shall be available for that purpose without fiscal 
     year limitation.
       (d) Program Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of the completion of the pilot program, the Director shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the pilot program. The report 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A description of the pilot program, including the 
     number and type of advertisements aired under the pilot 
     program and the revenues received as a result of the 
     advertisements.
       (2) An estimate of the number and type of advertisements 
     that would be carried on the television broadcasts and radio 
     broadcasts of the USIA on an annual basis after the 
     completion of the pilot program if the USIA were authorized 
     to continue to carry such advertisements, and the revenues 
     that the USIA would receive as a result of carrying such 
     advertisements.
       (3) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of 
     permitting advertisements on the television broadcasts and 
     radio broadcasts of the USIA, including a discussion of the 
     advisability of permitting such advertisements by--
       (A) United States entities;
       (B) foreign governments;
       (C) foreign individuals or entities; and
       (D) a combination of such entities, governments, and 
     individuals.
       (e) Regulations.--The Director may prescribe regulations to 
     carry out the pilot program.

     SEC. 1406. CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.

       (a) Contract Authority for Voice of America Radio 
     Facility.--Section 235 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246) is 
     amended by inserting ``Tinian,'' after ``Sao Tome,''.
       (b) Availability of Appropriations.--Section 701(f)(4) of 
     the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
     1948 (22 U.S.C. 1476(f)) is amended by striking ``September 
     30, 1995'' and inserting ``March 1, 1997''.
       (c) Technical Correction.--Section 314(2)(B) of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 
     U.S.C. 6213(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``section 307(e)'' 
     and inserting ``section 308(d)''.
       (d) Radio Broadcasting to Cuba.--Section 4 of the Radio 
     Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465b) is amended by 
     striking ``Director of the Voice of America'' and inserting 
     ``Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau''.
       (e) Television Broadcasting to Cuba.--Section 244(a) of the 
     Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465cc(a)) is 
     amended in the third sentence by striking ``Voice of 
     America'' and inserting ``International Broadcasting 
     Bureau''.
       (f) International Broadcasting Bureau.--Section 307 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
     1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(c) Consolidation of Engineering Function.--For the 
     purpose of achieving economies and eliminating duplication, 
     the Director of the United States Information Agency is 
     authorized to appoint, during 1996, up to 5 otherwise 
     qualified United States citizens employed in the Office of 
     the Vice President for Engineering and Technical Operations 
     of RFE/RL, Incorporated, to the competitive service or the 
     career Foreign Service of the United States Information 
     Agency in accordance with the provisions of title 5 of the 
     United States Code, and without regard to section 301(b) or 
     306 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, governing 
     appointments in the Foreign Service. Prior service with RFE/
     RL, Incorporated, by an individual appointed under this 
     subsection shall be credited in determining the length of 
     service of the individual for reduction in force purposes and 
     toward establishing the career tenure of the individual.''.
       (g) Use of Fees From Educational Advising.--Section 810 of 
     the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
     1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e) is amended by inserting ``, 
     educational advising,'' after ``English-teaching''.

     SEC. 1407. 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. 1408. CONDUCT OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 
                   EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.

       In carrying out programs of educational and cultural 
     exchange in countries whose people do not fully enjoy freedom 
     and democracy (including but not limited to China, Vietnam, 
     Cambodia, Tibet, and Burma), the Director of the

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     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.

     SEC. 1409. EXTENSION OF AU PAIR PROGRAMS.

       (a) Repeal.--Section 581 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 
     (Public Law 104-107) is repealed.
       (b) Authority for Au Pair Programs.--The Director of the 
     United States Information Agency is authorized to continue to 
     administer an au pair program, operating on a world-wide 
     basis, through fiscal year 1999.
       (c) Report.--Not later than October 1, 1998, the Director 
     of the United States Information Agency shall submit a report 
     regarding the continued extension of au pair programs to the 
     appropriate congressional committees. This report shall 
     specifically detail the compliance of all au pair 
     organizations with regulations governing au pair programs as 
     published on February 15, 1995.

     SEC. 1410. 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 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. 1411. INITIATION OF BROADCASTS BY RADIO FREE ASIA.

       Section 309 of the United States International Broadcasting 
     Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(j) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
     Years 1996 and 1997, Radio Free Asia shall initiate regular 
     broadcasts to the People's Republic of China, Burma, 
     Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Tibet, and Vietnam. Such 
     broadcasts shall be conducted under the name `Radio Free 
     Asia' and 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.''.

     SEC. 1412. DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY FILM ENTITLED 
                   ``THE FRAGILE RING OF LIFE''.

       Notwithstanding section 208 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 
     1461-1(a)) and the second sentence of section 501 of the 
     United States Information and Education Act of 1948 (22 
     U.S.C. 1461), the Director of the United States Information 
     Agency may make available for distribution within the United 
     States the documentary entitled ``The Fragile Ring of Life'', 
     a film about coral reefs around the world.
         TITLE XV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1501. TERMINATION OF UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN 
                   CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b) and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
     authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any other 
     provision of law may be used for payment of United States 
     membership in any of the following organizations:
       (1) The United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
       (2) Pan American Railway Congress Association.
       (3) The International Cotton Advisory Committee.
       (4) The World Tourism Organization.
       (5) The Inter-American Indian Institute.
       (6) International Tropical Timber Organization.
       (b) Expenses Pending Termination of United States 
     Membership.--Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection 
     (a), funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act, to 
     the extent required under any treaty to which the United 
     States is a party, may be used to make payments to the 
     organizations identified in subsection (a) during the period 
     beginning on the date that the United States gives notice 
     pursuant to such treaty of the intent to terminate United 
     States membership in the organization as promptly as 
     permitted by such treaty and ending on the date that the 
     termination of United States membership takes effect.

     SEC. 1502. 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.''.

     SEC. 1503. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO INTERNATIONAL 
                   ORGANIZATIONS ESPOUSING WORLD GOVERNMENT.

       None of the funds authorized to be made available by this 
     Act shall be used--
       (1) to pay the United States contribution to any 
     international organization which engages in the direct or 
     indirect promotion of the principle or doctrine of one world 
     government or one world citizenship; or
       (2) for the promotion, direct or indirect, of the principle 
     or doctrine of one world government or one world citizenship.

     SEC. 1504. INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL 
                   RIGHTS.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) On April 2, 1992, the Senate approved a resolution of 
     advice and consent to ratification of the International 
     Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, subject to 
     reservations, understandings, declarations, and a proviso 
     intended, inter alia, to protect the First Amendment rights 
     of American citizens and other United States constitutional 
     rights and practices.
       (2) In accordance with the action of the Senate, the 
     President deposited the United States instrument of 
     ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and 
     Political Rights on June 8, 1992, and the Covenant entered 
     into force for the United States on September 8, 1992.
       (3) On November 2, 1994, the Human Rights Committee, 
     established under the Covenant to interpret the Covenant and 
     to receive complaints of noncompliance, adopted General 
     Comment No. 24 regarding reservations to the Covenant.
       (4) In General Comment No. 24, the Human Rights Committee 
     claimed for itself the power to judge the validity under 
     international law of reservations to the Covenant, and in the 
     purported exercise of this power asserted that reservations 
     of the type included in the Senate resolution of ratification 
     are invalid, and further asserted that invalid reservations 
     will be read out of instruments of ratification, ``in the 
     sense that the Covenant will be operative for the reserving 
     party without benefit of the reservation''.
       (5) The purpose and effect of General Comment No. 24 is to 
     seek to nullify as a matter of international law the 
     reservations, understandings, declarations, and proviso 
     contained in the Senate resolution of ratification, thereby 
     purporting to impose legal obligations on the United States 
     never accepted by the United States.
       (6) General Comment No. 24 threatens not only the Supremacy 
     Clause of the United States Constitution and the 
     constitutional authority of the Senate with respect to the 
     approval of treaties, but also the First Amendment rights of 
     American citizens and the other United States constitutional 
     rights and practices protected by the reservations, 
     understandings, declarations, and proviso contained in the 
     Senate resolution of ratification.
       (b) Restriction on Obligation or Expenditure of Funds.--
       (1) Restriction.--Effective two years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, no funds authorized to be appropriated 
     by this Act or any other Act, or otherwise made available, 
     may be obligated or expended for the conduct of any activity 
     which has the purpose or effect of--
       (A) reporting to the Human Rights Committee in accordance 
     with Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and 
     Political Rights, or
       (B) responding to any effort by the Human Rights Committee 
     to use the procedures of Articles 41 and 42 of the 
     International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to 
     resolve claims by other parties to the Covenant that the 
     United States is not fulfilling its obligations under the 
     Covenant,
     until the President has submitted to the Congress the 
     certification described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Certification.--The certification referred to in 
     paragraph (1) is a certification by the President to the 
     Congress that the Human Rights Committee established under 
     the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 
     has--
       (A) revoked its General Comment No. 24 adopted on November 
     2, 1994; and
       (B) expressly recognized the validity as a matter of 
     international law of the reservations, understandings, and 
     declarations contained in the United States instrument of 
     ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and 
     Political Rights.

     SEC. 1505. UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN SINGLE COMMODITY 
                   INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report that--
       (1) identifies the national interests, if any, that are 
     served by continuing United States participation in single-
     commodity international organizations;

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       (2) assesses the current and projected costs of continuing 
     United States participation in such organizations in light of 
     the increasingly limited funds available to fund United 
     States participation in all international organizations;
       (3) assesses the feasibility and desirability of the 
     privatization of United States representation in such 
     organizations; and
       (4) sets forth options for achieving the privatization of 
     the organizations if the Secretary determines that the 
     privatization is feasible and desirable.

  CHAPTER 2--UNITED NATIONS AND AFFILIATED AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

     SEC. 1521. 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. 1522. REPORT ON UNICEF.

       Not later than December 31, 1996, the Secretary of State 
     shall submit 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. 1523. UNITED NATIONS BUDGETARY AND MANAGEMENT REFORM.

       (a) In General.--(1) 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. UNITED NATIONS BUDGETARY AND MANAGEMENT REFORM.

       ``(a) Withholding of Contributions.--
       ``(1) Assessed contributions for regular united nations 
     budget.--At the beginning of each 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.--At the beginning of each 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.--The United States may not during any fiscal 
     year 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 relevant records, documents, and 
     other available materials relating to those programs and 
     operations; and
       ``(C) have direct and prompt access to any official of the 
     United Nations.
       ``(4) The United Nations has fully implemented, and made 
     available to all member states, procedures designed to 
     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 
     designed to 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 relevant reports of the 
     Inspector General are made available to the General Assembly 
     without modification.
       ``(7) The United Nations is committed to providing, 
     sufficient budgetary resources to ensure the effective 
     operation of the United Nations Inspector General.''.
       (2) Section 10 of the United Nations Participation Act of 
     1945, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply only with 
     respect to fiscal years after fiscal year 1996.
       (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. WITHHOLDING OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

       ``(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, 3 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 of more than $100,000, and 
     (B) a public announcement of the award of any contract of 
     more than $100,000. To the extent practicable, notifications 
     shall be made in a widely available business-related 
     publication.
       ``(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, 3 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, 3 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 of more 
     than $100,000 and a process to assure unsuccessful bidders a 
     timely opportunity to challenge awards for contracts of more 
     than $100,000 that 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''.

     SEC. 1524. LIMITATION ON ASSESSMENT PERCENTAGE FOR 
                   PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Amendment to the UNPA.--The United Nations 
     Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.), as amended 
     by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 12. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.

       ``(a) Reassessment of Contribution Percentages.--The 
     Permanent Representative of

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     the United States to the United Nations should make every 
     effort to ensure that the United Nations completes an overall 
     review and reassessment of each nation's assessed 
     contributions for United Nations peacekeeping operations. As 
     part of the overall review and assessment, the Permanent 
     Representative should make every effort to advance the 
     concept that, when appropriate, host governments and other 
     governments in the region where a United Nations peacekeeping 
     operation is carried out should bear a greater burden of its 
     financial cost.
       ``(b) Limitation on Assessed Contribution With Respect to a 
     Peacekeeping Operation.--(1) Funds authorized to be 
     appropriated for `Contributions for International 
     Peacekeeping Activities' for any fiscal year shall not be 
     available for the payment of the United States assessed 
     contribution for a United Nations peacekeeping operation in 
     an amount which is greater than 25 percent of the total 
     amount of all assessed contributions for that operation, and 
     any arrearages that accumulate as a result of assessments in 
     excess of 25 percent of the total amount of all assessed 
     contributions for any United Nations peacekeeping operation 
     shall not be recognized or paid by the United States.
       ``(2) Any penalties, interest, or other charges imposed on 
     the United States in connection with such contributions shall 
     be credited as a part of the percentage limitation contained 
     in the preceding sentence.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The limitation contained in section 
     12(b) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as 
     added by subsection (a), shall apply only with respect to 
     funds authorized to be appropriated for ``Contributions for 
     International Peacekeeping Activities'' for fiscal years 
     after fiscal year 1995.
       (c) Conforming Repeal.--Section 404 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, is 
     repealed.

     SEC. 1525. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
                   UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.

       Section 4(d)(1) of the United Nations Participation Act of 
     1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b(d)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
     and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(D) A description of the anticipated budget for the next 
     fiscal year for United States participation in United Nations 
     peacekeeping activities, including a statement of the 
     aggregate amount of funds (from all accounts) and the 
     aggregate costs of in-kind contributions that the United 
     States proposes to make available to the United Nations for 
     that fiscal year for United Nations peacekeeping 
     activities.''.

     SEC. 1526. PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF SECURITY 
                   COUNCIL VOTES ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING 
                   ACTIVITIES.

       Section 4 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 
     (22 U.S.C. 287b) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Notice to Congress of Proposed United Nations 
     Peacekeeping Activities.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
     (2), at least 5 days before any vote in the Security Council 
     to initiate, expand, or modify any United Nations 
     peacekeeping activity or any other action under the Charter 
     of the United Nations which would involve the use of United 
     States Armed Forces, the President shall submit to the 
     designated congressional committees a notification with 
     respect to the proposed action. The notification shall 
     include the following:
       ``(A) A cost assessment of such action (including the total 
     estimated cost and the United States share of such cost).
       ``(B) Identification of the source of funding for the 
     United States share of the costs of the action (whether in an 
     annual budget request, reprogramming notification, a 
     rescission of funds, a budget amendment, or a supplemental 
     budget request).
       ``(2)(A) If the President determines that an emergency 
     exists which prevents submission of the 5-day advance 
     notification specified in paragraph (1) and that the proposed 
     action is in the national security interests of the United 
     States, the notification described in paragraph (1) shall be 
     provided in a timely manner but no later than 48 hours after 
     the vote by the Security Council.
       ``(B) Determinations made under subparagraph (A) may not be 
     delegated.''.

     SEC. 1527. CODIFICATION OF REQUIRED NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF 
                   PROPOSED UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING 
                   ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Required Notice.--Section 4 of the United Nations 
     Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b) is amended--
       (1) by striking the second sentence of subsection (a);
       (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) (as 
     redesignated by the preceding section) as subsections (f) and 
     (g), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (d) a new subsection (e) 
     consisting of the text of subsection (a) of section 407 of 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), revised--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
     ``in written form not later than the 10th day of'' after 
     ``shall be provided'';
       (ii) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by inserting ``(including 
     facilities, training, transportation, communication, and 
     logistical support, but not including intelligence activities 
     reportable under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 
     (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.))'' after ``covered by the 
     resolution''; and
       (iii) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the 
     following new clause:
       ``(iv) A description of any other United States assistance 
     to or support for the operation (including facilities, 
     training, transportation, communication, and logistical 
     support, but not including intelligence activities reportable 
     under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     413 et seq.)), and an estimate of the cost to the United 
     States of such assistance or support.'';
       (B) by striking paragraph (3);
       (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3) and in 
     the last sentence of subparagraph (A) of that paragraph by 
     striking ``and (ii)'' and inserting ``through (iv)'';
       (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) New united nations peacekeeping operation defined.--
     As used in paragraphs (2)(B) and (3), the term `new United 
     Nations peacekeeping operation' includes any existing or 
     otherwise ongoing United Nations peacekeeping operation--
       ``(A) that is to be expanded by more than 25 percent during 
     the period covered by the Security Council resolution, as 
     measured by either the number of personnel participating (or 
     authorized to participate) in the operation or the budget of 
     the operation; or
       ``(B) that is to be authorized to operate in a country in 
     which it was not previously authorized to operate.''; and
       (E) in paragraph (5)--
       (i) by striking ``(5) Notification'' and all that follows 
     through ``(B) The President'' and inserting ``(5) Quarterly 
     reports.--The President''; and
       (ii) by striking ``section 4(d)'' and all that follows 
     through ``of this section)'' and inserting ``subsection 
     (d)''.
       (b) Conforming Repeal.--Subsection (a) of section 407 of 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), is repealed.
       (c) Designated Congressional Committees.--Subsection (g) of 
     section 4 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 
     U.S.C. 287b(g)), as redesignated by subsection (a), is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(g) Designated Congressional Committees.--As used in this 
     section, the term `designated congressional committees' means 
     the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations 
     and the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives.''.

     SEC. 1528. RESTRICTIONS ON INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH THE 
                   UNITED NATIONS.

       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. 13. RESTRICTIONS ON INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH THE 
                   UNITED NATIONS.

       ``(a) Provision of Intelligence Information to the United 
     Nations.--(1) No United States intelligence information may 
     be provided to the United Nations or any organization 
     affiliated with the United Nations, or to any official or 
     employee thereof, unless the President certifies 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 that the Director of Central 
     Intelligence (in this section referred to as the `DCI'), in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
     Defense, has required, and such organization has established 
     and implemented, procedures for protecting intelligence 
     sources and methods (including protection from release to 
     nations and foreign nationals that are otherwise not eligible 
     to receive such information) no less stringent than 
     procedures maintained by nations with which the United States 
     regularly shares similar types of intelligence information. 
     Such certification shall include a description of the 
     procedures in effect at such organization.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) may be waived upon written 
     certification by the President to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress that providing such information to the United 
     Nations or an organization affiliated with the United 
     Nations, or to any official or employee thereof, is in the 
     national security interest of the United States and that all 
     possible measures protecting such information have been 
     taken, except that such waiver must be made for each instance 
     such information is provided, or for each such document 
     provided.
       ``(b) Periodic and Special Reports.--(1) The President 
     shall periodically report, but not less frequently than 
     quarterly, 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 on 
     the types and volume of intelligence provided to the United 
     Nations and the purposes for which it was provided during the 
     period covered by the report. Such periodic reports shall be 
     submitted to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the House of Representatives with an annex containing a 
     counterintelligence and security assessment of all risks, 
     including an evaluation of any potential adverse impact on 
     national collection systems, of providing intelligence to the 
     United Nations, together with information on how such risks 
     have been addressed.
       ``(2) The President shall submit a special report 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

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     within 15 days after the United States Government becomes 
     aware of any unauthorized disclosure of intelligence provided 
     to the United Nations by the United States.
       ``(c) Limitation.--The restrictions of subsection (a) and 
     the requirement for periodic reports under paragraph (1) of 
     subsection (a) shall not apply to the provision of 
     intelligence that is provided only to, and for the use of, 
     appropriately cleared United States Government personnel 
     serving with the United Nations.
       ``(d) Delegation of Duties.--The President may not delegate 
     or assign the duties of the President under subsection (a).
       ``(e) Relationship to Existing Law.--Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to--
       ``(1) impair or otherwise affect the authority of the 
     Director of Central Intelligence to protect intelligence 
     sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure pursuant to 
     section 103(c)(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 403-3(c)(5)); or
       ``(2) supersede or otherwise affect the provisions of title 
     V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et 
     seq.).''.
                  TITLE XVI--FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1601. APPLICABILITY OF TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT.

       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.''.

     SEC. 1602. REPORT ON OCCUPIED TIBET.

       (a) Report on United States-Tibet Relations.--Not later 
     than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
     every 12 months thereafter, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations 
     of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
     a report on the state of relations between the United States 
     and those recognized by Congress as the true representatives 
     of the Tibetan people, the Dalai Lama, his representatives, 
     and the Tibetan Government in exile, and on conditions in 
     Tibet.
       (b) Separate Tibet Reports.--
       (1) It is the sense of the Congress that whenever an 
     executive branch report is transmitted to the Congress on a 
     country-by-country basis there should be included in such 
     report, where applicable, a separate report on Tibet listed 
     alphabetically with its own state heading.
       (2) The reports referred to in paragraph (1) include, but 
     are not limited to, reports transmitted under sections 116(d) 
     and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating 
     to human rights).

     SEC. 1603. TAIPEI REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE.

       For purposes of carrying out its activities in the United 
     States, the instrumentality known as the Taipei Economic and 
     Cultural Representative Office as of the date of enactment of 
     this Act shall, on and after such date, be permitted to 
     operate under the name ``Taipei Representative Office''.

     SEC. 1604. EFFORTS AGAINST EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

       (a) Prioritization.--The President shall give urgent 
     priority to the strengthening of efforts against emerging 
     infectious diseases through the development of appropriate 
     United States Government strategies and response mechanisms.
       (b) Strategic Plan.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
     the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report outlining a 
     United States strategic plan, in cooperation with the 
     international public health infrastructure, to identify and 
     respond to the threat of emerging infectious diseases to the 
     health of the people of the United States.

     SEC. 1605. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.

       Section 33 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2573) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(c) Statutory Construction.--Nothing contained in this 
     chapter shall be construed to authorize any policy or action 
     by any Government agency which would interfere with, 
     restrict, or prohibit the acquisition, possession, or use of 
     firearms by an individual for the lawful purpose of personal 
     defense, sport, recreation, education, or training.''.

     SEC. 1606. REPORTS REGARDING HONG KONG.

       (a) Extension of Reporting Requirement.--Section 301 of the 
     United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731) 
     is amended in the text above paragraph (1) by striking ``and 
     March 31, 2000,'' and inserting ``March 31, 2000, and every 
     year thereafter,''.
       (b) Additional Requirements.--In light of deficiencies in 
     reports submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 301 of 
     the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 
     5731), reports required to be submitted under that section on 
     or after the date of enactment of this Act shall include 
     detailed information on the status of, and other developments 
     affecting, implementation of the Sino-British Joint 
     Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, including--
       (1) the Basic Law and its consistency with the Joint 
     Declaration;
       (2) the openness and fairness of elections to the 
     legislature;
       (3) the openness and fairness of the election of the chief 
     executive and the executive's accountability to the 
     legislature;
       (4) the treatment of political parties;
       (5) the independence of the judiciary and its ability to 
     exercise the power of final judgment over Hong Kong law;
       (6) the Bill of Rights;
       (7) a list of all treaties and international agreements 
     (including multilateral conventions) in force as of July 1, 
     1997, between the United States and Hong Kong, or between the 
     United States and the United Kingdom which apply to Hong 
     Kong; and
       (8) a short description of the extent to which Hong Kong is 
     carrying out and has the capacity to carry out its 
     commitments and obligations under each treaty or 
     international agreement under paragraph (7).

     SEC. 1607. THE UNITED STATES-NORTH KOREA AGREED FRAMEWORK OF 
                   OCTOBER 21, 1994, AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA 
                   ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (KEDO).

       (a) 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.
       (b) 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.
       (c) 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) consistent and sustained efforts by the Government of 
     North Korea to engage in a substantive 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;
       (C) prohibiting the export by North Korea of missiles and 
     other weapons of mass destruction, including related 
     technology and components;
       (D) obtaining positive and productive cooperation from 
     North Korea on the recovery of remains of Americans missing 
     in action from the Korean War without consenting to 
     exorbitant demands by North Korea for financial compensation; 
     and
       (E) achieving credible assurances and intelligence 
     confirmation that North Korea has ended its participation in 
     and support of international terrorism.
       (d) Restrictions on Assistance to North Korea and the 
     Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization.--
       (1) In general.--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.

       ``(a) Limitation.--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 
     security of the United States.
       ``(b) Exception.--The requirement of subsection (a)(2)(B) 
     shall not apply with respect to assistance authorized to be 
     appropriated and appropriated for North Korea or the Korean 
     Peninsula Energy Development Organization.''.
       (2) Effective date.--Section 620G of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a), applies with respect 
     to assistance

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     provided to North Korea or the Korean Peninsula Energy 
     Development Organization on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 1608. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PARTICIPATION.

       (a) In General.--The United States may not participate in 
     an international criminal court with jurisdiction over crimes 
     of an international character except to the extent and in the 
     manner authorized--
       (1) by a treaty entered into in accordance with Article II, 
     section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution; or
       (2) by a law enacted in accordance with Article I, section 
     7 of the Constitution.
       (b) Definitions.--As used in subsection (a)--
       (1) the term ``participate'' means consent to the 
     jurisdiction of, recognize the validity of the decisions of, 
     or extradite or otherwise render suspects to, an 
     international criminal court with jurisdiction over crimes of 
     an international character; and
       (2) the term ``international criminal court with 
     jurisdiction over crimes of an international character'' does 
     not include any international war crimes tribunal established 
     prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 1609. PROHIBITION ON THE TRANSFER OF ARMS TO INDONESIA.

       Consistent with section 582 of the Foreign Operations 
     Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
     1995 (Public Law 103-306), the United States is prohibited 
     from selling or licensing for export to the Government of 
     Indonesia light arms, small weapons, and crowd control 
     ordnances, including helicopter-mounted equipment, until the 
     Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     International Relations of the House of Representatives that 
     there has been significant progress made on human rights in 
     East Timor and elsewhere in Indonesia, including--
       (1) compliance with the recommendations in the United 
     Nations Special Rapporteur's January 1992 report and the 
     March 1993 recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights 
     Commission;
       (2) significant reduction in Indonesia's troop presence in 
     East Timor;
       (3) thorough and impartial investigation of gangs and 
     violent civilian groups operating in East Timor;
       (4) improved access to East Timor for Indonesian and 
     international human rights and humanitarian organizations and 
     journalists, including the deployment of United Nations human 
     rights monitors if so requested;
       (5) constructive participation in the United Nations 
     Secretary General's efforts to resolve the status of East 
     Timor; and
       (6) greater local control over political, economic, and 
     cultural affairs, with an aim toward resolving the future 
     status of East Timor.

     SEC. 1610. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SELF-DEFENSE FUND.

       (a) Authority for Establishment.--
       (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the 
     President is authorized to enter into an international 
     agreement with eligible countries for the establishment of a 
     fund to assist the self-defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
     which may be known as the ``Multilateral Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina Self-Defense Fund''.
       (2) The Secretary of State is authorized to transfer to the 
     custody of the international board having responsibility for 
     the Fund defense articles from the stocks of the Department 
     of Defense and defense services of the Department of Defense 
     transferred or available for transfer pursuant to section 540 
     of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-107), or 
     pursuant to any similar provision of law.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Fund shall be to provide 
     an international mechanism for the procurement of military 
     equipment and training for transfer to the Government of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina for the exercise of its right to self-
     defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, and 
     to facilitate the achievement of a lasting peace by enabling 
     the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to protect its 
     population and territory.
       (c) Requirements.--An agreement referred to in subsection 
     (a) shall meet the following requirements:
       (1) United states representation.--The United States will 
     chair any international board having responsibility for the 
     Fund.
       (2) Control of military equipment.--The agreement will 
     provide procedures for the control of military equipment 
     received by the international board having responsibility for 
     the Fund.
       (3) Commitment by the government of bosnia and 
     herzegovina.--Before any military equipment or training 
     purchased or otherwise acquired through the Fund, or held by 
     the international board responsible for the Fund, may be 
     transferred to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that 
     Government will provide written assurances that the equipment 
     or training will not be used to take reprisals against any 
     civilians.
       (d) Report on Efforts To Enable the Federation of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina To Provide for Its Own Defense.--Within 30 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     President shall submit a detailed report to the Congress on 
     the administration's plan to assist the Federation of Bosnia 
     to provide for its own defense, including the role of the 
     United States and other countries in providing such 
     assistance. Such report shall include an evaluation of the 
     defense needs of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
     including, to the maximum extent possible--
       (1) the types and quantities of arms, spare parts, and 
     logistics support required to establish a stable military 
     balance prior to the withdrawal of United States Armed 
     Forces;
       (2) the nature and scope of training to be provided;
       (3) a detailed description of the past, present, and future 
     United States role in ensuring that the Federation of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina is provided as rapidly as possible with 
     equipment, training, arms, and related logistic assistance of 
     the highest possible quality;
       (4) administration plans to use existing military drawdown 
     authority and other assistance authorities pursuant to this 
     section; and
       (5) specific or anticipated commitments by third countries 
     to provide arms, equipment, or training to the Federation of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina.
     The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
     contain a classified annex.
       (e) Definitions.--As used in this section:
       (1) Eligible countries.--The term ``eligible countries'' 
     includes any foreign country other than a country the 
     government of which the Secretary of State has determined, in 
     accordance with section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979, repeatedly provides support for 
     acts of international terrorism.
       (2) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the fund established as 
     provided in subsection (a).
       (3) Government of bosnia and herzegovina.--The term 
     ``Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina'' includes any agency, 
     instrumentality, or forces of the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina.
       (f) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     be interpreted as authorization for the deployment of United 
     States forces in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina for 
     any purpose, including training, support, or delivery of 
     military equipment.

     SEC. 1611. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION 
                   OF THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT.

       (a) Military Aspects.--Thirty days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and at least once every 60 days 
     thereafter until all United States Armed Forces are withdrawn 
     from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the President shall submit to 
     the Congress a report on the status of the deployment of 
     United States Armed Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
     including a detailed description of the following:
       (1) Criteria for determining success for the deployment.
       (2) The military mission and objectives.
       (3) Milestones for measuring progress in achieving the 
     mission and objectives.
       (4) Command arrangements for United States Armed Forces.
       (5) The rules of engagement for United States Armed Forces.
       (6) The multilateral composition of forces in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina.
       (7) The status of compliance by all parties with the 
     General Framework Agreement and associated Annexes, including 
     Article III of Annex 1-A concerning the withdrawal of foreign 
     forces from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (8) All incremental costs of the Department of Defense and 
     any costs incurred by other Federal agencies, for the 
     deployment of United States Armed Forces in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, including support for the NATO Implementation 
     Force.
       (9) The exit strategy to provide for complete withdrawal of 
     United States Armed Forces in the NATO Implementation Force, 
     including an estimated date of completion.
       (10) A description of progress toward enabling the 
     Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide for its own 
     defense.

     Reports under this section shall include a description of any 
     changes in the areas listed in paragraphs (1) through (10) 
     since the previous report, if applicable. Reports shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
     annex.
       (b) Nonmilitary Aspects.--Thirty days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and at least once every 60 days 
     thereafter, until all United States Armed Forces withdraw 
     from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the President shall submit to 
     the Congress a report on the following:
       (1) The status of implementation of nonmilitary aspects of 
     the General Framework Agreement and associated Annexes, 
     especially Annex 10 on Civilian Implementation, and of 
     efforts, which are separate from the Implementation Force, by 
     the United States and other countries to support 
     implementation of the nonmilitary aspects. Such report shall 
     include a detailed description of--
       (A) progress toward conducting of elections;
       (B) the status of refugees and displaced persons;
       (C) humanitarian and reconstruction efforts;
       (D) police training and related civilian security efforts, 
     including the status of the implementation of Annex 11 
     regarding an international police task force; and
       (E) implementation of Article XIII of Annex 6 concerning 
     cooperation with the International Tribunal for the former 
     Yugoslavia and other appropriate organizations in the 
     investigation and prosecution of war crimes and other 
     violations of international humanitarian law.
       (2) The status of coordination between the High 
     Representative and the Implementation Force Commander.
       (3) The status of plans and preparation for the 
     continuation of civilian activities after the withdrawal of 
     the Implementation Force.
       (4) All costs incurred by all United States Government 
     agencies for reconstruction, refugee, humanitarian, and all 
     other nonmilitary bilateral and multilateral assistance in 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (5) United States and international diplomatic efforts to 
     contain and end conflict in the former Yugoslavia, including 
     efforts to resolve the status of Kosova and halt violations 
     of internationally recognized human rights of its majority 
     Albanian population.

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       (6) The progress of efforts to establish a United States 
     Information Agency facility in Pristina, Kosova.

     Reports under this subsection shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.

     SEC. 1612. VERIFICATION OF MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME.

       Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency shall submit to the Congress a report on the 
     capability of the United States to verify the Missile 
     Technology Control Regime, including any applicable United 
     States policy statements, pursuant to section 37 of the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Act.

     SEC. 1613. REPEAL OF TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS OF THE NUCLEAR 
                   PROLIFERATION PREVENTION ACT OF 1994.

       (a) Repeal.--Part D of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention 
     Act of 1994 (part D of title VIII of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995; Public Law 
     103-236; 108 Stat. 525) is hereby repealed.
       (b) Judicial Review.--Section 824 of the Nuclear 
     Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994 is amended by striking 
     subsection (e).

     SEC. 1614. PAYMENT OF IRAQI CLAIMS.

       (a) Vesting of Assets.--All nondiplomatic accounts of the 
     Government of Iraq in the United States that have been 
     blocked pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
     Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) shall vest in the 
     President and the President, not later than 30 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, shall liquidate such 
     accounts. Amounts from such liquidation shall be transferred 
     into the Iraq Claims Fund established under subsection (b).
       (b) Iraq Claims Fund.--Upon the vesting of accounts under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish 
     in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as 
     the Iraq Claims Fund (hereafter in this section referred to 
     as the ``Fund'') for payment of private claims or United 
     States Government claims in accordance with subsection (c).
       (c) Payments.--
       (1) Payments on private claims.--Not later than 2 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     the Treasury shall make payment out of the Fund in ratable 
     proportions on private claims certified under subsection (e) 
     according to the proportions which the total amount of the 
     private claims so certified bear to the total amount in the 
     Fund that is available for distribution at the time such 
     payments are made.
       (2) Payments on u.s. government claims.--After payment has 
     been made in full out of the Fund on all private claims 
     certified under subsection (e), any funds remaining in the 
     Fund shall be made available to satisfy claims of the United 
     States Government against the Government of Iraq determined 
     under subsection (d).
       (d) Determination of Validity of U.S. Government Claims.--
     The President shall determine the validity and amounts of 
     claims of the Government of the United States against the 
     Government of Iraq which the Secretary of State has 
     determined are outside the jurisdiction of the United Nations 
     Commission, and, to the extent that such claims are not 
     satisfied from funds made available by the Fund, the 
     President is authorized and requested to enter into a 
     settlement agreement with the Government of Iraq which would 
     provide for the payment of such unsatisfied claims.
       (e) Determination of Private Claims.--
       (1) Authority of the foreign claims settlement 
     commission.--The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the 
     United States is authorized to receive and determine, in 
     accordance with substantive law, including international law, 
     the validity and amounts of private claims. The Commission 
     shall complete its affairs in connection with the 
     determination of private claims under this section within 
     such time as is necessary to allow the payment of the claims 
     under subsection (c)(1).
       (2) Applicability.--Except to the extent inconsistent with 
     the provisions of this section, the provisions of title I of 
     the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 
     1621 et seq.) shall apply with respect to private claims 
     under this section. Any reference in such provisions to 
     ``this title'' shall be deemed to refer to those provisions 
     and to this section.
       (3) Certification.--The Foreign Claims Settlement 
     Commission shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the 
     awards made in favor of each private claim under paragraph 
     (1).
       (f) Unsatisfied Claims.--Payment of any award made pursuant 
     to this section shall not extinguish any unsatisfied claim, 
     or be construed to have divested any claimant, or the United 
     States on his or her behalf, of any rights against the 
     Government of Iraq with respect to any unsatisfied claim.
       (g) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) the term ``Government of Iraq'' includes agencies, 
     instrumentalities, and controlled entities (including public 
     sector enterprises) of that government;
       (2) the term ``private claims'' mean claims of United 
     States persons against the Government of Iraq that are 
     determined by the Secretary of State to be outside the 
     jurisdiction of the United Nations Commission;
       (3) the term ``United Nations Commission'' means the United 
     Nations Compensation Commission established pursuant to 
     United Nations Security Council Resolution 687, adopted in 
     1991; and
       (4) the term ``United States person''--
       (A) includes--
       (i) any person, wherever located, who is a citizen of the 
     United States;
       (ii) any corporation, partnership, association, or other 
     legal entity organized under the laws of the United States or 
     of any State, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, 
     territory, or possession of the United States; and
       (iii) any corporation, partnership, association, or other 
     organization, wherever organized or doing business, which is 
     owned or controlled by persons described in clause (i) or 
     (ii); and
       (B) does not include the United States Government or any 
     officer or employee of the United States Government acting in 
     an official capacity.

     SEC. 1615. 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 
     $19,600,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 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 should be used in a manner that 
     effectively increases employment opportunities in communities 
     with rates of unemployment higher than the local or urban 
     average of unemployment in Northern Ireland. In addition, 
     such contributions should be used to benefit individuals 
     residing in such communities.''.
       (2) Conditions and understandings.--Section 5(a) of such 
     Act is amended--
       (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) should be provided to individuals or entities in 
     Northern Ireland which employ practices consistent 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 ``in accordance with 
     the principle of equality'' and all that follows and 
     inserting ``to individuals and entities whose practices are 
     consistent with 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 from high 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) the extent to which the practices of each individual 
     or entity receiving assistance from United States 
     contributions to the International Fund has been consistent 
     with the principles of economic justice.''.
       (5) Requirements relating to funds.--Section 7 of such Act 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Prohibition.--Nothing included herein shall require 
     quotas or reverse discrimination or mandate their use.''.
       (6) 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 ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) 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

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     of the principles described in subparagraphs (A) through 
     (H).''.

     SEC. 1616. 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 House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.''.

     SEC. 1617. 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 inserting after subsection (v) (as 
     added by this Act) the following new subsection:
       ``(w)(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.''.
                  TITLE XVII--CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS

     SEC. 1701. THE LAOGAI SYSTEM OF POLITICAL PRISONS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the President should--
       (1) publicly condemn the continued existence of the Chinese 
     gulag, known as 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. 1702. 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. Such an agreement should 
     include efforts to encourage greater 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) Extend an invitation to the Dalai Lama to visit 
     Washington, District of Columbia, in 1996.
       (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 
     appropriate congressional committees:
       (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) An information strategy for promoting human rights by 
     expanding Chinese and Tibetan language broadcasts on the 
     Voice of America and establishing Radio Free Asia.

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       (I) 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. 1703. 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. 1704. 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.

     SEC. 1705. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BORDER CROSSING FEES.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the United States 
     Government should not impose or collect a border crossing fee 
     along its borders with Canada and Mexico.

     SEC. 1706. 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 
     make every effort to pay the full United States assessed 
     funding levels for the Organization of American States and 
     the Pan American Health Organization so that these two 
     entities, which are uniquely dependent on United States 
     contributions, have adequate resources to contribute 
     effectively to United States foreign policy initiatives.

     SEC. 1707. ESCALATING COSTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
                   ACTIVITIES.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the executive branch 
     should cease obligating the United States to pay for 
     international peacekeeping operations in excess of funds 
     specifically authorized and appropriated for this purpose.

     SEC. 1708. VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON 
                   TAIWAN.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the President of the 
     Republic of China on Taiwan should be admitted to the United 
     States for a visit in 1996 with all appropriate courtesies.

     SEC. 1709. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN 
                   GATT AND WTO.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the United States should separate the Republic of China 
     on Taiwan's application for membership in the General 
     Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade 
     Organization (WTO) from the People's Republic of China's 
     application for membership in such organizations;
       (2) the United States should support the Republic of China 
     on Taiwan's earliest membership in the GATT and the WTO if it 
     meets full and legitimate membership criteria, including the 
     elimination of inappropriate tariff levels and nontariff 
     barriers;
       (3) the United States should support the membership of the 
     People's Republic of China in the GATT and the WTO only if a 
     sound bilateral commercial agreement is reached between the 
     United States and the People's Republic of China, and that 
     the People's Republic of China makes significant progress in 
     making its economic system compatible with GATT and WTO 
     principles; and
       (4) the People's Republic of China's application for 
     membership in the GATT and the WTO should be reviewed 
     strictly in accordance with the rules, guidelines, 
     principles, precedents, and practices of the GATT and the 
     WTO.

     SEC. 1710. INDUSTRIAL PARK FOR GAZA OR THE WEST BANK.

       (a) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
     that--
       (1) the United States should take prompt, visible action 
     before the coming elections in Gaza and Jericho that promises 
     hope and jobs to Palestinians;
       (2) the rapid development of an industrial park in Gaza or 
     the West Bank, closely coordinated with private sector 
     investors, will provide a clear sign of opportunity resulting 
     from peace with Israel;
       (3) the decision to site the industrial park should give 
     special consideration to the extremely difficult economic 
     conditions in Gaza and the West Bank;
       (4) the President should appoint a special coordinator to 
     coordinate the rapid development of an industrial park in 
     Gaza or the West Bank and to begin the recruitment of United 
     States investors; and
       (5) the Secretary of State should direct a short-term 
     review and implementation of United States assistance plans 
     to assist in speeding the flow of goods and services between 
     Israel and Gaza and the West Bank while increasing security 
     among those areas.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the President shall prepare and 
     transmit to the Congress a report detailing the following:
       (1) All actions taken by the President to establish an 
     industrial park in Gaza or the West Bank.
       (2) Funds planned for expenditure to develop such 
     industrial park.
  And the Senate agree to the same.
     Benjamin A. Gilman,
     Bill Goodling,
     Henry J. Hyde,
     Toby Roth,
     Doug Bereuter,
     Christopher H. Smith,
     Dan Burton,
     Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Jesse Helms,
     Olympia Snowe,
     Hank Brown,
     Paul Coverdell,
     John Ashcroft,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1561) to authorize 
     appropriations for the Department of State, the United States 
     Information Agency, and related agencies, and for other 
     purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House 
     and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action 
     agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the 
     accompanying conference report:
       The Senate amendment struck all of the House bill after the 
     enacting clause and inserted a substitute text.
       The House recedes from its disagreement to the amendment of 
     the Senate with an amendment that is a substitute for the 
     House bill and the Senate amendment. The differences between 
     the House bill, the Senate amendment, and the substitute 
     agreed to in conference are noted below, except for clerical 
     corrections, conforming changes made necessary by agreements 
     reached by the conferees, and minor drafting and clerical 
     changes.

                               Division A


                      title i--general provisions

     Short title
       The House bill (sec. 101) provides a short title for this 
     Division, the ``Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 
     1995.''
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1001) provides a short title for 
     this Division, the ``Foreign Affairs Reinvention Act of 
     1995.''
       The conference substitute provides a short title for this 
     Division, the ``Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 
     1996.''
     Congressional findings
       The House bill (sec. 102) sets forth congressional findings 
     that the United States must remain engaged in international 
     affairs; that the U.S. budget deficit requires streamlining 
     of government programs and activities, including foreign 
     programs and activities; and that, as part of the downsizing 
     of the international affairs budget, the proliferation of 
     foreign affairs agencies that occurred during the Cold War 
     must be reversed and the leadership of the Secretary of State 
     strengthened.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Purposes
       The House bill (sec. 103) states that the purposes of the 
     Division are to consolidate and reinvent the foreign affairs 
     agencies of the United States within the Department of State; 
     provide for the reorganization of the Department of State; 
     strengthen the coordination of U.S. foreign policy; and to 
     abolish not later than March 1, 1997, the United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), the United States 
     Information Agency (USIA), the International Development 
     Cooperation Agency, and the Agency for International 
     Development (AID).
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1002) states that the purposes 
     of the Division are, inter alia, to reorganize and reinvent 
     the foreign affairs agencies of the United States within the 
     Department of State, to assist in congressional efforts to 
     balance the Federal budget, to ensure that the United States 
     maintains adequate representation abroad within budgetary 
     constraints, and to encourage United States foreign affairs 
     agencies to maintain a high percentage of the best qualified 
     United States Government employees while downsizing 
     significantly the total number of employees of such agencies.

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       The conference substitute (sec. 103) contains a combination 
     of the purposes set forth in the House bill and the Senate 
     amendment.
     Definitions
       The House bill (sec. 104) defines terms used within this 
     Division of the House bill.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1624) defines terms used within 
     this Division of the Senate bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 104) is substantially 
     identical to the House bill.
     Office of the Secretary of State
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1101) amends the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act to provide that the 
     Secretary of State shall be the principal foreign policy 
     adviser to the President and shall be responsible for the 
     overall direction, coordination, and supervision of the 
     interdepartmental activities of the Government abroad.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Assumption of duties by incumbent employees
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1102) provides that individuals 
     appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate 
     and performing duties substantially similar to the duties of 
     a new office to be created pursuant to this Division may, in 
     the discretion of the Secretary of State, assume the duties 
     of such new office and shall not be required to be 
     reappointed.
       The House bill (secs. 222(c), 322(a)(2), 322(b)(2), and 
     422(b)) provides that officials appointed by and with the 
     advice and consent of the Senate may be appointed in an 
     acting capacity to new offices created pursuant to this 
     Division until the President nominates and the Senate 
     confirms a permanent appointee.
       The conference substitute (sec. 614(b)) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Procedures for coordination of Government personnel at 
         overseas posts
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1104) amends the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 to require heads of Executive departments and 
     agencies to obtain the approval of chiefs of mission 
     regarding changes in the size, composition, or mandate of 
     employees of such departments and agencies in foreign 
     countries, and to require compliance with the procedures of 
     National Security Decision Directive 38.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 102) is identical to the 
     House bill.


      TITLE II--UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

     Effective date
       The House bill (sec. 201) provides that this title and the 
     amendments made by this title (other than section 221) shall 
     take effect on March 1, 1997, or on an earlier date announced 
     by the President in the Federal Register, which date may be 
     not earlier than 60 calendar days (excluding any days on 
     which either House of Congress is not in session because of a 
     sine die adjournment) after the President has submitted a 
     reorganization plan to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     pursuant to section 221. Section 221 shall take effect on the 
     date of enactment.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1207) provides that this title 
     and the amendments made by this title shall take effect in 
     the event that the President does not transmit to Congress 
     within six months of the date of enactment a reorganization 
     plan meeting the objectives of section 1501(a)(2) of the 
     Senate bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 201) is similar to the 
     House bill.
     References in title
       The House bill (sec. 202) states that, except as otherwise 
     provided, the references in this title to provisions of law 
     shall be considered references to the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1201(c)) is similar to the House 
     bill.
       The conference substitute contains no comparable provision.
     Abolition of United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
         Agency
       The House bill (sec. 211) abolishes ACDA.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1201(a)) is similar to the House 
     bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 211) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Transfer of functions to Secretary of State
       The House bill (sec. 212) transfers to the Secretary of 
     State all functions of the Director of ACDA and of ACDA.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 212) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Reorganization plan
       The House bill (sec 221) provides that, not later than 
     March 1, 1996, the President, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State and the Director of ACDA, shall submit a 
     reorganization plan to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress. The plan is to provide for the abolition of ACDA; 
     the transfer of ACDA's functions and personnel to the 
     Department of State; and the consolidation, reorganization, 
     and streamlining of the Department of State upon the transfer 
     in order to carry out the transferred functions. The plan is 
     to identify the functions of ACDA that are to be transferred; 
     the personnel and positions of ACDA and the Department that 
     are to be transferred, separated, or eliminated; specify the 
     consolidations and reorganizations within the Department that 
     will be required; specify the funds available to ACDA that 
     will be transferred; specify the proposed allocations within 
     the Department of unexpended funds that are to be transferred 
     from ACDA; and specify the proposed disposition of the 
     property, facilities, contracts, records, and other assets 
     and liabilities of ACDA.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1603) provides that, in the 
     event that the President does not transmit to Congress within 
     six months of the date of enactment a reorganization plan 
     meeting the objectives of section 1501(a)(2) of the Senate 
     amendment, the President shall, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, transmit a reorganization plan with 
     respect to ACDA to the appropriate committees of Congress. 
     The plan is to provide for substantially the same matters as 
     the plan submitted under the House bill. A plan transmitted 
     under this section shall become effective after 90 calendar 
     days of continuous session of Congress, unless Congress 
     enacts a joint resolution disapproving the plan. The Senate 
     amendment further requires a reduction in employees and in 
     funds available for salaries and expenses in the event that a 
     plan transmitted under this section takes effect.
       The conference substitute (sec. 601) is similar to the 
     House bill, except that the plan is to be submitted not later 
     than October 1, 1996. In addition, the requirement for 
     submission of the plan shall not apply if the President 
     exercises the waiver authority of section 602 of the 
     conference substitute with respect to ACDA. A plan submitted 
     pursuant to this section may be modified by the President on 
     the basis of consultations with the appropriate congressional 
     committees. A plan submitted pursuant to this section shall 
     become effective on the earlier of March 1, 1997, or such 
     date as the President shall determine to be appropriate and 
     announce by notice published in the Federal Register.
       The Committee notes that ACDA's single-mission focus has 
     permitted the agency to develop over the years unique 
     expertise and experience among its personnel in arms control 
     matters. The Department of State has needed to develop 
     similar expertise within the Bureau of Political-Military 
     Affairs and elsewhere. However, the personnel system of the 
     Department, which emphasizes the development of broad 
     expertise among the Department's employees so as to equip 
     them to effectively carry out the Department's many missions, 
     has necessarily limited the Department's ability to match the 
     training and experience in arms control matters that is found 
     within ACDA.
       The Committee believes that it would be detrimental to the 
     interests of the United States for the expertise and 
     experience of ACDA personnel to be lost as a result of the 
     consolidation of ACDA with the Department of State. 
     Accordingly, the Committee would expect any reorganization 
     plan applicable to ACDA submitted pursuant to section 601 of 
     the conference substitute to be designed, to the maximum 
     extent feasible, to ensure that the unique expertise and 
     experience of ACDA personnel is not lost to the United States 
     Government as a result of the consolidation.
     Principal officers
       The House bill (sec. 222) amends the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act to establish the new position within the 
     Department of State of Coordinator for Arms Control and 
     Disarmament, with the rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large. 
     The Coordinator heads the Bureau of Arms Control and 
     Disarmament and reports directly to the Secretary of State. 
     In addition, an amendment to the National Security Act of 
     1947 provides that the Coordinator shall serve as a statutory 
     advisor to the National Security Council.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 213) is substantially 
     identical to the House bill.
     References
       The House bill (sec. 244) provides that any reference in 
     any statute or other official document or proceeding to the 
     Director of ACDA shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of 
     State, and any reference to ACDA shall be deemed to refer to 
     the Department of State.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1206) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 221) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Repeal of establishment of Agency
       The House bill (sec. 242) repeals section 21 of the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Act (relating to the establishment of 
     ACDA).
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1201(b)) is substantially 
     identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 222) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Repeal of positions and offices
       The House bill (sec. 243) repeals provisions of the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Act establishing positions and 
     offices within ACDA.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1202) is substantially 
     identical, except that the provision establishing the ACDA 
     Inspector General is not repealed.
       The conference substitute (secs. 223 and 501) is similar to 
     the House bill.
     Transfer of authorities and functions under the Arms Control 
         and Disarmament Act to the Secretary of State
       The House bill (sec. 244) transfers authorities and 
     functions of ACDA and the Director of ACDA to the Department 
     of State and to the Secretary of State.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1203) is similar.

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       The conference substitute (sec. 224) is based on the House 
     bill.
     Conforming amendments
       The House bill (sec. 225) makes conforming amendments to 
     other provisions of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1205) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 225) is based on the House 
     bill.
     Authorization of appropriations
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1204) makes a conforming 
     amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
     Years 1994 and 1995.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.


              TITLE III--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

     Effective date
       The House bill (sec. 301) provides that this title and the 
     amendments made by this title (other than section 321) shall 
     take effect on March 1, 1997, or on an earlier date announced 
     by the President in the Federal Register, which date may be 
     not earlier than 60 calendar days (excluding any days on 
     which either House of Congress is not in session because of a 
     sine die adjournment) after the President has submitted a 
     reorganization plan to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     pursuant to section 321. Section 321 shall take effect on the 
     date of enactment.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1329) provides that this title 
     and the amendments made by this title shall take effect in 
     the event that the President does not transmit to Congress 
     within six months of the date of enactment a reorganization 
     plan meeting the objectives of section 1501(a)(2) of the 
     Senate bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 301) is similar to the 
     House bill.
     Abolition of United States Information Agency
       The House bill (sec. 311) abolishes USIA.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1301) is substantially 
     identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 311) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Transfer of functions to Secretary of State
       The House bill (sec. 312) transfers to the Secretary of 
     State all functions of the Director of USIA and of USIA.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 312) is similar to the 
     House bill, but includes a special provision governing 
     transfer of the Broadcasting Board of Governors to the 
     Department of State.
     Reorganization plan
       The House bill (sec 321) provides that, not later than 
     March 1, 1996, the President, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State and the Director of USIA, shall submit a 
     reorganization plan to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress. The plan is to provide for the abolition of USIA; 
     the transfer of USIA's functions and personnel to the 
     Department of State; and the consolidation, reorganization, 
     and streamlining of the Department of State upon the transfer 
     in order to carry out the transferred functions. The plan is 
     to identify the functions of USIA that are to be transferred; 
     the personnel and positions of USIA and the Department that 
     are to be transferred, separated, or eliminated; specify the 
     consolidations and reorganizations within the Department that 
     will be required; specify the funds available to USIA that 
     will be transferred; specify the proposed allocations within 
     the Department of unexpended funds that are to be transferred 
     from USIA; and specify the proposed disposition of the 
     property, facilities, contracts, records, and other assets 
     and liabilities of USIA.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1604) provides that, in the 
     event that the President does not transmit to Congress within 
     six months of the date of enactment a reorganization plan 
     meeting the objectives of section 1501(a)(2) of the Senate 
     amendment, the President shall, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, transmit a reorganization plan with 
     respect to USIA to the appropriate committees of Congress. 
     The plan is to provide for substantially the same matters as 
     the plan submitted under the House bill. A plan transmitted 
     under this section shall become effective after 90 calendar 
     days of continuous session of Congress, unless Congress 
     enacts a joint resolution disapproving the plan. The Senate 
     amendment further requires a reduction in employees and in 
     funds available for salaries and expenses in the event that a 
     plan transmitted under this section takes effect.
       The conference substitute (sec. 601) is similar to the 
     House bill, except that the plan is to be submitted not later 
     than October 1, 1996. In addition, the requirement for 
     submission of the plan shall not apply if the President 
     exercises the waiver authority of section 602 of the 
     conference substitute with respect to USIA. A plan submitted 
     pursuant to this section may be modified by the President on 
     the basis of consultations with the appropriate congressional 
     committees. A plan submitted pursuant to this section shall 
     become effective on the earlier of March 1, 1997, or such 
     date as the President shall determine to be appropriate and 
     announce by notice published in the Federal Register.
     Principal officers
       The House bill (sec. 322) amends the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act to establish the new positions within the 
     Department of State of Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, 
     Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs and Cultural 
     Exchanges, and Assistant Secretary for Information, Policy, 
     and Programs. Both assistant secretaries shall report to the 
     under secretary.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 313) amends the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act to establish within the 
     Department of State the position of Under Secretary for 
     Public Diplomacy, but does not establish any assistant 
     secretary positions.
     References
       The House bill (sec. 341) provides that any reference in 
     any statute or other official document or proceeding to the 
     Director of USIA shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of 
     State, and any reference to USIA shall be deemed to refer to 
     the Department of State.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1302) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     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
        The House bill (sec. 342) abolishes the Office of 
     Inspector General of USIA, and transfers the functions of 
     that Office to the Office of Inspector General of the 
     Department of State.
        The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 502) is virtually identical 
     to the House bill.
     Amendments to title 5
        The House bill (sec. 343) makes conforming amendments to 
     title 5 of the United States Code.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1303) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 322) is identical.
     Amendments to United States Information and Educational 
         Exchange Act of 1948
        The House bill (sec. 344) makes conforming amendments to 
     the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
     1948.
        The Senate amendment (sec. 1304) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 323) is similar.
     Amendments to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
         Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act)
        The House bill (sec. 345) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1305) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 324) is similar.
     International broadcasting activities
        The House bill (sec. 346) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995, and to title 5 of the United States Code.
        The Senate amendment (sec. 1306) is similar.
        The conference substitute (sec. 325) is similar.
     Television broadcasting to Cuba
        The House bill (sec. 347) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
        The Senate amendment (sec. 1307) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 326) is similar.
     Radio broadcasting to Cuba
        The House bill (sec. 348) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1308) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 327) is similar.
     National Endowment for Democracy
        The House bill (sec. 349) makes conforming amendments to 
     Public Law 98-164.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1309) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 328) is similar.
     United States Scholarship Program for Developing Countries
        The House bill (sec. 350) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 
     and 1987.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1310) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 329) is similar.
     Fascell Fellowship Board
        The House bill (sec. 351) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Fascell Fellowship Act.
       The Senate bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 330) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     National Security Education Board
        The House bill (sec. 352) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1992.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1311) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 331) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between North 
         and South
        The House bill (sec. 353) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 
     and 1993.

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       The Senate amendment (sec. 1312) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 332) is identical.
     East-West Center
        The House bill (sec. 354) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Mutual Security Act of 1960.
        The Senate amendment (sec. 1313) is identical.
        The conference substitute (sec. 333) is identical.
     Mission of the Department of State
        The House bill (sec. 334) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1314) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 334) is similar.
     Consolidation of administrative services
       The House bill (sec. 356) makes conforming amendments to 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1315) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 335) is similar.
     Grants
       The House bill (sec. 357) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 
     and 1993.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1316) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 336) is similar.
     Ban on domestic activities
       The House bill (sec. 358) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 
     and 1987.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1317) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 337) is similar.
     Conforming repeal to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act
       The House bill (sec. 359) makes a conforming amendment to 
     the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1318) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 338) is identical.
     Repeal relating to procurement of legal services
       The House bill (sec. 360) makes a conforming amendment to 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1319) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 339) is identical.
     Repeal relating to payment of subsistence expenses
       The House bill (sec. 361) makes a conforming amendment to 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1320) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 340) is identical.
     Conforming amendment to the SEED Act
       The House bill (sec. 362) makes a conforming amendment to 
     the Support for East European Democracies Act of 1989.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1321) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 341) is identical.
     International Cultural and Trade Center Commission
       The House bill (sec. 363) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Federal Triangle Development Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1322) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 342) is similar.
     Foreign Service Act of 1980
       The House bill (sec. 364) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Foreign Service Act of 1980.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Au Pair programs
       The House bill (sec. 365) makes a conforming amendment to 
     the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Exchange program with countries in transition from 
         totalitarianism to democracy
       The House bill (sec. 366) makes conforming amendments to 
     the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1324) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 344) is identical.
     Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship Program
       The House bill (sec. 367) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 
     and 1993.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1324) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 345) is similar.
     Implementation of Convention on Cultural Property
       The House bill (sec. 368) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1326) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 346) is identical.
     Mike Mansfield Fellowships
       The House bill (sec. 369) makes conforming a amendment to 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1327) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 347) is similar.
     Other laws referenced in Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1323) makes conforming 
     amendments to various public laws referenced in 
     Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 343) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     United States Advisory Committee for Public Diplomacy
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1328) makes conforming 
     amendments to the United States Information and Educational 
     Exchange Act of 1948.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 348) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.


             TITLE IV--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

     Effective date
       The House bill (sec. 401) provides that this title and the 
     amendments made by this title (other than section 421) shall 
     take effect on March 1, 1997, or on an earlier date announced 
     by the President in the Federal Register, which date may be 
     not earlier than 60 calendar days (excluding any days on 
     which either House of Congress is not in session because of a 
     sine die adjournment) after the President has submitted a 
     reorganization plan to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     pursuant to section 421. Section 421 shall take effect on the 
     date of enactment.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1412) provides that this title 
     and the amendments made by this title shall take effect in 
     the event that the President does not transmit to Congress 
     within six months of the date of enactment a reorganization 
     plan meeting the objectives of section 1501(a)(2) of the 
     Senate bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 401) is similar to the 
     House bill.
     References in title
       The House bill (sec. 402) states that, except as otherwise 
     provided, the references in this title to provisions of law 
     shall be considered references to the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1401(b)) is similar to the House 
     bill.
       The conference substitute contains no comparable provision.
     Abolition of Agency for International Development
       The House bill (sec. 411) abolishes AID and the United 
     States International Development Cooperation Agency.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1401(a)) is similar to the House 
     bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 411) is similar to the 
     House bill, but states that the abolition of AID shall not be 
     interpreted to apply to the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation.
     Transfer of functions to Secretary of State
       The House bill (sec. 412) transfers to the Secretary of 
     State all functions of the Administrator of AID and of AID.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 412) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Reorganization plan
       The House bill (sec 421) provides that, not later than 
     March 1, 1996, the President, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State and the Director of AID, shall submit a 
     reorganization plan to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress. The plan is to provide for the abolition of AID; 
     the transfer of AID's functions and personnel to the 
     Department of State; and the consolidation, reorganization, 
     and streamlining of the Department of State upon the transfer 
     in order to carry out the transferred functions. The plan is 
     to identify the functions of AID that are to be transferred; 
     the personnel and positions of AID and the Department that 
     are to be transferred, separated, or eliminated; specify the 
     consolidations and reorganizations within the Department that 
     will be required; specify the funds available to AID that 
     will be transferred; specify the proposed allocations within 
     the Department of unexpended funds that are to be transferred 
     from AID; and specify the proposed disposition of the 
     property, facilities, contracts, records, and other assets 
     and liabilities of AID.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1605) provides that, in the 
     event that the President does not transmit to Congress within 
     six months of the date of enactment a reorganization plan 
     meeting the objectives of section 1501(a)(2) of the Senate 
     amendment, the President shall, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, transmit a reorganization plan with 
     respect to AID to the appropriate committees of Congress. The 
     plan is to provide for substantially the same matters as the 
     plan submitted under the House bill. A plan transmitted under 
     this section shall become effective after 90 calendar days

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     of continuous session of Congress, unless Congress enacts a 
     joint resolution disapproving the plan. The Senate amendment 
     further requires a reduction in employees and in funds 
     available for salaries and expenses in the event that a plan 
     transmitted under this section takes effect.
       The conference substitute (sec. 601) is similar to the 
     House bill, except that the plan is to be submitted not later 
     than October 1, 1996. In addition, the requirement for 
     submission of the plan shall not apply if the President 
     exercise the waiver authority of section 602 of the 
     conference substitute with respect to AID. A plan submitted 
     pursuant to this section may be modified by the President on 
     the basis of consultations with the appropriate congressional 
     committees. A plan submitted pursuant to this section shall 
     become effective on the earlier of March 1, 1997, or such 
     date as the President shall determine to be appropriate and 
     announce by notice published in the Federal Register.
     Principal officers
       The House bill (sec. 422) amends the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act to establish the new position within the 
     Department of State of Under Secretary for Development and 
     Economic Affairs.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 413) is similar to the 
     House bill, but designates the new under secretary as the 
     Under Secretary for Development and for Economic and 
     Commercial Affairs.
       The committee of conference intends the Under Secretary for 
     Development and for Economic and Commercial Affairs to be 
     responsible for, inter alia, the administration of funds 
     under the Sustainable Development, Development Fund for 
     Africa, SEED, FREEDOM Support, ESF, Disaster, Housing 
     Guarantee, Small and Micro-enterprise, PL-480 Titles II & 
     III, American Schools and Hospitals Abroad, and International 
     Fund for Ireland accounts. The committee of conference 
     intends this list of accounts to be the minimum number of 
     accounts administered by the Under Secretary. Should the 
     Administration wish, the committee of conference would 
     welcome the movement of other foreign assistance programs 
     under the Under Secretary's administration.
     References
       The House bill (sec. 441) provides that any reference in 
     any statute or other official document or proceeding to the 
     Administrator of AID shall be deemed to refer to the 
     Secretary of State, and any reference to AID shall be deemed 
     to refer to the Department of State.
       The Senate amendment (secs. 1402 and 1411) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 421) is similar.
     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
       The House bill (sec. 442) abolishes the Office of Inspector 
     General of AID, and transfers the functions of that Office to 
     the Office of Inspector General of the Department of State.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 414) is similar to the 
     House bill.
     Abolition of Chief Financial Officer of the Agency for 
         International Development and transfer of functions to 
         Chief Financial Officer Department of State
       The House bill (sec. 443) abolishes the Office of Chief 
     Financial Officer of AID, and transfers the functions of that 
     Office to the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the 
     Department of State.
       The Senate bill (sec. 1410) abolishes the Office of Chief 
     Financial Officer of AID.
       The conference substitute (sec. 415) is similar to the 
     House bill.
     Amendments to title 5, United States Code
       The House bill (sec. 444) makes conforming amendments to 
     title 5 of the United States Code.
       The Senate bill (sec. 1408) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 427) is similar.
     Public Law 480 Program
       The House bill (sec. 445) makes conforming amendments to 
     the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
     1954.
       The Senate substitute (sec. 1407) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 426) is similar.
     Exercise of functions by the Secretary of State
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1403) makes conforming 
     amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 422) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Repeal of positions; employment and contracting authorities
     Development Loan Committee
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1405) makes conforming 
     amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 424) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Development Coordination Committee
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1406) makes conforming 
     amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 425) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1409) makes conforming 
     amendments to the Export Enhancement Act of 1988.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 428) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Additional conforming amendments
       The conference substitute (sec. 429) contains additional 
     conforming amendments to various public laws.
       The House bill and the Senate amendment do not contain 
     similar provisions.


                          TITLE V--TRANSITION

     Reorganization of the Department of State and the Independent 
         Foreign Affairs Agencies
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1501) provides that if the 
     President does not submit to Congress a reorganization plan 
     meeting specified objectives within six months of the date of 
     enactment, ACDA, USIA, and AID are to be abolished in 
     accordance with titles II, III, and IV of this Division. If 
     the President in fact submits such a plan in a timely 
     fashion, titles II, III, and IV do not come into effect. The 
     specified objectives of such a reorganization plan include 
     the streamlining and reorganization of the foreign affairs 
     agencies, and the achievement of $1.7 billion in savings over 
     five years calculated from an FY 1995 baseline. Not more than 
     30 percent of the savings is to be realized from reductions 
     in program levels, and not more than 15 percent may come from 
     the administrative expenses of the Department of State. A 
     reorganization plan transmitted pursuant to this section 
     shall take effect after 90 calendar days of continuous 
     session of Congress, unless Congress enacts a joint 
     resolution disapproving the plan.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 602) permits the President 
     to waive the applicability of two of the following three 
     titles of this Division: titles II, III, and IV. In order to 
     exercise this waiver, the President must include a 
     certification to the Congress in the reorganization plan that 
     is required by section 601 to be submitted to Congress no 
     later than October 1, 1996. In this certification, the 
     President must affirm that the reorganization plan he has 
     submitted pursuant to section 601 will achieve savings of 
     $1.7 billion in budget authority over the four-year period of 
     1996-1999, with not more than 30 percent of the savings 
     realized from reductions in program levels. The President 
     must also certify that the plan conforms to the authorization 
     levels for agency operating expenses for the years 1996-1999 
     set forth in Division B. Inasmuch as the authorization levels 
     for agency operating expenses for those years dictate 
     approximately $1.3 billion in savings from the 1995 level, 
     and the remaining $500 million of the required $1.7 billion 
     in savings can come from program cuts, the first two elements 
     of the President's certification are intended to be 
     complementary. Finally, the President must certify that 
     preservation of any agency that otherwise would be abolished 
     is important to the national interest of the United States.
     Reorganization authority
       The House bill (sec. 501) authorizes the Secretary of State 
     to allocate or reallocate functions transferred to the 
     Department among the officers of the Department, and to 
     establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue organizational 
     entities within the Department as necessary to carry out any 
     reorganization under this Division. This authority does not 
     extend to the abolition of organizational entities or offices 
     established by law, or to the alteration of any delegation of 
     functions required by law. A reorganization plan prepared 
     pursuant to this Division may not have the effect of creating 
     a new department or agency, continuing functions beyond the 
     period authorized by law, authorizing the exercise of 
     functions not otherwise authorized by law, or increasing the 
     term of an office beyond that provided by law. Any such 
     reorganization plan shall provide for a twenty-percent 
     reduction applicable to each of the first two fiscal years 
     after implementation of such plan in the total level of 
     expenditures for the functions transferred to the Department 
     of State from the amounts appropriated for such transferred 
     functions for fiscal year 1995.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1606) specifies requirements and 
     limitations applicable to reorganization plans transmitted 
     pursuant to this Division.
       The conference substitute (sec. 611) is similar to the 
     House bill, but omits the requirement that a reorganization 
     plan transmitted pursuant to this Division provide for a 
     twenty-percent reduction in expenditures following the 
     transfer of functions to the Department of State.
     Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel
       The House bill (sec. 502) provides that personnel, assets, 
     liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended 
     appropriations balances of abolished agencies shall be 
     transferred to the Secretary of State. Unexpended and 
     unobligated funds that are so transferred shall be used only 
     for the purposes for which they were originally authorized 
     and appropriated. When an agency is abolished, the

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     limit on the number of members of the foreign service that 
     may be employed by that agency shall be added to the limit 
     for the Department of State.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1612) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 612) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Incidental transfers
       The House bill (sec. 503) provides that 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, contracts, 
     property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations 
     as may be necessary to carry out this Division.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 613) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Effect on personnel
       The House bill (sec. 504) provides that personnel holding 
     Executive Schedule positions who are transferred to the 
     Department of State shall continue to be compensated at a 
     rate not less than that of their previous position. Positions 
     whose incumbents are appointed by the President and confirmed 
     by the Senate, the functions of which are transferred, shall 
     terminate upon the transfer. Employees in the career Senior 
     Executive Service transferred pursuant to any title of this 
     Division shall be placed a position at the Department of 
     State comparable to the position previously held by the 
     employee. Transferring employees shall be provided reasonable 
     notice of new positions and assignments prior to their 
     transfer pursuant to any title of this Division. 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 they are qualified.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1611) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 614) is based on the House 
     bill.
     Savings provisions
       The House bill (sec. 505) provides that all orders, rules, 
     regulations, agreements, contracts, and other administrative 
     actions of the agencies abolished under this Division shall 
     remain in effect according to their terms. Pending 
     proceedings shall not be affected by the transfer of 
     functions of the abolished agencies to the Department of 
     State.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1619) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 616) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Property and facilities
       The House bill (sec. 506) provides that the Secretary of 
     State shall review the property and facilities transferred to 
     the Department to determine whether they are required by the 
     Department.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1614) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 617) is based on the House 
     bill.
     Authority of Secretary to facilitate transition
       The House bill (sec. 507) authorizes the Secretary of State 
     to utilize the services of employees and the funds of the 
     agencies that are to be abolished pursuant to this Division 
     in order to facilitate the transfer of functions to the 
     Department.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1621) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 618) is based on the House 
     bill.
     Recommendations for additional conforming amendments
       The House bill (sec. 508) urges the President to submit 
     recommendations for additional technical and conforming 
     amendments to reflect the changes made by this Division.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1622) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 619) is based on the House 
     bill.
     Final report
       The House bill (sec. 509) provides that, 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 final accounting of the finances 
     of the abolished agencies.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1623) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 620) is based on the House 
     bill.
     Transfer of function
       The House bill (sec. 510) provides that any determination 
     as to whether a transfer of function carried out under this 
     Division constitutes a transfer of function for purposes of 
     subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 5 of the United States 
     Code shall be made without regard to whether the function 
     transferred is identical to functions already performed by 
     the receiving agency.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 621) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Severability
       The House bill (sec. 511) provides that if any provision of 
     this Division is held invalid, the remainder of the Division 
     shall not be affected.
       The Senate bill (sec. 1620) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 622) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Amendments or modification to reorganization plans
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1607) permits the President to 
     submit to Congress amendments to reorganization plans 
     previously submitted pursuant to this Division.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 601(d)) permits the 
     President to modify or revise a reorganization plan 
     transmitted to the Congress.
     Procedures for congressional consideration of reorganization 
         plans
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1608) establishes procedures for 
     expedited congressional consideration of a reorganization 
     plan transmitted pursuant to this Division. Under these 
     procedures, if a joint resolution were enacted disapproving a 
     reorganization plan, that plan would not take effect.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill. 
     The committee of conference concluded that expedited 
     procedures for congressional resolutions to disapprove 
     reorganization plans are unnecessary for two reasons. First, 
     the timetable under section 601 for submission by the 
     President to Congress of a reorganization plan ensures that 
     Congress will have ample time to consider and comment on the 
     plan. The committee of conference is confident that the 
     President will not seek to implement any portions of a 
     reorganization plan that are strongly opposed by the 
     committees of jurisdiction. Second, no provision of this 
     Division is intended to render inapplicable to a 
     reorganization pursuant to this Division the existing 
     requirements for notice to Congress of program changes. The 
     availability of the reprogramming procedures will, in the 
     judgment of the committee of conference, provide ample 
     insurance against ill-advised reorganization decisions. The 
     mechanism provided by section 601(d) of the conference 
     substitute, which permits the President to modify a 
     reorganization plan after its submission and before its 
     implementation, is intended to enable the President to 
     respond to congressional comments on such plans and 
     congressional holds placed on reprogramming notifications 
     submitted in connection with such plans.
     Transition fund
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1609) establishes a transition 
     fund to assist in meeting costs associated with 
     reorganization pursuant to this Division.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 615) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Voluntary separation incentives
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1610) authorizes the payment of 
     voluntary separation incentives to employees of the foreign 
     affairs agencies in order to avoid or minimize the need for 
     involuntary separations.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Effect on contracts and grants
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1618) imposes significant 
     restrictions on the ability of ACDA, USIA, and AID to enter 
     new contracts, extend existing contracts, or make grants that 
     will extend past the date of abolition of the agency.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.


 title vi--reorganization of united states export promotion and trade 
                               activities

     Plan for reorganization of United States export promotion and 
         trade activities
       The House bill (sec. 601) provides that the Trade Policy 
     Coordinating Committee shall submit a report to the Committee 
     on International Relations of the House and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate not later than March 1, 1996, 
     detailing what steps are being taken and what steps should be 
     taken to improve accessibility and coordination among the 
     trade promotion agencies of the U.S. Government. The report 
     shall identify such matters as the function and budget of all 
     U.S. Government agencies with some responsibility for trade 
     promotion, the amount of exports directly generated by each 
     such agency, and areas where greater interoperability and 
     efficiencies could be achieved. The report shall include a 
     plan to reorganize the trade and export promotion agencies, 
     with any necessary legislative changes, in order to more 
     efficiently promote trade and reduce costs.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.

                    Foreign Relations Authorizations


               title xi--authorization of appropriations

       Of the House bill sections included in the final conference 
     report, the House bill authorizes a total of $6,716,742,000 
     for fiscal year 1996 and $6,157,431,000 for fiscal year 1997, 
     for the Department of State, AID, USIA and ACDA.
       Of the Senate amendment sections included in the final 
     conference report, the Senate amendment authorizes a total of 
     $6,301,796,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $5,970,429,000 for 
     fiscal year 1997.
       The conference substitute authorizes a total of 
     $6,524,131,000 for fiscal year 1996 and

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     $ 6,518,385,000 for fiscal year 1997. The conference 
     substitute incorporates the following sub-authorizations:
       (1) $11,900,000 for fiscal year 1997 for administrative 
     expenses of the bureau charged with carrying out refugee 
     programs.
       (2) $80,000,000 for each fiscal year for refugees 
     resettling in Israel.
       (3) $1,500,000 for each fiscal year for Burmese refugees.
       While this bill includes four year authorizations for 
     certain operating accounts of the foreign affairs agencies, 
     this conference report in most respects is a two-year 
     authorization bill. The authorizing Committees plan to pass 
     another authorization bill for fiscal years 1998 and 1999.
       The committee of conference do not intend that any 
     provision in this bill could be used as an authorization of 
     foreign assistance in the meaning of Section 518(a) of P.L. 
     104-107, the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1996.
       Merged accounts. The conference substitute authorizes the 
     merger of the Inspector General of the Department of State 
     and the Inspector General of the U.S. Information Agency. 
     This merger should be completed in fiscal year 1996 and 
     accordingly, the conference substitute merges the two 
     separate authorization of appropriations under the Inspector 
     General for the Department of State.
       Exchange programs. The committee of conference did not 
     include soft earmarks as in previous years for South Pacific 
     Exchanges, East Timorese exchanges, Cambodian scholarships, 
     and Tibetan exchanges. However, the committee of conference 
     lists these programs under the category of ``Other 
     Exchanges'' and recommends that funds be allocated to support 
     each of these specific exchange programs. The inclusion of 
     these programs under ``Other Programs'' should not be 
     construed as an indication of a diminution in support for 
     these programs, or a justification for funding levels 
     disproportionately lower than the House-passed 
     authorizations.
       South Pacific exchanges. The committee of conference 
     recognizes the unique and important function fulfilled by the 
     South Pacific Exchange program. It is a relatively small 
     program funded at $900,000 in the fiscal years 1994 and 1995, 
     which promotes better understanding with the people of a 
     region that has not always been given the attention it 
     deserves in the implementation of U.S. foreign policy.
       Fulbright. The committee of conference believes that USIA 
     should require open competitions for the Administration of 
     the Fulbright program and other scholar exchange programs. 
     Such competitions encourage cost savings and remove 
     unnecessary bureaucratization of scholar recruitment, 
     selection, and placement.
       Section 1101(2)(b) requires that $11.9 million in fiscal 
     year 1997 authorized for salaries and expenses must be 
     available for the salaries and expenses of the bureau that 
     administers Refugee and Migration Assistance. This restores, 
     effective in fiscal year 1997, a provision of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 
     (P.L. 103-236).
       The House bill (sec. 1101 (1)) authorized $5 million for 
     visa processing outside the countries of origin of persons 
     who would have a credible fear of persecution in such 
     countries. The committee of conference agreed to drop this 
     limitation in deference to a suggestion by the Department of 
     State that $5 million may be more than the amount necessary 
     to process such applications.
       The committee of conference notes that a number of persons 
     who have been determined to be currently eligible to apply 
     for immigrant visas have been displaced and uprooted from 
     their homes as a result of war, violent civil disturbance or 
     systematic abuse of human rights in their native countries. 
     The committee of conference expects that the Department will 
     process the immigrant visa applications of such persons in 
     the country in which they are physically present so long as 
     they expect to remain in that country for the period required 
     to process those applications. Processing of such displaced 
     applicants outside their native lands is in accordance with 
     the original intent of the framers of 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1152, who 
     took ``cognizance of the unprecedented number of persons who 
     have been uprooted and dislocated during World War II or due 
     to events subsequent thereto. The amendment is designed to 
     alleviate hardship which might be caused by a rigid 
     requirement that visa applications ``shall be filed only with 
     the consular officer in whose district the applicant shall 
     have established his residence.'' H.R. Rep. No. 1365, 2d 
     Sess. (1952), reprinted in 1952 U.S.C.C.A.N. 1663, 1708-09. 
     The conferees share the view that a requirement that a 
     displaced person return to his or her country of origin in 
     such circumstances would constitute an undue burden on the 
     issuance of his or her immigrant visa. In this connection, 
     the conferees note that the United States Court of Appeals 
     for the District of Columbia Circuit has recently held that 
     the State Department's refusal to process the immigrant visa 
     applications of Vietnamese asylum seekers in Hong Kong 
     violates the provision of 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1152(a) that ``[n]o 
     person shall * * * be discriminated against in the issuance 
     of an immigrant visa because of his * * * nationality.'' 
     Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum-Seekers v. United 
     States Department of State, 45 F.3d 469 (D.C. Cir. 1995).
       UNDP Activities in Burma. The House bill (sec 
     2102(a)(2)(I)) provides that any United States voluntary 
     contribution to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 
     would be limited in each fiscal year to $70 million, minus 
     the amount UNDP has announced that it plans to spend on 
     programs and activities in or for Burma ($18,200,000 for 
     fiscal year 1996 and $25,480,000 for fiscal year 1997), 
     unless UNDP discontinued all of its activities in and for 
     Burma.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1102 (e)) is similar to the 
     House provision, except that the limitation for fiscal year 
     1997 is identical to the limitation in fiscal year 1996. 
     Also, the limitation in each fiscal year may be waived if the 
     President certifies that all UNDP programs and activities in 
     and for Burma are focused on the needs of the poor; are 
     undertaken only through private voluntary organizations 
     independent of the State Law and Order Restoration Council 
     (SLORC); provide no benefit to the SLORC; and are supported 
     by the democratic leadership of Burma.
       Section 431 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 provided that $27.6 million of the 
     funds made available for UNDP for FY 1995 would be available 
     only in certain strictly defined circumstances. The 
     Department of State, acting on behalf of the President, 
     released the $27.6 million pursuant to a certification that 
     UNDP had met the statutory test of having ``initiated no new 
     programs and no new funding for existing programs'' in and 
     for Burma since the 1993 meeting of the UNDP Governing 
     Council. The Memorandum of Justification accompanying the 
     certification stated that UNDP had not initiated or approved 
     any new programs ``beyond those contemplated in the June 1993 
     [UNDP] Governing Council decision.'' The language of section 
     431, however, made no reference to projects ``contemplated'' 
     in the 1993 decision. Rather, it required a finding of no new 
     programs or funding ``since the [1993] meeting.'' The 
     Memorandum also seemed to interpret section 431 as 
     prohibiting release of the money only if UNDP had initiated 
     or funded new ``types'' of projects.
        The present provision is intended to clarify and give 
     effect to the purpose of the fiscal 1995 limitation.
       Refugees and migration. Section 1104(a)(4) authorizes funds 
     for fiscal year 1996 for admission and resettlement of 
     certain Southeast Asian refugees who are in the high-risk 
     categories identified by the ``Lautenberg Amendment''. These 
     categories include those who served with U.S. forces in 
     Vietnam or were in the former government of South Vietnam, or 
     are considered to be religious refugees, or who are members 
     of the Hmong ethnic minority from Laos.
       Subsection (b) prohibits expenditures on programs involving 
     repatriation to Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia unless the 
     remaining asylum seekers have been or will be interviewed by 
     U.S. immigration officers, and unless resettlement offers 
     have been or will be made to those found to be refugees under 
     U.S. immigration standards under current law. The House-
     passed provision was modified in conference to make it clear 
     that the refugee status interviews can, under certain 
     circumstances, be held in the asylum seeker's country of 
     origin. The committee of conference expects that interviews 
     in the country of origin would take place only if diligent 
     efforts to secure permission from first asylum countries for 
     interviews in such countries had proved unavailing, and that 
     arrangements would be made to ensure the safety of returnees 
     pending the completion of the interview and resettlement 
     process.
       The committee of conference notes that the authorization of 
     $1.5 million for each fiscal year for humanitarian assistance 
     for persons displaced by civil conflict in Burma is directed 
     at both those displaced within Burma and those persons now 
     outside of Burma. During the past year, the refugee 
     population along the Thai/Burma border has increased from 
     approximately 77,000 to over 93,000, representing one of the 
     largest influxes in any period since relief efforts began in 
     1984. Due primarily to the attack on Manerplaw, the 
     headquarters of the Karen National Union and the seat of the 
     exiled democracy movement, which occurred in early 1995, this 
     increase illustrates the uncertainty of the current 
     situation.
       On the one hand, SLORC has negotiated, or is in the process 
     of negotiating, cease-fire agreements with nearly all the 
     ethnic groups. A large portion of the Mon refugee population 
     has repatriated over the past few months. On the other hand, 
     the situation on the ground does not seem to have improved. 
     Attacks on the Karen and Karenni go on today despite cease-
     fire agreements and negotiations. New refugees continue to 
     arrive with reports of human rights abuses, forced labor and 
     relocation and hundreds of thousands remain displaced within 
     Burma.
       In this unstable and unpredictable climate, humanitarian 
     assistance to the over 93,000 along the border remains 
     critical. Whether people stay in Thailand or go back to Burma 
     they will be in need of support. Assistance in the form of 
     food, health services and education should continue to be 
     made available to refugees and displaced inside Burma and 
     along the border. Further, funds should be provided to NGOs 
     operating in the border areas in order to conduct assessments 
     of the project planning and management capacity of the ethnic 
     leadership and to develop and implement capacity-building and 
     vocational training courses for appropriate refugee community 
     members. Funds should also be made available for the 
     subsistence and education of Burmese students in Thailand, 
     regardless of their place of residence.

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       Broadcasting. Section 1106(4)(B) of the conference 
     substitute is designed to ensure that U.S. non-military 
     international broadcasting resources are deployed where they 
     are most needed. In recent years, for instance, the 
     broadcasts to Iran carried out by the Voice of America Farsi 
     Service have declined, despite the continued prohibition 
     within Iran of objective news and the free expression of 
     opinions. In contrast, broadcasting services to countries 
     that do enjoy wide and diverse sources of news and opinion, 
     such as the Voice of America broadcasts into Ethiopia, may 
     have outlived their usefulness and should be considered for 
     elimination.


                       Authorities and Activities

     Department of State Rewards Program
       The House bill (sec. 2201) rewrites the Department of State 
     rewards program to update this important tool used for 
     capturing fugitives abroad in cases of terrorism and 
     narcotics related offenses.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1201) is similar to the 
     House bill but deletes the use of fees collected from issuing 
     machine readable visas as a possible source of funds to pay 
     rewards. It suggests that foreign assets frozen in the U.S. 
     and controlled by the Department of Treasury could be used as 
     an additional means by which to fund the rewards program.
     Buying power maintenance account
       The House bill (sec. 2203) permits the transfer of expired, 
     unobligated balances into no-year Buying Power Maintenance 
     Account, subject to compliance with congressional 
     reprogramming requirements. The Department maintains that 
     paragraph (D), which makes such transfers subject to advance 
     appropriations, is unnecessary and has made the transfer 
     authority unworkable. Striking paragraph (D) enables the 
     Department to transfer expiring balances with greater 
     flexibility.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 125) is virtually identical 
     except for drafting differences.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1202) is the same as the 
     House provision.
     Expenses relating to certain international claims and 
         proceedings
       The House bill (sec. 2204) allows the Department to accept, 
     in certain cases, reimbursement from private sector claimants 
     for tribunal expenses, salaries, and other ordinary expenses.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 130) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1203) is the same as the 
     House provision.
     Consolidation of U.S. diplomatic missions and consular posts
       The House bill (sec. 2205) requires the Secretary of State 
     to prepare a world wide plan for the consolidation on a 
     regional or area wide basis of U.S. missions and consular 
     posts abroad.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1103) is similar but it also 
     includes expedited procedures for Congressional disapproval 
     of the Secretary's plan to consolidate diplomatic posts 
     abroad.
       The conference substitute omits the House and Senate 
     provisions.
     Denial of passports to noncustodial parents subject to State 
         arrest warrants in cases of nonpayment of child support.
       The House bill (sec. 2206) allows the Secretary 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 a competent authority, that the 
     applicant or passport holder is a noncustodial parent who is 
     the subject of an outstanding arrest for non payment of child 
     support.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1204) is identical to the 
     House provision.
     Capital investment fund
       The House bill (sec. 2207) amends section 135 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
     1995 (22 U.S.C. 2684a) to allow the Capital Investment Fund 
     to be used for the procurement and upgrade of information 
     technology and other related capital investments for the 
     Department of State and to ensure the efficient management, 
     coordination, operation, and utilization of such resources. 
     This amendment would allow the Department to pay for upgrades 
     of existing systems and purchase hardware or software to 
     ensure interoperability of State Department information 
     systems. This amendment also provides that the amounts 
     deposited into the Fund will remain available until expended 
     and that such amounts will be available for the purposes 
     defined in this section.
       Section 135(e) is amended to eliminate as duplicative the 
     requirement that subjects money in the Fund to Congressional 
     reprogramming requirements before it is obligated. The 
     Department will follow reprogramming procedures when it 
     proposes to transfer monies into the Fund and will explain 
     potential uses of the Fund in its Congressional Presentation 
     Documents.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 126) is similar but is drafted 
     differently.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1206) is identical to the 
     Senate provision.
     Efficiency in procurement
       The House bill (sec. 2208) allows US agencies operating 
     overseas to participate in existing contracts rather than 
     being required to let new contracts for services.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 129) is similar.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1208) is identical to the 
     House provision.
     Training
       The House bill (sec. 2209) allows the Department of State 
     to provide training for employees of U.S. companies operating 
     overseas on a reimbursable basis. In addition, this section 
     allows the Department to provide foreign language training, 
     on a reimbursable basis to Members, officials and employees 
     of the U.S. Congress.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 151) is similar but allows for 
     training of non-executive branch staff members on a 
     reimbursable, space available basis.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1205) is identical to the 
     Senate provision.
     Lease-purchase agreements
       The Senate amendment (sec. 121) provides that when the 
     Department of State enters into lease-purchase agreements 
     involving property in foreign countries pursuant to section 1 
     of the Foreign Service Buildings Act (22 U.S.C. 292), budget 
     authority should be assessed on an annual basis over the 
     period of the lease in an amount equal to the annual lease 
     payments.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1207) is identical to the 
     Senate provision.
     U.S. Embassy building in Berlin, Germany
       The Senate amendment (sec. 122) expresses a sense of 
     Congress that the Secretary of State should utilize the U.S. 
     government property in the vicinity of the Brandenburg Gate 
     in Berlin, Germany, as a site to build the U.S. embassy.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Fees for commercial services
       The Senate amendment (sec. 123) allows fees collected for 
     commercial services provided to businesses to remain 
     available for obligation until expended. This authority will 
     ensure the Department does not lose funds collected late in a 
     fiscal year and that are not obligated by the end of that 
     year. This authority is subject to the availability of 
     appropriations.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1208) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Reporting requirements
       The Senate amendment (sec. 124) amends a reporting 
     requirement and repeals one reporting requirement.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1209) retains subsection 
     (a) to require the Secretary of State to provide a report on 
     all leases entered into for the acquisition of real property 
     to be submitted within 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
     year rather than after the end of each quarter of the fiscal 
     year. Subsection (b), the repeal of the reporting requirement 
     under 503(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (P.L. 
     95-426), was enacted in P.L. 104-66 and therefore dropped in 
     the substitute.
     Administrative expenses
       The Senate amendment (sec. 127) allows funds to be 
     available directly to other personnel assigned to bureaus 
     charged with carrying out the Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance Act of 1962.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms
       The Senate amendment (sec. 128) authorizes the Secretary of 
     State to charge a fee for use of the Department of State 
     diplomatic reception rooms. Such fees are deposited as an 
     offsetting collection to recover the costs of such use and 
     should remain available for obligation until expended. This 
     authority is subject to the availability of appropriations.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1210) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Diplomatic Telecommunications Service
       The Senate amendment (sec. 131) amends section 507 of the 
     Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 
     (P.L. 103-317) to require the Secretary to provide funding 
     for the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service to sustain 
     current levels of support services for each succeeding fiscal 
     year. This amendment further prohibits any reprogramming or 
     transfers from such amounts in future years, and specifies 
     the current and future makeup of the Diplomatic 
     Telecommunications Service Program Office Board.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1215) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office
       The Senate amendment (sec. 132) designates the officials 
     that will comprise the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service 
     Policy Board, the management structure, and sets forth the 
     responsibilities of the officials on the Board.

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       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill. 
     The committee of conference notes that the provision was 
     determined not to be necessary given that the agencies have 
     made progress toward establishing the management, leadership 
     and objectives of this interagency Board. Furthermore, the 
     respective committees intend to continue oversight over this 
     important activity and urge cooperation and not competition 
     in designing the future communications systems for U.S. 
     international facilities.
     International center reserve funds
       The Senate amendment (sec. 133) amends current law to allow 
     the Secretary of State to accrue and retain the interest 
     collected on the International Chancery Center reserve 
     account to be used to pay for maintenance and security costs, 
     subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
       The House bill contains no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1211) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in 
         environmental, scientific, cultural and related areas
       The Senate amendment (sec. 134) authorizes the use of 
     interest on funds held under bilateral agreements for 
     scientific, cultural and technical cooperation to pay the 
     administrative and programmatic expenses of the funds, 
     subject to appropriations.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1212) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Antibribery study
       The Senate amendment (sec. 136) requires the Secretary of 
     State, in consultation with other government officials, to 
     develop proposals to combat bribery in international business 
     transactions.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Budget Act compliance
       The Senate amendment (sec. 137) makes the authorities in 
     Senate sections 121, 123, 125, 128, 130, 133, 134, 148, 161, 
     and 163 subject appropriations.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill. 
     The ``subject to appropriations'' language was added to each 
     of the Senate sections listed in the Senate amendment.
     Fees for machine readable visas
       The Senate amendment (sec. 163) authorizes the collection 
     and retention of fees not to exceed $150 million for each of 
     the fiscal years l996, l997, l998, and l999.
       The House bill (sec. 2231) authorizes collection and 
     retention of not more than $250 million in fiscal years 1996 
     and 1997 to recover the costs of the border security program. 
     It also permits all countries to be subject to the fee.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1231) authorizes the 
     collection and retention of not more than $150 million for 
     each fiscal l996 and l997 for the border security program as 
     defined in the House provision.
     Fingerprint check requirement
       The House bill (sec. 2232) modifies the fingerprint 
     requirement for immigrant visa applicants established in Sec. 
     505 of P.L. 103-317. The revision requires the fingerprinting 
     only of individuals 16 years or older who have at some time 
     been in the U.S. and have been determined to have a criminal 
     history.
       The Senate amendment contained no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1232) is similar to the 
     House bill with drafting changes. This provision is intended 
     to modify the current program to be more cost effective and 
     efficient by targeting those that would likely have a 
     criminal record in the U.S. The committee of conference 
     continues to have strong concerns about the cost-benefit of 
     the pilot program.
     Use of passport processing fees for enhanced passport 
         services
       The House bill (sec. 2233) requires 10% of funds generated 
     by the expedited passport fee be dedicated exclusively to 
     enhance passport services for U.S. citizens, improve 
     efficiency of the issuing process, improve the secure nature 
     of the document, investigate passport fraud, and deter entry 
     into the U.S. by criminal elements.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1233) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Consular officers
       The Senate amendment (sec. 165) permits U.S. citizen 
     employees abroad who are not consular officers to perform 
     additional consular functions, including the issuance of 
     certificates of birth abroad, the authentications of foreign 
     documents, the administration of nationality provisions in 
     Title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the 
     administration of oaths for patent purposes.
       Section 127 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, as amended by section (1)(mm)(2) 
     of P.L. 103-415, authorized the Secretary of State to 
     designate U.S. citizen employees abroad, other than consular 
     officers, to perform notarial and passport services, thereby 
     permitting more effective use of both consular officers and 
     non-consular officer employees abroad and creating the 
     opportunity to improve service to the public in the face of 
     consular officer staffing shortfalls. This provision will 
     further improve the efficiency of consular operations abroad.
       The House bill (sec. 2234) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1234) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Fee for diversity immigrant lottery
       The Senate amendment (sec. 161) allows the Secretary of 
     State to collect and retain a fee to be paid by each 
     immigrant issued a visa under the diversity lottery program. 
     Fees are available for obligation until expended, and the 
     authority is subject to the availability of appropriations.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1235) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment with a change made at the Administration's 
     request to clarify that all those who apply for immigrant 
     visas based on the diversity lottery selection pay a fee.
     Fee for execution of passport applications
       The Senate amendment (sec. 162) permits the Secretary of 
     State to authorize the U.S. Postal Service to retain passport 
     execution fees directly rather than being sent through the 
     Department of State to the U.S. Treasury. This will save the 
     Department of State (and the Postal Service) significant 
     resources required by the reconciliation procedures connected 
     with multiple transfer of these funds.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1236) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Children adopted abroad
       The Senate amendment (sec. 164) expedites the processing of 
     an adoption of a foreign child by replacing in the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act the ``legitimate/
     illegitimate'' distinction with ``wedlock/out of wedlock.''
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill. 
     The committee of conference notes this provision was passed 
     in P.L. 104-51.
     Exclusion from the United States for membership in a 
         terrorist organization
       The Senate amendment (sec. 166) amends the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act to deny a U.S. visa to a member of a 
     terrorist organization or who actively supports or advocates 
     terrorist activity. A terrorist organization is defined as an 
     organization that engages in or has engaged in terrorist 
     activity as determined by the Attorney General in 
     consultation with the Department of State.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1237) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Incitement as a Basis for Exclusion from the United States
       The Senate amendment (sec. 167) amends the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act by adding a new ground for exclusion for 
     those who have advocated terrorism, incited targeted racial 
     vilification, or advocated the death or destruction of U.S. 
     citizens, or U.S. government officials, or the overthrow of 
     the U.S. government.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1239) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment but has been clarified to ensure that it 
     comports with its purpose. The Senate provision would have 
     required the exclusion of non-U.S. citizens wishing to enter 
     the U.S. who have advocated terrorism or engaged in related 
     practices. Non-citizens seeking admission to the U.S. have 
     been held not to enjoy the full measure of constitutional 
     protection afforded citizens and others who are lawfully 
     present in the U.S. Nevertheless, in an effort to accommodate 
     concerns about the potential scope of the Senate provision, 
     it has been narrowed to comport with U.S. Supreme Court cases 
     construing the First Amendment.
     Visit of the President of the Republic of China on Taiwan
       The Senate Amendment (sec. 168) states that the President 
     of the Republic of China on Taiwan shall be admitted to the 
     U.S. for a visit in 1995 with all appropriate courtesies.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1708) expresses the sense 
     of Congress that the President of the Republic of China on 
     Taiwan should be admitted to the U.S. for a visit in 1996 
     with all appropriate courtesies.
     Terrorist Lookout Committees
       The Senate amendment (sec. 169) codifies existing embassy 
     visa terrorist lookout committees created under the ``Visas 
     Viper Program''. The provision establishes the Deputy Chief 
     of Mission as the chair of the committee and requires 
     representatives of the embassy's political section, law 
     enforcement and intelligence agencies to be members of the 
     committee. The purpose of the committee is to overcome the 
     serious deficiencies in the current system to preclude known 
     terrorists from gaining visas for entry into the U.S. 
     Certification procedures and reporting requirements are 
     established.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1238) eliminates the 
     certification requirements and reduces the reporting 
     requirements to two.

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      Within 90 days of enactment, the Secretary of State is 
     required to report to Congress on the status of establishing 
     the committees at posts around the world. The second report, 
     due in April 1997, will evaluate the success of the program 
     and the extent of interagency cooperation.
     Sense of Congress on Border Crossing Fees
       The Senate amendment (sec. 170) expresses a sense of 
     Congress that the U.S. should not impose a border crossing 
     fee along the Mexican or Canadian border.
       The House bill had no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1705) retains the sense of 
     Congress provision.
       (a) Findings--The committee of conference finds that--
       (1) in the budget of the United States for fiscal year 1996 
     that was submitted to Congress, the President proposed to 
     impose and collect a border crossing fee for individuals and 
     vehicles entering the United States;
       (2) both the Canadian and Mexican governments have 
     expressed opposition to the imposition and collection of such 
     a fee and have raised the possibility of imposing retaliatory 
     border crossing fees of their own;
       (3) the imposition and collection of such a fee would have 
     adverse effects on tourism and commerce that depend on travel 
     across the borders of the United States;
       (4) the imposition and collection of such a fee would have 
     such effects without addressing illegal immigration in a 
     meaningful way;
       (5) on February 22, 1995, the President modified his 
     proposal making the imposition of the new fees voluntary on 
     United States border States (but tied the availability of 
     Federal funds to improve border crossing infrastructure on 
     their willingness to impose such fees); and
       (6) on May 4, 1995, the President further modified the 
     border crossing fee proposal in immigration control 
     legislation he submitted to Congress setting a $1.50 per car 
     and $.75 per pedestrian fee structure.
     U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund
       The House bill (sec. 2251) amends the Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance Act (P.L. 87-510) to specify Congressional 
     notification requirements for use of funds under the Act. 
     This provision requires a 15-day notification to Congress of 
     the drawdown of funds from the Emergency Refugee and 
     Migration Account. A waiver of this notification is permitted 
     under emergency situations.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment. The committee of conference remains concerned 
     about the Department of State's lack of consultation on the 
     use of these funds. We strongly encourage the Department to 
     use the emergency funds for the intended purpose and use 
     alternative sources of funding when available.
     Persecution for resistance to coercive population control 
         methods
       The House bill (sec. 2252) provides that forced abortion, 
     forced sterilization or persecution for resistance to such 
     measures are ``persecution on account of political opinion'' 
     within the meaning of the refugee definition of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act. It is intended to overrule 
     administrative law decisions holding that subjection to such 
     measures is not ordinarily persecution on account of a 
     political opinion. This section reinstates the interpretation 
     of the law that was reversed by an Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service order on August 5, 1994.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1255) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Report to Congress concerning Cuban emigration policies
       The House bill (sec. 2253) requires periodic reports on the 
     Cuban government's methods of enforcing its 1994 and 1995 
     anti-immigration agreements with the U.S. on treatment of 
     persons returned to Cuba under the 1995 agreement and on the 
     methods used by the U.S. to monitor such treatment.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 611) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1251) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     U.S. policy regarding the involuntary return of refugees
       The House bill (sec. 2254) provides that no funds 
     authorized by this Act be used for the involuntary return of 
     any person to a country in which he or she has a well-founded 
     fear of persecution.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1256) states that no funds 
     authorized for refugee and migration assistance be used for 
     the involuntary return of any person to a country in which he 
     or she has a well-founded fear of persecution. It would not 
     prohibit funding for the return of people who had been found 
     to be non-refugees by any process genuinely calculated to 
     detect a well-founded fear of persecution.
     Extension of certain adjudication provisions
       The House bill (sec. 2255) extends the ``Lautenberg 
     Amendment'' which identifies certain high-risk refugee 
     categories and provides that applicants in these categories 
     are presumed to be refugees if they assert both a fear of 
     persecution and a credible basis for their fear of 
     persecution. This standard is somewhat more generous than the 
     general ``well-founded fear'' status. The high-risk 
     categories include nationals or residents of an independent 
     state of the former Soviet Union or Estonia, Latvia, or 
     Lithuania who are Jews or evangelical Christians, as well as 
     certain Southeast Asians. (See the discussion of section 2104 
     of the House bill, above.) The provision would also extend 
     until Oct. 1, 1997 the Attorney General's ability to adjust 
     the status of aliens who are nationals of an independent 
     state of the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, 
     Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia and were granted parole into the 
     US after August 14, 1988, to the status of aliens lawfully 
     admitted for permanent residence.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1252) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Vietnam POW/MIA Asylum Program
       The House bill (sec. 2256) gives the Attorney General the 
     authority to grant asylum to a national of Vietnam, Cambodia, 
     or Laos if he presents a live American POW/MIA.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Korea POW/MIA Asylum Program
       The House bill (sec. 2257) gives the Attorney General the 
     authority to grant asylum to a national of North Korea, South 
     Korea, or China if he presents a live American POW/MIA.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Coordinator for counterterrorism
       The House bill (sec. 2301) makes permanent the office of 
     the Coordinator for Counterterrorism and retains a reporting 
     line directly to the Secretary of State.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1301) is identical to the 
     House bill, except that subsection (D) is deleted.
     Special Envoy for Tibet
       The House bill (sec. 2302) requires the establishment of a 
     special envoy to Tibet within the State Department. The 
     Special Envoy is authorized to promote substantive 
     negotiations between the Dalai Lama or his representatives 
     and senior members of the Chinese government.
       Through this special envoy, the U.S. demonstrates its 
     continued support for His Holiness the Dalai Lama in his 
     quest for a peaceful resolution to the situation in Tibet 
     through negotiations with the Chinese government.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 608) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1303) permits the Secretary 
     to establish a Special Envoy to Tibet. Following are 
     committee of conference findings on this issue.
       Findings.--(1) The Government of the People's Republic of 
     China withholds meaningful participation in the government 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.
       (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 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.
     Responsibilities of bureau charged with migration and refugee 
         assistance
       The House bill (sec. 2303) establishes a Coordinator for 
     Human Rights and Refugees within the Office of the Secretary 
     of State. It also establishes a statutory bureau of Refugee 
     and Migration Assistance.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1304) is designed to ensure 
     that the bureau with responsibility for refugee and migration 
     assistance be independent of the bureau charged with the 
     substantially unrelated responsibility for population policy. 
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     office in another bureau as it did prior to 1993.
     Elimination of statutory establishment of certain positions 
         of the Department of State.
       The House bill (sec. 2304) eliminates the statutory 
     requirements for the Assistant Secretary for South Asia, the 
     Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment, and Science, and 
     the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Burdensharing.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1305) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Establishment of an Assistant Secretary of State for Human 
         Resources
       The House bill (sec. 2305) establishes an Assistant 
     Secretary for Human Resources and requires that the position 
     be occupied by a professional in the field of personnel and 
     human resources management.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1306) requires that either 
     the head or the next most senior person of the bureau or 
     office within the Department of State with responsibility for 
     human resources and personnel policies shall have substantial 
     professional qualifications in the field of human resources. 
     This is a modification of the suggestion in the ``State 
     Team'' For the Future, Personnel Commission Report of October 
     1992, that strongly recommended that the Department establish 
     an Assistant Secretary for Human Resources with proper 
     qualifications.
     Authority of the Permanent Representative to the United 
         Nations
       The House bill (sec. 2306) clarifies that the U.S. 
     Permanent Representative to the United Nations shall be 
     subject to the direction of the Secretary of State.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1302) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Authorized strength of the Foreign Service
       The House bill (sec. 2351) imposes limits on the number of 
     members of the Foreign Service authorized to be employed in 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997 as follows: for the Department of 
     State not more than 9,000 in fiscal year 1996 and 8,800 in 
     fiscal year 1997, of whom not more than 720 in fiscal year 
     1996 and 680 in fiscal year 1997 shall be members of the 
     Senior Foreign Service; for the United States Information 
     Agency (USIA) not more than 1,150 in fiscal year 1996 and 
     1,100 for fiscal year 1997, of whom not more than 165 in 
     fiscal year 1996 and 160 in fiscal year 1997 shall be members 
     of the Senior Foreign Service; and for the Agency for 
     International Development (AID) not more than 1,800 members 
     of the Foreign Service in fiscal years 1996 and 1,775 for 
     fiscal year 1997, of whom not more than 240 in fiscal year 
     1996 and 230 in fiscal year 1997 shall be members of the 
     Senior Foreign Service.
        The Senate amendment (sec. 141) contains a similar 
     provision with overall lower numbers.
        The conference substitute (sec. 1351) sets the end 
     strength levels as follows: for the Department of State not 
     more than 9,000 in fiscal year 1996 and 8,800 in fiscal year 
     1997, of whom not more than 660 in fiscal year 1996 and 660 
     in fiscal year 1997 shall be members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service; for the United States Information Agency (USIA) not 
     more than 1,150 in fiscal year 1996 and 1,100 for fiscal year 
     1997, of whom not more than 160 in fiscal year 1996 and 160 
     in fiscal year 1997 shall be members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service; and for the Agency for International Development 
     (AID) not more than 1,800 members of the Foreign Service in 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1,775 for fiscal year 1997, of whom not 
     more than 225 in fiscal year 1996 and 225 in fiscal year 1997 
     shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service.
       The committee of conference notes that this provision was 
     included pursuant to a recommendation of the Commission on 
     the Foreign Service Personnel System (the ``Thomas 
     Commission''), the establishment of which was mandated by the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 
     1989.
     Repeal of authority for Senior Foreign Service performance 
         pay
       The House bill (sec. 2352) repeals section 405 of the 
     Foreign Service Act that provides for payment of performance 
     pay.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 145) requires that Foreign 
     Service Officers commissioned by the President receive in all 
     instances their regular salaries based on rank and service.
       It also amends section 405 to allow recognition by the 
     President even if funds are not available to pay for such an 
     award. It requires the Secretary of State to develop and 
     implement a plan to identify officers who are ranked by 
     promotion boards in the bottom 5% of their class for two 
     years and recommend that separation from the Foreign Service. 
     In addition, it amends the Foreign Service Act to establish a 
     single Foreign Service under the direction of the Director 
     General of the Foreign Service. Agencies using the Foreign 
     Service Act must conform with common standards set by the 
     Director General.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1357) omits the provision 
     relating to a single Foreign Service. The section on 
     expedited separation out is amended in line with the 
     Administration's suggestions to provide that separation be 
     recommended for members of the Foreign Service ranked by 
     promotion boards in the bottom 5% of their class for any two 
     of the five preceding years.
     Recovery of costs of health care services
       The House bill (sec. 2353) authorizes the Department of 
     State to recover and retain the costs incurred by the 
     Department of health care services provided to eligible 
     employees and their families. The provision permits the 
     recovery and retention of such costs from third-party payers 
     and to recover directly from the employee if the employee 
     chooses to be uninsured.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 148) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1355) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Restrictions on lobbying activities of former U.S. Chiefs of 
         Mission
       The Senate amendment (sec. 142) amends Title 18 by adding 
     the Chief of Mission to the list of executive branch 
     personnel who are restricted for one year after they leave 
     the Chief of Mission position from representing someone with 
     an interest in a matter that is before any officer or 
     employee of the Department or agency in which they served.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1352) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Foreign service grounding in U.S. business
       The Senate amendment (sec. 143) expresses the sense of 
     Congress that the National Foreign Affairs Training Institute 
     should increase its emphasis on commercial activity, export 
     promotion, and trade in carrying out its core programs and 
     should offer additional classes in such subjects.
       The House bill contains no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Foreign affairs administrative support
       The Senate amendment (sec. 144) authorizes the Secretary of 
     State to establish a financial system to manage 
     reimbursements to the Department from other agencies. The 
     President is required to establish an interagency committee 
     for the purpose of developing the financial management 
     system.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Limitation on management assignments
       The Senate bill (sec. 146) amends current law dealing with 
     the movement of Foreign Service personnel between certain 
     American Foreign Service Association positions and management 
     jobs. This narrows the definition of ``management official'' 
     by exempting Chiefs of Mission and their deputies, 
     administrative and personnel officers abroad and other 
     individuals not involved in labor-management relations.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1353) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Report on promotion and retention of personnel
       The Senate amendment (sec. 147) requires the Inspector 
     General to comment biannually on the adequacy of the 
     Secretary's annual report on foreign service work force 
     planning and personnel policies.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1356) requires the 
     Inspector General to comment with respect to the adequacy of 
     the reports every other year.
     Non-overtime differential pay
       The Senate amendment (sec. 149) allows the Secretary of 
     State to substitute another day in lieu of Sunday for 
     purposes of Sunday premium pay in countries where the normal 
     workweek includes Sunday.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1354) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Access to records
       The Senate amendment (sec. 150) allows the Inspector 
     General to furnish records or information as requested by the 
     Grievance Board only if the IG decides that there is no 
     confidentiality requirements which would bar release.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Redesignation of the National Foreign Affairs Training Center
       The Senate amendment (sec. 152) redesignates the National 
     Foreign Affairs Training Institute as the National Center for 
     Humanities, Education, Languages, and Management Studies.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Extension of the Au Pair Program
       The Senate amendment (sec. 412) provides for a four-year 
     extension of the Au Pair Program, lifts restrictions to make 
     the program world-wide and requires a one-time report on the 
     program.
       The House bill (sec. 2402) provides for a two-year 
     extension.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1409) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment with the addition of a repeal of section 581 
     of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act (P.L. 104-107) 
     which authorized a one-year extension of the Au Pair Program.

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     Educational and cultural exchanges with Hong Kong
       The House bill (sec. 2403) requires USIA to conduct 
     exchange programs with Hong Kong.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange programs
       The House bill (sec. 2404) directs USIA to provide 
     opportunities for participation in exchange programs for 
     human rights and democracy leaders of Asian countries to 
     persons who are nationals but not residents of such 
     countries.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1408) is similar to the 
     House bill. It is designed to ensure that exchange programs 
     are effective in promoting a commitment to human rights, 
     freedom, and democracy. In addition to helping future leaders 
     get to know the U.S., it is hoped that these programs will 
     also be a source of information about the situation in the 
     named countries, and will signal to the rulers of those 
     countries that in order to obtain American training for their 
     promising students, they will have to accept the risk that 
     American notions of democracy and open government will be 
     brought home.
     Educational and cultural exchange and scholarships for 
         Tibetans and Burmese
       The House bill (sec. 2405) requires USIA to provide 30 
     scholarships for Tibetans and 15 scholarships for Burmese. It 
     also requires USIA to establish exchange programs for 
     Tibetans and Burmese.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1410) is identical to the 
     House bill. Having been impoverished by the corrupt 
     mismanagement of a military dictatorship that has ruled the 
     country since 1962, Burma needs educators, engineers, 
     entrepreneurs, environmental and public health specialists--
     professionals in virtually all fields. It is anticipated that 
     the great majority of Burmese who are now in exile would 
     gladly return home if and when conditions in Burma have 
     changed for the better. The scholarships provide a way to 
     prepare these individuals to play a future role in rebuilding 
     their country.
       This exchange program also targets exiled Tibetans living 
     in India and Nepal. Thirty percent of the program's costs are 
     met by private organizations. In accepting the scholarship, 
     all of the Tibetans agree to return to India or Nepal to work 
     toward improving the conditions and future opportunities for 
     their fellow refugees.
     Availability of VOA and Radio Marti multilingual computer 
         readable text and voice recordings
       The House bill (sec. 2406) permits university level 
     linguistic researchers to use VOA and Radio Marti transcripts 
     for the purposes of research. This authority sunsets five 
     years from date of enactment.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 414) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1401) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Retention of interest
       The House bill (sec. 2407) authorizes grantees of NED to 
     deposit their grant money in interest bearing accounts and 
     use the interest for the purposes of the grant.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1407) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     USIA office in Pristina, Kosova
       The House bill (sec. 2408) states that the USIA shall seek 
     to establish an office in Pristina.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     U.S. diplomatic facilities in Kosova
       The Senate amendment (sec. 135) authorizes the Secretary of 
     State to establish a diplomatic office and residence in 
     Pristina.
       The House bill contains no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Participation in international fairs and expositions
       The Senate amendment (sec. 411) provides that none of the 
     funds available in this Act can be used by a government 
     agency to participate in an international fair or pavilion in 
     excess of amounts authorized to be appropriated.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill. 
     The committee of conference notes that the Senate provision 
     restated current law.
     Expansion of Muskie Fellowship Program
       The Senate amendment (sec. 416) expands the Muskie program 
     to include Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, 
     Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and Macedonia. It also 
     amends the guidelines for participation by adding to the 
     fields of study the following subjects: law, library, and 
     information science and public policy to the fields of study 
     of the program.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1403) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     GAO study of duplication among international affairs grantees
       The Senate amendment (sec. 418) requires the GAO to report 
     on the purposes and activities of the North/South Center, 
     East-West Center, the Asia Foundation, and NED to identify 
     the extent to which their activities duplicate activities 
     conducted elsewhere in the U.S. government.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     GAO study of activities of the North/South Center in support 
         of NAFTA
       The Senate amendment (sec. 419) requires the GAO to report 
     on whether the North/South Center used U.S. funds to engage 
     in improper lobbying efforts advocating NAFTA.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Mansfield Fellowship Program requirements
       The Senate amendment (sec. 420) allows the Mansfield Board 
     to refigure the housing allowance so fellows are placed in 
     comparable housing. This is a cost saving measure.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1404) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Distribution within the United States of the USIA film ``The 
         Fragile Ring of Life''
       The Senate amendment (sec. 421) waives the Smith-Mundt Act 
     which prohibits domestic dissemination of products produced 
     by USIA with respect to the film ``The Fragile Ring of 
     Life.''
       The House bill contains no comparable provision. The House 
     passed this provision as a separate bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1412) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Expansion of the Board of Broadcasting Governors
       The House bill (sec. 2431) expands the current Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors from 9 to 11.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     provision.
     Radio Free Asia
       The House bill (sec. 2432) requires the Director of USIA to 
     submit a plan to Congress to establish Radio Free Asia within 
     90 days of the enactment of this Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 415) contains a similar 
     provision with drafting differences.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1411) requires that within 
     180 days of enactment, Radio Free Asia shall initiate regular 
     broadcasts to the People's Republic of China, Burma, 
     Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Tibet and Vietnam. The 
     broadcasts will be conducted under the name of Radio Free 
     Asia.
       The conferees expect that in considering applications for 
     employment, contracts, and similar arrangements in the 
     establishment and operation of Radio Free Asia, USIA will 
     give strong preference to those which will allow Radio Free 
     Asia to (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 and similar arrangements with existing 
     broadcast facilities so as to provide immediate broadcast 
     coverage with low overhead.
     Pilot project for freedom broadcasting
       The House bill (sec. 2433) requires USIA to make grants for 
     broadcasting to Asian countries. In reviewing the grants, 
     USIA is to give preference to organizations with expertise in 
     the pro-democracy and human rights movements in Asia.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Pilot program on advertising on USIA television and radio
       The Senate amendment (sec. 413) requires the Director of 
     USIA to submit a plan within 120 days for a pilot program to 
     determine the feasibility of permitting advertising on USIA 
     television and radio broadcasts.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1405) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment except that the length of the pilot project 
     was extended from 6 to 12 months.
     Changes in administrative authorities
       The Senate amendment (sec. 417) provides contract authority 
     for the Tinian transmitter project; allows the authorization 
     of appropriations for USIA to be available until March 1, 
     1997; includes technical amendments to direct that the heads 
     of the Cuba Service and TV Marti report directly to the 
     Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau; authorizes 
     the Director of USIA to appoint up to 15 engineers employed 
     by RFE/RL to the competitive service or career Foreign 
     Service of USIA, and it authorizes fees to be collected at 
     posts for educational advising services.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1406) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment except the number of engineers that can be 
     appointed is reduced from 15 to 5 upon the recommendation of 
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     International Boundary and Water Commission
       The House bill (sec. 2501) clarifies the authority of the 
     U.S. section of the IBWC with regard to the reach of the Rio 
     Grande from the Percha Diversion Dam in New Mexico to the 
     American Diversion Dam in El Paso, Texas. This provision 
     permits the U.S. Section to stabilize the river channel 
     within the Rio Grande Canalization Project. This 
     authorization will 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 Senate amendment (sec. 303) is virtually identical to 
     the House bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1502) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Repeal of authority for participation by the United States in 
         the Interparliamentary Union
       The House bill (sec. 2502) repeals the permanent authority 
     for the Congressional participation in the IPU.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 601) repeals U.S. participation 
     in several of the interparliamentary groups.
       The conference substitute deletes both provisions.
     Termination of U.S. participation in certain international 
         organizations
       The Senate amendment (sec. 313) provides that no funds are 
     available for U.S. membership in the following: U.N. 
     Industrial Development Organization, the Inter-American 
     Indian Institute, the Pan American Railway Congress 
     Association, and the Interparliamentary Union.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1501) provides that no 
     funds are available for U.S. membership in the following: 
     U.N. Industrial Development Organization, the Inter-American 
     Indian Institute, the Pan American Railway Congress 
     Association, the International Cotton Advisory Committee, the 
     World Tourism Organization, and the International Tropical 
     Timber Organization.
     International Criminal Court participation
       The Senate amendment (sec. 311) prohibits the U.S. from 
     participating in an international criminal court with 
     jurisdiction over crimes of an international character.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1608) includes a definition 
     of the term ``participate'' in order to clarify that War 
     Crimes Tribunals for specific countries would not be affected 
     by this provision.
     Prohibition on assistance to international organizations 
         espousing one world government
       The Senate amendment (sec. 312) prohibits the use of funds 
     to pay for the U.S. contribution to any international 
     organization which engages in direct or indirect promotion of 
     the principle or doctrine of one world government or one 
     world citizenship, or for the promotion of the principle of 
     one world government or one world government.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1503) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     International covenant on civil and political rights
       The Senate amendment (sec. 314) includes findings and an 
     expression of the sense of the Senate that the Human Rights 
     Committee should revoke its General Comment No. 24.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1504) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment, and includes a restriction that, effective 
     two years after the date of enactment, no funds authorized to 
     be appropriated by this or any other Act may be obligated or 
     expended to report to the U.N. Human Rights Committee 
     established by the International Covenant on Civil and 
     Political Rights, or to respond to certain inquiries from the 
     Committee. This restriction will cease to apply when the 
     President certifies to the Congress that the Human Rights 
     Committee has revoked its General comment No. 24 and 
     expressly recognized the validity as a matter of 
     international law of the reservations, understanding, and 
     declarations contained in the U.S. instrument of ratification 
     of the Covenant.
       The committee of conference agreed to delay the effective 
     date of the restriction for two years in order to afford the 
     Human Rights Committee up to one year to reconsider and 
     revoke its General Comment No. 24. If by the end of this one-
     year period the Human Rights Committee has not revoked 
     General Comment No. 24 and expressly recognized the validity 
     as a matter of international law of the reservations, 
     understanding, and declarations contained in the U.S. 
     instrument of ratification, the committee of conference 
     expects the United States to provide notice in accordance 
     with Article 56 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of 
     Treaties of its intention to withdraw from the Covenant 
     effective twelve months from the date of such notice. 
     Adherence to this procedure will ensure that the United 
     States remains in compliance with its international legal 
     obligations as understood by the United States while at the 
     same time insisting upon the primacy of the U.S. 
     Constitution.
     U.S participation in single commodity international 
         organizations
       The Senate amendment (sec. 315) requires the Secretary of 
     State to report within 180 days of enactment on U.S. 
     interests served by participation in single-commodity IO's 
     and to assess the feasibility of privatization of U.S. 
     representation in such organizations.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1505) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment with the added requirement that the report 
     assess the current and projected costs of continuing U.S. 
     participation in such organizations.
     Prohibition on contributions to the International Natural 
         Rubber Organization
       The Senate amendment (sec. 316) prohibits U.S. 
     contributions to the International Natural Rubber 
     Organization.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House 
     provision.
     Prohibition on contributions to the International Tropical 
         Timber Organization
       The Senate amendment (sec. 317) prohibits U.S. 
     contributions to the International Tropical Timber 
     Organization.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment. This provision has been included in section 1501, 
     terminating U.S. participation in certain international 
     organizations.
     Sense of Congress on the U.N. Fourth World Conference on 
         Women in Beijing
       The Senate amendment (sec. 319) is a sense of Congress that 
     the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women should promote a 
     representative American perspective on issues of equality, 
     peace and development and other issues.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House 
     provision.
     Reform in budget decisionmaking procedures of the U.N. and 
         its specialized agencies
       The House bill (sec. 2521) extends current law allowing the 
     President to withhold 20% of appropriated funds for the U.N. 
     or any of its specialized agencies if the U.N. or the agency 
     fails to implement consensus-based budget decisionmaking 
     procedures. This is to ensure that the U.S. and other major 
     contributors to U.N. agency budgets have an appropriate 
     influence in the budget decision-making processes of 
     international organizations. The President is directed to 
     notify Congress of any decisions to withhold our share of an 
     assessed contribution to the U.N.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 204) is virtually identical to 
     the House bill with minor drafting differences.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1521) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Limitation on contributions to the U.N. or U.N. affiliated 
         organizations
       The House bill (sec. 2522) prohibits U.S. contributions to 
     the U.N. or affiliated organizations that grant full 
     membership to any organization that does not have the 
     internationally recognized attributes of statehood.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Report on UNICEF
       The House bill (sec. 2523) requires the Secretary of State 
     to report on aspects of UNICEF's progress in implementing 
     management reforms and ensuring a greater commitment to its 
     traditional mission of child health and welfare. It further 
     directs UNICEF to resist pressure to become involved in 
     activities within the scope of responsibility of other U.N. 
     agencies.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1522) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     U.N. budgetary and management reform
       The House bill (sec. 2524) requires a 20% withholding of 
     amounts for assessed contributions to the regular U.N. 
     budget, a 50% withholding for assessed contributions to U.N. 
     peacekeeping and no voluntary contributions to U.N. 
     peacekeeping until the President certifies a series of 
     management reforms. Withholding begins in FY 97 and each 
     subsequent year. The House bill also requires further 
     withholdings unless U.N. procurement reforms are implemented. 
     These include the withholding of 10% of the amount of funds 
     available for U.S. assessed contributions for the regular 
     U.N. budget unless the President certifies that there is 
     timely notice of contract awards or opportunities over 
     $100,000. It also requires a similar percentage withholding 
     unless there is a certification of no discrimination against 
     companies challenging contract awards and unless a U.N. 
     contract review process is established.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 205) amends the U.N. 
     Participation Act of 1945 directing the President to certify, 
     to Congress that the U.N. has fully achieved the management 
     reforms in the House bill. If the President cannot make such 
     a certification, there are similar withholding provisions as 
     in the House provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1523) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment except that it includes the withholdings of 
     3% of U.S. assessed contributions for the regular U.N. budget 
     unless the President makes the U.N. procurement 
     certifications in the House bill relating to U.N. procurement 
     opportunities, punitive actions on certain contractors and 
     procedures for challenging the awarding of U.N. contracts.

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     Calculations of assessed contributions
       The Senate amendment (sec. 203) expresses the sense of 
     Congress that the U.N. General Assembly should reformulate 
     the rates of assessment to reflect each member's share of the 
     total world GNP.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Whistleblower provision
       The Senate amendment (sec. 206) requires the President to 
     withhold 10 percent of fiscal year 1996 assessed 
     contributions to the U.N. until the Secretary of State 
     certifies that the U.N. has implemented policies to protect 
     adequately employees who allege fraud or mismanagement.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Annual report on U.S. contributions to U.N. peacekeeping 
         activities
       The Senate amendment (sec. 211) requires the President to 
     submit a report of the budget expected for the next fiscal 
     year for all U.N. peacekeeping activities and for U.S. 
     participation in all U.N. peacekeeping activities.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1525) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment except that the provision requiring a 
     statement of the aggregate amount of funds available to the 
     U.N. for the upcoming fiscal year is deleted.
     Prior congressional notification of security council votes on 
         U.N. peacekeeping activities
       The Senate amendment (sec. 212) requires the President to 
     notify Congress 5 days before casting a vote in the Security 
     Council authorizing a U.N. peacekeeping operation that would 
     involve the use of U.S. forces or funds. The President may 
     waive this requirement if he determines that an emergency 
     exists. In this case, he must provide notification to 
     Congress within 48 hours after the adoption of any such 
     authorization.
        The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1526) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment except that the notification requirement is 
     deleted in regard to the expenditure of U.S. funds.
     Codification of required notice to Congress of proposed U.N. 
         peacekeeping activities
       The Senate amendment (sec. 213) requires the President to 
     report monthly in writing on U.S. assistance for United 
     Nations peacekeeping operations with regard to facilities, 
     training, transportation, communication and logistical 
     support to certain Congressional committees.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1527) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Limitation on assessment percentage for peacekeeping 
         activities
       The Senate amendment (sec. 214) amends the U.N. 
     Participation Act of 1945 to urge the U.N. Permanent 
     Representative to work for a review of U.N. peacekeeping 
     assessments. As part of this effort, the U.S. Ambassador 
     should seek to employ the concept that a greater 
     proportionate share of the burden of a peacekeeping 
     operations should fall on the host government and other 
     nearby states. It also limits the use of appropriated funds 
     for peacekeeping to no more than 25% of the total assessed 
     cost of an operation, regardless of any penalties or interest 
     charges the U.N. may levy on the U.S. One intent of this 
     provision is to discourage the U.N. from any attempt to 
     charge member states, including the U.S., a late charge or 
     fee for past-due assessments, as some have recommended.
        The House bill contains no comparable provision.
        The conference substitute (sec. 1524) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Buy America requirement
        The Senate amendment (sec. 215) conditions U.S. payments 
     for U.N. peacekeeping on fair treatment of U.S. companies in 
     U.N. procurement activities.
        The House bill contains no comparable provision.
        The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Restrictions on intelligence sharing with the United Nations
       The Senate amendment (sec. 216) requires that before 
     sharing U.S. intelligence information with the U.N., the 
     President must certify that security procedures have been 
     implemented at the U.N. to protect unauthorized disclosure of 
     U.S. intelligence sources or methods. The Senate amendment 
     specifies that the requirement may be waived upon written 
     certification by the President that providing such 
     information is in our national interest. It also provides for 
     special reports regarding unauthorized disclosure of 
     intelligence to the Select Committee on Intelligence and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee 
     on International Relations of the House of Representatives. 
     It finally provides for semi-annual reports to the same 
     committees on the types and volumes of intelligence provided 
     to the U.N.
        The House bill contains no comparable provision.
        The conference substitute (sec. 1528) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment except that no intelligence may be provided 
     to the U.N. unless the President certifies that the U.N. has 
     implemented procedures no less stringent than procedures 
     maintained by nation with which the U.S. regularly shares 
     similar types of information. Periodic and special reports 
     shall be provided as well except that the periodic report 
     shall be no less frequently than quarterly and it shall be 
     submitted to the Select Committee and the Permanent Select 
     Committee with an annex containing a counter-intelligence and 
     security assessment of the risks providing intelligence to 
     the U.N.
     UNPROFOR funding restrictions
       The Senate amendment (sec. 217) states that none of the 
     funds authorized by this act may be made available for 
     contributions to the U.N. Protection Force unless the 
     President certifies and reports to the Congress during the 
     calendar years in which the funds are to be provided.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Escalating costs for international peacekeeping
       The Senate amendment (sec. 218) is a sense of Congress that 
     the Executive branch should stop obligating funds for 
     peacekeeping operations in excess of authorized and 
     appropriated funds.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1707) retains the sense of 
     Congress provision.
       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) in fiscal year 1989 the United States provided 
     $29,000,000 to the United Nations for assessed United States 
     contributions for international peacekeeping activities, 
     compared to $485,000,000 paid for combined assessed 
     contributions for all other international organizations, 
     including the United Nations, all United Nations specialized 
     agencies and the Organization for American States and all 
     other pan American international organizations;
       (2) in fiscal year 1994 United States assessed 
     contributions to the United Nations for international 
     peacekeeping activities had grown to $1,072,000,000, compared 
     to $860,000,000 for combined assessed contributions for all 
     other international organizations;
       (3) for fiscal year 1995 the President requested a 
     $672,000,000 United Nations peacekeeping supplemental 
     appropriation which, if approved, would have been a direct 
     increase in the Federal budget deficit and would have brought 
     fiscal year 1995 total appropriations for assessed 
     contributions for United Nations peacekeeping activities to 
     $1,025,000,000;
       (4) for fiscal year 1995 the President also requested 
     supplemental appropriations of $1,900,000,000 to cover the 
     Department of Defense's unbudgeted costs for humanitarian and 
     peacekeeping missions in Haiti, Kuwait and Bosnia, which are 
     in addition to regular United States assessed contributions 
     to the United Nations for peacekeeping activities; and
       (5) for fiscal year 1996 the President requested 
     $445,000,000 for assessed contributions to the United Nations 
     for international peacekeeping activities, a funding level 
     most observers believe to be a significant understatement of 
     actual peacekeeping obligations the Administration has 
     committed the United States to support and which, if 
     accurate, would lead to the third year in a row in which the 
     Administration requests supplemental appropriations for 
     assessed contributions to international peacekeeping in 
     excess of $600,000,000 outside of the regular budget process.
     Peacekeeping definition
       The Senate amendment (sec. 219) amends the U.N. 
     Participation Act of 1945 by adding a definition of 
     peacekeeping activities.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Taiwan Relations Act
       The House bill (sec. 2601) amends the Taiwan Relations Act 
     to add a new subsection (d) to section 3 of the Act. This new 
     subsection reasserts the primacy of sections 3(a) and 3(b) of 
     the Taiwan Relations Act with regard to U.S. arms sales to 
     Taiwan. Sections 3(a) and 3(b) provide in pertinent part that 
     ``the U.S. will make available to Taiwan such defense 
     articles and defense services in such quantity as may be 
     necessary to enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-
     defense capability'', and that ``[t]he President and the 
     Congress shall determine the nature and quantity of such 
     defense articles and services based solely upon their 
     judgment of the needs of Taiwan.''
       The Senate amendment (sec. 605) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1601) amends the Taiwan 
     Relations Act to add a new subsection (d) to section 3 of the 
     Act. This new subsection reasserts the primacy of sections 
     3(a) and 3(b) of the Taiwan Relations Act with regard to 
     United States arms sales to Taiwan. Sections 3(a) and 3(b) 
     provide in pertinent part that ``the United States will make 
     available to Taiwan such defense articles and defense 
     services in such quantity as may be necessary to enable 
     Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability'', 
     and that ``[t]he President and the Congress shall determine 
     the nature of quantity of such defense articles and services

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     based solely upon their judgement of the needs of Taiwan.''
       Subsequent to the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act, 
     and without the approval of the Congress, the Executive 
     branch issued a ``Joint Communique of the United States and 
     China'' on August 17, 1982, which purported to commit the 
     United States ``to reduce gradually its sales of arms to 
     Taiwan, leading over a period of time to a final solution.'' 
     Insofar as this policy statement is inconsistent with 
     sections 3(a) and 3(b) of the Act, it is contrary to law and 
     cannot be the policy of the United States. The new section 
     3(d) of the Act is intended to underscore this fact.
       The new section 3(d) of the Act does not change United 
     States law; it reaffirms it. It merely states that the Taiwan 
     Relations Act, a law passed by the Congress, has primacy over 
     a policy statement issued by the Executive branch. Any policy 
     statement which, contrary to sections 3(a) and 3(b) of the 
     Act, does not take into account Taiwan's defense needs or the 
     role of the Congress and the President in determining such 
     needs is invalid as a matter of law.
     Reports to Congress on aspects of implementation of the 
         General Framework Agreement
       The House bill (sec. 2602) is a sense of Congress that the 
     President should bring to justice persons responsible for 
     genocide, war crimes, and other serious violations of 
     international human rights law committed in the territory of 
     the former Yugoslavia since 1991.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1611) merges two House 
     provisions, sec. 2602 Bosnia Genocide Act and sec. 2702 
     Territorial Integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This revised 
     section provides for periodic reports from the President on 
     the military aspects of implementation of the Dayton 
     Agreement, including the conduct of United States Armed 
     Forces deployed in Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of Operation 
     Joint Endeavor and the costs associated with their 
     participation as well as plan for the timely withdrawal of 
     U.S. military personnel. In addition, the President would 
     report on progress in implementing civilian aspects of the 
     Agreement including: preparations for elections to be 
     supervised by the Organization for Security and Cooperation 
     in Europe (OSCE); steps taken to uphold the right of refugees 
     and displaced persons to return home safely and regain lost 
     property, or to obtain just compensation (or, where return 
     would be unsafe and/or unjust, to be resettled elsewhere); 
     progress in international humanitarian and reconstruction 
     efforts; and cooperation with the ongoing work of the 
     International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to 
     investigate and prosecute war criminals, as well as efforts 
     of the OSCE and other international and non-governmental 
     organizations to protect and promote human rights. In 
     addition, the section would require regular reporting on 
     efforts by the United States and others to address the plight 
     of the ethnic Albanian majority in Kosova and steps to 
     establish a USIA office in Pristina.
       USIA Office in Pristina: Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority 
     has been, and continues to be, the subject of brutal 
     repression involving harassment, detention, and intimidation 
     including beatings by police. Nearly half of the region's 
     Albanian work-force was summarily fired in 1990 and replaced 
     by Serbian workers. Albanian cultural identity remains under 
     siege. The suppression of free media continues. Kosovar 
     Albanians have felt increasingly isolated, particularly since 
     OSCE observers were expelled from the region in 1993. A USIA 
     office in Pristina will help to ease the current dire 
     situation by disseminating information about the United 
     States; promoting discussions on human rights, democracy, 
     rule of law, and conflict resolution; facilitating U.S. 
     private sector involvement in educational and cultural 
     activities in Kosova; and advising the U.S. Government with 
     respect to public opinion in Kosova. Opening an office in 
     Pristina will send a strong signal to the Albanian population 
     of Kosova that they have not been forgotten. The conferees 
     have been informed that plans for such an office are 
     underway. The reporting requirement is designed to ensure 
     that they are implemented as soon as possible.
       Territorial Integrity. The Dayton Peace Agreement on 
     Bosnia-Herzegovina commits the signatories to ``conduct their 
     relations in accordance with the principles set forth in the 
     United Nations Charter, as well as the Helsinki Final Act and 
     other documents of the Organization for Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe'' (OSCE), including the principle of 
     territorial integrity. The House-passed bill, which was 
     adopted prior to the Dayton accords, included specific 
     language on territorial integrity in recognition of the 
     centrality of this principle to the conflict in Bosnia and 
     the implications of its violation in the former Yugoslavia 
     and beyond. For nearly four years the people of Bosnia-
     Herzegovina fought, at significant disadvantage, to preserve 
     their country in the face of armed aggression and genocide. 
     The widespread illegal use of armed force in Bosnia-
     Herzegovina, including the targeting of unarmed civilian 
     populations, has had devastating consequences for the people 
     of that country. Against that backdrop, any moves 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 would violate the principle of 
     territorial integrity as reflected in the Charter and the 
     Final Act. The conferees note the importance attached to this 
     fundamental principle in Article 1 of the Dayton Agreement 
     and will closely monitor implementation of this provision by 
     all parties to the accord.
     Expansion of the Commission for Security and Cooperation in 
         Europe
       The House bill (sec. 2603) expands the CSCE by 8 
     commissioners, 4 from the House and 4 from the Senate.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Repeal of the executive branch membership in the Commission 
         for Security and Cooperation in Europe
       The Senate amendment (sec. 602) repeals the membership of 
     the three executive branch representatives from the CSCE.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Repeal of termination of provisions of the Nuclear 
         Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994
       The House bill (sec. 2604) repeals a sunset provision in 
     P.L. 103-236 thereby making permanent law the Nuclear 
     Proliferation Prevention Act. The NPPA establishes a wide 
     ranging nuclear non-proliferation sanctions regime similar to 
     the Chemical and Biological Weapons and Missile Technology 
     Control Regime sanctions laws.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1613) is identical to the 
     House with the addition of the repeal of the judicial review 
     provisions contained in the original provision. This change 
     reflects the concerns of the Administration.
     Annual assessment
       The House bill (sec. 2605) requires the Secretary of State 
     to provide annually an assessment of the impact of foreign 
     policy on the ability of U.S. entities to compete in foreign 
     markets.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Verification of Missile Technology Control Regime
       The House bill (sec. 2606) requires the Director of the 
     Arms Control and Disarmament Agency to transmit a report on 
     the capability of the U.S. to verify the Missile Technology 
     Control Regime.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1612) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Bosnia and Herzegovnia Self-Defense Fund
       The House bill (sec. 2607) provided for terminating the 
     U.S. arms embargo against the government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovnia.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 2610) substantially revises 
     this provision. Sec. 2610 (a) of the Conference Report 
     provides the President with the authority to enter an 
     agreement with other eligible countries to establish a fund 
     to assist in the self defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 
     fund may be known as the ``Multilateral Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina Self Defense Fund.'' The United States 
     contribution to this fund will be pursuant to the defense 
     articles and services provided for in section 540 of the 
     Foreign Operations and, Export Financing and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-107). In order to 
     maximize the amount of equipment provided under this 
     authority, it is the intention of the Conference Committee 
     that, as the Administration utilizes the referenced authority 
     for the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the price of 
     transferred equipment shall not exceed the lowest level at 
     which the same or similar equipment has been transferred to 
     any other country under any other U.S. government program.
       The Conference Committee notes that credible reports 
     indicate that Iranian nationals remain in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina in violation of the Dayton General Framework 
     Agreement to end the war in the former Yugoslavia. The 
     Committee encourages the Administration to use its continued 
     efforts to arm and train the forces of the Federation of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina as leverage to ensure full compliance 
     with the expulsion of all disallowed Iranian nationals. The 
     Committee further notes that the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina should curtail all military and intelligence 
     relations with the Government of Iran.
       Section 2610(b) identifies the purpose of the Fund as a 
     means to coordinate the procurement of military equipment and 
     training for transfer to the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina for the exercise of its right to self-defense 
     under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and to enable 
     the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to protect its 
     population and territory.
       Section 2610(c) requires United States leadership of the 
     Fund. This provision is consistent with the text of a 
     December 12, 1995 letter from President Clinton to the 
     Honorable Robert Dole, Republican Leader of the Senate, in 
     which the President wrote: ``. . . the United States will 
     take a leadership role in coordinating an international 
     effort to ensure that the Bosnian Federation receives the 
     assistance necessary to achieve an adequate military balance 
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      This subsection directs the Fund to provide procedures for 
     administering donations of military equipment and training, 
     and requires written assurance from the Government of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina that such donations will not be used to take 
     reprisals against civilians.
       Section 2610(d) requires the President to prepare and 
     transmit to Congress a detailed report on the 
     Administration's plan to assist the Federation of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina to provide for its own defense.
       Section 2610(e) provides definitions for relevant terms in 
     this section.
       Section 2610(f) states unambiguously that nothing in this 
     section shall be interpreted as authorization for deployment 
     of United States forces in the territory of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina for any purpose, including training, support, or 
     delivery of military equipment.
       Annex 1 of the Dayton General Framework Agreement to end 
     the war in the former Yugoslavia addresses the military 
     aspects of the peace settlement, including the establishment 
     of a NATO-led multinational force called the Implementation 
     Force (IFOR). This annex also continues the cessation of 
     hostilities agreement (as previously agreed by the warring 
     parties on October 5, 1995), details a process for the 
     separation of belligerent forces within 30 days of signing, 
     establishes a process for notification by the parties of the 
     type and location of military equipment within their control, 
     and outlines the mission of the IFOR.
       Annex 1 includes a second part establishing confidence 
     building measures between the parties and laying out a 
     process to create a military balance through arms reductions. 
     In the event that negotiations do not achieve arms 
     reductions, the agreement establishes a process to create 
     military parity based on a maximum ratio of heavy weaponry 
     (as defined in the agreement) of 5:2:2 for Serbia, Croatia 
     and Bosnia respectively (the Bosnian ratio is to be split 2:1 
     between the Federation and Republic of Srpska, respectively). 
     The baseline for creating this ration would be the total 
     amount of heavy weapons held by Serbia after a mandatory 
     twenty-five percent reduction.
       The Conference Committee views the arms reduction 
     provisions of the Agreement to be a positive feature. The 
     Committee is concerned, however, that the Agreement contains 
     little detail on how the arms reductions would be 
     implemented, nor is there any mention in the Agreement of a 
     plan for arming or training the Bosnian government forces 
     should that be determined as a preferable option. Regardless 
     of whether arms control measures are implemented successfully 
     in the former Yugoslavia, the Conference Committee considers 
     the creation of a military balance between the Federation of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina and its potential adversaries through 
     the provision of military assistance to the Federation as a 
     fundamental step in creating the conditions for the 
     successful withdrawal of United States forces, serving as 
     part of the Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina.
       The United Nations arms embargo imposed upon the former 
     Yugoslavia in September 1991, and extended without action in 
     the United Nations Security Council to the sovereign nation 
     of Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1992, served to enforce an 
     imbalance in forces between the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina and its adversaries in the former Yugoslavia. 
     This imbalance led to disproportionate losses of civilians 
     and soldiers in Bosnia, and prevented the Government of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina from exercising its fundamental right 
     of self-defense as provided for in Article 51 of the United 
     Nations Charter.
       It is the view of the Conference Committee that the 
     improved military capabilities of the Bosnian government 
     forces was a factor in creating a measure of military 
     stability--and an environment for negotiations--which led to 
     signing of the Dayton Agreement. The improvement in the 
     military capabilities of the Bosnian government forces is, 
     however, still insufficient to effectively deter further 
     aggression. By creating a real military balance in the region 
     it is the view of the Committee that the environment in which 
     negotiations took place can be further enhanced to become an 
     environment in which a stable peace can occur between the 
     warring parties in the former Yugoslavia. The Conference 
     Committee is particularly emphatic in its support of this 
     initiative because the creation of such an environment is 
     also a critical element of the Clinton Administration's 
     pledge to remove United States forces from Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina by the end of 1996.
     United States-North Korea Agreed Framework
       The House bill (sec. 2641) summarizes the findings of 
     Congress regarding the salient features of the Agreed 
     Framework and its inadequacies in regard to specific 
     Congressional concerns.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1607) merges House bill 
     sections 2641, 2642, 2643, 2644, and 2645 into one provision. 
     The conference substitute expresses the sense of Congress 
     regarding the minimum conditions for participation in the 
     Agreed Framework, and lays out conditions under which 
     additional progress may occur in U.S.-North Korean bilateral 
     relations. Areas where progress is expected before upgrading 
     bilateral relations include: 1) dialogue in North-South 
     dialogue; 2) progress implementation of the North-South Joint 
     declaration on Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula; 3) 
     reduction in the number of North Korean military forces along 
     the Demilitarized Zone; and, 4) prohibiting deployment of 
     North Korean ballistic missiles and weapons of mass 
     destruction. At the Senate's request, a fifth and sixth 
     category of expected progress on the part of the North 
     Koreans. These included cooperation on the recovery of 
     remains of American MIAs, and confirmation that North Korea 
     has ceased its support of international terrorism.
       The conference substitute seeks to ensure that any 
     assistance provided to North Korea or the Koran Peninsula 
     Energy Development Organization (KEDO), regardless of the 
     agency or account from which they are derived will be 
     provided in accordance with the reprogramming notification 
     procedures contained in section 634A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act.
     U.S. policy concerning the dictatorship in Burma
       The House bill, (sec. 2651) is a sense of Congress that the 
     U.N. Security Council should impose an international arms 
     embargo on Burma, affirm human rights, and reduce U.N. 
     organizations' presence in Burma, except to the UNDCP.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     U.S. policy with respect to the involuntary return of persons 
         subjected to torture
       The House bill (secs. 2661, 2662) prohibits the use of 
     funds for the involuntary return of any person to a place in 
     which he/she is in serious danger of torture. A definition of 
     torture is included.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1256) prohibits the use of 
     funds authorized by this Act, or funds authorized for 
     emergency refugee and migration assistance, to be used for 
     the involuntary return of any person to a country in which he 
     or she is in serious danger of being subjected to torture. 
     The provision will partly implement the international 
     obligations of the United States under the Convention Against 
     Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or 
     Punishment.
     Inter American organizations
       The House bill (sec. 2701) states that the Secretary of 
     State should take into account the long-term commitment of 
     the U.S. to the affairs of the Western Hemisphere insetting 
     funding levels for Inter-American organizations.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 304) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1706) specifies that the 
     Secretary of State should make every effort to pay the full 
     U.S. assessment for two Inter-American organizations, the 
     Organization of American States and the Pan American Health 
     Organization.
     Territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina
       The House bill (sec. 2702) expresses the sense of Congress 
     that the U.S. should refuse to recognize the incorporation of 
     any of the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina into the territory 
     of a neighboring state.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute refers to sec. 1611.
     The Laogai system of political prisons
       The House bill (sec. 2703) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the President should condemn the continued existence of 
     the Laogai and calls upon the Government of China to 
     dismantle it.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1701) expresses the sense 
     of Congress as contained in the House bill.
       (a) Findings--The committee of conference 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 
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       (9) The American people have repeatedly expressed their 
     abhorrence of forced labor camps for persons convicted of 
     political crimes, whether they be operated by the Nazis, 
     Soviet Communists, or any other political ideology.
     Use of funds to further normalize relations with Vietnam
       The House bill (sec. 2704) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that funds should not be obligated to further normalize 
     relations with Vietnam until the government of Vietnam holds 
     free elections, respects human rights and accounts for 
     remaining POW/MIA cases.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1214) provides that none of 
     the funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act may be 
     obligated or expended for costs incurred for opening or 
     operating any U.S. diplomatic or consular post in Vietnam 
     that was not operating on July 11, 1995, for expanding any 
     U.S. diplomatic or consular post in Vietnam that was not 
     operating on July 11, 1995, or increasing the total number of 
     personnel assigned to the U.S. diplomatic or consular posts 
     in Vietnam above the levels existing on July 11, 1995 unless 
     60 days prior to the obligation of funds, the President 
     certifies to Congress that based upon all information 
     available to the U.S. government that the Government of 
     Vietnam is fully cooperating in four areas of POW/MIA 
     investigations and research. This substitute is consistent 
     with the provision contained in the Commerce, Justice, State 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 
     1996.
     Declaration of Congress regarding U.S. Government human 
         rights policy toward China
       The House bill (sec. 2705) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the People's Republic of China continues to violate 
     human rights, and requires within 90 days, reports on the 
     President's successes with his China human rights policy and 
     the status of coercive population control programs and on 
     prison labor conditions.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1702) is similar to the 
     House bill with modifications to update the provision.
     Concerning the U.N. Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
       The House bill (sec. 2706) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the Voluntary Fund should develop and support treatment 
     centers for torture victims and that the U.S. should support 
     the work of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the 
     Convention Against Torture.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment. The committee of conference suggest that the 
     President acting through the U.S. Permanent Representative to 
     the U.N., should request the U.N. Voluntary Fund for Victims 
     of Torture to find new ways to support and protect treatment 
     centers that are carrying out rehabilitative services for 
     victims of torture.
     Recommendations of the President for reform of the War Powers 
         Resolution
       The House bill (sec. 2707) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the President should transmit to Congress 
     recommendations for reform of the War Powers Resolution.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Conflict in Kashmir
       The House bill (sec. 2708) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the U.S. should reiterate the need for parties to the 
     conflict in Kashmir to enter into negotiations.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     U.S. relations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
       The House bill (sec. 2709) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia should be 
     eligible for all U.S. foreign assistance programs.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1703) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Displaced persons
       The House bill (sec. 2711) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that $20 million of U.N. Development Program funds should be 
     used for programs for displaced person within their own 
     countries of nationality, in cooperation with the 
     International Organization for Migration, the International 
     Committee for the Red Cross, and other non-governmental 
     organizations.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1704) is the same as the 
     House bill with a technical modification.
     Policy toward Iran
       The House bill (sec. 2712) expresses a series of findings 
     and Congressional declarations regarding U.S. policy toward 
     Iran.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Conflict in Chechnya
       The House bill (sec. 2713) expresses a series of findings 
     and Congressional declarations urging the President to repeat 
     the call to end the war in Chechnya.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment. The Committee of Conference still considers this 
     provision to be important.
       (a) Findings--The committee of conference finds the 
     following:
       (1) Russian troops advanced into Chechnya on December 10, 
     1994, and were met with strong resistance from Chechen rebels 
     who have now moved to the Caucasus mountains where they are 
     engaging in what even the most optimistic Russian military 
     officers predict will be a drawn-out guerrilla war.
       (2) The cost of the Chechen battle is estimated to cost the 
     Government of Russia at least $2,000,000,000 and could 
     exacerbate the budget deficit of the Government of Russia.
       (3) The United States has approved over $2,400,000,000 in 
     loan guarantees through the Export-Import Bank of the United 
     States and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
       (4) The United States has provided Russia with significant 
     direct assistance to promote a free market economy, support 
     democracy, meet humanitarian needs, and dismantle nuclear 
     weapons.
       (b) Declaration of Policy--The committee of conference 
     declares the following:
       (1) United States investment in Russia has been significant 
     in promoting democracy and stabilizing the economy of Russia 
     and this progress could be imperiled by Russia's continued 
     war in Chechnya.
       (2) The inability to negotiate an end to this crisis and 
     the resulting economic implications could adversely affect 
     the ability of Russia to fulfill its commitments to the 
     International Monetary Fund, the Export-Import Bank of the 
     United States, and the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation.
       (3) In further contacts with President Yeltsin, it is 
     imperative that President Clinton repeat his call for an 
     immediate end to the war in Chechnya.
     U.S. Delegation to the Fourth World Conference on Women in 
         Beijing
       The House bill (sec. 27l4) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the U.S. delegation to the Fourth World Conference on 
     Women, should include a Tibetan representative.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Female genital mutilation
       The House bill (sec. 2715) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the President should seek to end the practice of female 
     genital mutilation worldwide through the active cooperation 
     and participation of governments in countries where female 
     genital mutilation takes place.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Sense of Congress regarding Syrian occupation of Lebanon
       The House bill (sec. 2716) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the Government of Syria should comply with the Taif 
     Agreement and withdraw all of its troops from Lebanon and the 
     Secretary of State should report to Congress on the actions 
     the U.S. has taken to encourage withdrawal of all Syrian 
     troops from Lebanon.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.
     Statutory construction
       The Senate amendment (sec. 502) clarifies that the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency cannot authorize policies 
     which would interfere with the acquisition, possession or use 
     of firearms by an individual for the purpose of personal 
     defense, sport, education or training.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1605) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
     Payments of Iraq claims
       The Senate amendment (sec. 603) requires the Secretary of 
     the Treasury to approve all applications for licenses that 
     meet the criteria of section 575.510 of title 31, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, even though such applications may have 
     failed to meet the requirement that the letter of credit be 
     issued or confirmed by a U.S. bank or that the letter of 
     credit reimbursement be confirmed by a U.S. bank. Licenses 
     pursuant to this section shall be issued within 30 days of 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1614) vests in the 
     President all blocked non-diplomatic accounts or assets of 
     the Government of Iraq and would direct the President to 
     liquidate such accounts not later than 30 days after 
     enactment.
       Upon the vesting of these accounts, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury is directed to establish in the Treasury an Iraq 
     Claims Fund for payment of private claims or U.S. Government 
     claims. The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the 
     United States is authorized to determine the validity and 
     amounts of private claims and certify to the Treasury the 
     awards made in favor of each private claim.
       Not later than two years after the date of enactment, the 
     Secretary shall make payment out of the Fund on certified 
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     claims according to the proportions which the total amount of 
     certified private claims bear to the total amount in the Fund 
     that is available for distribution at the time payments are 
     made. After payments have been made in full on private claims 
     out of the Fund, any funds remaining can be made to satisfy 
     U.S. Government claims against the Government of Iraq.
       The President is directed to determine the validity of 
     government claims which the Secretary of State has determined 
     are outside the jurisdiction of the United Nations 
     Commission. To the extent that there are enough funds 
     available to satisfy these claims, the President is 
     authorized and requested to enter into a settlement with the 
     Government of Iraq providing payment for these claims.
       The conference substitute embraces the pre-existing 
     procedures of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to 
     ensure uniformity of process with previous claim 
     adjudications such as Iran and Vietnam.
       Paying private claims first out of blocked Iraqi assets 
     recognizes that many U.S. companies cannot wait over six 
     years to receive the proceeds from their legitimate 
     commercial transactions. When the President freezes assets of 
     hostile foreign countries, U.S. exporters and businesses 
     should not be forced to shoulder a disproportionate burden of 
     the costs.
       Private American claimants cannot readily negotiate with 
     the Government of Iraq for satisfaction of their claims. This 
     legislation does nothing to prohibit the United States 
     Government from fully collecting on the American taxpayer 
     claims through continued negotiations with the Government of 
     Iraq or with the United Nations Compensation Commission.
     Reports regarding Hong Kong
       The Senate Amendment (sec. 604) amends the Hong Kong Policy 
     Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731) to extend the requirement in the 
     Hong Kong Policy Act for the Secretary of State to transmit a 
     report on conditions in Hong Kong of interest to the U.S. by 
     March 31, 1995 and every year thereafter.
       The provision requires this report to detail information on 
     the status of and other developments affecting: 
     implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the 
     Question of Hong Kong, including the Basic Law and its 
     consistency with the Joint Declaration; the openness and 
     fairness of the election of the chief executive and the 
     executive's accountability to the legislature; the treatment 
     of political parties; the independence of the judiciary and 
     its ability to exercise the power of final judgement over 
     Hong Kong law; and the Bill of Rights.
       The House bill contains no comparable amendment.
     Taipei Representative Office
       The Senate amendment (sec. 606) redesignates the Taipei 
     Economic and Cultural Representative Office as the ``Taipei 
     Representative Office''.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1603) permits the Taipei 
     Economic and Cultural Representative Office to operate under 
     the name of the ``Taipei Representative Office''.
     Prohibition on the use of funds to facilitate Iraqi refugee 
         admissions into the United States
       The Senate amendment (sec. 609) prohibits funding for 
     admission into the U.S. of Iraqi refugees currently residing 
     in Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1254) requires a report on 
     various aspects of the Iraqi refugee resettlement program. 
     The main purpose of the report is to ensure that the 
     resettlement of Iraqi refugees from Turkey or Saudi Arabia to 
     the United States comports with all applicable immigration 
     and refugee laws and policies.
     Special envoy for Nagorno-Karabakh
       The Senate amendment (sec. 610) expresses a sense of 
     Congress that the President should appoint a special envoy to 
     settle the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Efforts against emerging infectious diseases
       The Senate amendment (sec. 612) directs the President to 
     develop strategies to combat emerging infectious diseases. It 
     requires the submission to Congress of a strategic plan, in 
     cooperation with the international public health 
     infrastructure, to identify and respond to the threat of 
     emerging infectious diseases which pose a danger to the 
     health of the people of the U.S.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1604) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment except the reporting date is changed to six 
     months after enactment.
     Report on firms engaged in export of dual-use items
       The Senate amendment (sec. 613) requires the Secretary of 
     State to issue a report every 180 days until 1998 discussing 
     measures taken to prevent future lapses in the screening 
     process and to coordinate government agencies involved in 
     exports.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Middle East Peace Facilitation Act
       The Senate amendment (sec. 615)
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
     Housing Guarantee Program
       The House bill (sec. 3251 & 3252) provides close-down 
     funding for the Housing Investment Guarantee Program in 
     accordance with GAO's recommendation. Loan losses and 
     management problems have plagued this program. Sec. 3252, 
     prohibits the issuance of any new guarantees under the HIG 
     program after the date of enactment of this bill. Existing 
     guarantees which have not been applied to loans are cancelled 
     upon enactment of the bill.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1111) includes the two 
     above-referenced House provisions that would terminate the 
     AID Housing Guarantee Program and impose new penalties to 
     forestall defaults on existing guarantees and increase 
     collection on bad loans. Under these sections, no new 
     guarantees would be issued. Existing guarantees which have 
     not been used would be cancelled, except in South Africa. 
     Borrowers which fall into arrears on a guaranteed loan will 
     have AID assistance suspended until the borrower becomes 
     current on the guaranteed loan, whereupon assistance is 
     restored.
       These provisions address the findings by the General 
     Accounting Office that the U.S. has paid $542 million to 
     cover the failure of 23 foreign governments to make payments 
     on guaranteed loans and that another $600 million will have 
     to be paid out to cover future defaults on the existing $2.7 
     billion in outstanding guarantees. That is a total projected 
     loss of $1 billion, or 40 percent. Further, the GAO found 
     that of the $542 million in claims paid, the U.S. government 
     has failed to recover $409 million from the borrowers who 
     failed to make payments on guaranteed loans.
     Deobligation of certain AID funds
       The House bill (sec. 3286) requires the deobligation of 
     certain categories of economic assistance funds which have 
     remained unexpended for more than three years after being 
     appropriated. Deobligated funds are returned to the Treasury.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1616) is identical to the 
     House provision which would de-obligate certain AID funds 
     left over from prior years which have remained unspent. Under 
     the provision, AID funds remaining unspent after 3 fiscal 
     years would be de-obligated and returned to the Treasury. 
     Exceptions are incorporated for funds devoted to long-term 
     construction projects and projects delayed due to unforeseen 
     circumstances.
       This provision addresses a long-standing recommendation by 
     the General Accounting Office that the AID ``pipeline'' be 
     curtailed. In 1991 when GAO first made its recommendation, 
     AID had $8.8 billion in funds left over from prior years. At 
     the end of FY 1995, 5 years later, the amount was $8.5 
     billion, of which approximately $1 billion dated back more 
     than 3 years. GAO found that although AID has authority to 
     re-program funds when priorities change, AID has made very 
     little use of this administrative flexibility. GAO further 
     found that leaving AID funds unspent for many years leads to 
     waste.
     Limitation on assistance to countries that restrict the 
         transport or delivery of United States humanitarian 
         assistance
       The House bill (sec. 3418) prohibits assistance to any 
     country that impedes or prohibits the transport or delivery 
     of U.S. humanitarian assistance. The ban on U.S. aid to 
     countries impeding delivery of U.S. humanitarian aid to third 
     countries would be waived if the President issued Congress a 
     waiver stating the continued aid would be in the U.S. 
     national security interest.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1617) is identical to the 
     House bill.
     Industrial park for Gaza or the West Bank
       The conference substitute (sec. 1710) requires the 
     President to report to the Appropriate Congressional 
     Committees not later than 180 days after enactment of this 
     bill detailing all actions taken by the U.S. government to 
     establish an industrial park in Gaza or the West Bank and 
     identifying all U.S. government funds intended for the 
     development of such an industrial park.
       The Congress finds that (1) extremists in Hamas and Islamic 
     Jihad who reject the gains made since the signing of the 
     Declaration of Principles have used terrorist tactics to 
     force the closing of the territories; (2) these terrorists 
     acts have exacerbated existing problems in Gaza is now 
     experiencing staggering unemployment nearing fifty percent, 
     increasing chaos and a downward spiral of dashed hopes and 
     deepening poverty; (3) Israel's legitimate security concerns 
     necessitate creative new methods of ensuring continued 
     economic opportunity for the Palestinians; and (4) the 
     development of industrial parks along the border between 
     Gaza, the West Bank and Israel sponsored by individual 
     nations provides an important means of providing both 
     development for Palestinians while maintaining border 
     security.
     International Fund for Ireland
       The House bill (sec. 3204) provided a funding cap from 
     Economic Support Funds of

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     $29.6 million in FY 1996 and $19.6 million in FY 1997 for the 
     U.S. contribution to the International Fund for Ireland 
     (IFI). The amounts made available are authorized to remain 
     available until expended.
       The House section also amended the Anglo-Irish Agreement 
     Support Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-415) to require that U.S. 
     contributions ``shall'' be used in a manner that effectively 
     increases employment opportunities in communities with rates 
     of unemployment ``significantly'' higher that the local or 
     urban average of unemployment in Northern Ireland (defined as 
     the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Tyrone, and 
     Fermanagh).
       Under this section funding could be provided by the IFI 
     only if individuals or entities receiving such funds are in 
     compliance with the ``principles of economic justice.'' The 
     principles of economic justice are defined as the ``MacBride 
     Principles'' as modified, include:
       (1) Increasing the representation of individuals, from 
     underrepresented religious groups in the workforce, including 
     managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and 
     technical jobs,
       (2) Providing adequate security for the protection of 
     minority employees at the workplace,
       (3) Banning provocative sectarian or political emblems from 
     the workplace,
       (4) Providing that all job openings be advertised publicly 
     and providing that special recruitment efforts be made to 
     attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups,
       (5) Providing that layoff, recall and termination 
     procedures do not favor a particular religious group,
       (6) Abolishing job reservations, apprenticeship 
     restrictions and differential employment criteria which 
     discriminate on the basis of religion,
       (7) 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,
       (8) Establishing procedures to assess, identify and 
     actively recruit minority employees with the potential for 
     further advancement, and
       (9) Proving 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 above.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1615) reduces the funding 
     cap from $29.6 million to $19.6 million for fiscal year 1996. 
     The committee of conference also inserted ``should'' for 
     ``shall'' in the Anglo-Irish Agreement Act amendment to 
     provide the Administration with more discretion in 
     implementing this section. The term significantly was 
     determined to be redundant and was deleted from the 
     referenced areas of high unemployment.
       The section also includes the principles of economic 
     justice to insure that these principles should be applied by 
     those individuals or entities who receive any portion of the 
     U.S. contribution to the International Fund for Ireland.
       In addition a new provision was added to insure nothing 
     shall require quotas or reverse discrimination, which is 
     consistent with the intent and purpose of the MacBride 
     principles.
     Republic of China Taiwan participation in GATT and WTO
       The committee of conference (sec. 1709) agreed to this 
     provision (sec. 2709) expressing a sense of Congress on The 
     Republic of Taiwan's membership in the General Agreement on 
     Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization.
     Benjamin A. Gilman,
     Bill Goodling,
     Henry J. Hyde,
     Toby Roth,
     Doug Bereuter,
     Christopher H. Smith,
     Dan Burton,
     Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Jesse Helms,
     Olympia Snowe,
     Hank Brown,
     Paul Coverdell,
     John Ashcroft,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

     

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