[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H3291-H3358]
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    FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 159 and rule 
XXIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 1757.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1757) to consolidate international affairs agencies, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for 
fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes, with Mr. Hansen in 
the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as having 
been read the first time.
  Under the rule, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] and the 
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman].
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 1757, the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act for fiscal years 1998 and 1999. The bill 
before the House today includes a basic reauthorization of the 
operations of the Department of State and related agencies and the 
consolidation of some of those foreign affairs agencies.
  This bill is the product of significant oversight and a bipartisan 
effort. By way of this bill, support is provided for our Government's 
activities abroad, to include U.S. embassies, American citizen 
services, passport and visa issuance, and international broadcasting 
programs such as Radio Free Asia and broadcasting to Cuba. In addition, 
it funds United States-Mexico and United States-Canada commissions that 
are tasked with matters dealing with fisheries, with sewage disposal, 
and other border issues.
  We included most of the administration's legislative requests. 
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adherence to concerns of the Committee on Ways and Means and the 
Committee on the Budget, a few of those provisions have been deleted 
from this bill.
  The bill authorizes $6.1 billion for fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 
1999, and is $200 million below the President's request. Funding for a 
strong U.S. presence abroad is in our vital national interest and 
provides the platform for a myriad of U.S. overseas interests. 
Specifically, we need to have a robust diplomatic presence abroad to 
help us develop markets, to help us maintain stability, to protect our 
friends in the still dangerous world, and to put into effect the 
humanitarian instincts of our American people.
  Mr. Chairman, this bill incorporates the President's decision to 
consolidate the U.S. Information Agency and the Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency into the State Department. In the 104th Congress our 
Overseas Interests Act included such a consolidation plan, but it was 
vetoed by the President. Now the President is supporting consolidation. 
This bill locks in that agreement. This consolidation is the first step 
to reforming the international affairs apparatus to meet the changed 
post-cold-war world.
  Accordingly, Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this 
measure to ensure efficiencies and more effectiveness of our foreign 
affairs agencies.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, the State Department authorization bill before us is 
generally satisfactory on overall funding levels. It authorizes $6.115 
billion for fiscal year 1998, and that is very close to the 
administration's request.

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  That is the most positive statement I can make about this bill. From 
my standpoint, and more importantly, of course, from the standpoint of 
the administration, there are very serious problems with the bill. 
These problems are at least three. One is micromanagement, two is some 
bad policy provisions, and three are some earmarks. But above all it 
seems to me the chief problem with the bill is its language on 
reorganization.
  Mr. Chairman, the Committee on Rules decided to make in order as part 
of the text of the bill the reorganization amendment of the gentleman 
from New York [Mr. Gilman]. In terms of substance, I have already been 
critical of that in terms of process in the rules debate, but in terms 
of substance the Gilman provision on reorganization I think is exactly 
the wrong approach. What the Gilman provision does is to mandate that 
the administration must submit a reorganization plan by mid-August and 
then in large measure dictates what must be in that plan. That 
provision micromanages how reorganization must occur, mandating the job 
requirements, for example, of an Under Secretary and 6 of the 20 
Assistant Secretaries. That provision spells out a specific list of 
personnel who will be transferred or separated.
  Mr. Chairman, I think the administration has made clear that it 
opposes the Gilman provision of reorganization because it intrudes on 
the ability of the Executive to organize itself and to carry out the 
President's responsibility to conduct American foreign policy.
  I quote from the administration's view: ``The administration strongly 
opposes a Gilman-sponsored amendment that would mandate many of the 
details on how to implement such a complex reorganization, thereby 
prejudging how the foreign affairs agencies are to be restructured.''
  That Gilman amendment, of course, is now part of the bill text, and 
the administration has also made clear that this amendment alone, if 
included in the bill, would lead the President's senior advisers to 
recommend a veto of the bill.
  Thus, I intend to offer an amendment to correct the problems that I 
see in the provision that the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] has 
on reorganization. My amendment takes a different approach. It 
respects, I believe, and preserves the prerogatives of both the 
President and the Congress. It mandates that the President submit a 
reorganization plan to Congress within 120 days, gives the Congress 120 
days to evaluate that plan, to suggest changes, and then vote against 
it under expedited procedures, if in fact the Congress opposes the 
plan. The approach of the amendment I intend to offer is to let the 
Executive take the lead in organizing its own affairs.
  Mr. Chairman, in my view Congress should be reluctant to tell the 
Executive how to arrange the furniture and the flow charts. We should 
let the Executive organize itself. We are an equal partner in 
Government, but our responsibility is to hold the President to 
standards and evaluate results, not dictate organization, at least in 
most instances.
  The administration supports my amendment; I think it opposes the 
underlying text of the Gilman provisions. And I want to emphasize that 
if the Gilman provisions on reorganization remain in the bill, I will 
oppose the bill, and I think the President's advisers will recommend a 
veto.
  One of the second concerns relates to a similar problem, and that is 
the example of micromanagement in the bill quite apart from the 
reorganization amendment. It mandates a new Ambassador for counter 
terrorism, calls for the appointment of a special envoy to Tibet, a 
step that could significantly complicate management of the vitally 
important United States-China relationship. It creates a new Assistant 
Secretary for Human Resources. I think that will complicate personnel 
management. It mandates a specific set of qualifications for Assistant 
Secretary for diplomatic security. It restructures the Population, 
Refugees and Migration Bureau and sets a ceiling on the number of 
foreign service officers at the State Department, USIA and AID. The 
administration opposes all of these provisions because they seriously 
intrude on the executive branch's ability to administer its programs.
  I am also concerned about several of the policies mandated in the 
bill. I do believe that these can probably be worked out in conference, 
but I want to identify them at least. One relates to Jerusalem, and I 
know it is a very popular provision. The bill authorizes $100 million 
from the State's building account to move the United States Embassy to 
Jerusalem and requires that all United States publications identify 
Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
  Contrary to the position taken by American Presidents for several 
decades, this provision prejudices the United States position on the 
final status of Jerusalem, a status that can be resolved, of course, 
only through very difficult negotiations by the parties.
  This provision is unacceptable to the administration, as it is to me. 
It has the potential to do very serious damage to the Middle East 
process, which I am sure none of us want to do.
  The provision also takes money away from other building projects to 
fund a project that the administration does not request.
  A second policy provision relates to Cuba. The bill calls for 3 new 
reports on Cuba, including one on title IV of the Helms-Burton Act. The 
purpose of these provisions overall I think is to tighten the noose on 
Cuba. The administration is now trying to resolve very tough problems 
with our allies that have resulted because of the package of Helms-
Burton. The Cuba provisions in this bill I think move us in the wrong 
direction. They will only further irritate relations with our closest 
friends and trading partners at a very delicate time.
  Finally, let me indicate that though the funding levels are generally 
satisfactory, there are still problems in earmarks. The migration and 
refugee assistance account was funded at $53 million above the 
administration's request. That comes at the expense of foreign 
assistance funding. We may overfund one category today, but important 
foreign assistance programs will pay the price in another bill later. 
The money all comes out of the same pot eventually, the international 
affairs or 150 account.
  I also am uneasy with a number of earmarks in the voluntary 
international organizations account. Of $200 million requested, $18 
million is earmarked, $14 million of it for programs the administration 
did not request.
  The micromanagement, the policy provisions and the earmarks of the 
bill I think are problems, major problems, but I think they can 
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worked out in conference committee. I do want to emphasize, however, 
that the reorganization provisions in this bill are a poison pill. They 
are certainly veto bait for the President, and on the basis of that 
provision alone, if it is included in the bill, I will vote against the 
bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New 
Jersey [Mr. Smith], the chairman of the Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights who has done a remarkable job and a great 
deal of work in bringing this measure to the floor at this time.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I thank my good friend, the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], for yielding this time to me.
  Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to recommend passage of H.R. 1757, and I 
hope that the House will adopt an important amendment that I will offer 
later on during consideration of this bill dealing with the pro life 
issue. I am also pleased to note that Division B of the bill was H.R. 
1253, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal years 1998 and 
1999, which I introduced earlier this year and which was marked up by 
our Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. The plan 
to couple this bill with the foreign aid bill was aimed at expediting 
consideration of both bills over on the Senate side. Now that they are 
decoupled again, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act is proceeding 
separately, with another bill being attached to it which we will 
consider very shortly.
  Although I know many of my Democratic colleagues are unhappy with the 
procedural steps that have led to the consideration of this bill, and I 
share some of their frustration, believe me, I do believe that the 
substance of Division B is a solid, thoughtful product, and the result 
of bipartisan cooperation.
  In it, we fund most of our programs at or near the administration's 
request, but in some cases we shift some priorities in an effort to 
ensure that American foreign policy reflects American values. On a few 
items of compelling importance, such as refugee protection, the World 
Food Program, assistance to torture victims, and combating 
international child labor, the bill provides modest increases over and 
above the administration request.
  I fully support the language encouraging the United States Government 
to press the Turkish Government to permit true freedom of religion. Of 
premier concern is the continued closure of the Halki Theological 
School, which is a clear violation of international treaties to which 
Turkey has been a signatory, including but not limited to the Helsinki 
Final Act, the Treaty of Lausanne, the 1968 Protocol, and the Charter 
of Paris. The Turkish Government should allow the Theological School, 
which was closed by that government more than 25 years ago, to reopen 
and have unhindered training for the Orthodox Christian leadership. 
Full religious liberty does not exist when a religious group is not 
allowed to develop or openly train its leadership. We cannot stand by 
and simply observe this policy of gradual strangulation by the Turkish 
Government, but must make every effort to encourage Ankara to recognize 
the right of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to train its own leaders, 
consistent with Turkey's international commitments. In addition, the 
Turkish Government should work to ensure the security of the Ecumenical 
Patriarchate and the property belonging to the Patriarchate.


                    property restitution (sec. 1716)

  Mr. Speaker, the committee adopted the language pertaining to the 
issue of wrongly confiscated foreign properties, which I had offered as 
an amendment. This language stemmed from a hearing the Commission on 
Security and Cooperation in Europe--which I chaired in the 104th 
Congress--convened last July. At that hearing, Under Secretary of 
Commerce Stuart Eizenstat and Chairwoman of the Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission Delissa Ridgway outlined the maze of programs and 
procedures which govern property claims in Central and Eastern Europe 
today. Section 1716 acknowledges the especially compelling plight of 
Holocaust survivors in Central and Eastern Europe, who were often 
denied compensation for their suffering at the end of the war. We call 
on governments in this region to stop discriminating in their 
restitution or compensation laws on the basis of citizenship or 
residency--provisions that, in one particularly egregious case--the 
Czech Republic--appear designed to exclude Americans from this process.


     deployment of democracy in the republic of serbia (sec. 1714)

  Section 1714 makes two critical points regarding democratization in 
Serbia. First, the language notes that even ethnic Serbs are denied 
basic human rights by the Milosevic regime, even though he claims to 
speak in their name. This fact was emphasized at a Helsinki Commission 
hearing last December, where representatives of opposition political 
parties, the alternative workers movement and the independent media in 
Serbia presented testimony regarding the regime's attempt to deny the 
will of the people as expressed at the ballot box. A meeting the 
Helsinki Commission had with Serbian student protesters in January 
confirmed that the people in the streets at that time did not just want 
election results recognized; they wanted the promise of a democratic 
future. Mr. Speaker, they deserve our support for that. The second 
point made in this section is that, while the United States decided--
rightly or wrongly--to end Milosevic's isolation and deal with him 
directly in Dayton to end the Bosnian conflict, we recognize that 
genuine peace and true regional stability rests not in making a deal 
with a dictator, but in the establishment of a democratic society. The 
Helsinki Commission first raised this point at the conclusion of a 
fact-finding mission to Serbia and Montenegro organized 1 year ago.
  Section 1714 supports the development of democratic institutions and 
civil society in Serbia, especially in regard to free media and the 
rule of law. We would also link normalization of United States 
relations with Belgrade to free and fair elections, the recognition of 
those results, and the toleration of democratic development. There are 
other critical issues linked to normalization, like cooperation with 
the International Tribunal for war crimes in the Hague and progress in 
Kosovo, and the language appropriately alludes to this fact.
  I know my good friend from Indiana noted that these additions were 
not asked for, but I remind Members that it was a bipartisan bill that 
asked for more money to combat the scourge of child labor. This bill 
gives $10 million each year to the International Program on the 
Elimination of Child Labor of the International Labor Organization to 
try to combat this terrible exploitation of children for their labor.
  Like the subcommittee that produced it, the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act is not only about international operations, but also 
about human rights. Every structural and fiscal decision has been taken 
with an eye toward preserving core humanitarian programs, saving lives 
and promoting the just interests of the American people.
  While providing adequate funding for foreign relations programs, the 
bill also attempts to improve efficiency, transparency, and 
accountability in these programs. It reforms the State Department 
retirement and personnel programs to prevent double dipping and 
restores the power of the Secretary of State to terminate the 
employment of convicted felons, a power that had been inexplicably 
curtailed by an administrative grievance board.
  H.R. 1757 also requires the State Department to report to the 
Congress on its efforts to get the government of Vietnam to cooperate 
on unresolved POW-MIA issues and on the deplorable human rights 
situation in that country, which includes the imprisonment not only of 
political dissidents but also of Buddhists, Catholic priests, and 
Protestant ministers. The Department would also be required to report 
on the progress of efforts to resolve claims by United States firms 
against the government of Saudi Arabia, claims that should have been 
resolved a long, long time ago, and it would put an end to the 
outrageous practice of requiring United States citizens to pay for a 
900 number when they want to know why the Department is late in 
processing their passports.
  I want to say a word or two about the provisions to streamline and 
reform our foreign policy agencies. Mr. Chairman, this bill reduces the 
number of agencies by two. Just as important, it does so in a way that 
would not only increase efficiency and reduce costs but, importantly, 
will preserve the vital functions of these agencies.
  In particular, the provisions of the bill were designed to preserve 
the independence of our international freedom broadcasting services and 
other functions of public diplomacy that are performed by the U.S. 
Information Agency. We do not simply turn Radio Free Asia and Radio 
Marti over to the State Department so the country desks can do whatever 
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important. By preserving the independence of these institutions within 
a new and distinct division of the State Department, we ensure that 
they will continue to reflect long-term American interests and values 
by supporting freedom and democracy around the world.
  Finally, Mr. Chairman, let me say a word or two about the pro life 
amendment that I will offer at the appropriate time during 
consideration of this bill. This amendment will clarify and will 
clearly define U.S. policy with respect to abortion around the world, 
particularly with respect to forced abortion.
  First, it will enact a positive law--the Mexico City policy--which 
prohibits United States population assistance funds from going to 
foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortion as a 
method of family planning overseas.
  Second, it will prohibit contributions to UNFPA, UN Population Fund, 
unless it ceases its support for the coercive population control 
program in the People's Republic of China. Again, Mr. Chairman, this is 
an amendment that will ensure that the U.S. foreign policy really does 
reflect American values.
  Mr. Chairman, we need to support human rights across the board, 
including the rights of unborn children and of women who are brutalized 
by forced abortion. We can make a strong statement here that American 
foreign policy must reflect those values.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. Gejdenson].
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Chairman, I would like to take one moment to 
simply object to the process, and I know that it is hard for people to 
think the process is important. We have a legislative process here that 
has been completely abdicated and given to the Committee on Rules in a 
process that the Politburo would have envied.
  There was an effort to put together a piece of legislation that in a 
bipartisan manner would reflect the sentiments often spoken of in this 
Chamber that foreign policy debate is something we try to do in a 
bipartisan manner, that politics stops at our borders, but apparently 
that is not the case under this Committee on Rules and under this 
majority Republican Congress.

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  What we have is a complete rupture of the legislative process without 
hearings, without debate. All the many days of work of the committee 
was abdicated when word came down from the Committee on Rules that they 
were going to decide how this is made up.
  The next step, which is probably even worse, is what they try to do. 
What they try to do in this process is change the way the President of 
the United States and the State Department and USAID and other 
organizations work out their responsibilities. They try to do it in a 
manner that dictates the terms in which AID and others will relate to 
one another. Now I think if there has been a program that has been 
helpful to our foreign policy interests and to our economic interests, 
it is USAID.
  The countries that were previously our largest recipients of grain 
and other assistance are today the largest purchasers of American 
agricultural products, helping our balance of trade.
  I think that what we ought to do is what the Hamilton proposal does, 
and that is to give the President the ability to make efficiencies 
occur that he, the Executive, sees are necessary, but not simply to try 
to constrain him into a process that may have nothing to do with the 
reality of how this White House, State Department, AID work together.
  What we have here is an opportunity for people on both sides of the 
aisle to join together to reject the process that we have been forced 
into here today, and to reject the substance as well. There will be 
other amendments that are even more damaging that we will debate later, 
but even without those it is clear that the best course of action for 
this House, from a substantive point of view and from a procedural 
point of view, is to reject this legislation and force the Committee on 
Rules to bring to the floor the assistance legislation and State 
Department legislation that the committee passed.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Florida [Ms. Ros-Lehtinen], a member of the Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy and Trade.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the bill 
introduced by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], our 
distinguished colleague and the chairman of the Committee on 
International Relations, and everyone's friend.
  The impact and ramifications of this bill, Mr. Chairman, are wide-
ranging. However, I would like to focus on a particular provision which 
would guarantee that the integrity and purpose of U.S. foreign policy 
and related laws passed by our legislative body are not being 
compromised.
  The measure I am referring to is one which establishes reporting 
requirements on the implementation of title IV of the Helms-Burton law.
  As the evidence clearly demonstrates, the Castro dictatorship in Cuba 
is, without a doubt, an enemy of the United States and presents a 
threat to the security of the American people. It is a terrorist regime 
that has repeatedly exported violence to other countries in our 
hemisphere. It attempts to undermine our stability by its involvement 
and support for the illicit narcotics trade. It serves to ridicule the 
U.S. Government by being the last bastion of communism in the U.S.'s 
own backyard, and it is rated by our own State Department as well as 
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as the worst human rights 
violator in our hemisphere.
  It is thus imperative for us in the United States Congress to stand 
firm by our policy of isolating this pariah state and not allow feel-
good promises from our allies to diminish our resolve, and we must lead 
our allies in making sure that we are no longer in violation of U.S. 
laws by passing weak and inconsistent implementation of Helms-Burton.
  The provision in this bill does what we set out to do when we passed 
the law. The fact is supported by the attacks that it has attracted 
from senior officials from the Castro regime who, over sheer 
desperation over the ramifications of the passage of this bill, felt 
compelled to hold an internationally broadcast press conference this 
past Friday to use their propaganda machine to attack this and other 
measures. They are certainly doubtful about the commitment of this 
administration to implement Helms-Burton to its full extent.
  The periodic written reports required by our provision provide a more 
thorough documentation and will allow us to track the progress of the 
implementation of our laws over time. It ensures transparency in the 
process, it ensures the full force of the Libertad Act.
  Until we see concrete actions from our European allies and others who 
choose to negotiate with Castro and thereby extend the suffering and 
the oppression of the Cuban people at the hands of this brutal 
dictator, this Congress must stand firm and refuse to allow our laws to 
be weakened for the purpose of appeasing our allies.
  As we have stated on numerous occasions, diplomacy does not mean 
surrender. For this and many other reasons, Mr. Chairman, it is 
imperative for the passage of this bill that we include this provision.
  Furthermore, as we have emphasized during committee consideration, we 
have seen how Helms-Burton has yet to be implemented. I urge my 
colleagues to support passage of this bill.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from California [Mr. Berman].
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the 
time.
  If the situation were not so tragic, it would be humorous. We are 
watching the Republican majority with the presentation of this bill 
snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory on two of the issues they have 
fought the most for over the past 2\1/2\ years. First is the foreign 
aid authorization bill. After 3\1/2\ or 4 days of relatively amiable 
discourse, reasonably intelligent debate, a bipartisan consensus was 
formed that passed out an authorization bill that supported much of the 
administration's key priorities and at the same time dealt with many of 
the strong concerns of the Republican majority on the committee, a vote 
that included every single Democratic member of that committee and the 
vast majority of the Republican members of that committee,

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in marked contrast to the way the process had transpired 2 years 
before, a process which produced veto and veto and veto and no law.
  From that bill, which by the way, lest my colleagues think this was 
tilted too much to the minority or too much to the administration, that 
bill, which came out of committee, was referenced in the letter signed 
by Henry Kissinger, James Baker, General Colin L. Powell, George 
Shultz, Lawrence Eagleburger, Brent Scowcroft, and Alexander Haig, key 
national security advisors and Secretaries of State for the last three 
Republican administrations.
  What they said to the chairman of that committee who worked hard to 
produce this bipartisan majority was: ``We commend you,'' and I am 
talking here about seven key Republican Secretaries of States and 
national security advisors.
  ``We commend you and your committee colleagues for having the courage 
to authorize adequate funding for the international affairs programs of 
the U.S. Government. We realize that funding these programs is rarely 
popular, but there are times when our political leaders, whether in the 
Congress or the Executive, must do what is best for the country, no 
matter what the popular view. This is one of those times. This post-
Cold War era is a time of great opportunity. It is also a time, if we 
act irresponsibly, that can lay the groundwork for instability and 
conflict for generations to come. Without American leadership in the 
years ahead, instability and conflict are certain. A creative U.S. 
foreign policy demands an efficient and effective foreign affairs 
establishment. H.R. 1486,'' the bill that we passed out of committee, 
not the bill we are considering now, ``will give us that instrument.'' 
Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Colin Powell, George Shultz, Lawrence 
Eagleburger, Brent Scowcroft, Alexander Haig.
  Instead, we have a truncated bill that removes all of the 
authorizations in the foreign assistance program, much of the language 
dealing with critical issues like how we should be dealing with the 
former republics of the Soviet Union, what we should be doing in terms 
of development assistance in Africa that authorized the funding for our 
key priorities in the Middle East, including support for Israel and 
support for Egypt and the other countries in that region. And we are 
left with a bare-bones State Department authorization bill, a bill that 
unilaterally was changed by the Republican leadership that I can only 
believe did not want to see a bill that had too much Democratic support 
for fear that somewhere, someone would come and attack it just for that 
reason.
  This is not the way to move ahead on a bipartisan foreign policy. But 
this is not the only area where they snatched defeat from the jaws of 
victory. For 2 years the Republican priority has been to reorganize our 
foreign relations agencies. Many of us opposed them on that over the 
past 2 years. The administration opposed them.
  Finally, and I think my colleagues can perhaps fairly say kicking and 
screaming, the administration turns around, agrees to merge two of its 
international relations agencies, the USIA and the arms control and 
disarmament agency into the State Department to require the Agency for 
International Development to report to the Secretary of State, not to 
the President, to cover all of the major priorities that the 
Republicans in both the House and the Senate had been screaming about.
  So what did the Republican majority try to do? Instead of letting 
that process, which has been announced and developed, take fold, work 
with the administration to do the necessarily implementing legislation, 
unilaterally the Republicans are proposing a substitute in this bare-
bones bill that no longer has any of the bipartisan elements that 
caused us to all support the bill in the beginning, to ram through a 
unilateral partisan, never-before-seen in a committee anywhere proposal 
to reorganize on their terms. That will defeat the reorganization 
effort, that will cause the administration to back off, that will cause 
this bill to become veto bait once again.
  So both in terms of the bipartisanship on the aid and the 
achievements in the reorganization, everything is at risk. I think it 
is a terrible mistake and I urge that the bill be defeated.
  Mr. Chairman, I include for the Record the letter referenced earlier 
in my remarks.

                                                     May 20, 1997.
     Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman,
     Chairman, Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of 
         Representatives.
       Dear Ben: We are writing to express our support for the 
     bill your Committee has reported, H.R. 1486, the ``Foreign 
     Policy Reform Act''.
       We commend you and your Committee colleagues for having the 
     courage to authorize adequate funding for the international 
     affairs programs of the U.S. Government. We realize that 
     funding these programs is rarely popular. But there are times 
     when our political leaders, whether in the Congress or the 
     Executive, must do what is best for the country no matter 
     what the popular view. This is one of those times. This post 
     Cold-War era is a time of great opportunity; it is also a 
     time--if we act irresponsibly--that can lay the ground work 
     for instability and conflict for generations to come. Without 
     American leadership in the years ahead instability and 
     conflict are certain. A creative U.S. foreign policy demands 
     an efficient and effective foreign affairs establishment. HR 
     1486 will give us that instrument.
       We also support your intention to amend your bill on the 
     House floor to abolish two agencies, the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency and the U.S. Information Agency, and to 
     consolidate the functions of the these agencies, as well as 
     some functions of the Agency for International Development, 
     into the Department of State. Reorganization and streamlining 
     of our foreign affairs agencies is long overdue.
       With your continued leadership, we can build on America's 
     victory in the Cold War and make sure that in the next 
     century our nation does not repeat past mistakes. We must 
     learn from history.
     Sincerely,
     Henry Kissinger.
     George P. Shultz.
     Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
     James A. Baker, III.
     Lawrence Eagleburger.
     General Colin Powell.
     Brent Scowcroft.

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Florida [Mr. Diaz-Balart], a distinguished member of the House 
Committee on Rules.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman for yielding me 
this time, and I commend the gentleman for all the hard work on this 
legislation. I think it is unfortunate that our friends on the other 
side of the aisle are not looking very much at bipartisan measures that 
are included in the legislation before us.
  For example, my distinguished colleague, the gentlewoman from Florida 
[Ms. Ros-Lehtinen], inserted a very important provision in this 
legislation, especially at this time of negotiations between the United 
States and the European Union with regard to our sanctions policy 
against the Cuban dictatorship, a dictatorship that is in its last 
stages. There is no doubt that sovereignty will soon be returned to the 
people of Cuba. The dictatorship will not last long, and the day where 
the Cuban people will finally have self-determination and freedom will 
soon arrive, and especially at this moment when the United States and 
the European Union are negotiating because of a very unwise challenge 
by the European Union with regard to our policy at the World Trade 
Organization.
  It is very important that the measure that the gentlewoman from 
Florida [Ms. Ros-Lehtinen] included in this legislation that she 
referred to previously to insist upon full compliance with title IV of 
the Helms-Burton law be passed, and it is in here, Mr. Chairman. The 
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Menendez], a very distinguished friend 
from the other side of the aisle, has included a very important 
provision as well.
  We need to stop the nuclear power plants that Castro is trying to 
complete from being completed. It was outrageous when we found out that 
the International Atomic Energy Commission was actually using U.S. 
taxpayer funds to assist Castro in the completion of those plants. That 
is prohibited in this legislation, Mr. Chairman. It is an important 
piece of legislation. It has bipartisan aspects to it. These measures 
have been supported on a bipartisan basis, and it is unfortunate that 
our colleagues have reacted in this way.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California [Mr. Capps], a distinguished member of the committee.
  Mr. CAPPS. Mr. Chairman, when I came to Congress not very many weeks 
ago, I promised the people I represent

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that I would do what I could to work in a bipartisan fashion to help 
restore the bond of trust between the people and those of us who 
represent them here in Washington.
  Mr. Chairman, I have now changed my resolve. The example that I have 
cited over and over again is the fine way that the Committee on 
International Relations has worked under the able direction of the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], the way we have worked together 
to produce bills on which there was a bipartisan agreement.
  For me, watching this for the first time at this close range, 
participating in it for the first time, it was democracy in action. The 
debate was spirited, opposing points of view were vigorously expressed, 
and we came to agreements that could stand because we trusted the 
process and the process itself was trustworthy.

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  I would come home week after week to California and tell the people 
that I represent that I was participating in a Jeffersonian exercise of 
which I was very proud. We were creating foreign policy in a bipartisan 
manner, very effective foreign policy.
  Because of the way we did it, the bill that came from the committee 
was a bill that both the President and the Congress, Democrats and 
Republicans, could agree on. In my judgment, the original bill 
contained sufficient funding. It included sound policy on family 
planning. It avoided highly contentious action on U.N. funding and 
agency reorganization. It even included a compromise that I was pleased 
to work out with the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith]. Now we have 
something very different that makes something of a mockery of the 
legislative process and, in my judgment, violates Democratic 
principles.
  I was asked to restore the bond of trust. I must say, Mr. Chairman, 
that in this instance I do not trust the process. I am going to vote 
against the bill, and wish so much that we could vote on the bill on 
which the committee had come to agreement.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Duncan].
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this legislation and 
the improvements it makes in the operation of our State Department. I 
especially appreciate the chairman of the Committee on International 
Relations for yielding me this time, and for including a provision 
regarding diplomatic immunity in this bill.
  This provision is taken almost word for word from H.R. 1622, a bill 
introduced by the gentleman from California [Mr. Dreier] and myself in 
the House and Senator Coverdell in the other body.
  This bill grew in part out of the tragic death of a 16-year-old girl 
in the Washington, DC area who was killed by a drunken driver who 
happened to be a diplomat from the Republic of Georgia. This diplomat 
could have escaped prosecution, as many others have, even when people 
have been killed, had diplomatic immunity not been waived.
  Foreign diplomats who commit felony offenses on U.S. soil should be 
prosecuted for those crimes. If U.S. diplomats commit felony offenses 
overseas, they should be prosecuted. Specifically, this bill urges the 
State Department to pursue waivers of diplomatic immunity when foreign 
diplomats commit serious crimes in the United States.
  In addition, if a foreign government of a diplomat who commits a 
crime will not agree to waive immunity, then that government will be 
encouraged to prosecute the criminal for the same offense in its own 
courts. This language will encourage the State Department to hold 
diplomats accountable for crimes committed in the United States.
  I welcome all people of all nationalities into this country, but at 
the same time, I do not think that diplomats should have the right to 
come here and kill or commit other serious crimes against U.S. citizens 
without expecting punishment.
  Again, Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the chairman and the other 
members of the Committee on International Relations for recognizing 
this problem and acting to correct it, and including this provision in 
the legislation. I urge passage of this bill, and I once again commend 
the chairman for the diligent way in which he has worked to try to 
accommodate all interests in this legislation.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Fox], a member of the committee.
  Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I rise to support the bill. 
Chairman Gilman has done an outstanding job in bringing both sides of 
the aisle together in a bill that is going to achieve, I believe, the 
kinds of reforms that Congress has set out to do, to make sure that we 
streamline Government and making sure that in this budget we get our 
money's worth.
  I might say as one of the highlights: the Embassy move of the United 
States to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, which is included within 
this legislation. I remember from the 104th Congress this was an 
initiative that was begun then to do what was right to make sure the 
United States has our Embassy in the capital of Israel, just like we 
have our Embassy in the capital of every other country.
  I think it is also important to point out that this legislation makes 
some very important points with regard to Cuba. It puts more controls 
on the Castro dictatorship. Just like the fact that a representative 
and spokesperson for Fidel Castro spoke out against this legislation, 
which should give us reason, as well, to vote for the bill.
  I think it is also important to have my colleagues on both sides of 
the aisle realize that this legislation sensibly funds refugee programs 
around the world. So here we have a bill that deserves the support, I 
believe, of Members, Republican, Democrat, Independent, regardless of 
your States.
  We here in the United States are doing what is right across the 
world. This legislation is the right bill at home, which I think has 
taken into account the hearings we have had before the Committee on 
International Relations and also respects the wishes of most of all our 
Members, if not all the Members, who had input on the bill.
  I would urge all our colleagues to support it, and again thank the 
chairman, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] and the gentleman 
from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton], the ranking member, for their leadership 
and what they have done to bring this bill to this point.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I would just like to urge our colleagues to consider 
fully supporting this measure, even though they may have some 
reservations for one portion of the bill or another. I think overall, 
this State Department reauthorization is so essential to our foreign 
policy. There are a number of important measures which will enhance our 
State Department's ability to conduct foreign policy. While we would 
have liked to have seen an undivided bill, I want to assure my 
colleagues that we will be going to bat with our leadership to try to 
have the foreign aid measure follow the adoption of this bill.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to express my strong 
opposition to House Resolution 159, the rule for the consideration of 
H.R. 1757, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, and H.R. 1758, 
European Security Act. I want to associate myself in particular with 
the outstanding remarks that were made earlier in this debate by our 
distinguished colleague from Indiana, Mr. Hamilton, the ranking 
Democratic member of the International Relations Committee.
  First, Mr. Chairman, the rule being proposed by the Rules Committee 
today is a mindboggling travesty of the procedures of this House. 
Almost since the very beginning of this Congress, as the ranking 
Democratic member of the Subcommittee on International Operations and 
Human Rights, I have worked and my staff have worked with the chairman 
of the subcommittee, our distinguished colleague Mr. Smith of New 
Jersey and his staff. We resolved a number of difficult issues in a 
spirit of bipartisanship and cooperation that I have welcomed. We 
worked out a good Foreign Relations authorization bill--it included 
provisions that involved compromise and accommodation that were 
carefully and thoroughly worked through with the administration and 
with other members of the subcommittee and the committee. The bill was 
considered by the full International Relations Committee where it was 
seriously and thoughtfully considered over a number of days. The final 
bill--

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H.R. 1486, the Foreign Policy Reform Act--was the bipartisan product of 
that effort.
  When H.R. 1486 was considered by the Committee on Rules, the 
committee essentially rewrote the bill. All of this was done without 
hearings, without the involvement of the members of the International 
Relations Committee, against the previously expressed views of the 
chairman of the International Relations Committee, and in the back 
room, out of the view of the Members of this House.
  Mr. Chairman, if the standing committees of this House are so 
irrelevant, so unimportant, that their efforts are totally ignored, 
perhaps we should save money by simply abolishing all of the standing 
committees of the House. Then all of our decisions can be made for us 
by the Committee on Rules. My first concern then, Mr. Speaker, is that 
the rule for the consideration of these bills today is a total travesty 
of fairness and the normal procedures of this House.
  The second reason for my opposition to this rule, Mr. Chairman, is 
that the rule also provides for a closed rule for the consideration of 
H.R. 1758, the so-called ``European Security Act.'' This is likewise an 
astounding provision. During the present Congress, the Committee on 
International Relations has not even so much as held a hearing on the 
principal issues with which this legislation deals: NATO enlargement, 
the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, and the Anti-Ballistic 
Missile Treaty. It is an egregious violation of House procedures to 
prohibit amendments to this amendment which has never been considered 
by the International Relations Committee and Members have never had the 
opportunity to consider this important legislation.
  I have strongly advocated that Romania should be one of the countries 
invited to join NATO in the first round of expansion later this year. 
H.R. 1758, the European Security Act, as it is now written, does not 
call for the immediate admission of Romania. I would like to offer a 
sense-of-the-Congress provision that urges the inclusion of Romania in 
NATO when invitations are extended to other countries later this year. 
Unfortunately, I will not even have the opportunity to raise this 
important issue upon the floor when we consider this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I have been delighted and impressed with the progress 
that the Government has made in moving Romania toward a Democratic 
political system which recognizes and copes with ethnic diversity and 
in moving Romania toward a market-oriented economic system. The 
Romanians have worked to resolve differences with their neighbors, most 
particularly with Hungary, with whom there have been longstanding 
historical differences. The Romanian people clearly desire to be 
admitted to membership in NATO, and I strongly believe that Romania 
should be considered and accepted for NATO membership in the first 
round of expansion.
  The third reason for my opposition to this legislation, Mr. Speaker, 
is that we are being asked today to begin immediate consideration of 
these new bills: H.R. 1757 and H.R. 1758. Both of these bills were 
introduced in the House only very late yesterday, after H.R. 1486 was, 
in effect, rejected by the Rules Committee. We are told that the rule 
for the consideration of H.R. 1757 is an ``open'' rule. Mr. Speaker, 
the ``open'' portion of the rule applies to a bill that has been 
available to Members only since late last night. None of us were aware 
that a new bill was being offered in place of the bipartisan 
legislation approved earlier by the International Relations Committee 
until today, just a few hours before it is being brought up for 
consideration. We have had so little time to review and examine this 
bill, and to draft amendments to fit with the text of the new bill, 
that the ``open rule'' is virtually meaningless. Two weeks ago, the 
Rules Committee issued a call for amendments to the Foreign Relations 
authorization legislation, which we were told would have to be printed 
in the Record before they could be considered. Now we have a totally 
new bill that is being considered under a supposedly ``open'' rule, 
but, in fact, the limited time to review it provides no opportunity for 
serious, thoughtful consideration of these important issues.
  Mr. Chairman, the fourth reason I will oppose this legislation is the 
highhanded way in which the Committee on Rules has altered, changed, 
and inserted Chairman Gilman's language on the reorganization of 
foreign affairs agencies. This is reform language that was not 
considered by the International Relations Committee. It is language 
that is inappropriate and premature, because the Department of State 
and other foreign affairs agencies are now in the process of working 
out the realignment of the structure of the agencies responsible for 
the conduct of our Nation's foreign policy. The Gilman language is 
opposed by the administration, and if it remains in the bill, this 
legislation will be vetoed by the President.
  The new bill also drops four budget-related provisions which were 
included in the bipartisan legislation reported out by the 
International Relations Committee. Another provision dropped from this 
new bill was the so-called ``Lautenberg'' language regarding the 
definition of refugee status. Again, this provision was included in the 
bipartisan original legislation that was reported out of the 
International Relations Committee.
  In summary, Mr. Chairman, the rule we are considering today replaces 
a bill that had been developed over a long period of time with a great 
deal of consultation and compromise. It had bipartisan support in the 
International Relations Committee and among the Members of this House 
which had the support of the administration. Now, in place of this 
bipartisan bill, we will now consider a partisan bill that has not had 
any opportunity for thoughtful input or hearings and which has 
virtually no chance of being signed by the President in anything like 
the form in which it is now being considered by the House today.
  Mr. Chairman, I originally intended to offer an amendment to H.R. 
1486. In good faith, I submitted that amendment for publication in the 
Record. I will not offer that amendment, Mr. Speaker, and I oppose 
adoption of the rule, and I will oppose the adoption of the bill that 
is being considered by the House today if, after the amendment process, 
the bill is anywhere close to its present form.
  Mr. Chairman, I strongly urge my colleagues to vote against this 
unfortunate and unfair rule. I also urge my colleagues to vote against 
H.R. 1757 and H.R. 1758 unless they are substantially amended. This is 
not the way that the House of Representatives should exercise its 
important role and responsibilities in the organization, structure and 
conduct of U.S. foreign policy.
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to express my support for a 
provision in H.R. 1757, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1997, which addresses my concerns about the Ecumenical 
Patriarchate in Instanbul--Constantinople, Turkey. I want to thank 
Chairman Ben Gilman for his assistance on this important matter.
  The Ecumenical Patriarchate, founded in 38 AD, is the locale where 
the New Testament was codified and where the Nicene Creed was first 
written. Today, the Ecumenical Patriarchate is the spiritual center for 
more than 300 million orthodox Christians worldwide but it is not given 
the right to function properly as the headquarters of the Orthodox 
Church.
  In recent years, there have been successive terrorist attempts to 
desecrate and destroy the premises of the Patriarchate. On September 
30, 1996, a hand grenade was thrown into the headquarters of the 
Patriarchate. The explosion damaged the Patriarchal Cathedral and blew 
out the windows of the sleeping quarters. On May 28, 1994, three 
powerful bombs were found and diffused by Turkish security forces, only 
minutes before they were set to detonate. On March 30, 1994, two 
firebombs were hurled into the Patriarchate. This is an issue of 
religious freedom which is taken very seriously by all orthodox 
Christians, including more than 5 million living in the United States.
  Specifically, H.R. 1757 encourages the United States to use its 
influence as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council to suggest 
that the Turkish Government should: One, recognize the Ecumenical 
Patriarchate and its nonpolitical, religious mission; two, encourage 
the continued maintenance of the institution's physical security needs, 
as provided for under Turkish law and international law, including but 
not limited to, the Treaty of Lausanne, the 1968 Protocol, the Helsinki 
Final Act of 1975, and the Charter of Paris; three, encourage the 
proper protection and safety of the Ecumenical Patriarchate personnel; 
and four, reopen the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Halki Patriarchal School 
of Theology.
  The language in H.R. 1757 closely parallels House Concurrent 
Resolution 6, legislation that I have introduced in the House. My bill 
directs the United States to use its influence with the Turkish 
Government to provide for the proper protection and continued 
livelihood of the Patriarchate and all othodox faithful residing in 
Turkey.
  My legislation also requires the administration to report annually to 
Congress on the progress of these efforts. In addition, it calls upon 
the Turkish Government to do everything possible to find and punish the 
perpetrators of any provocative and terrorist acts against the 
Patriarchate. I am pleased that language regarding the protection and 
continued livelihood of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, as well as 
language calling for the reopening of the Halki Patriarchal School of 
Theology, has been included in the bill.
  It is imperative that people everywhere have the ability to freely 
and without fear of threat or intimidation practice and express their 
religious convictions. As a free and compassionate people, we cannot 
allow acts of violence against the Orthodox Church. The provisions in 
H.R. 1757 are an important first step in achieving the proper 
protection of the Patriarchate. Again, I want to commend Chairman 
Gilman for his efforts to protect the Patriarchate. I will continue to 
work with him on this important issue as this legislation is considered 
by the Congress.

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  The CHAIRMAN. All time has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered under the 5-minute 
rule by title, and each title shall be considered as read.
  The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone until a time 
during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request 
for a recorded vote on any amendment, and may reduce to not less than 5 
minutes the time for voting by electronic device on any postponed 
question that immediately follows another vote by electronic device 
without intervening business, provided that the time for voting by 
electronic device on the first in any series of questions shall not be 
less than 15 minutes.
  The Clerk will designate section 1.
  The text of section 1 is as follows:
       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any amendments to section 1?
  The Clerk will designate section 2.
  The text of section 2 is as follows:

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

       (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into 2 divisions as 
     follows:
       (1) Division A--Consolidation of foreign affairs agencies.
       (2) Division B--State Department and Related Agencies 
     Authorization Act.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.

         DIVISION A--CONSOLIDATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES

                      TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

      TITLE II--UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 201. Effective date.

  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. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security.
Sec. 214. Assistant Secretary for Arms Transfer and Export Control 
              Policy; Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and 
              Nonproliferation.
Sec. 215. Repeal relating to Inspector General for United States Arms 
              Control and Disarmament Agency.

                    Chapter 3--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 221. References.
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.
Sec. 314. Assistant Secretary for International Exchanges; Assistant 
              Secretary for International Information Programs.
Sec. 315. Abolition of office of Inspector General of United States 
              Information Agency and transfer of functions.

                    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--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY.

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 401. Effective date.

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

Sec. 411. Abolition of United States International Development 
              Cooperation Agency.
Sec. 412. Transfer of functions.

                    Chapter 3--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 421. References.

             TITLE V--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 501. Effective date.

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

Sec. 511. Reorganization of Agency for International Development.

                          TITLE VI--TRANSITION

                     Chapter 1--Reorganization Plan

Sec. 601. Reorganization plan.

                  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--STATE DEPARTMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AUTHORIZATION ACT

                      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.

       TITLE XII--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 Chapter 1--Authorities and Activities

Sec. 1201. Revision of department of State rewards program.
Sec. 1202. Capital investment fund.
Sec. 1203. Reduction of reporting.
Sec. 1204. Contracting for local guards services overseas.
Sec. 1205. Preadjudication of claims.
Sec. 1206. Expenses relating to certain international claims and 
              proceedings.
Sec. 1207. Establishment of fee account and providing for passport 
              information services.
Sec. 1208. Establishment of machine readable fee account.
Sec. 1209. Retention of additional defense trade controls registration 
              fees.
Sec. 1210. Training.
Sec. 1211. Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms.
Sec. 1212. Fees for commercial services.
Sec. 1213. Budget presentation documents.
Sec. 1214. Grants to overseas educational facilities.
Sec. 1215. Grants to remedy international child abductions.

       Chapter 2--Consular Authorities of the Department of State

Sec. 1241. Use of certain passport processing fees for enhanced 
              passport services.

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Sec. 1242. Consular officers.
Sec. 1243. Repeal of outdated consular receipt requirements.
Sec. 1244. Elimination of duplicate publication requirements.

                   Chapter 3--Refugees and Migration

Sec. 1261. Report to Congress concerning Cuban emigration policies.
Sec. 1262. Reprogramming of migration and refugee assistance funds.

  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. Elimination of statutory establishment of certain positions 
              of the Department of State.
Sec. 1303. Establishment of Assistant Secretary of State for Human 
              Resources.
Sec. 1304. Establishment of Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic 
              Security.
Sec. 1305. Special Envoy for Tibet.
Sec. 1306. Responsibilities for bureau charged with refugee assistance.

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

Sec. 1321. Authorized strength of the Foreign Service.
Sec. 1322. Nonovertime differential pay.
Sec. 1323. Authority of Secretary to separate convicted felons from 
              service.
Sec. 1324. Career counseling.
Sec. 1325. Report concerning minorities and the foreign service.
Sec. 1326. Retirement benefits for involuntary separation.
Sec. 1327. Availability pay for certain criminal investigators within 
              the diplomatic security service.
Sec. 1328. Labor management relations.
Sec. 1329. Office of the Inspector General.

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

Sec. 1401. Extension of au pair programs.
Sec. 1402. Retention of interest.
Sec. 1403. Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between North 
              and South.
Sec. 1404. Use of selected program fees.
Sec. 1405. Muskie Fellowship Program.
Sec. 1406. Working group on United States Government sponsored 
              international exchanges and training.
Sec. 1407. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for 
              Tibetans and Burmese.
Sec. 1408. United States--Japan Commission.
Sec. 1409. Surrogate broadcasting studies.
Sec. 1410. Authority to administer summer travel/work programs.
Sec. 1411. Permanent administrative authorities regarding 
              appropriations.
Sec. 1412. Authorities of the broadcasting board of governors.

   TITLE XV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED NATIONS AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 1501. Service in international organizations.
Sec. 1502. Organization of American States.

             Chapter 2--United Nations and Related Agencies

Sec. 1521. Reform in budget decisionmaking procedures of the United 
              Nations and its specialized agencies.
Sec. 1522. Reports on efforts to promote full equality at the United 
              Nations for Israel.
Sec. 1523. United Nations Population Fund.
Sec. 1524. Continued extension of privileges, exemptions, and 
              immunities of the International Organizations Immunities 
              Act to UNIDO.

             TITLE XVI--ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

Sec. 1601. Comprehensive compilation of arms control and disarmament 
              studies.
Sec. 1602. Use of funds.

                 TITLE XVII--FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

Sec. 1701. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of 
              refugees.
Sec. 1702. United States policy with respect to the involuntary return 
              of persons in danger of subjection to torture.
Sec. 1703. Reports on claims by United States firms against the 
              Government of Saudi Arabia.
Sec. 1704. Human rights reports.
Sec. 1705. Reports on determinations under title IV of the Libertad 
              Act.
Sec. 1706. Reports and policy concerning diplomatic immunity.
Sec. 1707. Congressional statement with respect to efficiency in the 
              conduct of foreign policy.
Sec. 1708. Congressional statement concerning Radio Free Europe/Radio 
              Liberty.
Sec. 1709. Programs or projects of the International Atomic Energy 
              Agency in Cuba.
Sec. 1710. United States policy with respect to Jerusalem as the 
              capital of Israel.
Sec. 1711. Report on compliance with the Hague Convention on 
              International Child Abduction.
Sec. 1712. Sense of Congress relating to recognition of the Ecumenical 
              Patriarchate by the Government of Turkey.
Sec. 1713. Return of Hong Kong to People's Republic of China.
Sec. 1714. Development of democracy in the Republic of Serbia.
Sec. 1715. Relations with Vietnam.
Sec. 1716. Statement concerning return of or compensation for wrongly 
              confiscated foreign properties.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any amendments to section 2?
  The Clerk will designate title I.
  The text of title I is as follows:
         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 1997''.

     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 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.
       (5) The new foreign affairs structure should be one that 
     will maintain the quality and integrity of the public 
     diplomacy and arms control functions now performed by the 
     United States Information Agency and the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency.

     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;
       (8) to abolish the United States Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, the 
     United States International Development Cooperation Agency, 
     and consolidate the functions of these agencies into the 
     Department of State while preserving the quality and 
     integrity of these functions; and
       (9) to consolidate some functions of the Agency for 
     International Development into the Department of State.

     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.

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       (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.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any amendments to title I?


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Hamilton

  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment, and I ask unanimous 
consent that I be permitted to offer the amendment at this point in the 
bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Indiana?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Hamilton:
       Strike Title I through Title VI of Division A and sections 
     1301 through 1306, 1321, and 1707 of Division B and insert 
     the following new title (and conform the table of contents 
     accordingly, and make other appropriate conforming 
     amendments).
          TITLE I--REINVENTION OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES

      SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

       This Title may be cited as the ``Foreign Affairs Agencies 
     Reinvention Act of 1997''.

      SEC. 102. REINVENTION OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES.

       The Congress of the United States makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) With the end of the Cold War, the international 
     challenges facing the United States have changed, but the 
     fundamental national interests of the United States have not. 
     The security, economic and humanitarian interests of the 
     United States require continued American engagement in 
     international affairs. The leading role of the United States 
     in world affairs will be as important in the twenty-first 
     century as it has been in the twentieth.
       (2) In this context, the United States has an historic 
     opportunity to continue the reinvention of the agencies 
     primarily responsible for implementing the Nation's foreign 
     policies.
       (3) The continuing reinvention of the foreign affairs 
     agencies, the Department of State, the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, the 
     International Development and Cooperation Agency and the 
     United States Agency for International Development, must 
     ensure that these agencies can effectively confront the new 
     and pressing challenges of the post Cold War world.
       (4) The reinvention of the foreign affairs agencies 
     recognizes the fact that arms control and nonproliferation, 
     sustainable development, and public diplomacy are now more 
     central than ever to the success of United States foreign 
     policy. Any integration of these agencies should preserve the 
     unique skills and capabilities of each of the agencies in a 
     reinvented Department of State.
       (5) A streamlined, reorganized and more flexible foreign 
     affairs structure under the strengthened leadership of the 
     Secretary of State can more effectively promote the 
     international interests of the United States and enhance the 
     United States' ability to meet the growing foreign policy 
     challenges during the next century.

      SEC. 103. PURPOSES.

       The purposes of this title are--
       (1) to provide for the reinvention of the Department of 
     State to enable it better to incorporate additional functions 
     and agencies, manage new responsibilities, and make the 
     Department more effective and efficient and better able to 
     defend American interests and promote American values abroad;
       (2) to integrate certain agencies and certain functions of 
     other agencies of the Untied States into the reinvented 
     Department of State; and
       (3) to strengthen--
       (A) the coordination of United States foreign policy; and
       (B) the leading role of the Secretary of State in the 
     formulation and articulation of United States foreign policy.

      SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS.

       For the purpose of this title--
       (1) ``agency'' means the Department of State, the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency, the United States Information 
     Agency, the International Development Cooperation Agency, and 
     the Agency for International Development;
       (2) ``reorganization'' means integration, transfer, 
     consolidation, coordination, authorization, or abolition, 
     referred to in section 1805 of this title; and
       (3) ``officer'' is not limited by section 2104 of Title 5 
     of the United States Code.

      SEC. 105. REORGANIZATION PLAN FOR REINVENTING THE FOREIGN 
                   AFFAIRS AGENCIES

       (a) No later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, 
     the President shall submit to the Congress a reorganization 
     plan for the foreign affairs agencies specifying the 
     reorganization of the Department of State, the Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, 
     the International Development and Cooperation Agency, and the 
     Agency for International Development. Such plan may provide 
     for--
       (1) the transfer of the whole or a part of an agency, or of 
     the whole or a part of the functions thereof, to the 
     jurisdiction and control of the Department of State;
       (2) the abolition of all or a part of the functions of an 
     agency, except that no enforcement function or statutory 
     program shall be abolished by the plan;
       (3) the consolidation or coordination of the whole or a 
     part of an agency, or the whole or a part of the functions 
     thereof, with the whole or a part of another agency or the 
     functions thereof;
       (4) the consolidation or coordination of a part of an 
     agency or the functions thereof with another part of the same 
     agency or the functions thereof;
       (5) the authorization of an officer to delegate any of the 
     officer's functions; or
       (6) the abolition of the whole or a part of an agency which 
     agency or part does not have or on the taking effect of the 
     plan will not have, any functions.
       (b) Such plan shall provide that--
       (1) with respect to the Department of State, the Department 
     shall undertake a new round of internal reinvention to 
     incorporate new organizations and to manage new 
     responsibilities;
       (2) with respect to the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency--
       (A) within one year of the effective date of the 
     reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies, the 
     Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall be fully integrated 
     with the Department of State by merging both agencies' 
     related arms control and nonproliferation functions;
       (B) the positions of the Director of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency and the Under Secretary of State for Arms 
     Control and International Security Affairs shall be merged as 
     the Under Secretary/Senior Advisor to the President and the 
     Secretary of State, which will be able to communicate with 
     the President through the Secretary of State;
       (C) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency's unique 
     advocacy role shall be preserved and the policy process 
     supporting those efforts will be strengthened through 
     additional interagency responsibilities; and
       (D) along with the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency's 
     technical and policy expertise, its verification, compliance, 
     and legal functions shall be preserved;
       (3) with respect to the Untied States Information Agency--
       (A) within two years from the effective date of the 
     reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies, the 
     United States Information Agency and the Department of State 
     shall be integrated;
       (B) a new Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy shall be 
     established; and
       (C) the distinctiveness and editorial integrity of the 
     broadcast entities shall be respected; and
       (4) with respect to the United States Agency for 
     International Development--
       (A) the Agency shall remain a distinct agency, but shall 
     share certain administrative functions with the Department of 
     State and report to and be under the direct authority and 
     foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State;
       (B) within two years from the effective date of the 
     reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies, its 
     press office and certain administrative functions shall be 
     integrated with the Department of State; and
       (C) the International Development Cooperation Agency shall 
     be abolished.
       (c) Submission of Reorganization Plan.--The President shall 
     have the reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies 
     delivered to both Houses on the same day and to each House 
     while it is in session. If either House is out of session at 
     the end of the 120 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
     plan shall be submitted to the first day thereafter when both 
     Houses are in session. The President's message shall include 
     an implementation section which shall (1) describe in detail 
     (A) the actions necessary or planned to complete the 
     reorganization, (B) the anticipated nature and substance of 
     any orders, directives, and other administrative and 
     operational actions which are expected to be required for 
     completing or implementing the reorganization, and (C) any 
     preliminary actions which have been taken in the 
     implementation process, and (2) contain a projected timetable 
     for completion of the implementation process. The President 
     shall also submit such further background or other 
     information as the Congress may require for its consideration 
     of the plan.
       (d) Any time during the period of 60 calendar days after 
     the date on which the plan is transmitted to it, but before 
     any joint resolution described in section 1809 has been 
     ordered reported in either House, the President may make 
     amendments or modifications to the plan, consistent with 
     sections 1805-1807 of this title, which modifications or 
     revisions shall thereafter be treated as a part of the 
     reorganization plan originally transmitted

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     and shall not affect in any way the time limits otherwise 
     provided for in this title.

     SEC. 106. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REORGANIZATION PLAN.

       A reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies 
     transmitted by the President under section 1805 of this 
     title--
       (1) may provide for the appointment and pay of one or more 
     officers of any agency, including the appointment of 
     additional Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries (not 
     to exceed the number, respectively of officers authorized at 
     Executive Levels III and IV of the transferring agencies), if 
     the President finds, and in his message transmitting the plan 
     declares, that by reason of a reorganization made by the plan 
     the provisions are necessary;
       (2) shall provide for the transfer or other disposition of 
     the records, property and personnel affected by a 
     reorganization;
       (3) shall provide for the transfer of such unexpended 
     balances of appropriations, and of other funds, available for 
     use in connection with a function or agency affected by 
     reorganization, as the President considers necessary by 
     reason of the reorganization for use in connection with the 
     functions affected by the reorganization, or for the use of 
     the agency which shall have the functions after the 
     reorganization plan is effective;
       (4) shall provide for terminating the affairs of an agency 
     abolished;
       (5) may provide that the provisions of law applicable to a 
     transferring agency remain applicable only to transferred 
     functions of that agency; and
       (6) shall designate which provisions of law requiring the 
     establishment of specified positions are no longer effective.

     If the reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies 
     transmitted by the President contains provisions required by 
     paragraph (3) of this section, such plan shall provide for 
     the transfer of unexpended balances only if such balances are 
     used for the purposes for which the appropriation was 
     originally made or for the purpose of reorganization.

     SEC. 107. LIMITATION ON POWERS.

       The reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies 
     submitted under this title may not provide for, and a 
     reorganization under this title may not have the effect of--
       (1) creating a new executive department or renaming an 
     existing executive department, or abolishing or transferring 
     an executive department or all the functions thereof;
       (2) authorizing an agency to exercise a function which is 
     not expressly authorized by law at the time the plan is 
     transmitted to Congress; or
       (3) creating a new agency which is not a component or part 
     of an existing agency.

     SEC. 108. REFERRAL OF PLAN AND JURISDICTION OVER RESOLUTIONS.

       The reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies 
     submitted pursuant to this title and any resolution with 
     respect to such plan shall be referred to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     International Relations of the House (and all joint 
     resolutions with respect to such plan shall be referred to 
     the same committee) by the President of the Senate or the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be.

     SEC. 109. EFFECTIVE DATE, DISAPPROVAL AND PUBLICATION OF 
                   REORGANIZATION PLAN FOR THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
                   AGENCIES.

       (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this 
     section, a reorganization plan shall be effective upon 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 120 calendar days after the 
     President has submitted the reorganization plan for the 
     foreign affairs agencies, and such plan shall become 
     effective then only if the Congress does not enact prior to 
     that date a joint resolution disapproving of the plan.
       (b) Introduction and Referral.--
       (1) In general.--Any legislative recommendation referred to 
     in subsection (a) shall be considered in the House of 
     Representatives and Senate under this subsection. Any such 
     recommendation submitted to Congress shall be introduced by 
     the majority leader (or the leader's designee) in each House 
     (by request and not later than 3 days after the date of 
     receipt by Congress of the recommendation) as a bill.
       (2) Referral.--That bill shall be referred on the date of 
     introduction to the appropriate committee (or committees) in 
     accordance with rules of the respective House.
       (3) Discharge deadline.--If any committee to which the bill 
     is referred does not report the bill by the end of the 10-day 
     period beginning on the date the bill was referred to the 
     committee, the committee shall be automatically discharged 
     from further consideration of the bill as of the end of such 
     period.
       (4) Floor consideration.--
       (A) House of representatives.--For the purpose of 
     expediting consideration and passage of a measure reported or 
     discharged under this subsection, it shall be in order for 
     the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives to 
     report a privileged resolution providing for the 
     consideration of the bill. Any such resolution, if it makes 
     in order any amendments to the bill, shall make in order an 
     amendment consisting of the legislative recommendation.
       (B) Senate.--Any joint resolution disapproving the 
     reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies shall be 
     considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of 
     section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and 
     Arms Export Control Act of 1976.
       (5) No recommittal.--It shall not be in order to move to 
     recommit the bill.
       (6) Final passage.--A vote on final passage of the bill 
     shall be taken in a House not later than the end of the 10-
     day period beginning on the date on which the motion to 
     proceed to its consideration in that House has been approved.
       (7) Special rules.--If the House of Representatives 
     approves a bill and the Senate approves a bill the text of 
     which is identical to the text of the bill approved by the 
     House of Representatives, the Senate is deemed to have 
     approved the bill approved by the House of Representatives, 
     effective on the later of--
       (A) the date of approval of a bill in the Senate, or
       (B) the date the Senate receives a message from the House 
     of Representatives announcing that the House has passed the 
     bill.
       (8) Not including certain days.--Days on which a House of 
     Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more 
     than 3 days shall be excluded in the computation of any 
     number of days in a period under this subsection with respect 
     to that House.
       (c) Under provisions contained in a reorganization plan for 
     the foreign affairs agencies, any provision thereof may be 
     effective at a time later than the date on which the plan 
     otherwise is effective.
       (d) A reorganization plan for the foreign affairs agencies 
     which is effective shall be printed (1) in the Statutes at 
     Large in the same volume as the public laws and (2) in the 
     Federal Register.

     SEC. 110. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS AND PENDING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

       (a) A statute enacted, and a regulation or other action 
     made, prescribed, issued, granted, or performed in respect of 
     or by an agency or function affected by a reorganization 
     under this chapter, before the effective date of the 
     reorganization, has, except to the extent rescinded, 
     modified, superseded, or made inapplicable by or under 
     authority of law or by the abolition of a function, or 
     otherwise by operation of the reorganization plan for the 
     foreign affairs agencies under this title, the same effect as 
     if the reorganization had not been made. However, if the 
     statute, regulation, or other action has vested the functions 
     in the agency from which it is removed under the 
     reorganization plan, the function to the extent to which it 
     is to be exercised after the plan becomes effective, shall be 
     deemed as vested in the agency under which the function is 
     placed by the plan.
       (b) For the purpose of subsection (a) of this section, 
     ``regulation or other action'' means a regulation, rule, 
     order, policy, determination, directive, authorization, 
     permit, privilege, requirement, designation, or other action.
       (c) A suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced 
     by or against the head of an agency or other officer of the 
     United States, in his official capacity or in relation to the 
     discharge of his official duties, does not abate by reason of 
     the taking effect or a reorganization plan under this title. 
     On motion or supplemental petition filed at any time within 
     twelve months after the reorganization plan takes effect, 
     showing a necessity for a survival of the suit, action or 
     other proceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions 
     involved, the court may allow the suit, action, or other 
     proceeding to be maintained by or against the successor of 
     the head or officer under the reorganization effected by the 
     plan, or if there is no successor, against such agency or 
     officer as the President designates.

  Mr. HAMILTON (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Indiana?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, the President announced in April that he 
intended to consolidate several foreign affairs agencies, and his 
statement on the topic anticipated that the administration would take 
120 days to develop and introduce a reorganization and consolidation 
plan, and the legislative authorities to carry out that plan.
  I understand the administration has a variety of task forces now in 
operation. I believe the President is entitled to and is in the best 
position to organize the executive branch as he sees fit. He has 
already indicated that he is going to put USIA and ACTA into the State 
Department, and have AID report to the Secretary of State, so that is 
really not at issue here at any point.
  I think our job in the Congress is to give the President some 
flexibility as to how he organizes his own executive branch, and not to 
micromanage the process, and then our job is to focus on results rather 
than on structure. Let us give the President the opportunity to present 
his reorganization plan, and if we are not satisfied with it in some 
respect, then I think it is appropriate for the Congress to act. In 
that way I think we retain and respect the powers of both the executive 
branch and the Congress.

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  The problem with the underlying bill is the reorganization proposal 
is never considered by the committee. I am very much aware that 
Chairman Gilman views his reorganization proposals as reflecting the 
President's announcement. I also believe, however, that that is not how 
the President's advisers view the language.
  I believe the underlying language in this bill takes a very extreme 
micromanagement approach, and allows the Congress to dictate to the 
President how he should organize the agencies that implement U.S. 
foreign policy. I believe it is the President's prerogative to decide 
how to arrange his agencies to implement that policy.
  My amendment takes a very different approach. It mandates that the 
President provide and implement a reorganization plan within a specific 
time frame. It gives him the authority he needs to accomplish that 
task. My amendment will require the President to submit his plan within 
120 days after the bill becomes law. He must submit a reorganization 
plan that would provide an outline of how and which agencies, offices, 
and functions will be reorganized; that ACTA and USIA and parts of AID 
would be integrated into the State Department, pursuant to the 
President's announcement, and that the merged agency's unique role in 
foreign policy would be preserved.
  My amendment then provides that the Congress would have at least 120 
days to consider the plan, suggest changes, and finally vote against it 
under expedited procedures if it does not fit the bill. What my 
amendment does not do is it does not mandate particular positions. It 
does not play favorites among agencies and offices. It does not tie the 
President's hands in finding the most effective way to protect the 
United States' national interest and to protect costs. It does not try 
to guess, without adequate information, how to change current law and 
micromanage what are essentially administrative solutions.
  I think the underlying bill really does hinder the reorganization 
process. I know that is not the intent of the chairman, the gentleman 
from New York [Mr. Gilman], but I do believe that is the effect of his 
language. So Mr. Chairman, I urge support for my amendment as a 
preferable option to the reorganization promoted in the underlying 
bill.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, it is surprising that we are once again debating the 
question of reorganizing the foreign affairs structure of our 
Government and abolishing agencies that have outlived their usefulness.

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  Permit me to review the history of this reorganization issue. Two 
years ago we brought before this Chamber a bill entitled H.R. 1561, to 
abolish the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the U.S. Information 
Agency, and the Agency for International Development. Not a single 
amendment was offered to the reorganization provisions of that bill. 
That bill passed this House. It was modified in the conference 
committee to mandate abolition of only one of those agencies, and 
subsequently the House passed the conference report.
  However, Mr. Chairman, the President vetoed H.R. 1561, objecting to 
the abolition of any of these agencies. It was not just that he 
objected to the way we abolished these agencies; he stated in his veto 
message that he did not want to abolish them at all. The President 
stated, and I quote from his veto message of April 16, 1996, ``the bill 
proceeds in an improvident fashion, mandating the abolition of at least 
one of three important foreign affairs agencies, even though each 
agency has a distinct and important mission that warrants a separate 
existence.''
  Now, Mr. Chairman, 1 year later the President has appeared to have 
changed his mind. On April 18 of this year, he seemed to embrace the 
very idea he vetoed 1 year before. According to the administration's 
press releases, under the President's proposal, two of the agencies 
that we had sought to abolish previously in H.R. 1561 were now to be 
abolished. Under that proposal there was to be a 120-day planning 
period. No later than 1 year after the conclusion of that planning 
period, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency was to be abolished and 
merged into the State Department. And no later than 2 years after the 
conclusion of that planning board, the U.S. Information Agency was to 
be abolished and merged into the State Department.
  Also, part of the Agency for International Development was to be 
merged into the State Department after 2 years.
  Mr. Chairman, I will include the White House and State Department 
press releases on the President's proposals in the Record at the 
appropriate point.
  Mr. Chairman, I thought this was a pretty good proposal. It closely 
tracked what we had tried to do in H.R. 1561. So I reduce the 
President's proposal to legislative language, and it is before us 
today. It is division A of this bill. And my language has been endorsed 
by the experts. I have a letter signed by Colin Powell, Henry 
Kissinger, James Baker, Lawrence Eagleburger, George Shultz, Alexander 
Haig, and Brent Scowcroft endorsing our approach to reorganization.
  The administration says they do not like my language. They say they 
need more flexibility to reorganize than my language allows. They would 
prefer a different approach, the approach that our distinguished 
colleague, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton], has offered as a 
substitute for my language.
  So, what is this flexibility that the administration says it needs, 
and what does the Hamilton amendment actually say? One thing the 
Hamilton amendment does not say is that any agencies are to be 
abolished. The word abolished does not appear anywhere in his 
amendment. All that the Hamilton amendment states is that the President 
is to submit a plan providing for the integration of the Arms Control 
Agency and USIA into the State Department.
  So the Hamilton amendment does make it possible to move the agencies 
wholesale under the State Department umbrella without abolishing 
anything at all.
  The second thing that the Hamilton amendment does not do is to set a 
final date by which reorganization must occur. The Hamilton amendment 
says that the first agency is to be abolished 1 year after the plan's 
effective date. But his amendment does not specify that date. The 
President sets the date and he can set it whenever he wants. He can set 
it next year or 10 years from now. In fact, according to what I read, 
he does not have to set it at all. He can do nothing and the 
reorganization plan would never take effect.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] 
has expired.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Gilman was allowed to proceed for 1 
additional minute.)
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, the third problem with the Hamilton 
amendment is that it provides no protection at all for vital functions 
of the agencies that are to be abolished. For example, international 
public diplomacy which is carried out by USIA is extremely important. 
We spend a lot of money to support it. We do not want it to be abused. 
We do not want all the resources of the USIA to be redirected to 
bombard the American people with propaganda in support of the 
administration or any administration's foreign policy, and we do not 
want to spend U.S. taxpayer's money churning out propaganda to 
influence U.S. public opinion.
  My reorganization language contains protection for the integrity of 
public diplomacy. We preserve the broadcasting board of governors to 
make certain that the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe and Radio 
Marti are not turned into mouthpieces for whoever happens to be running 
U.S. foreign policy. The Hamilton amendment, I submit, contains no such 
protections.
  In closing, the bottom line on the Hamilton amendment is this: Do we 
want real reorganization of the foreign agencies or do we want 
reorganization? Let us hold the President to his word and insist on 
real reorganization and vote down the Hamilton amendment.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to strike the 
requisite number of words.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Indiana?
  There was no objection.

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  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, let me say in response to the comments of 
the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] that I do not think really 
here at issue is whether or not certain agencies are going to be 
abolished. The President has already said that he is going to 
incorporate two of these agencies into the State Department. We really 
are arguing about words here. The President uses the word incorporate. 
The chairman wants to use the word abolish. We can use either word, it 
seems to me; the result is the same. We are not going to have a USIA. 
We are not going to have an ACDA. They are going to be subsumed in the 
Department of State, and AID, too, is going to go through radical 
change.
  Second, I think there is a very tight time frame in the Hamilton 
amendment. We require the President to submit to Congress in 120 days 
his bill for reorganization, and then the Congress has 120 days after 
that to act. So I think we are on a very tight time frame, and we are 
on a time frame which is consistent with what the President has 
indicated that he is going to do.
  At the end of the day here, the important point is this. My proposal 
will mean that, if it is adopted, we have an opportunity for this bill 
to become law. If the Gilman language stays in the bill because the 
President objects to it, we are spinning our wheels. It is not going to 
become law.
  So if Members want a law with respect to reorganization that protects 
the President's prerogatives, protects the prerogatives of the U.S. 
Congress, then the Hamilton language is preferable. If Members want to 
make rhetorical remarks about abolishing these agencies and get that 
language in here, then we are going to make a political point but we 
are not going to have a law because the administration is not going to 
accept it.
  If we are really serious about reorganization, we are going to have 
to cooperate with the President of the United States. The President of 
the United States says through his top advisors that the Gilman 
language is unacceptable. Do we want reorganization or do we not? The 
Republicans, the majority cannot dictate reorganization, and they will 
defeat reorganization if they insist upon the language of the Gilman 
amendment. That is what this comes down to in the end. If Members want 
reorganization, they have to deal with the President. He is the 
President and he has said that the Gilman language, or his advisors 
have said the Gilman language is unacceptable.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to strike the 
requisite number of words.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I would like to submit to the distinguished 
minority member of our committee that our staff has been trying to work 
with the administration to try to work out the kind of flexibility that 
the President has been requesting, but we have found it very difficult 
because we have been essentially stonewalled on what we have been 
trying to do. That is, to come to terms on a proposition that would be 
workable. We want to do essentially both what the administration and 
our committee wants to do, what the President is suggesting, but when 
we try to get to terms on how we are going to do it, we have found it 
has been extremely difficult. We intend to continue to try to work with 
the administration right through to conference on this measure, 
providing it gets through the House and through the Senate. I want to 
assure my colleagues that we will try our best to try to find an 
agreeable method of meeting the administration's objections.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GILMAN. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I just want to echo my 
statement earlier during general debate that I do think that Division A 
is a very responsible attempt to try to reform our State Department. As 
a matter of fact, I chair the subcommittee that oversees this. We have 
held hearings. We have looked at it very closely. My concern is that, 
if we wait for the President to come up with something and we basically 
surrender all of our prerogatives to the executive branch, then they 
come back and then--like the base closings legislation, the BRACC--we 
have an ability to overturn it; but the chances are slim to none that 
that will happen, for a variety of reasons.
  Here we have a responsible piece of legislation that tries. Glitches, 
if there are any, can be worked out in conference. It is a work in 
progress. But, for example, it protects the freedom broadcasting 
capabilities of USIA at the same time that it introduces economies of 
scale which will eliminate some duplication.
  I come to this somewhat reluctantly. Last Congress I felt that--
especially concerning USIA, but with ACDA as well--perhaps 
consolidation was not the right course to take. But now, upon 
reflection and looking at an ever-shrinking pie in terms of the amount 
of money that is available, this seems to be a very responsible move. I 
hope, with all due respect to my good friend from Indiana, that Members 
will vote down his amendment and go with the underlying bill.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. 
Smith] for his supportive arguments.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton].
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 159, further proceedings 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] 
will be postponed.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there further amendments to title I?
  If not, the Clerk will designate title II.
  The text of title II is as follows:
      TITLE II--UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 201. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall 
     take effect on the earlier of--
       (1) August 17, 1998; or
       (2) the date of abolition of the United States Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency pursuant to the reorganization plan 
     described in section 601.

  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.

     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. UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL 
                   SECURITY.

       (a) Establishment of Under Secretary for Arms Control and 
     International Security.--Section 1 of the State Department 
     Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended in 
     subsection (b)--
       (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 arms control and international 
     security.--There shall be in the Department of State, among 
     the Under Secretaries authorized by paragraph (1), an Under 
     Secretary for Arms Control and International Security who 
     shall assist the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary in 
     matters related to arms control and international security 
     policy.''.
       (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 Under Secretary for Arms Control and 
     International Security 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.''.

     SEC. 214. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ARMS TRANSFER AND EXPORT 
                   CONTROL POLICY; ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ARMS 
                   CONTROL AND NONPROLIFERATION.

       Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new paragraphs:

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       ``(3) Assistant secretary of state for arms transfer and 
     export control policy.--There shall be in the Department of 
     State an Assistant Secretary for Arms Transfer and Export 
     Control Policy who shall report to the Under Secretary for 
     Arms Control and International Security.
       ``(4) Assistant secretary of state for arms control and 
     nonproliferation.--There shall be in the Department of State 
     an Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Nonproliferation 
     who shall report to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and 
     International Security.''.

     SEC. 215. 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.

                    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--
       (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

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       (4) in section 5316, by striking ``General Counsel of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to title II?
  The Clerk will designate title III.
  The text of title III is as follows:

              TITLE III--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 301. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall 
     take effect on the earlier of--
       (1) August 17, 1999; or
       (2) the date of abolition of the United States Information 
     Agency pursuant to the reorganization plan described in 
     section 601.

 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) Preserving the Independence of International 
     Broadcasting.--The Broadcasting Board of Governors and the 
     Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau shall 
     continue to have the responsibilities set forth in title III 
     of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), except that, as further 
     set forth in chapter 3 of this title, references in that Act 
     to the United States Information Agency shall be deemed to 
     refer to the Department of State, and references to the 
     Director of the United States Information Agency shall be 
     deemed to refer to the Under Secretary of the State for 
     Public Diplomacy.

     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 inserting ``(1)'' before ``There''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(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 supervision and 
     implementation of United States public diplomacy policies, 
     personnel, and activities, including international 
     educational and cultural exchange programs, information, and 
     international broadcasting. The Under Secretary for Public 
     Diplomacy shall be responsible for ensuring as provided in 
     501 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange 
     Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461) and section 208 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 
     U.S.C. 1461-1a), and except as expressly exempted in those 
     Acts, that no program material produced under authority of 
     the United States Information and Exchange Act of 1948 shall 
     be disseminated within the United States and that no funds 
     authorized to be appropriated for public diplomacy activities 
     shall be used to influence public opinion in the United 
     States.''.

     SEC. 314. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES; 
                   ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
                   INFORMATION PROGRAMS.

       Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)), as amended by this Act, is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(5) Assistant secretary of state for international 
     exchanges.--There shall be in the Department of State an 
     Assistant Secretary for International Exchanges who shall 
     report to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy.
       ``(6) Assistant secretary of state for international 
     information programs.--There shall be in the Department of 
     State an Assistant Secretary for International Information 
     Programs who shall report to the Under Secretary for Public 
     Diplomacy.''

     SEC. 315. 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.

                    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.

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       (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 1997.''.

     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 (22 U.S.C. 2460) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a) by striking the first sentence; and
       (B) by striking ``Bureau'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Department of State''.
       (2) Implementation of programs.--Section 112(c) (22 U.S.C. 
     2460(c)) is amended by striking ``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''.

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       (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--
       (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.

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     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''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to title III?
  The Clerk will designate title IV.
  The text of title IV is as follows:
  TITLE IV--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall 
     take effect on the earlier of--
       (1) August 17, 1998; or
       (2) the date of abolition of the United States 
     International Development Cooperation Agency pursuant to the 
     reorganization plan described in section 601.

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

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

       (a) In General.--The United States International 
     Development Cooperation Agency is 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 Director of the United States International 
     Development Cooperation Agency and all functions of the 
     United States International Development Cooperation Agency 
     (other than the functions 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.

                    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 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
       (2) the United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency (IDCA) shall be deemed to refer to the Department of 
     State.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to title IV?
  The Clerk will designate title V.
  The text of title V is as follows:
             TITLE V--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 501. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall 
     take effect on the earlier of--
       (1) August 17, 1999; or
       (2) the date of reorganization of the Agency for 
     International Development pursuant to the reorganization plan 
     described in section 601.

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

     SEC. 511. REORGANIZATION OF AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
                   DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) In General.--The Agency for International Development 
     shall be reorganized in accordance with this division and the 
     reorganization plan transmitted pursuant to section 601.
       (b) Functions To Be Transferred.--The reorganization of the 
     Agency for International Development shall provide, at a 
     minimum, for the transfer to and consolidation with the 
     Department of State of the following functions of the agency:
       (1) Non-specialized procurement.
       (2) Travel and transportation.
       (3) Facilities management.
       (4) Security operations.
       (5) Press affairs.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to title V?
  The Clerk will designate title VI.
  The text of title VI is as follows:
                          TITLE VI--TRANSITION

                     CHAPTER 1--REORGANIZATION PLAN

     SEC. 601. REORGANIZATION PLAN.

       (a) Submission of Plan.--Not later than August 17, 1997, or 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs 
     later, the President shall, in consultation with the 
     Secretary and the heads of the agencies under subsection (b), 
     transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     reorganization plan providing for--
       (1) with respect to the United States Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, and 
     the United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency, the abolition of each agency in accordance with this 
     division;
       (2) with respect to the Agency for International 
     Development, the consolidation and streamlining of the agency 
     and the transfer of certain functions of the agency to the 
     Department in accordance with this division;
       (3) the termination of functions of each agency that would 
     be redundant if transferred to the Department, and the 
     separation from service of employees of each such agency or 
     of the Department not otherwise provided for in the plan;
       (4) the transfer to the Department of the functions and 
     personnel of each agency consistent with the provisions of 
     this division; and
       (5) 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.--The agencies under this subsection 
     are the following:
       (A) The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
       (B) The United States Information Agency.
       (C) The United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency.
       (D) The Agency for International Development.
       (c) Plan Elements.--The plan transmitted under subsection 
     (a) shall--
       (1) identify the functions of each agency that will be 
     transferred to the Department under the plan;
       (2) identify the personnel and positions of each 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 agency that will be 
     transferred to the Department as a result of the transfer of 
     functions of such agency to the Department;

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       (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) Reorganization Plan of Agency for International 
     Development.--In addition to applicable provisions of 
     subsection (c), the reorganization plan transmitted under 
     this section for the Agency for International Development --
       (1) shall provide for the transfer to and consolidation 
     within the Department of the functions of the agency set 
     forth in section 511; and
       (2) may provide for additional consolidation, 
     reorganization, and streamlining of the agency, including--
       (A) the termination of functions and reductions in 
     personnel of the agency;
       (B) the transfer of functions of the agency (including 
     personnel operations other than personnel management, 
     financial operations, and legal affairs), and the personnel 
     associated with such functions, to the Department; and
       (C) the consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining of 
     the Department upon the transfer of such functions and 
     personnel in order to carry out the functions transferred.
       (e) 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).
       (f) Effective Date.--(1) The reorganization plan described 
     in this section, including any modifications or revisions of 
     the plan under subsection (e), shall become effective on the 
     earlier of--
       (A)(i) August 17, 1998 with respect to the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency and the United States International 
     Development Cooperation Agency; and
       (ii) August 17, 1999, with respect to the United States 
     Information Agency and the Agency for International 
     Development, or
       (B) 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.

                  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 1998 and 1999 under section 1321 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

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     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.
       (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

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     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 
     additional technical and conforming amendments to the laws of 
     the United States as may be appropriate to reflect the 
     changes made by this division.

     SEC. 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.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to title VI?
  The Clerk will designate title X.
  The text of title X is as follows:
  DIVISION B--STATE DEPARTMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AUTHORIZATION ACT
                      TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``State Department and 
     Related Agencies Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 
     1999'' and shall be effective for all purposes as if enacted 
     as a separate Act.

     SEC. 1002. STATEMENT OF HISTORY OF LEGISLATION.

       This division consists of H.R. 1253, the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, which was 
     introduced by Representative Smith of New Jersey on April 9, 
     1997, and amended and reported by the Subcommittee on 
     International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on 
     International Relations on April 10, 1997.

     SEC. 1003. DEFINITIONS.

       The following terms have the following meanings 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 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 ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of State.
       (7) The term ``USIA'' means the United States Information 
     Agency.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any amendments to title X?
  The Clerk will designate title XI.
  The text of title XI is as follows:
 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 
     $1,291,977,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $1,291,977,000 
     for the fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Salaries and expenses.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``Salaries and 
     Expenses'', of the Department of State $363,513,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1998 and $363,513,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (B) Limitations.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated by subparagraph (A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 
     1998 and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 are authorized to be 
     appropriated only for the recruitment of minorities for 
     careers in the Foreign Service and international affairs.
       (3) Capital investment fund.--For ``Capital Investment 
     Fund'', of the Department of State $64,600,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $64,600,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (4) Security and maintenance of buildings abroad.--For 
     ``Security and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad'', 
     $373,081,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $373,081,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1999.
       (5) Representation allowances.--For ``Representation 
     Allowances'', $4,300,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $4,300,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (6) Emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service.--
     For ``Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'', 
     $5,500,000 for the fiscal 1998 and $5,500,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1999.
       (7) Office of the inspector general.--For ``Office of the 
     Inspector General'', $28,300,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $28,300,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (8) Payment to the american institute in taiwan.--For 
     ``Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan'', $14,490,000 
     for the fiscal year 1998 and $14,490,000 for the fiscal year 
     1999.
       (9) Protection of foreign missions and officials.--For 
     ``Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials'', $7,900,000 
     for the fiscal year 1998 and $7,900,000 for the fiscal year 
     1999.
       (10) Repatriation loans.--For ``Repatriation Loans'', 
     $1,200,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $1,200,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1999, 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'', 
     $960,389,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $987,590,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1999 for the Department of State to carry out 
     the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in 
     the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States with 
     respect to international organizations and to carry out other 
     authorities in law consistent with such purposes.
       (b) Voluntary Contributions to International 
     Organizations.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for ``Voluntary Contributions to 
     International Organizations'', $199,725,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $199,725,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Limitations.--
       (A) World food program.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under paragraph (1), $5,000,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are 
     authorized to be appropriated only for a United States 
     contribution to the World Food Program.
       (B) United nations voluntary fund for victims of torture.--
     Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under 
     paragraph (1), $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are authorized to be 
     appropriated only for a United States contribution to the 
     United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.
       (C) International program on the elimination of child 
     labor.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     paragraph (1), $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are authorized to be 
     appropriated only for a United States contribution to the 
     International Labor Organization for the activities of the 
     International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor.
       (3) Availability of funds.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain 
     available until expended.
       (c) Assessed Contributions for International Peacekeeping 
     Activities.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
     ``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'', 
     $240,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $240,000,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1999 for the Department of State to carry out 
     the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in 
     the conduct of the foreign affairs

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     of the United States with respect to international 
     peacekeeping activities and to carry out other authorities in 
     law consistent with such purposes.
       (d) Voluntary Contributions to Peacekeeping Operations.--
     There are authorized to be appropriated for ``Peacekeeping 
     Operations'', $87,600,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $67,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 for the Department of 
     State to carry out section 551 of Public Law 87-195.
       (e) International Conferences and Contingencies.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated for ``International Conferences 
     and Contingencies'', $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $3,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 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.
       (f) Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.--In addition to 
     amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated by 
     subsections (a) and (b) of this section, there are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 
     the fiscal years 1998 and 1999 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.
       (g) Limitation on United States Voluntary Contributions to 
     United Nations Development Program.--
       (1) Of the amounts made available for fiscal years 1998 and 
     1999 for United States voluntary contributions to the United 
     Nations Development Program an amount equal to the amount the 
     United Nations Development Program will spend in Burma during 
     each fiscal year shall be withheld unless during such fiscal 
     year, the President submits to the appropriate congressional 
     committees 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), after 
     consultation with 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 carried out only after consultation with 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'' $18,490,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1998 and $18,490,000 for the fiscal year 1999; 
     and
       (B) for ``Construction'' $6,493,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998 and $6,493,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (2) International boundary commission, united states and 
     canada.--For ``International Boundary Commission, United 
     States and Canada'', $785,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $785,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (3) International joint commission.--For ``International 
     Joint Commission'', $3,225,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $3,225,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (4) International fisheries commissions.--For 
     ``International Fisheries Commissions'', $14,549,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1998 and $14,549,000 for the fiscal year 1999.

     SEC. 1104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Migration and Refugee Assistance.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' 
     for authorized activities, $623,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998 and $623,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Limitation regarding tibetan refugees in india and 
     nepal.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in 
     paragraph (1), $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are authorized to be 
     available only for humanitarian assistance, including but not 
     limited to food, medicine, clothing, and medical and 
     vocational training, to Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal 
     who have fled Chinese-occupied Tibet.
       (b) Refugees Resettling in Israel.--There are authorized to 
     be appropriated $80,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $80,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 for assistance for 
     refugees resettling in Israel from other countries.
       (c) Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced Burmese.--There 
     are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1999 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.
       (d) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to 
     this section are authorized to be available until expended.

     SEC. 1105. ASIA FOUNDATION.

       There are authorized to be appropriated for ``Asia 
     Foundation'', $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 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 Asia Foundation and to carry 
     out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes.

     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 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'', 
     $434,097,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $434,097,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Technology fund.--For ``Technology Fund'' for the 
     United States Information Agency, $6,350,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $6,350,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (3) Educational and cultural exchange programs.--
       (A) Fulbright academic exchange programs.--For the 
     ``Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs'', $94,236,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1998 and $94,236,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (B) South pacific exchanges.--For the ``South Pacific 
     Exchanges'', $500,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $500,000 
     for the fiscal year 1999.
       (C) East timorese scholarships.--For the ``East Timorese 
     Scholarships'', $500,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $500,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (D) Tibetan exchanges.--For the ``Educational and Cultural 
     Exchanges with Tibet'' under section 236 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 
     (Public Law 103-236), $500,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $500,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (E) 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'', and 
     ``Institute for Representative Government'', $97,995,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1998 and $97,995,000 for the fiscal year 
     1999.
       (4) International broadcasting activities.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``International 
     Broadcasting Activities'', $334,655,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998, and $334,655,000 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'', 
     $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998, and $30,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1999.
       (6) Radio free asia.--For ``Radio Free Asia'', $10,000,000 
     for the fiscal year 1998 and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1999.
       (7) Broadcasting to cuba.--For ``Broadcasting to Cuba'', 
     $22,095,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $22,095,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1999.
       (8) Center for cultural and technical interchange between 
     east and west.--For ``Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange between East and West'', $10,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1998 and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (9) National endowment for democracy.--For ``National 
     Endowment for Democracy'', $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998 and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (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 1998 and $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999.

     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) $44,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $44,000,000 
     for the fiscal year 1999; and

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       (2) such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999 for increases in salary, pay, retirement, 
     other employee benefits authorized by law, and to offset 
     adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

                    Amendments Offered by Mr. Gilman

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I offer amendments and I ask unanimous 
consent that they be considered en bloc.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, reserving the right to object, I do not 
know that I will object, but I want to find out what is happening here. 
The chairman is offering an en bloc amendment. Could he specify for us 
what is included in that, please?
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HAMILTON. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I think we have given copies of that to the 
ranking member a few moments ago. It has to do with the fee provisions 
in the bill.

                              {time}  1545

  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the gentleman would explain 
the en bloc amendment.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HAMILTON. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, this en bloc amendment fixes a provision of 
the bill that is essentially technical in nature. It is required by an 
understanding that we reached with the chairman of the Committee on 
Ways and Means.
  There are two provisions in the original bill, H.R. 1486, that were 
inserted at the request of the administration to put into effect its 
fee reform provision. We lowered certain authorizations which were to 
be offset by these fees. Both of these provisions, however, were within 
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means and that committee 
has objected to their presence in our bill. Accordingly, this amendment 
takes care of their concerns by raising the authorization levels back 
to their original levels and by restoring the status quo in other 
respects.
  This amendment also strikes an earmark of $5 million for passport 
information services but inserts a requirement that such information be 
provided for fee. This change, which was inserted in the amendment at 
the request of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith], avoids an 
earmarking problem with the Committee on Appropriations but addresses a 
concern he has been most forthright in addressing, the issue of 
charging Americans fees to find out the status of their passport 
applications.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, further reserving the right to object, do 
I understand this amendment removes the authority for the State 
Department to retain about $455 million in passport fees and adds that 
to the State's operating account?
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will continue to yield, 
that is correct and it increases the authorization.
  Mr. HAMILTON. And it prohibits the State Department from collecting 
an estimated $75 to $100 million in visa fees; is that correct?
  Mr. GILMAN. That is correct, and also increases the fees.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Yes, I understand.
  Mr. Chairman, I do not want to oppose the amendment because I 
understand some change is needed. I would ask the chairman, however, if 
he would be willing to work further with us and with the Department of 
State as the bill moves along and to consider it in conference and 
other fora?
  Mr. GILMAN. I would be pleased to do that.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, with that assurance, I do not oppose the 
amendment, and I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the amendments.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendments offered by Mr. Gilman:
       Page 84, line 5, strike ``$1,291,977,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,746,977,000''.
       Page 84, line 6, strike ``$1,291,977,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,746,977,000''.
       Strike line 7 on page 110 and all that follows through line 
     17 on page 112.
       Page 84, line 4, insert ``(A) Authorization of 
     appropriations.--'' before ``For''.
       Page 84, after line 7 insert the following:
       (B) Passport information services.--The Secretary of State 
     shall provide passport information without charge to citizens 
     of the United States, including--
       (i) information about who is eligible to receive a United 
     States passport and how and where to apply;
       (ii) information about the status of pending applications; 
     and
       (iii) names, addresses, and telephone numbers of State and 
     Federal officials who are authorized to provide passport 
     information in cooperation with the Department of State.
       Page 112, strike line 18 and all that follows through line 
     7 on page 114 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1208. SURCHARGE FOR PROCESSING CERTAIN MACHINE READABLE 
                   VISAS.

       Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``providing consular 
     services.'' and inserting ``the Department of State's border 
     security program, including the costs of installation and 
     operation of the machine readable visa and automated name-
     check process, improving the quality and security of the 
     United States passport, passport and visa fraud 
     investigations, and the technological infrastructure to 
     support the programs referred to in this sentence.'';
       (2) by striking the first sentence of paragraph (3) and 
     inserting ``For fiscal years 1998 and 1999, fees deposited 
     under the authority of paragraph (2) may not exceed 
     $140,000,000 in each fiscal year and, notwithstanding 
     paragraph (2), such fees shall be available only to the 
     extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.''; and
       (3) by striking paragraph (5).

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendments offered by the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman].
  The amendments were agreed to.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I would like to speak against this bill and against the 
underlying policies and assumptions that are included in it and, by 
implication, in favor of the Hamilton amendment that has been offered 
but not voted on as yet.
  Mr. Chairman, there are good reasons why the President will veto this 
bill if the language of the gentleman from New York is included in it, 
and they are substantive reasons.
  Mr. Chairman, this is an attempt to get some notches in the belt of 
the Republican Party, which apparently is still intent on showing that 
they can beat up on the Federal Government, that they can eliminate 
agencies, that they can eliminate functions and that, by implication, 
what the Government is doing is wrong and ought to be in the word of 
the chairman ``abolished.'' The fact is that in this case what the 
Government is doing is terribly important and should be supported.
  The language of the gentleman from New York is an attempt to 
micromanage our foreign policy and would specify that several agencies 
be abolished. Their functions would be transferred over to the State 
Department, but in many ways the esprit de corps, the achievements, the 
mission, the effectiveness of these agencies would be badly damaged at 
best and at worst, last forever.
  One of the agencies that I am talking about is the agency that 
provides aid to underdeveloped and developing countries.
  The Agency for International Development has shown tremendous 
progress in expanding the global economy and in creating customers for 
our American companies and products by enabling people to come up with 
the means to purchase our products and to enhance their quality of 
life. Most of their aid is returned to our country many times over, not 
to mention the basic humanitarian functions that they perform for 
people suffering in the threes of hunger, poverty, and desperation.
  Another agency that this bill would attempt to abolish is the Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency. Of all functions within the Government 
to want to abolish, an agency that is addressing terrorism, that is 
addressing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, chemical and 
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should be the last one we would want to disband. This agency has been 
extremely effective in addressing those threats, and yet, for some 
reason, the Republican Party wants to make another notch on its belt by 
abolishing this essential agency.
  Likewise, the U.S. Information Agency, which is the antidote we have 
for the kind of propaganda that has led to the worst violence that has 
occurred in modern times. It was in large part the State-controlled 
media in Yugoslavia that spurred people into unbridled aggression: that 
motivated the Serbs to attack the Bosnian people with fierce brutality. 
This aggression was spurred on by the kind of propaganda that can occur 
when we do not have a professional, unbiased source of news that the 
U.S. Information Agency provides.
  Likewise with the slaughtering that occurred in Rwanda. Again, these 
kinds of things happen because we do not have adequate resources to put 
into the U.S. Information Agency and the Voice of America. I cannot 
imagine that the American people would want us to be abolishing these 
agencies with such an effective track record and such a needed role to 
perform around the world.
  This bill is more of this gun-slinging mentality where we are willing 
to shoot innocent victims purely to get another notch in our belt. 
Targeting and scoring hits on innocent, effective Government agencies 
purely for political purposes is wrong. It is irresponsible, and it is 
dangerous.
  But even going beyond this irresponsible motivation, this bill 
attempts to micromanage. It specifies what a very complex, 
indispensable Government function, particular undersecretaries, and 
assistant secretaries, stay and which go, and where they go.
  Mr. Chairman, this bill should not be supported. The Hamilton 
amendment is a better approach, and I urge Members to support the 
Hamilton amendment and oppose this bill.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. SKAGGS

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Skaggs:
       Page 97, line 1, insert ``(A) Authorization of 
     appropriations'' before ``For''.
       Page 97, after line 3, insert the following:
       (B) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subparagraph (A), no funds shall be used 
     for television broadcasting to Cuba after October 1, 1997.

  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would bar continued TV Marti 
broadcasts to Cuba after the end of this fiscal year, when moneys 
appropriated for that purpose would end.
  This amendment is not about Cuba, not about Castro; it is an 
amendment that would cut waste, eliminate an absolutely failed program, 
and save the American taxpayers millions of dollars every year.
  TV Marti, part of the USIA, is a Federal program begun in 1989 that 
attempts to broadcast television programs to Cuba in the early morning 
hours. I support the USIA's efforts to get unbiased news coverage to 
Cuba. I support Radio Marti's attempts to do that. TV Marti is simply 
another story. It is not accomplishing that purpose. Virtually no one 
in Cuba has seen, is seeing, or will see TV Marti broadcasts.
  The Government has already wasted over $100 million on this failed 
experiment. Let us not put good money after bad. Let us end this 
experiment at the end of this fiscal year. We will save over $9 million 
next year and countless millions in the outyears after that by passing 
this amendment.
  Last year the House appropriations bill ended appropriations for TV 
Marti and this House went along with the appropriations recommendation. 
It was only because the other body restored funding that we still have 
to deal with this.
  I have a stack of reports here, Mr. Chairman, every one of which 
shows that TV Marti has no significant audience in Cuba. This spring, 
when the USIA Director Joseph Duffy testified before the Appropriations 
Subcommittee, I asked him if TV Marti signals were being received in 
Cuba. His answer was simply no.
  In 1995, the Committee on Appropriations investigations staff said 
that four different surveys ``all produced discouraging results with 
respect to TV Marti viewership.'' In 1994, the advisory panel said that 
jamming prevents TV Marti signals from being received by any 
substantial number of Cubans. In 1993, the Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy said that TV Marti is not cost effective and should be 
closed down.
  Now, we will hear that we were in the midst of switching from a VHF 
signal, which is effectively jammed, to UHF, and that broadcasts will 
be started soon there. But, Mr. Chairman, that will not make any 
difference, I am sad to say, because it is even easier to jam the UHF 
signal than it is to jam this VHF signal. The National Association of 
Broadcasters says, ``A UHF signal can be jammed using little more than 
a 100-watt transmitter and an off-the-shelf Radio Shack type antenna.''
  Again, according to the appropriations investigative staff, ``The 
U.S. Government officials confirm that Cuba already has jamming 
capability and private sector representatives state that Cuba can 
easily jam any UHF station.''
  This program simply does not meet the standards under the 
International Broadcasting Act, which says that broadcasting shall be 
designed to effectively reach a significant audience.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SKAGGS. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I want to congratulate the distinguished 
gentleman from Colorado for offering this amendment and I just pose 
this question.
  I have been informed that we have spent as a government over $100 
million on these broadcasts that the Cuban people do not see. Is that 
the gentleman's understanding?
  Mr. SKAGGS. I believe it now totals $106 million through last fiscal 
year.
  Mr. HAMILTON. If the gentleman will continue to yield, that is $106 
million now being spent for no purpose whatsoever. The Cuban people do 
not see it, and that seems to me quite a waste of the taxpayers' money, 
and I certainly commend the gentleman for seeking to strike it.
  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman 
for his support on my amendment.
  We will hear, I am sure, that somehow doing the right thing by the 
U.S. taxpayer is going to be a propaganda victory for Fidel Castro. I 
have to tell my colleagues that I think he gets a propaganda victory 
every day we waste our money on this. And in fact the Cuban Government 
exploits this idiocy on the part of the United States by pointing out 
to its own people that we are being so foolish as to continue to pour 
money down this television rat-hole.

                              {time}  1600

  It is a classic example, Mr. Chairman, of a wasteful program that 
ought to be put out of its misery. Again, my amendment would save over 
$9 million in fiscal 1998. It would give this House a chance to stop 
the waste of money that has already totaled over $100 million.
  We all know the kind of budget stress that we are under in trying to 
get the deficit to zero. We simply do not have this kind of money to 
pour into a completely pointless program. It could put 22,000 
additional kids in Head Start, pay for Medicare, for several thousand 
beneficiaries--any number of useful purposes.


 Amendment Offered by Mr. DIAZ-BALART to the Amendment Offered by Mr. 
                                 SKAGGS

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to the amendment.

  The Clerk read as follows:
       Amendment offered by Mr. Diaz-Balart to the amendment 
     offered by Mr. Skaggs:
       Strike ``1997.'' and insert ``1997, if the President 
     certifies that continued funding is not in the national 
     interest of the United States.''.

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, I think it is quite curious that the 
distinguished gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs] began his remarks by 
saying this is not about Cuba and this is not about Castro. It is very 
much about Cuba, about Castro, and about the oppression that the Cuban 
people have to live day in and day out at the hands of the dictatorship 
and that denial, the attempt to deny information to the Cuban people 
that is so primary in the agenda of the Cuban dictatorship.
  The gentleman from Colorado must have forgotten that, in 1994, in 
this Congress, we paid for this report, Mr. Chairman, this report, two 
volumes,

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and we had an agreement that we would support the creation of this 
panel and that the panel would be asked, after its creation, some very 
clear questions and would have to report not only to the administration 
but then that the director of the USIA would have to report to Congress 
based on this report.
  Mr. Chairman, I will at this time refer precisely to the 
recommendations and the findings of the panel, and specifically of 
Joseph Duffey, the director of the U.S. Information Agency, with regard 
to the very systematic and deep study that was engaged in; and here it 
is, two volumes by the panel, that we in this Congress created in 1994 
to look at this issue.
  Mr. Duffey, the Director of the USIA, states in his letter to 
Congress:

       I hereby submit my findings and recommendations regarding 
     the report of the advisory panel on Radio Marti and 
     Television Marti,
specifically with regard to Television Marti, which is what today the 
gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs] seeks to kill. Other times, very 
often, he has sought to kill Radio Marti as well.
  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? The gentleman has 
misrepresented my position.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Chairman, that is not correct, I have not 
misrepresented his position. At other times, the gentleman from 
Colorado has sought to kill both Radio and Television Marti. Today he 
is targeting Television Marti.
  Let us see what the report, after we spent the money to create this 
panel, let us see what the findings and recommendations were of Mr. 
Duffey of USIA with regard to the panel that we set up in this Congress 
and that we agreed to set up objectively and of distinguished 
membership.
  One, the best interests of the United States are being served by 
maintaining television broadcasting to Cuba.
  Two, maintaining television broadcasting to Cuba is technically sound 
and effective.
  Three, Television Marti broadcasting is consistently being received 
by a sufficient Cuban audience to warrant its continuation.
  This is the report of Mr. Duffey, findings and recommendations based 
on the panel created by Congress; and here are the two volumes. But, 
no, it is not enough for the gentleman from Colorado. Year after year 
after year my colleague rushes to this floor with his mission not to 
increase the receptivity, the reception, of Television Marti or Radio 
Marti for the Cuban people, not to ask Castro for elections, not to ask 
Castro to permit the Cuban people to get news, but to kill this 
program, which is meant to get objective news to the Cuban people. That 
is the reality of the effort year after year after year by the 
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Skaggs].
  During the height of the cold war, Mr. Chairman, during the height of 
the cold war, at times the Soviets were able to achieve 97, 98, 99 
percent effectiveness in their blocking of Radio Liberty and Radio Free 
Europe. What would have been the position, what would have happened if 
the attitude maintained by our distinguished colleague from Colorado 
would have prevailed at that time in Congress? Oh, the Soviet Union is 
jamming Radio Free Europe. The Soviet Union is achieving 99 percent 
jamming of Radio Liberty. So we will throw in the towel, we will give 
up.
  As my colleague even mentioned, we are in the midst, Mr. Chairman, of 
going to UHF, which will increase receptivity. But my point is this, we 
will go to UHF and we will increase receptivity despite the fact that 
Mr. Duffey, his recommendations, and pursuant to this two-volume 
report, I have mentioned they are clear enough with regard to the 
viability of the existing program of Television Marti.
  But I maintain the following: The American thing to do is, if we do 
not increase receptivity sufficiently by the steps that we are taking 
now, then we will take further steps. Just like Mr. Aristide's voice 
was able to get to the Haitian people because they flew a C-130, we 
will do that with Cuba. We will not throw in the towel. We will not 
surrender. That is not the American way.
  Approve my amendment and defeat the amendment of the gentleman from 
Colorado [Mr. Skaggs].
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado 
[Mr. Skaggs) I think is a step backward in a struggle for democracy in 
Cuba, and I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I support this second-degree amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida [Mr. Diaz-Balart), which will give the President 
the flexibility that he must have to decide if and when to adjust the 
strategy of our Cuba broadcasting. Our pro-democracy efforts in Cuba 
are at a critical point. Accordingly, I agree that it is vital that we 
let the President assess the importance of TV Marti to our overall 
strategy in communicating with the Cuban people.
  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Chairman, I oppose the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida. Mr. Chairman, let me first correct the Record. 
It is very important I think to be precise in the way we characterize 
each other's positions on these very volatile issues.
  I have opposed TV Marti consistently over the years, as the gentleman 
suggested, because it is simply a waste of money. I would very much 
like it if Castro would stop the jamming so that we could get good 
information into Cuba. Unfortunately, that is not going to happen. We 
do not have to respond to that by continuing to waste over $100 million 
of American taxpayers' funds.
  I also want to make it clear that I have supported Radio Marti 
consistently, just wanting to make sure that it lives up to Voice of 
America standards. And the characterization of the gentleman from 
Florida to the contrary is simply not accurate.
  But let us go to the principal point here. The 1994 appropriations 
bill report set up the advisory panel and directed that that panel 
report back to Congress as to whether TV Marti was being received by 
any substantial audience in Cuba. That was its mission.
  The report advised Congress ``Cuban Government jamming prevents those 
broadcasts from being received by any substantial number of Cubans.'' 
In other words, the answer was no.
  And based upon the understanding that was incorporated in that fiscal 
1993 appropriations bill, that should have been the end of the 
discussion. But, no, because of the extraordinary and I think 
inappropriate influence on U.S. Government policy that has been brought 
to bear on this issue, the administration sought to end-run the clear 
direction of Congress and came back with this fig leaf idea of going to 
UHF and see if that works.
  That was used, in fact, to undermine, end-run, and basically avoid 
the very purposes for which the advisory panel was created. So we are 
now stuck with spending millions and millions more on the UHF 
experiment, which is as doomed to failure as was the VHF program that 
has been broadcasting.
  There is simply no need for any exercise of discretion by the 
President or anyone else. The facts are clear. That is why the 
Committee on Appropriations by an overwhelming vote last year 
recommended to the House that there be no funding this year for TV 
Marti. Let us stop kidding ourselves.
  I wish the position of the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Diaz-Balart] 
about this particular program were correct, that we had some prayer of 
getting a signal into Cuba. We do not. Let us admit it. Let us stop 
wasting this money.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. 
Skaggs] just a few questions on this issue. I think universally we 
would like to see a democratic government in Cuba, we would like to see 
free elections, and I think the real debate here is how to get there.
  We have had one policy for over 30 years now, but particularly to 
this point I guess my question is, is there an estimate of how many 
people in Cuba watch any of these productions?
  Mr. SKAGGS. Well, if the gentleman would yield, the United States 
interest section in Cuba and our own Committee on Appropriation's 
investigative staff have all tried to find someone who has seen more 
than a split second of a TV Marti broadcast before the jamming kicks 
in. Sadly, I do not know of

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anyone who has seen anything like a full TV Marti broadcast for other 
than a nanosecond.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. If the gentleman would, how much money have we spent 
on this program?
  Mr. SKAGGS. If the gentleman would yield, so far we have spent a 
total of $106 million broadcasting this TV signal essentially in a 
black hole.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. How much money was that again?
  Mr. SKAGGS. $106 million since 1989.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. As a result of that, we cannot come up with anybody 
who has ever watched an entire program?
  Mr. SKAGGS. If the gentleman would yield, that is my understanding, 
based upon various investigations that have been conducted by agencies 
of the executive and legislative branches of this Government.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I think the problem 
we have here is there has become a process where we come committed to 
continuing policies that theoretically put pressure on Fidel Castro to 
bring about a democratic government.
  I understand the pressure of communities who want to see their loved 
ones living within a country that has democratic institutions. My 
parents fled the Soviet Union, survived Nazi Germany. We all have a 
strong feeling about that.
  In the case of Cuba, what seems to happen, however, is rather than 
finding programs that are effective in achieving democratic goals and 
democratic progress, we find ourselves with a policy that seems to 
somehow protect Castro from change. If anything helped bring down the 
Berlin wall, it was contact with Westerners, it was that confrontation 
with the success of our democratic institutions and contrasted to the 
failure of the old Soviet system.
  I would think that Fidel Castro gets up and thanks God, if he 
believes in God, every day that we have this embargo on him and that we 
continue these programs. It gives him the excuse why his revolution is 
not producing benefits for its citizens any longer.
  I understand the heart-felt desire of Members in this Congress and in 
our communities who are of Cuban-American heritage who want to see 
democracy there. I would ask them to join us for policies that would 
have a real impact on dislodging the non-democratic government in Cuba. 
That is the policy I think we ought to undertake, not just squandering 
dollars that, even worse than the squandering of dollars, give us the 
illusion that we are taking some action here.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite 
number of words.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in very strong opposition to the Skaggs 
amendment and in support of the Diaz-Balart substitute amendment. The 
Skaggs amendment is aimed at the heart of what is sometimes called 
surrogate broadcasting. An even better term for it is ``freedom 
broadcasting.'' We are sending the message of freedom to people who 
live in countries where this message is not permitted to be carried by 
domestic radio or television stations.

                              {time}  1615

  The Skaggs amendment would eliminate TV Marti. It would deprive 
Cubans of not only vital information about the free world but also of 
the hope that comes with knowing that a free world does care. The Diaz-
Balart substitute guarantees fiscal responsibility without compromising 
our commitment to freedom.
  If the President wants to certify, as his substitute would so state, 
let the President certify that and live with the consequences of 
denying this very important surrogate broadcasting to the people of 
Cuba. Eliminating or crippling freedom broadcasting to Cuba, as the 
Skaggs amendment would do, would send exactly the wrong message at 
exactly the wrong time.
  The Castro dictatorship is at an all-time low, both in domestic 
support and international prestige. Like the two recent Clinton-Castro 
immigration agreements, the silencing of TV Marti would provide new 
hope for the Castro dictatorship and a fresh dose of despair to those 
who struggle for human rights in Cuba. The argument that TV Marti is 
technologically inadequate and that we should therefore not fund it is 
destined to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  The Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights which I 
chair has examined this question in public hearings over the last 3 
years. We have discovered, in effect, that it is too soon to evaluate 
the success of TV Marti because the Clinton administration has not yet 
tried to make TV Marti work. The reason TV Marti does not reach more 
Cubans has less to do with technology and more to do with 
administrative timidity or perhaps a willful resistance to 
congressional mandate.
  Right now, because of jamming by the Castro regime, TV Marti is 
received primarily by those who live outside of Havana. It can also be 
received by government officials and by the Communist party elite who 
have access to satellite TV. It is important to let them know that the 
world is watching them and hopefully holding them to some account. But 
there is no question that we can do better. The technology is there for 
UHF broadcasting which would be far more difficult for the censors to 
jam, and would enable TV Marti to reach millions of more people.
  I think the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Diaz-Balart] made a very good 
point a moment ago. Had we during the 1970's and 1980's because of 
Russian jamming stood up and said, ``Let's just eliminate the 
program,'' we would have given Brezhnev and all his predecessors a real 
shot in the arm as they clamped down on human rights and freedom in the 
Soviet Union.
  Let me just say that the Diaz-Balart substitute would discontinue TV 
Marti if and only if the President certifies that its continuation is 
not in the national interest. Again, the ball would be in the 
President's court. I support that, and I would ask Members to go 
against the underlying amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado 
[Mr. Skaggs].
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. I would just ask my friend, and I know he is earnest 
in this without any question, but does he have any evidence that the 
general population of Cuba to any significant degree or to what degree 
it might be able to view these? I think we have been broadcasting now 
for 7 years about.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Joe Duffy back in 1994 in a letter to the 
gentleman from Florida [Mr. Diaz-Balart] stated, and I quote, ``TV 
Marti broadcasting is consistently being received by a sufficient Cuban 
audience to warrant its continuation.''
  Havana, without question, is being heavily jammed. But outside of 
that area more people are able to pick it up. Plus areas near to Cuba--
other islands and other countries--can also pick it up.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. I think Mr. Duffy has changed his position on that, 
and in more recent testimony before the Committee on Appropriations 
felt that nobody was hearing it. I think whatever happens here today, I 
would hope we could join together. If we look at the kind of policies 
we had to deal with the Soviet Union and the East Bloc, it was a much 
more dynamic policy than the one we have executed here, and I think, 
for whatever reasons, was much more successful. I think we have to 
engage in a much more dynamic policy with Cuba to have an opportunity 
to have a united impact.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. DREIER. I thank the gentleman for yielding. My dear friend the 
gentleman from Connecticut is right on target. That is exactly what the 
Diaz-Balart amendment does here. We should be able to come together. 
The goal of the amendment is to come together with both the legislative 
branch and the executive branch in fact recognizing the importance of 
this issue. The President has to certify that it is in the national 
security interest to keep or to not keep Television Marti. That is why 
I think that this is the very responsible, evenhanded way to get the 
two branches of government involved.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith] 
has expired.
  (On request of Mr. Dreier, and by unanimous consent, Mr. Smith of New 
Jersey was allowed to proceed for 2 additional minutes.)

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  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I yield to my friend the 
gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Chairman, I guess I would say one thing having 
been through both Democratic and Republican Presidents, of both 
parties, I have seen them able to certify almost anything or not 
certify almost anything they chose to certify or not certify. The other 
thing is what we are dealing with here, and not questioning anybody, is 
a political hot potato. If the White House shuts it down, then that 
becomes obviously significant political fodder. I think in a bipartisan 
way, and again my hopes for this amendment are not great, but we ought 
to move past this and engage a much more dynamic policy. Nothing will 
hurt Castro more than having Cuban-Americans who are successful going 
back to Cuba and giving a contrast to the life there.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, just let 
me remind Members that we still have not had a full test, or any test 
really, of the UHF situation. We have asked Dr. Duffy and many people 
within the administration: ``Why the delay? They have been talking 
about it for years. Now we are told that, sometime in October, the UHF 
program should be up and running. Hopefully we will then have a better 
gauge as to whether or not we are reaching a significant number of 
people.
  Mr. DREIER. If the gentleman will yield further, I would like to say 
to my friend the gentleman from Colorado that I am very sympathetic, in 
fact the gentleman from Connecticut and I, a few weeks ago we were in 
Santa Fe, NM, and talked about the issue of Cuba. We were meeting with 
Mexican government officials. My friend the gentleman from Florida with 
whom I sit on the Committee on Rules knows that I also am sympathetic 
with this. But it seems to me that without undermining the goal that is 
set forth by the Skaggs amendment, the gentleman from Florida [Mr. 
Diaz-Balart] is simply trying to in fact bring both sides into the 
question. The gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. Gejdenson] says this is a 
political hot potato. It may be. Why should the hot potato simply be 
here in the Congress without letting the President, who obviously has 
gotten very involved, having signed the Helms-Burton legislation, he 
should be part of this process.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith] 
has again expired.
  (On request of Mr. Dreier, and by unanimous consent, Mr. Smith of New 
Jersey was allowed to proceed for 2 additional minutes.)
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I continue to yield to my 
friend the gentleman from California.
  Mr. DREIER. I thank the gentleman for continuing to yield.
  Mr. Chairman, the fact of the matter is the cost imposed on Fidel 
Castro of trying to block this program is the equivalent of 400,000 
barrels just for Havana alone. If we go back and look at the height of 
the cold war, the Soviet Union was able to block 99 percent of the 
programming that went from Radio Free Europe into the Soviet Union. I 
think that we ought to think long and hard before we take this kind of 
action from the Congress, and I say that as one who believes that 
getting our western values into countries throughout the world is 
clearly the best way possible for us to undermine political repression, 
but I think that this two-tiered approach with both the legislative and 
executive branch's involvement is the most responsible approach for us 
to take.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Chairman, I do not think there is any Member of 
this House, including my dear colleagues from Florida, that still have 
family in Cuba, but I do. So when people talk about some of these 
issues, they talk in the abstract. I deal with the reality.
  Every time I get up in this well and speak about issues that affect 
the people of Cuba, my family gets visited by Castro's rapid response 
brigade. My communications with them, which I always asked them never 
to let anyone know that they were my family, so in fact they would not 
be confronted with the realities they are confronted with today, being 
harassed, being denied employment opportunities, but they told me, 
``We're not going to deny you, and we don't intend for you to stop 
speaking out.''
  The fact of the matter is my distinguished colleague from Connecticut 
raises a point of view which I disagree with but respect. However, the 
facts are quite different. The reality is that the regime in Cuba has 
only changed out of necessity, necessity created by the loss of the 
Soviet Union's aid, $6 billion a year, at which time the Cuban people 
did not receive more food on the plates of Cuban families but developed 
the third largest military in the entire Western Hemisphere after the 
United States and Brazil per capita.
  Now that that money is gone, and with the legislation that we have 
passed, 3 dramatic things have happened. That third largest army has 
been reduced, important to the people in Cuba, important to the people 
in the hemisphere. More money should be going to Cuban families to put 
food on their table, but is not because the regime continues to use 
whatever resources they have to oppress people.
  Second, the American dollar, the most hated symbol of the revolution, 
is now freely traded in Cuba and accepted, again out of necessity, not 
desire.
  And, third, the fact of the matter is that the international 
investment that some herald which has made no real change in democracy 
in Cuba, from Canada, from Mexico, from Spain and every place else, the 
fact of the matter is that is now accepted for the last several years 
again out of necessity. Necessity, not desire. So in fact the changes 
that we have seen, limited as they are, are changes that come from 
necessity, the necessity that we have created in our legislation.
  Now I want to speak to the Skaggs amendment, which I oppose, and the 
Diaz-Balart amendment, which I support. I cannot understand Democrats 
who would not give the President the flexibility in foreign policy that 
they decry does not exist in the underlying bill. That is the reality. 
They do not want to give the President flexibility in foreign policy 
that they decry in the underlying bill. That in essence is what the 
Diaz-Balart amendment would do.
  The President has spoken clearly about the need to support the vital 
broadcasting services to Cuba of both Radio and Television Marti. In a 
letter to me the President stated, and I quote, ``By strongly 
supporting Radio and TV Marti, I want to send a clear signal to those 
everywhere who struggle against tyranny. Radio and TV Marti make 
genuine contributions to the cause of human rights and democracy in the 
hemisphere. Both help promote short and long-term U.S. foreign policy 
goals.'' That is the President of the United States.
  Those of us with a strong interest in this issue agreed to a 
compromise which established having an advisory panel on Radio and TV 
Marti in the last Congress. The panel members were agreeable to all the 
parties involved, I believe, including the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. 
Skaggs].
  The panel was charged with assessing and reporting on the purposes, 
policies and practices of radio and TV broadcasting to Cuba. In fact, 
it was done so we could avoid the political hot potato that some have 
alleged exists, so we could take it out of the realm of politics, so we 
gave it to an independent panel.
  What did that panel come and say? Their verdict was very clear. They 
said now more than ever we must retain intact the services of both 
Radio and Television Marti. I encourage the Members to seek out the 
executive summary of the advisory panel's report.
  Let me underscore some of the more salient conclusions of the report. 
It said, ``Cuban Government officials and elites regularly listen to 
Radio Marti and tune into TV Marti. When we want to speak to that 
elite, when we want them to make a change in their government, this is 
a direct way of communicating with them, a way to create peaceful 
change in Cuba.''
  Our United States interest section in Cuba, which thousands of 
average Cubans go into every day, they have the opportunity to see all 
of the programming of Television Marti that is done in the lobby as 
people try to get visas.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. 
Menendez] has expired.

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  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Menendez was allowed to proceed for 2 
additional minutes.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Chairman, it is not lack of interest of the Cuban 
people but the jamming which has prevented it, and we have means to 
circumvent that. The fact of the matter is that if in fact we move to 
the UHF opportunity, broadcasting to Cuba would neither interfere with 
Cuban broadcasting nor United States stations. The Cuban Government 
would have no present jamming capacity on a UHF process. These 
broadcasts could occur at any time. And it is both technically feasible 
and cost effective to switch TV Marti to UHF.
  The fact of the matter is we have an opportunity for peaceful 
diplomacy to the people of Cuba. The same messages that we used to use 
in Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, those are the types of messages we 
want to send to TV Marti. We have never accepted another country's 
jamming of our surrogate broadcasting to be a reason to stop that 
broadcasting. We should not do it in the case of Television Marti.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to give the President of the 
United States the opportunity to truly pursue his foreign policy goals. 
If he believes, as he said to me in that letter and has said time and 
time again, that it is in the national interests of the United States 
to do so, he should be given that opportunity.
  It is a fair compromise on this issue. We have had an independent 
panel. They said we need the surrogate broadcasting. We should not let 
this regime undermine our efforts. I urge my colleagues to support the 
Diaz-Balart amendment.

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  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MENENDEZ. I yield to the gentleman from Colorado.
  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman again invokes the panel's 
report. The panel was commissioned to find out whether anybody saw the 
signal. They then went beyond that commission to come up with this 
completely uncharged idea of going to UHF. I am sure the gentleman is 
aware that the technical experts with our own broadcasters say UHF is 
going to be easier to join than VHF.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, that is not the 
understanding I have.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number 
of words.
  I rise in strong support of the Diaz-Balart amendment that requires 
the President to keep TV Marti operating if the President finds that it 
is in the national interest of the United States to do so. Radio and TV 
Marti have been invaluable tools to break through the information 
monopoly that the Castro dictatorship uses as a weapon of repression 
against the people of Cuba. Without the Marti's broadcast the Cuban 
people would not have a source of independent objective news that they 
would turn to in order to learn more about world events and about the 
sad reality inside Cuba. The Cuban people need TV Marti.
  The Castro regime was once again condemned just a few weeks ago by 
the international journalist groups for its repression of independent 
journalists who seek to report only the truth about the regime's 
repression. Over and over we hear from these journalists and other 
dissidents inside Cuba about the invaluable service that Radio and TV 
Marti provide to the Cuban population for being a prime source of 
objective news coverage. These are the same independent journalists who 
are being brutally harassed daily by the Castro regime. Many are 
subjected to the so-called repudiation acts, which are nothing more 
than State-sponsored mobs who attack their homes. Others end up in 
prison merely for reporting the truth about the dictatorship in Cuba.
  TV Marti is supported by the U.S. Information Agency, including its 
director, Joseph Duffey, who has been a strong proponent of its pro-
freedom, pro-democracy broadcast. USIA is working on changing the TV 
Marti signal from VHF to UHF so that its power is increased into the 
island and Castro's attempts at jamming its signal be further 
prohibited.
  For the Cuban people the TV broadcasts are a window to the outside 
world denied to it by the Castro regime. Without Radio and TV Marti, 
the Cuban people would never have known about the brutal attack by 
Castro's thugs to the 13th of March tugboat where over 40 Cuban 
refugees, mostly women and children, were indiscriminately murdered at 
sea in Cuban territory. Without the TV and Radio Marti broadcast, the 
Cuban people would be ignorant of the repression of the regime against 
the church through the expulsion of priests and the harassment of those 
who merely seek to worship in their religion. Without radio and TV 
broadcasts, Mr. Chairman, Cubans would have no clue about the disaster 
of the Cuban economy and about the exploitation by foreign companies of 
the Cuban workers and the subjugation of independent trade unions under 
Castro's slave economy. Without Radio and TV Marti's message of hope, 
the suffering people of the island would be ignorant of the efforts in 
this Congress to help them in their struggle to break the shackles of 
tyranny that has enslaved Cuba sadly for over 38 years.
  I do not believe this Congress is prepared to strip away that small 
window of reality and that small ray of hope for the Cuban people, nor 
are we willing to grant a propaganda victory to Fidel Castro by 
eliminating this valuable service. The Radio and TV Marti broadcasts 
have made a real difference in Cuba, just like other worldwide services 
have done, like Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty in the former iron 
curtain of Eastern Europe. Let us not let the suffering people of Cuba 
down, Mr. Chairman. Let us support this message of freedom broadcast 
daily by TV Marti. I strongly support the Diaz-Balart TV Marti 
amendment, and I hope that my colleagues will as well.
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  The Skaggs amendment is clearly the wrong message at the wrong time. 
We are seeing specific things almost on a weekly basis occurring in 
Cuba which show the problems that the Castro regime is having. Internal 
leadership in terms of fighting the regime, demonstrations where people 
are literally putting their lives at risk on a weekly basis at the 
present time. To stop what we are doing now, to make a U-turn, to make 
a 90-degree turn in terms of the policies at the present time just does 
not make any sense at all.
  Let me focus in also on several specifics. One is the issue of the 
UHF ability which has not yet been tested. It is an ability in terms of 
having more people access to the station than exist today, but the 
message regardless is, I am sure that any of my colleagues who are 
supporting this amendment as they have spoken so eloquently already are 
not supportive of the Castro regime, are not supportive of his goals, 
are not supportive of his actions, but at the same time there is no 
question that changing the existence of both Radio and TV Marti would, 
in fact, support him in those goals. And I think the lesson of American 
foreign policy over this century has been not that we have looked at 
policies because they are easy, but because they are hard.
  It will not be easy, it has not been easy to change the Castro 
dictatorship, but I think that the specific things that we can see on 
the ground are proving that the dictatorship's days are numbered, and I 
think this Congress in its greatest hours will be able to say that we 
were part of that in terms of the pressure that we have done through a 
variety of actions, including existence of Television Marti.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, as my colleagues know, a lot of very honorable people 
have gotten up to speak today, and I mean that sincerely. My only 
problem with some of their comments is I really cannot believe they 
believe what they are saying. This is at the minimum a major waste of 
money. Last time I checked, nothing had really changed. TV Marti was 
seen a couple of times in Cuba over the last many years, and one night 
all we broadcasted was Popeye cartoons.
  Mr. Chairman, Popeye cartoons in English may not be the message that 
we are paying for to get across. I could question the choice of 
cartoons; Tom and Jerry, the Cartoon Channel, might have been a better 
choice. But here is the problem:

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  We were told some time ago that the reason we had to keep TV Marti 
was because it was going to change the attitude of the Cuban people 
that informed them of what goes on in this country and our desire to 
inform them of what goes on in their country. Now, of course, they have 
their own television, and now we have CNN there so I do not understand 
why we need TV Marti.
  And then last year or the year before, if my colleagues will recall, 
at a major cost, which we still do not really know how much it costs, 
but it was a lot of money, we were told that if we move Radio and TV 
Marti's offices to Miami, somehow it would be closer and the signal 
would be better or the quality of the work would be better or the 
employee pool would be better. I do not know what would be better, but 
we did it, and here we are again with the same situation: Nothing is 
working.
  Now we are told it is UHF. Now that is interesting. UHF versus VHF 
versus cable channels; come on, this is a waste of time. What are we 
going to do? Now next year, when we fail again at it, we are going to 
say we now broadcast in 3-dimensional color and stereophonic sound, the 
message will get across. The fact of life is that this is another 
example of a miserable, misguided and totally improper policy on the 
part of this country.
  Mr. Chairman, if we really want to get closer to the Cuban people, 
why do we not do what we did with the Soviet Union and other people? We 
never stopped listening to their classical music. We never stopped 
sending them our jazz and our rock and roll. We never stopped watching 
their artists perform here. But with Cuba our desire is to totally 
isolate them, isolate them until they come here begging for mercy and 
screaming Uncle Sam.
  Mr. Chairman, it is not working, and now we heard the gentleman from 
Florida, a dear friend of ours, say that the regime, as he calls it, 
moments are dwindling down to a few. I have been hearing this for 38 
years, so I do not know what the few is that we are talking about.
  My colleagues, the Skaggs amendment, which I speak on behalf of and 
in favor of, is a good amendment. It is a fiscally sound amendment. The 
gentleman from Colorado has to be commended for the fact that year 
after year he is courageous enough to stand on this floor, suspecting 
what the outcome of the vote may be, as others do, but knowing that 
this is the right thing to do, to say that TV Marti is a waste of time, 
a waste of dollars, and a bad policy.
  Now anyone who is in the TV business or who understands electronics 
will tell us that this approach serves no purpose because if indeed the 
Government in Cuba wants to jam the signal, some people have told me 
that we could jam the UHF signal much easier than we can any other 
signal. So we are just buying into it.
  Now, like I said before, we moved the offices to Miami, and that did 
not work. I do not think we will be able to move them next year to 
Havana so that we can get a closer signal into the island.
  Please, if we sound somewhat sarcastic, it is because this is 
ridiculous. But I would urge very much for my colleagues to defeat this 
amendment and to bring back some sanity to this policy.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SERRANO. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Just a point about CNN.
  Of course the gentleman understands that for CNN one needs a 
satellite, and satellite dishes are illegal in Cuba, and therefore the 
average Cuban cannot see a satellite transmission of CNN because they 
do not have satellite dishes.
  Mr. SERRANO. That is not true, and I am sorry to say that. CNN 
happens to have been seen in Cuba year after year after year. It is 
that way that the Cuban people get information about us.
  No. 2, as the gentleman knows, before CNN could go to Cuba, it had to 
get an OK from certain segments of the Cuban/American community that 
they are doing----
  Mr. MENENDEZ. If the gentleman would yield so I can deal with his 
comment, the fact of the matter is in the fine hotels of Cuba, in which 
people who are Cubans cannot go to, yes, a satellite opportunity is 
there, and those who may work there receive it, but the average Cuban 
cannot.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Serrano] 
has expired.
  (On request of Mr. Skaggs, and by unanimous consent, Mr. Serrano was 
allowed to proceed for an additional minute.)
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, my comment to the gentleman from New 
Jersey is that no matter how we strike it, the fact of life is that CNN 
is seen, has been seen and will be seen much more than TV Marti, and it 
is wasted money, American dollars, is seen at this moment. And second, 
since we are talking about fiscal austerity in this House, CNN is 
probably financed. TV Marti comes out of my tax dollars and my 
constituents' tax dollars, and I know the gentleman can make a better 
argument for some expenditures rather than TV Marti.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Serrano] 
has expired.
  (On request of Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and by unanimous consent, Mr. 
Serrano was allowed to proceed for 2 additional minutes.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SERRANO. I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, my colleague brings up CNN, which is 
totally ludicrous because the Cuban people are denied the basic food by 
the Castro regime, he saves that for the tourists. CNN is broadcast in 
the tourist hotels which by law the Cuban people cannot use. They 
cannot use those pools, they cannot use the beaches by law. My 
colleague is speaking about a broadcast that does not reach the Cuban 
people, but I think the gentleman would be interested in knowing how 
the journalists, including CNN, are treated in Cuba and this just came 
through the wire today, and I will read it, the Reuter story.
  Communist-ruled Cuba, whose own media is state-controlled, has 
introduced new regulations for foreign media, including a stipulation 
that accredited foreign journalists must be objective in their 
reporting. And this is by Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina, one of 
Castro's thugs. So he has now a form for these foreign journalists to 
fill out, and I say to the gentleman who supports freedom for 
journalist to please speak about this.
  I would love to yield to my distinguished colleague to have him react 
to how the Cuban regime treats journalists in Cuba.
  Mr. SERRANO. It is my time, and first of all it is nice to hear the 
gentlewoman quote statements that she has no facts to back up. The last 
one, well I am sure CNN will deal with that issue and I am very 
confident that CNN will get their way in doing what they have to do. 
That is why they are there, that is why the community in Miami accepted 
CNN and the Government accepted CNN, the fact that CNN will be unbiased 
and will report properly, and I have no problems with CNN telling me 
what is going on in Cuba because it will tell me what is bad about 
Cuba, but I suspect for the first time CNN may tell me there are some 
good things in Cuba which we have never been told by any of the Miami 
journalists.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SERRANO. I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Would the gentleman please react to this new 
directive by Castro's thug, Mr. Robaina, who wants new regulations for 
foreign media?

                              {time}  1645

  Mr. SERRANO. Well, we have regulations about how the media behaves in 
this country.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Oh, so we are similar to Castro's Cuba, I see.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, we are not. The Foreign Minister has made 
a statement, I am sure CNN will deal with it. I will be the first one 
to say that CNN has all the rights available to them.
  Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the 
requisite number of words.
  Mr. Chairman, in about 45 minutes I will be going back to the 
Committee on National Security, where we will be

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putting together the personnel portion of the national defense bill for 
next year. I will hear the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Buyer], the 
chairman of the committee, say that we cannot fulfill the pledge to our 
military retirees that they will be given health care for life, a 
pledge that was made to them on the day they enlisted and a pledge that 
was actually in Army recruiting brochures all the way into 1993, 
because we do not have enough money.
  My colleague from Indiana will say that we cannot fund the youth 
challenge program run by the National Guard that takes high school 
dropouts, who in all probability would have ended up in the prison 
system, runs them through a 20-week boot camp-like environment in a 
number of States across the Nation, and has a 99-percent success ratio 
of taking these kids who would have gone to prison and getting them in 
school, getting them a GED, getting them a job, and in many instances 
they join the Armed Forces. Some of them do all three: Become a 
reservist, go to school, and get a job upon graduation. A 99-percent 
success ratio. That will be cut by $30 million because my Republican 
colleague will say we do not have enough money.
  There will be 13,000 U.S. marines, airmen, soldiers, and sailors who 
this year will be able to apply for and receive food stamps because 
they do not make enough money from the pay that we give them, and yet 
they will only get a 2.8-percent increase. Now, if one is a Congressman 
or a President, 2.8 percent of one's salary is a lot of money. But if 
you are an E-1 or an E-2 or an E-3 or an E-4, and over half of all of 
the United States marines are E-4 or below, 2.8-percent of the very 
small salary you have is a minuscule pay raise. It is about $20 or $30 
a month. This is an additional box of Pampers for one of your children.
  Mr. Chairman, we are going to be told we cannot help our own, but we 
can spend $10 million to broadcast a signal that is jammed, going into 
a country that has daily trade relations with Mexico, the same folks 
who a couple of years ago my colleagues on the other side said we 
should open our borders to through NAFTA, the same folks my colleagues 
on the other side said we ought to send our factories to through NAFTA.
  If I recall, just about 2 years ago right now on this same House 
floor we heard people denounce great programs like ``Sesame Street,'' 
great programs like ``Mr. Rogers,'' about the only thing on television 
that is worthwhile for a child to watch, saying that the Government 
should not be in the business of educating children through television. 
Well, heck, if we are not about educating American kids through 
television, what on Earth are we doing trying to broadcast a signal to 
another country that has free relations with Mexico to the south of us, 
with Canada to the north of us, that is jammed, at the expense of $10 
million a year.
  If my colleagues do not know what to do with that $10 million, I have 
a bunch of high school dropouts that I can keep out of prison and make 
good soldiers out of. I have a bunch of military retirees that we can 
fulfill the promise of lifelong health care with that money. And I have 
about 13,000 U.S. marines, U.S. airmen, U.S. Navy personnel, U.S. Army 
personnel, that we could pay them a slightly better wage with that 
money, rather than the pittance and the food stamp-eligible wages they 
are getting now.
  The gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs] is merely saying that in a 
time when we are trying to reduce Federal spending, should we not 
prioritize what we have left on Americans? When my Republican 
colleagues say that there are some things that Government should not do 
because the private sector could do it better, well, maybe this is one 
of them, because obviously what we are doing as a nation is not 
working. And $10 million is a heck of a lot of money, could help a heck 
of a lot of young people stay out of prison, help a heck of a lot of 
military retirees get the health care that they deserve, or pay those 
fine young sailors who are at sea 180 days a year, fine young airmen 
who are away from their families a minimum of 120 days a year, or fine 
young soldiers who are away from their families a minimum of 160 days a 
year. Support the Skaggs amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida [Mr. Diaz-Balart] to the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs].
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.


                      Announcement by the Chairman

  Pursuant to House Resolution 159 and clause 2 of rule XXIII, the 
Chair announces that he may reduce to not less than 5 minutes the time 
for any electronic vote, if ordered, on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs], and on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] on which further proceedings 
were postponed.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 271, 
noes 155, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 159]

                               YEAS--271

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boyd
     Brady
     Brown (FL)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Clement
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Coyne
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     McNulty
     Meek
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Moran (KS)
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stearns
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     White
     Wicker
     Wise
     Wolf
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--155

     Abercrombie
     Allen
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Becerra
     Berman
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Conyers
     Costello
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Danner
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Fattah
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Frank (MA)
     Furse
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hefner

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     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hoekstra
     Hooley
     Jackson (IL)
     Johnson (WI)
     Kanjorski
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Markey
     Martinez
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Nadler
     Neal
     Neumann
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Parker
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Petri
     Pickett
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Woolsey
     Yates

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Andrews
     Farr
     Fazio
     Jefferson
     Lantos
     Pickering
     Pomeroy
     Schiff

                              {time}  1713

  Messrs. CHRISTENSEN, HALL of Texas, STENHOLM, BARTLETT of Maryland, 
HOEKSTRA, NADLER, and TIERNEY changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Mr. WYNN, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. 
HOLDEN changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment to the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs], as amended.
  The amendment, as amended, was agreed to.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Hamilton

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the request for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] 
on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 202, 
noes 224, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 160]

                               AYES--202

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     John
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NOES--224

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Andrews
     Becerra
     Farr
     Jefferson
     Lantos
     Martinez
     Pickering
     Schiff

                              {time}  1723

  Mrs. KELLY and Mr. CALLAHAN changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there further amendments to title XI?


              Amendment Offered by Mr. Smith of New Jersey

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Smith of New Jersey:
       Page 96, lines 8 and 9, strike $334,655,000'' both places 
     it appears and insert ``$344,655,000'' and ``$341,655,000'' 
     respectively.
       Page 96, lines 21 and 22, strike ``30,000,000'' both places 
     it appears and insert ``40,000,000'' and ``33,000,000'' 
     respectively.
       Page 96, lines 24 and 25, strike ``10,000,000'' both places 
     it appears and insert ``$30,000,000''.
       Add at the end of Title XI:

     SEC.  .

       (a) It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
     broadcasting through Radio Free Asia and Voice of America 
     increase to continuous, 24-hour broadcasting in Mandarin, 
     Cantonese, Tibetan, and that broadcasting in additional 
     Chinese dialects be increased.
       (b) Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the President 
     shall report to the Congress on a plan to achieve continuous 
     broadcasting in Asia.

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask 
unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed 
in the Record.

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  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New Jersey?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, this amendment--which I 
believe should have and will get the support of a very large, 
bipartisan number of Members of this House--would boost the amount of 
money for Radio Free Asia by $40 million to provide for 24-hour 
broadcasting. That is the hope here.
  We will soon be voting on the very contentious issue of most-favored-
nation status for China. There are many, many good Members who care 
deeply about human rights in China who will take a different position 
than I take, and others like me who believe that we ought to link MFN 
to human rights. This amendment is something on which we can come 
together and have a consensus. This is an area, with regard to human 
rights and freedom broadcasting, where I believe we can all come 
together and say: Let us be absolutely serious about getting the 
message of freedom into China and into some of the other countries 
where freedom does not flourish.
  As I think Members know, Radio Free Asia was authorized in 1994. It 
was finally up and running as of last year. We have provided $10 
million per year in the bill for new broadcasting to China, Vietnam, 
Korea, Tibet, and Burma. And soon, I am happy to say, we will be in 
Laos and Cambodia as well. These efforts are very, very popular among 
those who care about democracy.
  This new money would allow, as I indicated earlier, 24-hour-a-day 
broadcasting. Currently we are only broadcasting 8 hours a day. And 
again this is surrogate broadcasting. This is giving people information 
about what is going on in their own country. We all know that under the 
Communist dictatorship in China, and in some of these other countries, 
the flow of information is largely circumscribed by the government. 
This amendment gives us an opportunity to get the information into the 
country. Surrogate broadcasting has been very successful where it has 
been used.

                              {time}  1730

  Now, let us be deadly serious about Radio Free Asia. This amendment 
has the strong support of many, including the Speaker. After his recent 
trip to China, he came back very much energized about this Congress 
doing more. We ought to do more. This amendment will do that.
  In terms of where the money comes from, our bill is about $200 
million below the administration request. That is where the money comes 
from. So we are meeting our targets there. Matter of fact, I, along 
with some of the Members on the other side of the aisle, would like to 
see some of the other accounts beefed up--and I am looking at the 
gentleman from California, [Mr. Berman] because we have worked together 
on some of these issues in the past, and we will do so again as we move 
to conference. So this amendment would be fully funded.
  Having said that, I do hope we will have broad bipartisan support for 
this.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith].
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there further amendments to title XI?
  If not, the Clerk will designate title XII.
  The text of title XII is as follows:
       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 may pay a reward to any individual who 
     furnishes information leading to--
       ``(A) the arrest or conviction in any country of any 
     individual for the commission of an act of international 
     terrorism against a United States person or United States 
     property;
       ``(B) the arrest or conviction in any country of any 
     individual conspiring or attempting to commit an act of 
     international terrorism against a United States person or 
     United States property;
       ``(C) the arrest or conviction in any country of any 
     individual for committing, primarily outside the territorial 
     jurisdiction of the United States, any narcotics-related 
     offense if that offense involves or is a significant part of 
     conduct that involves--
       ``(i) a violation of United States narcotics laws and which 
     is such that the individual would be a major violator of such 
     laws; or
       ``(ii) the killing or kidnapping of--
       ``(I) any officer, employee, or contract employee of the 
     United States Government while such individual is engaged in 
     official duties, or on account of that individual's official 
     duties, in connection with the enforcement of United States 
     narcotics laws or the implementing of United States narcotics 
     control objectives; or
       ``(II) a member of the immediate family of any such 
     individual on account of that individual's official duties, 
     in connection with the enforcement of United States narcotics 
     laws or the implementing of United States narcotics control 
     objectives; or
       ``(iii) an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the acts 
     described in clause (i) or (ii); or
       ``(D) the arrest or conviction in any country of any 
     individual aiding or abetting in the commission of an act 
     described in subparagraphs (A) through (C); or
       ``(E) the prevention, frustration, or favorable resolution 
     of an act described in subparagraphs (A) through (C).
       ``(c) Coordination.--(1) To ensure that the payment of 
     rewards pursuant to this section does not duplicate or 
     interfere with the payment of informants or the obtaining of 
     evidence or information, as authorized to the Department of 
     Justice, the offering, administration, and payment of rewards 
     under this section, including procedures for--
       ``(A) identifying individuals, organizations, and offenses 
     with respect to which rewards will be offered;
       ``(B) the publication of rewards;
       ``(C) offering of joint rewards with foreign governments;
       ``(D) the receipt and analysis of data; and
       ``(E) the payment and approval of payment,

     shall be governed by procedures developed by the Secretary of 
     State, in consultation with the Attorney General.
       ``(2) Before making a reward under this section in a matter 
     over which there is Federal criminal jurisdiction, the 
     Secretary of State shall advise and consult with the Attorney 
     General.
       ``(d) Funding.--(1) There is authorized to be appropriated 
     to the Department of State from time to time such amounts as 
     may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, 
     notwithstanding section 102 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Public Law 99-
     93).
       ``(2) No amount of funds may be appropriated which, when 
     added to the amounts previously appropriated but not yet 
     obligated, would cause such amounts to exceed $15,000,000.
       ``(3) To the maximum extent practicable, funds made 
     available to carry out this section should be distributed 
     equally for the purpose of preventing acts of international 
     terrorism and for the purpose of preventing international 
     narcotics trafficking.
       ``(4) Amounts appropriated to carry out the purposes of 
     this section shall remain available until expended.
       ``(e) 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 paying any 
     reward under this section, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
     with respect to such reward. The report, which may be 
     submitted on a classified basis if necessary, shall specify 
     the amount of the reward paid, to whom the reward was paid, 
     and the acts with respect to which the reward was paid. The 
     report shall also discuss the significance of the information 
     for which the reward was paid in dealing with those acts.

[[Page H3323]]

       ``(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.
       ``(h) Publication Regarding Rewards Offered by Foreign 
     Governments.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     section, at the sole discretion of the Secretary of State the 
     resources of the rewards program authorized by this section, 
     shall be available for the publication of rewards offered by 
     foreign governments regarding acts of international terrorism 
     which do not involve United States persons or property or a 
     violation of the narcotics laws of the United States.
       ``(i) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       ``(1) the term `appropriate congressional committees' means 
     the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate;
       ``(2) the term `act of international terrorism' includes, 
     but is not limited to--
       ``(A) any act substantially contributing to the acquisition 
     of unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as defined in 
     section 830(8) of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 
     1994) or any nuclear explosive device (as defined in section 
     830(4) of that Act) by an individual, group, or non-nuclear 
     weapon state (as defined in section 830(5) of that Act); and
       ``(B) any act, as determined by the Secretary of State, 
     which materially supports the conduct of international 
     terrorism, including the counterfeiting of United States 
     currency or the illegal use of other monetary instruments by 
     an individual, group, or country supporting international 
     terrorism as determined for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
     Export Administration Act of 1979;
       ``(3) the term `United States narcotics laws' means the 
     laws of the United States for the prevention and control of 
     illicit traffic in controlled substances (as such term is 
     defined for purposes of the Controlled Substances Act); and
       ``(4) the term `member of the immediate family' includes--
       ``(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child of the 
     individual;
       ``(B) a person to whom the individual stands in loco 
     parentis; and
       ``(C) any other person living in the individual's household 
     and related to the individual by blood or marriage.
       ``(j) Determinations of the Secretary.--A determination 
     made by the Secretary of State under this section shall be 
     final and conclusive and shall not be subject to judicial 
     review.''.
       (b) Use of Earnings From Frozen Assets for Program.--
       (1) Amounts to be made available.--Up to 2 percent of the 
     earnings accruing, during periods beginning October 1, 1998, 
     on all assets of foreign countries blocked by the President 
     pursuant to the International Emergency Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1701 and following) shall be available, subject to 
     appropriations Acts, to carry out section 36 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act, as amended by this section, 
     except that the limitation contained in subsection (d)(2) of 
     such section shall not apply to amounts made available under 
     this paragraph.
       (2) Control of funds by the president.--The President is 
     authorized and directed to take possession and exercise full 
     control of so much of the earnings described in paragraph (1) 
     as are made available under such paragraph.

     SEC. 1202. CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.

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

     SEC. 1203. REDUCTION OF REPORTING.

       (a) Report on Foreign Service Personnel in Each Agency.--
     Section 601(c)(4) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4001(c)(4)) is repealed.
       (b) Report on Participation by U.S. Military Personnel 
     Abroad in U.S. Elections.--Section 101(b)(6) of the Uniformed 
     and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1973ff(b)(6)) is amended by striking ``of voter 
     participation'' and inserting ``of uniformed services voter 
     participation, a general assessment of overseas nonmilitary 
     participation,''.
       (c) Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade 
     Practices.--Section 2202 of the Omnibus Trade and 
     Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4711) is repealed.
       (d) Annual Report on Social and Economic Growth.--Section 
     574 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-107) is 
     repealed.
       (e) Report.--Section 308 of the Chemical and Biological 
     Weapons and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (22 U.S.C. 5606) 
     is repealed.

     SEC. 1204. CONTRACTING FOR LOCAL GUARDS SERVICES OVERSEAS.

       Section 136(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 4864(c)) is amended--
       (1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:
       ``(3) in evaluating proposals for such contracts, award 
     contracts to the technically acceptable firm offering the 
     lowest evaluated price, except that proposals of United 
     States persons and qualified United States joint venture 
     persons (as defined in subsection (d)) shall be evaluated by 
     reducing the bid price by 5 percent;'';
       (2) by inserting ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
       (3) by striking ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (6) and 
     inserting a period; and
       (4) by striking paragraph (7).

     SEC. 1205. PREADJUDICATION OF CLAIMS.

       Section 4(a) of the International Claims Settlement Act (22 
     U.S.C. 1623(a)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence by striking ``1948, or'' and 
     inserting ``1948,'';
       (2) by inserting before the period at the end of the first 
     sentence ``, or included in a category of claims against a 
     foreign government which is referred to the Commission by the 
     Secretary of State''; and
       (3) in paragraph (1) by striking ``the applicable'' and 
     inserting ``any applicable''.

     SEC. 1206. EXPENSES RELATING TO CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS 
                   AND PROCEEDINGS.

       (a) Recovery of Certain Expenses.--The Department of State 
     Appropriation Act of 1937 (49 Stat. 1321, 22 U.S.C. 2661) 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. 1207. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEE ACCOUNT AND PROVIDING FOR 
                   PASSPORT INFORMATION SERVICES.

       (a) Disposition of Fees.--Amounts collected by the 
     Department of State pursuant to section 281 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1351), section 1 of 
     the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214), section 16 
     of the Act of August 18, 1856 (22 U.S.C. 4219), and section 
     9701 of title 31, United States Code, shall be deposited in a 
     special fund of the Treasury.
       (b) Use of Funds.--Subject to subsections (d) and (e), 
     amounts collected and deposited in the special fund in the 
     Treasury pursuant to subsection (a) shall be available to the 
     extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
     appropriations Acts for the following purposes:
       (1) To pay all necessary expenses of the Department of 
     State and the Foreign Service, including expenses authorized 
     by the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
       (2) Representation to certain international organizations 
     in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties 
     ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 
     specific Acts of Congress.
       (3) Acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger motor 
     vehicles as authorized by section 1343 of title 31, United 
     States Code, section 201(c) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(c)), and 
     section 7 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2674).
       (4) Expenses of general administration of the Department of 
     State.
       (5) To carry out the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 
     (22 U.S.C. 292-300) and the Diplomatic Security Construction 
     Program as authorized by title IV of the Omnibus Diplomatic 
     Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4851).
       (c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts collected and deposited 
     in the special fund pursuant to subsection (a) are authorized 
     to remain available until expended.
       (d) Limitation.--For any fiscal year, any amount deposited 
     in the special fund under subsection (a) that exceeds 
     $455,000,000 is authorized to be made available only if a 
     notification is submitted in compliance with the procedures 
     applicable to a reprogramming of funds under section 34 of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
       (e) Passport Information Services.--For each of the fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999, $5,000,000 of the amounts available in 
     the fund shall be available only for the purpose of providing 
     passport information without charge to citizens of the United 
     States, including--
       (1) information about who is eligible to receive a United 
     States passport and how and where to apply;
       (2) information about the status of pending applications; 
     and
       (3) names, addresses, and telephone numbers of State and 
     Federal officials who are authorized to provide passport 
     information in cooperation with the Department of State.

     SEC. 1208. ESTABLISHMENT OF MACHINE READABLE FEE ACCOUNT.

       Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6);

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       (2) by striking paragraph (5);
       (3) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) Amounts collected under the authority of paragraph 
     (1) shall be deposited in a special fund of the Treasury.
       ``(3) Subject to paragraph (5), fees deposited in the 
     special fund pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be available to 
     the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
     appropriations Acts for 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).
       ``(4) Amounts deposited pursuant to paragraph (2) shall 
     remain available for obligation until expended.
       ``(5) For any fiscal year, any amount collected pursuant to 
     the authority of paragraph (1) that exceeds $140,000,000 is 
     authorized to be made available only if a notification is 
     submitted in compliance with the procedures applicable to a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 34 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.''.

     SEC. 1209. RETENTION OF ADDITIONAL DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS 
                   REGISTRATION FEES.

       Section 45(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717(a)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$700,000 of the'' and inserting ``all'';
       (2) at the end of paragraph (1) by striking ``and'';
       (3) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking ``functions'' and inserting ``functions, 
     including compliance and enforcement activities,''; and
       (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     and''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (3):
       ``(3) the enhancement of defense trade export compliance 
     and enforcement activities to include compliance audits of 
     United States and foreign parties, the conduct of 
     administrative proceedings, end-use monitoring of direct 
     commercial arms sales and transfer, and cooperation in 
     criminal proceedings related to defense trade export 
     controls.''.

     SEC. 1210. TRAINING.

       (a) Institute for 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 paragraph (3) of subsection (d) the 
     following new subsections:
       ``(e)(1) The Secretary of State may, in the discretion of 
     the Secretary, provide appropriate training and related 
     services through the institution to employees of United 
     States companies engaged in business abroad, and to the 
     families of such employees.
       ``(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 and related 
     services 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 available 
     applicable appropriation account.
       ``(4) Training and related services 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 training programs to Members of Congress 
     or the judiciary.
       ``(2) Congressional staff members and employees of the 
     judiciary may participate on a reimbursable, space-available 
     basis in training programs offered by the institution.
       ``(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 of 
     State and of other agencies in the field of foreign 
     relations.''.
       (b) Fees for Use of National Foreign Affairs Training 
     Center.--The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
     (22 U.S.C. 2669 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 
     52 the following new section:

     ``SEC. 53. FEES FOR USE OF THE NATIONAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
                   TRAINING CENTER.

       ``The Secretary is authorized to charge a fee for use of 
     the National Foreign Affairs Training Center Facility of the 
     Department of State. Funds collected under the authority of 
     this section, including reimbursements, surcharges, and fees, 
     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.''.

     SEC. 1211. FEE FOR USE OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOMS.

       The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
     U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding after section 53 
     (as added by section 1210(b)) the following new section:

     ``SEC. 54. FEE FOR USE OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOMS.

       ``The Secretary of State is authorized to charge a fee for 
     use of the diplomatic reception rooms of the Department of 
     State. Amounts collected under the authority of this section 
     (including any reimbursements and surcharges) 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.''.

     SEC. 1212. 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: ``Funds deposited under this 
     subsection shall remain available for obligation until 
     expended.''.

     SEC. 1213. BUDGET PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS.

       The Secretary of State shall include in the annual 
     Congressional Presentation Document and the Budget in Brief, 
     a detailed accounting of the total collections received by 
     the Department of State from all sources, including fee 
     collections. Reporting on total collections shall also 
     include the previous year's collection and the projected 
     expenditures from all collections accounts.

     SEC. 1214. GRANTS TO OVERSEAS EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.

       Section 29 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2701) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     where the children of United States citizen employees of an 
     agency of the United States Government who are stationed 
     outside the United States attend educational facilities 
     assisted by the Department of State under this section, such 
     agency is authorized to make grants to, or otherwise to 
     reimburse or credit with advance payment, the Department of 
     State for funds used in providing assistance to such 
     educational facilities.''.

     SEC. 1215. GRANTS TO REMEDY INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.

       (a) Grant Authority.--Section 7 of the International Child 
     Abduction Remedies Act (42 U.S.C. 11606; Public Law 100-300) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Grant Authority.--The United States Central Authority 
     is authorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts or 
     agreements with, any individual, corporation, other Federal, 
     State, or local agency, or private entity or organization in 
     the United States for purposes of accomplishing its 
     responsibilities under the convention and this Act.''.

       CHAPTER 2--CONSULAR AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     SEC. 1241. USE OF CERTAIN PASSPORT PROCESSING FEES FOR 
                   ENHANCED PASSPORT SERVICES.

       For each of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, 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), 30 percent shall be 
     available only for enhancing passport services for United 
     States citizens, improving the integrity and efficiency of 
     the passport issuance process, improving the secure nature of 
     the United States passport, investigating passport fraud, and 
     deterring entry into the United States by terrorists, drug 
     traffickers, or other criminals.

     SEC. 1242. CONSULAR OFFICERS.

       (a) Persons Authorized To Issue Reports of Birth Abroad.--
     Section 33 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2705) is amended in paragraph (2) by 
     inserting ``(or any United States citizen employee of the 
     Department of State designated by the Secretary of State to 
     adjudicate nationality abroad pursuant to such regulations as 
     the Secretary may prescribe)'' after ``consular officer''.
       (b) Provisions Applicable to Consular Officers.--Section 
     1689 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (22 U.S.C. 
     4191), is amended by inserting ``and to such other United 
     States citizen employees of the Department of State as may be 
     designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to such 
     regulations as the Secretary may prescribe'' after ``such 
     officers''.
       (c) Persons Authorized to Authenticate Foreign Documents.--
     Section 3492(c) of title 18, 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, 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).''.

     SEC. 1243. REPEAL OF OUTDATED CONSULAR RECEIPT REQUIREMENTS.

       Sections 1726, 1727, and 1728 of the Revised Statutes of 
     the United States (22 U.S.C. 4212, 4213, and 4214) 
     (concerning accounting for consular fees) are repealed.

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     SEC. 1244. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATE PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Federal Register Publication of Travel Advisories.--
     Section 44908(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
       (b) Publication in the Federal Register of Travel 
     Advisories Concerning Security at Foreign Ports.--Section 
     908(a) of the International Maritime and Port Security Act of 
     1986 (Public Law 99-399; 100 Stat. 891; 46 U.S.C. App. 
     1804(a)) is amended by striking the second sentence.

                   CHAPTER 3--REFUGEES AND MIGRATION

     SEC. 1261. 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 Secretary of State 
     shall include in the monthly report to Congress entitled 
     ``Update on Monitoring of Cuban Migrant Returnees'' 
     additional information 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 returned to 
     Cuba pursuant to the United States-Cuba agreement of May 
     1995.

     SEC. 1262. REPROGRAMMING OF MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
                   FUNDS.

       Section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(c) Emergency Waiver of Notification Requirement.--The 
     Secretary of State may waive the notification requirement of 
     subsection (a), if the Secretary determines that failure to 
     do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or 
     welfare. In the case of any waiver under this subsection, 
     notification to the appropriate congressional committees 
     shall be provided as soon as practicable, but not later than 
     3 days after taking the action to which the notification 
     requirement was applicable, and shall contain an explanation 
     of the emergency circumstances.''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any amendments to title XII?


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. BACHUS

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Bachus:
       At the end of chapter 1 of title XII (relating to 
     Department of State authorities and activities) insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 1221. REPORT ON OVERSEAS SURPLUS PROPERTIES.

       (A) Report to Congress.--Not later than March 1 of each 
     year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Congress a 
     report listing overseas United States surplus properties for 
     sale.
       (b) Use of Funds Received From Sale of Overseas Surplus 
     Properties.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     amounts received by the United States from the sale of any 
     overseas United States surplus property shall be deposited in 
     the Treasury of the United States to be used to reduce the 
     deficit.

  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, I have heard my colleagues here today talk 
about saving $10 million and saving $30 million and making priorities, 
and I commend them for that. This amendment will save the taxpayers of 
the United States, the American people, as much as a half a billion 
dollars. We are not talking about $10 million, we are not talking about 
$20 million.
  Mr. Chairman, today our Government, the State Department, owns over 1 
billion, well, actually, over $10 billion, and I keep missing that, it 
is more than that, it is $100 billion in property overseas. Of that, as 
much as $1 billion is considered to be excess surplus property. This 
includes an orange grove in Morocco that is being used by the King of 
Morocco; it includes a $12 million mansion in Bermuda that our State 
Department says is ostentatious, to use their own inspector general's 
words; in Tanzania they have closed our post there but we still own the 
property. A billion dollars' worth of surplus property out there.
  Now, this Congress has sort of dabbled in this. They have tried to 
address this and they have asked the State Department to form a panel 
to make some recommendations, but I would say to this body that we do 
not need a recommendation on this $467 million that the State 
Department 2 years ago already told this Congress was unneeded, 
unnecessary surplus land.
  What my amendment does, it says that by March 1 they will list all of 
this land and that they will start selling this surplus property and 
that those savings will go into the deficit.
  Now, there may be some Member here that says, well, if they sell this 
surplus, unnecessary, unused property, why do we not let them keep the 
money. I would say that that would be giving them money that they do 
not need. They come before this Congress, and if they need $4 million 
to build a building in Germany, then they ask for an appropriation. 
Last year we gave the State Department over $400 million to build new 
buildings and to buy property in foreign countries and we are 
appropriating a like amount this year.
  This is surplus property. This is property that should go back to the 
deficit. It ought to be used by Americans. It ought to be used here at 
home. We do not need an orange grove used by the King of Morocco, we do 
not need a $12 million mansion that the State Department says is 
unneeded and is a luxury we cannot afford in these days of a budget 
crisis. We need to really set our priorities. We need to get serious 
about this.
  When we talk about our soldiers, our enlisted men that may not get a 
2.8-percent raise, we are talking about millions of dollars, but here 
we are talking about saving $1 billion. I would much rather sell some 
land that this Government owns in Bangkok, which is not being used, 
that they have had for 8 or 9 years, and give that money for something 
worthy; either return it to the taxpayers, pay it on the deficit or 
apply it to things that the American people really need.
  I can continue to go down this list. I can continue to cite examples, 
but I would say this to the Members. We asked the GAO to review this 
thing 2 years ago and to report back to us, and they have come back and 
in this report they have said that the State Department, by their own 
admission, has 460 million dollars' worth of surplus land and property.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly rise in 
opposition to the amendment, and let me say that I have a deep respect 
for the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bachus] and I think he does a 
service in bringing this issue to the floor.
  I chair the subcommittee that oversees the State Department and we 
have held a hearing in which I have asked a number of questions that go 
right to the heart of this issue of these excess properties. I do 
believe that the Department of State should be more aggressive in the 
disposition of those properties that are either excessive or no longer 
needed.
  This provision is not necessary, however, because of the actions 
taken in the conference report for Commerce, Justice, and State 
Department appropriations for fiscal year 1997, in which the Department 
was directed to professionalize their asset management. The Department 
has set up a real estate advisory committee, bringing additional 
expertise on asset management, and the Department is committed to 
funding capital projects with assets from those sales.
  I would also point out, and I believe this very strongly, that 
changing the current law to have proceeds revert to the Treasury might 
act, however unwittingly, as a disincentive to the Department to 
dispose of those assets. So we would have an unintentional consequence 
as a result.
  Furthermore, the proceeds are used for facility maintenance, 
improvement, buildings and purchasing. This reduces the need for 
additional appropriations for this purpose.
  I appreciate again what the gentleman is attempting to do, and I 
would like to assure them that our subcommittee will be vigorous in its 
oversight. And just raising this issue again on this floor, and his 
amendment may indeed win, but even if he does not, he has done a 
service in bringing this issue and bringing some scrutiny and light to 
the issue.
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield to the gentleman from Alabama.
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, let me point out to this body that the 
State Department has been urged by this Congress to sell this property 
for 10 years, and from 1990 to 1995 they only sold about $150 million 
worth of property. The biggest piece of property that they sold, which 
was a $49 million piece of property in Singapore, they only sold 
because the Singapore government needed it for a road and actually 
condemned that land and compelled that sale. A $49 million piece of 
property in Singapore that our embassy did not need.

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  A residence costing $92 million in Japan, which we are using as a 
residence for one of our mission members over there. Ninety-two 
million. How do we say to the American people that we are housing some 
of our foreign operations people, that we are using a $92 million piece 
of property to house someone in the foreign ministry, yet we turn down 
requests for $10 million and $20 million here?
  The GAO said in that case that for $4 million, well, they actually 
said that they could convert property they already had for a residence 
for this gentleman, and yet he is still there.
  I would just simply say to the gentleman from New Jersey, and I 
identify with what he is saying, but I think what I am saying, and in 
Jerry McGuire's words, to the American people, either show me the 
money, show me the savings, or start another panel or start another 
committee or study this thing a little more. This is obviously a luxury 
the American people do not want, they cannot afford, they have never 
requested, and it is time for action.
  It is time for a yes vote on my amendment, and it will save, I would 
say, a billion dollars that will go to deficit reduction, money that 
the taxpayers will not have to use to pay their hard-earned taxes in to 
go to pay interest on the deficit.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bachus].
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote, and 
pending that, I make a point of order that a quorum is not present.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 159, further proceedings 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bachus] 
will be postponed.
  The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there further amendments to title XII?


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. HEFLEY

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Hefley:
       At the end of chapter 1 of title XII (relating to 
     Department of State authorities and activities) insert the 
     following new section and amend the table of contents 
     accordingly):

     SEC. 1221. NOTIFICATION OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY DIPLOMATS.

       Title II of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.; commonly referred to as the 
     ``Foreign Missions Act'') is amended by inserting after 
     section 204A the following:

     ``SEC. 204B. CRIMES COMMITTED BY DIPLOMATS.

       ``(a) Records.--(1) The Secretary of State shall develop 
     and maintain records on each incident in which an individual 
     with immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the United 
     States under the Vienna Convention who the Secretary 
     reasonably believes has committed a serious criminal offense 
     within the United States which was not subject to the 
     criminal jurisdiction of the United States. Each such record 
     shall include--
       ``(A) the identity of such individual;
       ``(B) the nature of the offense committed by such 
     individual, including whether against property or persons;
       ``(C) whether such offense involved reckless driving or 
     driving while intoxicated; and
       ``(D) the number and nature of all other criminal offenses 
     committed in the United States by such individual.
       ``(2) The Secretary shall submit an annual report to the 
     Congress on the incidents occurring during the preceding 
     year. The report shall include the information maintained 
     under paragraph (1) together with information under section 
     1706(a).
       ``(b) Education and Encouragement of Local Law Enforcement 
     Individuals.--The Secretary shall take such steps as may be 
     necessary--
       ``(1) to educate local law enforcement officials on the 
     extent of the immunity from criminal jurisdiction provided to 
     members of a foreign mission, and family members of such 
     members, under the Vienna Convention; and
       ``(2) to encourage local law enforcement officials to fully 
     investigate, charge, and prosecute, to the extent consistent 
     with immunity from criminal jurisdiction under the Vienna 
     Convention, any member of a foreign mission, and any family 
     member of such a member, who commits a serious criminal 
     offense within the United States.
       ``(c) Interference With Local Prosecutions.--No officer or 
     employee of the Department of State may interfere with any 
     investigation, charge, or prosecution by a State or local 
     government of--
       ``(1) an alien who is a member of a foreign mission,
       ``(2) a family member of an alien described in subparagraph 
     (A), or
       ``(3) any other alien, not covered by immunity from the 
     criminal jurisdiction of the United States under the Vienna 
     Convention.
       ``(d) Notification of diplomatic Corps.--The Secretary 
     shall notify the members of each foreign mission of United 
     States policies relating to criminal offenses (particularly 
     crimes of violence) committed by such members, and the family 
     members of such members, including the policy of obtaining 
     criminal indictments, requiring such members to leave the 
     country, and declaring such members persona non grata.
       ``(e) Vienna Convention.--For the purposes of this section, 
     the term `Vienna Convention means the Vienna Convention on 
     Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961 (TIAS numbered 7502; 
     23 UST 3227), entered into force with respect to the United 
     States on December 13, 1972.''.

  Mr. HEFLEY (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Colorado?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, today, I rise to offer an amendment to H.R. 
1757, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, that would help stop 
what happened on January 3, 1997, when a Georgian diplomat caused a 
horrible five-car crash at DuPont Circle that killed Miss Joviane 
Waltrick.
  As I am sure all of us remember, late in the evening of January 3, a 
Ford Taurus, which police say was traveling up to 80 miles an hour, 
plowed into an intersection in DuPont Circle here in this town and 
caused a fatal car accident. A 16-year-old, Joviane Waltrick, died when 
a car hit by the Taurus catapulted into her Volkswagen. The accident 
was caused by this Georgian diplomat who could have escaped prosecution 
because he enjoyed diplomatic immunity. But Georgia's President took 
the unusual step and courageous step of waiving the diplomatic 
immunity.
  When this happened, my immediate reaction was that, by golly, when we 
have capital crimes, serious crimes in this country, committed by 
diplomats, we ought to be able to prosecute those serious crimes. They 
should not be able to get off. But I found out it was much more 
complicated than that when we got into it to try to decide how to 
handle it.

                              {time}  1745

  And besides, there is a Vienna Convention which deals with this with 
other nations, and so we could not handle it quite that way. So we did 
not want to violate that Vienna Convention.
  Currently, there is an informal agreement between the State 
Department and local community police forces, and under this agreement, 
the local law enforcement agencies are to inform the State Department 
of every incident involving a diplomat. Often local police do inform 
the State Department and action is taken.
  Last year, 10 diplomats had their driver's licenses suspended. During 
the past 4 years, eight diplomats have been expelled for repeated drunk 
driving. But often, as was in the case of this Georgian diplomat who 
caused the death of Ms. Waltrick, the State Department is not informed.
  According to the State Department, the Georgian diplomat had prior 
instances with local police forces, which included running red lights 
and driving in excess of 80 miles per hour. I think there was some 
drunken driving. But through this whole informal agreement that broke 
down was that the State Department never knew of this diplomat's 
infractions until after the accident when the State Department started 
asking local law enforcement officials about him after the crash. Had 
they known, this might never have happened.
  In brief, my amendment would formalize the relationship between the 
State Department and the local police forces by having the local police 
forces report instances involving diplomats to the State Department; 
and, in turn, it would have the State Department notifying the 
offending embassy or mission of the offending diplomat's behavior.
  Probably the most important aspect of my amendment is that it would 
have the State Deparment take the necessary steps to educate local law 
enforcement officials as to the extent of immunity diplomats have, and 
would have the State Department encourage

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local law enforcement officials to fully investigate, charge, and 
prosecute, where they are able to under the Vienna Convention, any 
diplomat who commits a serious criminal offense within the United 
States.
  Mr. Chairman, this simply formalizes what we are doing already, and 
there is a breakdown in what we are doing already. We can save some 
lives, I think, and we can keep more people from getting off when they 
commit serious crimes in our country.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman from Colorado yield?
  Mr. HEFLEY. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I think my colleague has proposed a worthy 
amendment. The committee accepts the amendment.
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Hefley].
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any other amendments to title XII?


                    Amendments Offered by Mr. Gilman

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I offer several amendments and I ask 
unanimous consent that they be considered en bloc.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendments offered by Mr. Gilman:
       Page 120, strike line 11 and all that follows through line 
     18, and insert the following:
       (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 he may prescribe.''.
       Page 121, after line 17, insert the following:
       (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--
       (1) inserting ``or employee'' after ``officer''; and
       (2) inserting before the period at the end of the sentence 
     ``or, when used in title III, for the purpose of adjudicating 
     nationality''.
       (f) Training for Employees Performing Consular Functions.--
     Section 704 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
     4024) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(d) Prior to designation by the Secretary of State 
     pursuant to regulation to perform a consular function abroad, 
     a United States citizen employee (other than a diplomatic or 
     consular officer of the United States) shall be required to 
     complete successfully a program of training essentially 
     equivalent to the training that a consular officer who is a 
     member of the Foreign Service would receive for purposes of 
     performing such function and shall be certified by an 
     appropriate official of the Department of State to be 
     qualified by knowledge and experience to perform such 
     function. As used in this subsection, the term `consular 
     function' includes the issuance of visas, the performance of 
     notarial and other legalization functions, the adjudication 
     of passport applications, the adjudication of nationality, 
     and the issuance of citizenship documentation.''.


    section 1304--establishment of assistant secretary of state for 
                          diplomatic security

       On page 127 line 20 insert after security ``and 
     management''.


        section 1321--authorized strength of the foreign service

       On page 130 line 5 delete 1070 and insert in its place 
     1,210.
       On page 130 line 6 delete 140 and insert in its place 150.
       On page 130 line 17 delete 1065 and insert in its place 
     1,182.
       On page 130 line 18 delete 135 and insert in its place 147.
                                                                    ____

       Strike section 1702 of division B, page 163, line 3 to page 
     164, line 3, and insert the following new section (and 
     renumber the subsequent sections accordingly and conform the 
     table of contents accordingly).

     SEC. 1702. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                   INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF PERSONS IN DANGER OF 
                   SUBJECTION TO TORTURE.

       (a) Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United States 
     that the United States shall not expel, extradite, or 
     otherwise effect the involuntary return of any person to a 
     country in which there are substantial grounds for believing 
     that the person would be in danger of being subjected to 
     torture, regardless of whether the person is physically 
     present in the United States.
       (b) Definitions.--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 of such Convention.
       (c) Procedures.--Procedures shall be established to ensure 
     compliance with subsection (a) in the cases of aliens who are 
     arriving in the United States or who are physically present 
     in the United States and who are subject to removal.
       (d) Review and Construction.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, no court shall have jurisdiction to review 
     the procedures adopted to implement this section, and nothing 
     in this section shall be construed as providing any court 
     jurisdiction to review claims raised under the Convention or 
     this section, or any other determination made with respect to 
     the application of the policy set forth in subsection (a), 
     except as part of the review of a final order of removal 
     pursuant to section 242 of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act, as amended.
                                                                    ____

       Strike section 1712 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1712. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO RECOGNITION OF THE 
                   ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF 
                   TURKEY.

       It is the sense of Congress that the United States should 
     use its influence with the Turkish Government and as a 
     permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to 
     suggest that the Turkish Government--
       (1) recognize the Ecumenical Patriarchate and its 
     nonpolitical, religious mission;
       (2) ensure the continued maintenance of the institution's 
     physical security needs, as provided for under Turkish and 
     international law, including but not limited to, the Treaty 
     of Lausanne, the 1968 Protocol, the Helsinki Final Act 
     (1975), and the Charter of Paris;
       (3) provide for the proper protection and safety of the 
     Ecumenical Patriarch and Patriarchate personnel; and
       (4) reopen the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Halki Patriarchal 
     School of Theology.
       Page 183, line 1, strike ``cases and the'' and insert 
     ``cases through the provision of records and the unilateral 
     and joint''.

  Mr. GILMAN (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendments be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, the amendments that I have proposed have 
been cleared on both sides. There is an amendment by the gentleman from 
California [Mr. Berman] to allow non-Foreign Service Government 
employees who are U.S. citizens to perform consular functions.
  There is a technical amendment to the provisions setting out 
qualifications for the position of Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic 
Security. There is an amendment to change the authorized strength of 
the Foreign Service. There is an amendment by the gentleman from 
California [Mr. Lantos] to change the provision concerning return of 
persons to places they may be subject to torture. There is a technical 
amendment to language in the bill relative to the ecumenical 
patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey. There is a technical amendment by the 
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith].
  Mr. Chairman, that is the extent of the en bloc amendments, and I ask 
that they be adopted.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, we accept the en bloc amendments.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendments offered by the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman].
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any other amendments to title XII?
  The Clerk will designate title XIII.
  The text of title XIII is as follows:
  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(e) of the State Department 
     Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(e)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``In'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In''; and
       (2) by inserting at the end the following:
       ``(2) Coordinator for 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.

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       ``(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 adviser 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. ELIMINATION OF STATUTORY ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN 
                   POSITIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

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

     SEC. 1303. ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 
                   HUMAN RESOURCES.

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

     SEC. 1304. ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 
                   DIPLOMATIC SECURITY.

       Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) as amended by section 1303 is 
     further amended by adding after paragraph (3) the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(4) Assistant secretary for diplomatic security.--There 
     shall be in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary 
     for Diplomatic Security who shall be responsible to the 
     Secretary of State for matters relating to diplomatic 
     security. The Assistant Secretary shall have substantial 
     professional qualifications in the field of Federal law 
     enforcement, intelligence, or security.''.

     SEC. 1305. 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. 1306. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR BUREAU CHARGED WITH 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.

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

     SEC. 1321. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE.

       (a) End Fiscal Year 1998 Levels.--The number of members of 
     the Foreign Service authorized to be employed as of September 
     30, 1998--
       (1) for the Department of State, shall not exceed 8,700, of 
     whom not more than 750 shall be members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service;
       (2) for the United States Information Agency, shall not 
     exceed 1,000, of whom not more than 140 shall be members of 
     the Senior Foreign Service; and
       (3) for the Agency for International Development, not to 
     exceed 1070, of whom not more than 140 shall be members of 
     the Senior Foreign Service.
       (b) End Fiscal Year 1999 Levels.--The number of members of 
     the Foreign Service authorized to be employed as of September 
     30, 1999--
       (1) for the Department of State, shall not exceed 8,800, of 
     whom not more than 750 shall be members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service;
       (2) for the United States Information Agency, not to exceed 
     1,000 of whom not more than 140 shall be members of the 
     Senior Foreign Service; and
       (3) for the Agency for International Development, not to 
     exceed 1065 of whom not more than 135 shall be members of the 
     Senior Foreign Service.
       (c) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
     ``members of the Foreign Service'' is used within the meaning 
     of such term under section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C 3903), except that such term does not 
     include--
       (1) members of the Service under paragraphs (6) and (7) of 
     such section;
       (2) members of the Service serving under temporary resident 
     appointments abroad;
       (3) members of the Service employed on less than a full-
     time basis;
       (4) members of the Service subject to involuntary 
     separation in cases in which such separation has been 
     suspended pursuant to section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980; and
       (5) members of the Service serving under non-career limited 
     appointments.
       (d) Waiver Authority.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the 
     President may waive any limitation under subsection (a) or 
     (b) to the extent that such waiver is necessary to carry on 
     the foreign affairs functions of the United States.
       (2) Not less than 15 days before the President exercises a 
     waiver under paragraph (1), such agency head shall notify the 
     Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
     and the Chairman of the Committee on International Relations 
     of the House of Representatives. Such notice shall include an 
     explanation of the circumstances and necessity for such 
     waiver.

     SEC. 1322. 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 the preceding sentence shall 
     apply instead of Sunday.''; 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 the preceding sentence shall apply instead 
     of Sunday.''.

     SEC. 1323. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO SEPARATE CONVICTED 
                   FELONS FROM SERVICE.

       Section 610(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4010(a)(2)) is amended in the first sentence by 
     striking ``A member'' and inserting ``Except in the case of 
     an individual who has been convicted of a crime for which a 
     sentence of imprisonment of more than 1 year may be imposed, 
     a member''.

     SEC. 1324. CAREER COUNSELING.

       (a) In General.--Section 706(a) of the Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4026(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following sentence: ``Career counseling and related 
     services provided pursuant to this Act shall not be construed 
     to permit an assignment to training or to another assignment 
     that consists primarily of paid time to conduct a job search 
     and without other substantive duties, except that career 
     members of the Service who upon their separation are not 
     eligible to receive an immediate annuity and have not been 
     assigned to a post in the United States during the 12 months 
     prior to their separation from the Service may be permitted 
     up to 2 months of paid time to conduct a job search.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall be effective 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.

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     SEC. 1325. REPORT CONCERNING MINORITIES AND THE FOREIGN 
                   SERVICE.

       The Secretary of State shall annually submit a report to 
     the Congress concerning minorities and the Foreign Service 
     officer corps. In addition to such other information as is 
     relevant to this issue, the report shall include the 
     following data (reported in terms of real numbers and 
     percentages and not as ratios):
       (1) The numbers and percentages of all minorities taking 
     the written foreign service examination.
       (2) The numbers and percentages of all minorities 
     successfully completing and passing the written foreign 
     service examination.
       (3) The numbers and percentages of all minorities 
     successfully completing and passing the oral foreign service 
     examination.
       (4) The numbers and percentages of all minorities entering 
     the junior officers class of the Foreign Service.
       (5) The numbers and percentages of all minorities in the 
     Foreign Service officer corps.
       (6) The numbers and percentages of all minority Foreign 
     Service officers at each grade, particularly at the senior 
     levels in policy directive positions.
       (7) The numbers of and percentages of minorities promoted 
     at each grade of the Foreign Service officer corps.

     SEC. 1326. RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION.

       (a) Benefits.--Section 609 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C. 4009) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by inserting ``or any other 
     applicable provision of chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
     Code,'' after ``section 811,'';
       (2) in subsection (a) by inserting ``or section 855, as 
     appropriate'' after ``section 806''; and
       (3) in subsection (b)(2)--
       (A) by inserting ``(A) for those participants in the 
     Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System,'' before 
     ``a refund''; and
       (B) by inserting before the period at the end ``; and (B) 
     for those participants in the Foreign Service Pension System, 
     benefits as provided in section 851''.
       (4) in subsection (b) in the matter following paragraph (2) 
     by inserting ``(for participants in the Foreign Service 
     Retirement and Disability System) or age 62 (for participants 
     in the Foreign Service Pension System)'' after ``age 60''.
       (b) Entitlement to Annuity.--Section 855(b) of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071d(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``611,'' after ``608,'';
       (2) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``and for participants in 
     the Foreign Service Pension System'' after ``for participants 
     in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System''; 
     and
       (3) in paragraph (3) by striking ``or 610'' and inserting 
     ``610, or 611''.
       (c) Effective Dates.--
       (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments 
     made by this section shall take effect on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (2) The amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
     subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (b) 
     shall apply with respect to any actions taken under section 
     611 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 after January 1, 1996.

     SEC. 1327. AVAILABILITY PAY FOR CERTAIN CRIMINAL 
                   INVESTIGATORS WITHIN THE DIPLOMATIC SECURITY 
                   SERVICE.

       (a) In General.--Section 5545a of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(k)(1) For purposes of this section, the term `criminal 
     investigator' includes an officer occupying a position under 
     title II of Public Law 99-399 if--
       ``(A) subject to subparagraph (C), such officer meets the 
     definition of such term under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) 
     (applied disregarding the parenthetical matter before 
     subparagraph (A) thereof);
       ``(B) the primary duties of the position held by such 
     officer consist of performing--
       ``(i) protective functions; or
       ``(ii) criminal investigations; and
       ``(C) such officer satisfies the requirements of subsection 
     (d) without taking into account any hours described in 
     paragraph (2)(B) thereof.
       ``(2) In applying subsection (h) with respect to an officer 
     under this subsection--
       ``(A) any reference in such subsection to `basic pay' shall 
     be considered to include amounts designated as `salary';
       ``(B) paragraph (2)(A) of such subsection shall be 
     considered to include (in addition to the provisions of law 
     specified therein) sections 609(b)(1), 805, 806, and 856 of 
     the Foreign Service Act of 1980; and
       ``(C) paragraph (2)(B) of such subsection shall be applied 
     by substituting for `Office of Personnel Management' the 
     following: `Office of Personnel Management or the Secretary 
     of State (to the extent that matters exclusively within the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary are concerned)'.''.
       (b) Implementation.--Not later than the date on which the 
     amendments made by this section take effect, each special 
     agent of the Diplomatic Security Service who satisfies the 
     requirements of subsection (k)(1) of section 5545a of title 
     5, United States Code, as amended by this section, and the 
     appropriate supervisory officer, to be designated by the 
     Secretary of State, shall make an initial certification to 
     the Secretary of State that the special agent is expected to 
     meet the requirements of subsection (d) of such section 
     5545a. The Secretary of State may prescribe procedures 
     necessary to administer this subsection.
       (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) Paragraph (2) 
     of section 5545a(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended (in the matter before subparagraph (A)) by striking 
     ``Public Law 99-399)'' and inserting ``Public Law 99-399, 
     subject to subsection (k))''.
       (2) Section 5542(e) of such title is amended by striking 
     ``title 18, United States Code,'' and inserting ``title 18 or 
     section 37(a)(3) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956,''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable 
     pay period--
       (1) which begins on or after the 90th day following the 
     date of the enactment of this Act; and
       (2) on which date all regulations necessary to carry out 
     such amendments are (in the judgment of the Director of the 
     Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary of State) in 
     effect.

     SEC. 1328. LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

       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. 1329. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

       (a) Procedures.--Section 209(c) of the Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(c)) is amended by adding after 
     paragraph (3) the following new paragraphs:
       ``(4) In the case of a formal interview where an employee 
     is the likely subject or target of an Inspector General 
     criminal investigation, the Inspector General shall make all 
     best efforts to provide the employee with notice of the full 
     range of his or her rights, including the right to retain 
     counsel and the right to remain silent, as well as the 
     identification of those attending the interview.
       ``(5) In carrying out the duties and responsibilities 
     established under this section, the Inspector General shall 
     develop and provide to employees--
       ``(A) information detailing their rights to counsel; and
       ``(B) guidelines describing in general terms the policies 
     and procedures of the Office of Inspector General with 
     respect to individuals under investigation, other than 
     matters exempt from disclosure under other provisions of 
     law.''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than April 30, 1998, the Inspector 
     General of the Department of State shall submit a report to 
     the appropriate congressional committees which includes the 
     following information:
       (1) Detailed descriptions of the internal guidance 
     developed or used by the Office of the Inspector General with 
     respect to public disclosure of any information related to an 
     ongoing investigation of any employee or official of the 
     Department of State, the United States Information Agency, or 
     the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
       (2) Detailed descriptions of those instances for the year 
     ending December 31, 1997, in which any disclosure of 
     information to the public by an employee of the Office of 
     Inspector General about an ongoing investigation occurred, 
     including details on the recipient of the information, the 
     date of the disclosure, and the internal clearance process 
     for the disclosure.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Goss

  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Amendment offered by Mr. Goss:

       Page 139, strike line 19 and all that follows through line 
     10 on page 141 (and conform the table of contents 
     accordingly).

  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Chairman, during the considering by the Committee on 
House International Relations of this bill, language was adopted which 
would have significant and unfortunate consequences for the future of 
the Office of Inspector General at the State Department, and 
potentially for all other inspectors general in the Federal Government. 
This proposal could greatly limit the IG's ability to conduct effective 
oversight and departmental investigations, and it is a serious matter.
  While this proposal was slightly modified and approved, I understand, 
before it was adopted by HIRC, this proposed legislation will undermine 
important oversight law that IG's across the Government have performed 
since the enactment of the Inspector General Act of 1978, almost 20 
years ago.
  My amendment is quite simple. It strikes the provision, section 1329, 
in its entirety. I understand and I can sympathize with the interest of 
some Members in sending a warning shot across the bow of the Inspector 
General so as to ensure the treatment of all government employees must 
be fair

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and evenhanded. That is certainly a proposition I stand for. I would 
suggest that the debate so far on this has been a message sent and a 
message already received down at the Department of State. So I think 
that the genesis of this and the author's intent has in large part been 
taken care of.
  But I have got real trouble with the attempted fix that is actually 
in the bill now, and I believe it must be stricken. For the benefit of 
Members who may not have had a chance focus on this provision, I would 
like to briefly outline several problems with the inspector general 
proposal in this bill.
  The language in the bill that the Goss amendment strikes is language 
that imposes significant and unprecedented limitations on the role and 
investigation prerogatives of the State Department's Inspector General. 
It places State Department's Inspector General outside of standard 
Federal law enforcement policies and procedures and severely undermines 
the State IG's ability to carry out investigative functions.
  Why in the world would we want to do that in this day and age?
  Letters that I received from the Inspectors General, Department of 
Defense, Justice, Commerce and Energy, and the CIA express the gravest 
possible concern about this proposal. I am also informed that the 
Director of OMB is opposed to the proposal.
  If implemented, this legislation would, in my view, create a 
dangerous precedent which could undermine the investigative and 
oversight capabilities of IG's throughout the Government, not just in 
State. It is my understanding that no other IG office in the Government 
is currently subject to the restrictions that are envisioned by this 
bill.
  Understandably, the various IG's fear that this proposal is the 
proverbial foot in the door toward undermining their investigative and 
oversight role. Again, why we would want to do that?
  The bill language would significantly diminish the State Inspector 
General's ability to hold the departmental employees accountable for 
criminal wrongdoing. I do not think that is a good proposition. This 
provision would appear to require the State Inspector General to 
provide special privileges to employees during the course of a criminal 
investigation that are inconsistent with the rest of the Federal law 
enforcement community. They are privileges enjoyed by no one else as in 
the bill now.
  This could result in anomalous situations, such as potentially 
requiring the State IG to provide advice on rights to counsel to 
individuals in undercover investigations and otherwise disclose the 
existence of and possibly interfere with sensitive ongoing 
investigations. Not a good idea.
  Is there already a remedy for overaggressive IG procedures in place? 
The answer is yes; there is. Under current authority, any individual 
being interviewed by State's IG can already assert his or her right to 
counsel. Moreover, all State Department employees are routinely 
provided a written summary of their rights in an OIG investigative 
process.
  But, in fact, State employees involved in interviews with the IG 
already have a right to know who is in the room. What is going on here? 
And if they do not like what is happening, they can vote with their 
feet, they can simply leave.
  In my view, this language imposes a further reporting requirement on 
State's Inspector General that is unwarranted and unnecessary. This 
proposal would require State's IG to prepare and submit a report to the 
relevant committees providing detailed descriptions of any instances in 
which any disclosure of information to the public by an employee of the 
Office of Inspector General about an ongoing investigation occurred.
  My understanding is the State IG makes no such disclosure of 
information to the public about any ongoing investigations. And it is 
thoroughly appropriate given an individual's privacy concern that would 
be at stake. So they are doing the right thing already.
  I am informed that the only disclosures that the State IG actually 
makes concerning ongoing investigations are to the Secretary of State, 
which is understandable, the Deputy Secretary of State, as is 
appropriate, the Department of Justice and other cooperating law 
enforcement officials if, in fact, there is an investigation going on.
  I would, therefore, ask Members to support my amendment to strike 
this language and ensure that we do not inadvertently defang the 
inspectors general, the people's watchdogs within the executive branch, 
especially when there is a good remedy already in place for State 
employees who find themselves in noncustodial formal interviews by the 
IG.
  In other words, this is not necessary and it is debilitating for the 
investigative process. It is well-intentioned. I understand that. I 
have the greatest respect for the author. I have offered to work with 
the author. I think we can find a much better solution. But I think it 
is very important that we take this damaging language out of this bill 
as it now stands. Therefore, I urge strong support for my amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I include for the Record the letters I referred to 
previously.
                                                Inspector General,


                                  Central Intelligence Agency,

                                     Washington, DC, June 3, 1997.
     Hon. Porter Goss,
     Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
         the Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Goss: I am writing to express my concern 
     about an amendment to Section 209(c) of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. Section 3929) that has been included 
     in the Foreign Policy Reform Act of 1997. Section 1329 of the 
     Foreign Policy Reform Act would require the State Department 
     Inspector General (IG) to provide special, vaguely-worded 
     rights to employees during the course of a criminal 
     investigation that are inconsistent with the practices of the 
     rest of the federal law enforcement community. This amendment 
     would have the effect of placing the State IG outside of 
     standard federal law enforcement policies and procedures and, 
     as such, could undermine the authority of the IG to carry out 
     her statutory investigative functions.
       I am very concerned that such an amendment would be a 
     dangerous precedent that subsequently could be made 
     applicable to other IG offices, including the IG at the 
     Central Intelligence Agency. In effect, it grants to 
     employees of the State Department rights that no other 
     citizen of the United States in similar circumstances has 
     during the conduct of a criminal investigation. I know of no 
     justification for treating State Department employees 
     differently.
       This amendment is at odds with existing case law and 
     policies and procedures set forth by the Department of 
     Justice (DOJ). My office generally follows DOJ policy and 
     procedures during the course of criminal investigations and 
     it has been our experience during the course of joint 
     investigations with the State IG that the State IG has also 
     followed such policy and procedures. Because the proposed 
     amendment would establish different standards for the State 
     IG than for all other IGs, it could impede the ability of my 
     office to conduct effective joint investigations with State 
     IG.
       I respectfully request your attention to my concerns as the 
     Foreign Policy Reform Act moves forward for consideration on 
     the House floor.
           Sincerely,
                                           (For Frederick P. Hitz,
     Inspector General).
                                                                    ____

                                       U.S. Department of Justice,


                              Office of the Inspector General,

                                                     June 3, 1997.
     Hon. Porter Goss,
     Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
         Capitol Building, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Goss: the purpose of this letter is to 
     express the grave concerns of the Inspector General community 
     about an amendment that has been included in the State 
     Department authorization bill concerning the investigative 
     functions of the Inspector General for the State Department, 
     Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the United States 
     Information Agency. Congressman Hamilton's proposal would 
     amend Section 209(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. Section 3929) to provide special rights to employees 
     during the course of a criminal investigation that are 
     inconsistent with the practices of the rest of the federal 
     law enforcement community. Even as revised during the House 
     International Relations Committee mark-up, this provision 
     would have the effect of placing the State IG outside of 
     standard federal law enforcement policies and procedures and, 
     as such, would severely undermine the authority of the State 
     Department/ACDA/USIA's Inspector General to carry out her 
     statutory investigative functions. As a result, the ability 
     of this Inspector General's office to hold individuals 
     accountable for criminal wrongdoing would be significantly 
     diminished.
       In effect, this provision, by mandating advice of certain 
     rights in situations not recognized by case law or Justice 
     Department policy, is granting to employees of the State 
     Department, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the 
     United States Information Agency, rights that no other 
     citizen of the United States has during the conduct of a 
     criminal investigation. This is especially troublesome given 
     the large number of

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     Presidential appointees and other senior-level officials in 
     the Department of State and the perception of special 
     treatment which could arise as a result of such legislation.
       Our concern about this legislation is that it not only 
     impedes the ability of one Office of Inspector General to 
     conduct criminal investigations in accordance with community-
     wide law enforcement standards in the agencies that fall 
     within her jurisdiction, but also is at odds with existing 
     case law. As such, this proposal sets a dangerous precedent 
     that could have an adverse impact on other Inspectors General 
     throughout the government. The OIG community conducts 
     investigations pursuant to standards established as a result 
     of judicial decisions handed down by the Supreme Court and 
     the Federal appeals courts, as well as policies and 
     procedures adopted by the U.S. Department of Justice. The 
     proposed legislation would require different standards for 
     the State/ACDA/USIA OIG than those applicable to other law 
     enforcement entities including other OIGs. Consistency of 
     investigative standards is imperative to a well-functioning 
     federal investigative effort. Passage of this amendment would 
     seriously impede effectively and timely criminal 
     investigations.
       We respectfully request your attention to our concerns as 
     the State Department authorization bill moves forward for 
     consideration on the House floor.
           Sincerely,
     Michael R. Bromwich,
       Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice.
     Frank DeGeorge,
       Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce.
     Eleanor Hill,
       Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense.
                                                                    ____



                                         Department of Energy,

                                     Washington, DC, June 3, 1997.
     Hon. Porter J. Goss,
     Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House 
         of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: The purpose of this letter is to express 
     concerns about an amendment that has been included in the 
     State Department authorization bill concerning the 
     investigative functions of the Inspector General for the 
     State Department, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the 
     Untied States Information Agency. Congressman Hamilton's 
     proposal would amend Section 209(c) of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. Section 3929). Even as revised during 
     the House International Relations Committee mark-up, this 
     provision appears to place the State Department's Office of 
     Inspector General (OIG) outside of standard Federal law 
     enforcement policies and procedures.
       The standards followed on advice of rights by the OIG's are 
     governed by Department of Justice policy applicable to all 
     Federal law enforcement officers. OIG's also routinely obtain 
     guidance from the Department of Justice concerning 
     investigative strategies. The proposed legislation would 
     require different standards for the State OIG than those 
     applicable to all other law enforcement entities. We are 
     concerned about the potential impact of this amendment on 
     effective and timely criminal investigations.
           Sincerely,
                                                   John C. Layton,
                                                Inspector General.

  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. 
First of all, let me state my appreciation to the gentleman from 
Florida [Mr. Goss] for his general approach to this. I do want to work 
with him to try to resolve what I think is a fairly difficult issue 
here, and I am open to working with him for language that will be 
appropriate in the conference.
  I do feel I have to oppose the amendment, and I would like simply to 
explain why we put this language in the underlying bill. The provision 
at issue here does several things. It requires the IG of the State 
Department to make all best efforts to provide adequate notice to 
individuals under investigation about the full range of their rights as 
well as the identification of those persons attending the interview.
  It requires the inspector general to provide information to 
individuals under investigation on their rights to counsel and to 
provide guidelines to those individuals on the IG policies and 
procedures with respect to such investigations. Finally, it requires 
the IG to submit to Congress a one-time report on its internal press 
guidance and how that guidelines has been followed in specific 
individual cases in the previous year.
  This amendment was put forward in the committee and adopted because 
of the concerns that several of us have about what we think is the lack 
of attention by the Office of the Inspector General in the State 
Department, not other inspector generals, just the State Department, 
what we think has been a lack of attention by that office to the due 
process rights of individuals under investigation.
  We have had several complaints about the investigative conduct of the 
office, complaints made by, I might say, both Democratic and Republican 
political appointees as well as complaints by career officers. I do not 
want to limit the IG's authority.
  What this amendment seeks to do is to provide individuals with some 
information and some degree of protection where such authority is used 
with a heavy hand. Let me try to be specific here. I do not want to 
mention names. But a Republican appointee was caught up in an IG 
investigation involving a search of the President's passport records. 
The individual appeared voluntarily for the interview with the IG 
staff, only to find a criminal prosecutor from the Justice Department 
in the room and conducting the interview. The individual did not have 
an attorney with him or with her.

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  The individual was given an opportunity to review the findings of the 
IG, but only for 30 minutes, before the IG office released the findings 
to the press.
  On another occasion, this one involving a Democratic appointee, the 
IG's office again gave no notice of the type of interview to which the 
individual would be subjected. The IG's office confirmed to the press 
that an investigation was ongoing and that the matter had been referred 
to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.
  From the standpoint of an individual, this is a pretty scary setting. 
They are under investigation by the IG. They walk into the room, and 
they find a criminal prosecutor there. They do not have the advantage 
of right to counsel. That is a very intimidating circumstance.
  We are not asking here for any restrictions on the powers of the 
inspector general to investigate. I do not want to restrict them. I am 
just trying to ensure that individuals gain due process and have 
protection from heavy-handed use of the inspector general's powers.
  I think the issue is clear here, and I know the gentleman from 
Florida will work in good faith to try to come up with language, as 
will I. But I do think it is important to keep this language in the 
bill so that we can send a very strong message that we do not approve 
or like the manner in which the State Department Inspector General has 
been exercising his powers, and that some restraint thereon is 
necessary.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last 
word.
  Mr. Chairman, I do sympathize with the point raised by my good 
friend, the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss]. But we looked very 
carefully at those points, the points that he has raised in debate 
today, in the committee; and the gentleman from Indiana compromised, I 
think rather extensively, to meet many of the objections that were 
being raised.
  I would submit, and I think we all will agree with this, that nobody 
wants to hobble law enforcement. But all the bill does, and I hope 
Members will take the time to read the section, all the bill does is to 
ensure basic due process in IG investigations.
  Specifically, this provision as it now reads in the current bill 
erects a firewall between routine IG administrative investigations and 
criminal investigations. I really do believe, and I believe it very 
strongly, that a person is entitled to know whether or not he or she is 
the target of a criminal investigation. This provision does not 
guarantee that they will know, but as the language in the bill says it, 
to make all best efforts to provide employees with notice of the full 
range of his or her rights and then it goes on from there.
  I reluctantly rise in opposition to the amendment, and I do ask that 
Members vote to retain this language that was a carefully crafted 
compromise during markup in the committee.
  Mr. COX of California. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite 
number of words.
  Mr. Chairman, I too have great sympathy for the amendment being 
offered on the floor and great respect for its author, but I must 
oppose the amendment, and I must do so because it is unprecedented and 
in its effect very damaging.

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  We have received letters from the inspector general of other 
departments, the Departments of Defense, Energy, Justice, Commerce, and 
the Central Intelligence Agency, expressing the strongest possible 
concern that this proposal creates a dangerous precedent which could 
undermine the investigative and oversight capabilities of IG's 
throughout the Government. It is important for us to recognize that no 
other IG office in the entire Federal Government is subject to the 
restrictions that this language would impose.
  Other departments of the Clinton administration fear that this 
amendment is a proverbial foot in the door that will undermine their 
authorities. The bill language would place the State Department's 
inspector general outside of standard Federal law enforcement policies 
and procedures and severely undermine the State Department IG's 
abilities to carry out its investigative function. It would 
significantly diminish the State Department inspector general's ability 
to hold departmental employees accountable for criminal wrongdoing.
  The bill language imposes a reporting requirement on the State 
Department's inspector general that is itself unwarranted and 
unnecessary. It would require the State Department's IG to prepare and 
submit a report to the relevant committees providing detailed 
descriptions of any instances in which any disclosure of information to 
the public by an employee of the office of inspector general about an 
ongoing investigation occurred.
  I mentioned at the outset that I have great respect for the author of 
this language. I also have great respect for the author of this 
amendment, and I think they both intend to achieve the same result, 
which is that our agencies, and in this case the State Department, will 
operate free of internal corruption. But it would be unwise, it seems 
to me, in the extreme to impose requirements on the inspector general's 
office that frustrate the IG's ability to get to the bottom of 
corruption within the Federal Government.
  The bill language, I want to emphasize once again, imposes 
requirements on the State Department's IG that are not applicable to 
any other agency's IG. Why we are on a rifle shot basis, on an ad hoc 
basis trying to change the rule just for the State Department, rather 
than making sure that we are consistently affording people due process, 
escapes me.
  It is possible, by the way, to afford people something that we call 
due process, that is itself a procedural frustration of all of our 
rights. All of us here have rights. Taxpayers, for example, have a 
right to be protected from fraud and corruption within the State 
Department.
  Let us assume for the sake of argument that the constable blundered 
in this case, and I want to point out that the IG is not the constable, 
the IG is not a prosecutor, the IG is not criminal law enforcement. But 
let us assume that the IG made a mistake and that the IG behaved 
improperly in this instance. Is that of itself a reason to make sure 
that we frustrate every future IG investigation, or is it instead a 
reason to take this matter up in the context of the events that 
occurred with that particular department and find out why, if someone's 
rights were abused, that took place?
  I want to commend the author of this amendment, because he has done a 
good job in focusing on what I think is the language surely to give 
rise to the law of unintended consequences. I think he has quite 
properly gone after the reporting requirements, the diminution in the 
IG's authority, the frustration of legitimate investigations of 
wrongdoing by Federal employees. For that reason, I strongly support 
the Goss amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words, and I yield to the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss].
  Mr. GOSS. I thank the distinguished gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, I wanted to point out a couple of things have been said 
that I think Members need to understand. We are not talking about due 
process. We are talking about way beyond due process here. Due process 
is guaranteed. This is not an issue of due process. This is a provision 
of special privilege for a narrow group of government employees that is 
entirely unwarranted and will in fact hamper investigation by those who 
are charged with the heavy responsibility of investigating wrongdoing 
in the Department of State. Who would want to stand behind the 
proposition that we want to slacken our efforts, defang our watchdogs 
and just basically cast a blind eye to the fact that there might be 
some wrongdoing in this day and age? That is not what the constituency 
of America is asking us to do.
  I am not an investigator, and my distinguished colleague from New 
Jersey, whose opinion I have great respect for and I have every reason 
to believe, has come to a conclusion that he firmly believes but based 
on the wrong information. Let me tell my colleagues what the people who 
are charged with this responsibility are saying. They are saying that 
passage of this amendment would seriously impede effectively and timely 
criminal investigations. I am not making that up. I am quoting from a 
letter signed by Michael Bromwich, inspector general of the Department 
of Justice; Frank DeGeorge, inspector general of the Department of 
Commerce; and Eleanor Hill, inspector general of the Department of 
Defense. These are people charged with the heavy responsibility who 
have said for the record publicly that if we do not remove the language 
that is in the bill and we do not pass the Goss amendment, that we are 
seriously impeding effectively and timely criminal investigations.
  I do not want my name associated with anything that is going to 
impede effective and timely investigations. Again, I am not an 
investigator, but I will take the say-so from the people who are in 
charge of the job. The people who are in charge of doing that job feel 
that this is going to hurt their ability. I would suggest to my 
colleague and close friend, for whom I have huge respect as he well 
knows, the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton], that if there is a 
problem with the inspector general's power, that we look at all of them 
and we do it appropriately and in a deliberate way. I certainly do not 
think it is a perfect system but I certainly feel that going piecemeal 
after one on what seems to be sort of a payback motive, these guys were 
overeager, so let's show them that we've got the muscle, I do not think 
that is the right way to make good legislation.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PAUL. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
  Mr. HAMILTON. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I really think the 
language that the gentleman has quoted from our respected inspector 
general in other departments is quite exaggerated. What we are doing 
here is asking the IG to make the best efforts to provide adequate 
notice to individuals about their rights, including their right to 
counsel. That is the core of my amendment. That is all we are doing. We 
are just saying, please give these individuals information about the 
circumstances they are going to be in. We are not restricting in any 
way the inspector general's right to look into these matters and to 
investigate. The gentleman is quite right that an inspector general 
needs broad powers, but it is also true that individuals have rights, 
too, and they surely must be entitled to the right to know what is 
going on and who is going to be present in that room and why they are 
there.
  Mr. GOSS. In fact, all the individual has to do is ask. They have the 
right to ask and they have the right to get the right answer, but 
remember that we are talking about investigations here. We are not 
talking about people who are arrested. There is not a question of 
rights. This is a question of special privilege and this is an 
investigation.
  Mr. COX of California. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PAUL. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. COX of California. In this matter, I think we need to pay 
especial attention to what the Clinton administration Justice 
Department inspector general is telling us and the U.S. Department of 
Justice, office of the inspector general has provided us with very 
explicit advice on this language in the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul] has 
expired.

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  (On request of Mr. Goss, and by unanimous consent, Mr. Paul was 
allowed to proceed for 1 additional minute.)
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I continue to yield to the gentleman from 
California.
  Mr. COX of California. The U.S. Department of Justice Office of 
inspector general has told us that the language in the bill would grant 
special rights to employees of the Department of State that are 
inconsistent with the practices of the rest of the Federal law 
enforcement community. It would place the State Department inspector 
general outside of standard Federal law enforcement policies and 
procedures. It would make it very, very difficult, and to quote the 
letter from the Department of Justice, it would significantly diminish 
the inspector general's office ability to hold individuals accountable 
for criminal wrongdoing.
  To put it quite simply, we are making it easier for the criminals if 
we pass this in a way that is inconsistent not only with what 
inspectors general do but what Federal law enforcement does, what 
criminal law enforcement does.

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  These are rights that do not exist for anyone else but for us 
taxpaying citizens.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, the amendment offered by the able gentleman from 
Florida [Mr. Goss] would strike the amendment that I agreed to in 
committee offered by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton]. That 
amendment was a compromise between the original amendment provided to 
our staff by the staff of the gentleman from Indiana that was the 
subject of discussions that included the State Department Office of 
Inspector General.
  Because of that compromise I would ordinarily be reluctant to agree 
to strike the language, but I will do so in this case because of the 
new and impassioned request that we have now received from 
representatives of the inspector general's community who are concerned 
that this represents a foot in the door for wholesale changes in their 
actions. The gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] has discussed that 
correspondence in full.
  I would like to say to the gentleman from Indiana that I was 
concerned by some of his assertions relative to the actions of the 
State Department Office of Inspector General. I think his assertions 
and their implications should be the subject of oversight, and that 
appropriate action, and I do not rule out legislation, should be 
pursued at that point.
  But given the fact that the assertions have been marshaled by the 
gentleman from Indiana only relatively recently, and the nature of the 
protest from the inspector general community, I am persuaded that the 
legislation at this point is unwarranted. Accordingly, I urge support 
for the Goss amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss].
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote, and pending that I 
make the point of order that a quorum is not present.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 159, further proceedings 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] will 
be postponed.
  The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.
  Are there further amendments to title XIII?
  The Clerk will designate title XIV.
  The text of title XIV is as follows:
 TITLE XIV--UNITED STATES PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES 
  FOR UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

     SEC. 1401. EXTENSION OF AU PAIR PROGRAMS.

       Section 1(b) of the Act entitled ``An Act to extend au pair 
     programs.'' (Public Law 104-72; 109 Stat. 1065(b)) is amended 
     by striking ``, through fiscal year 1997''.

     SEC. 1402. 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 
     without returning such interest to the Treasury of the United 
     States and interest earned by be obligated and expended for 
     the purposes for which the grant was made without further 
     appropriation.

     SEC. 1403. 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. 1404. USE OF SELECTED PROGRAM FEES.

       Section 810 of the United States Information and 
     Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e) is amended 
     by inserting ``educational advising and counseling, exchange 
     visitor program services, advertising sold by the Voice of 
     America, receipts from cooperating international 
     organizations and from the privatization of VOA Europe,'' 
     after ``library services,''.

     SEC. 1405. MUSKIE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

       (a) Guidelines.--Section 227(c)(5) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 
     note) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence by inserting ``journalism and 
     communications, education administration, public policy, 
     library and information science,'' after ``business 
     administration,''; and
       (2) in the second sentence by inserting ``journalism and 
     communications, education administration, public policy, 
     library and information science,'' after ``business 
     administration,''.
       (b) Redesignation of Soviet Union.--Section 227 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 
     1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Soviet Union'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Independent States of the Former Soviet Union''; 
     and
       (2) in the section heading by inserting ``INDEPENDENT 
     STATES OF THE FORMER'' after ``FROM THE''.

     SEC. 1406. WORKING GROUP ON UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
                   SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES AND TRAINING.

       Section 112 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Working Group on United States Government Sponsored 
     International Exchanges and Training.--(1) In order to carry 
     out the purposes of subsection (f) and to improve the 
     coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States 
     Government sponsored international exchanges and training, 
     there is established within the United States Information 
     Agency a senior-level interagency working group to be known 
     as the Working Group on United States Government Sponsored 
     International Exchanges and Training (hereinafter in this 
     section referred to as `the Working Group').
       ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `Government 
     sponsored international exchanges and training' means the 
     movement of people between countries to promote the sharing 
     of ideas, to develop skills, and to foster mutual 
     understanding and cooperation, financed wholly or in part, 
     directly or indirectly, with United States Government funds.
       ``(3) The Working Group shall be composed as follows:
       ``(A) The Associate Director for Educational and Cultural 
     Affairs of the United States Information Agency, who shall 
     act as Chair.
       ``(B) A senior representative designated by the Secretary 
     of State.
       ``(C) A senior representative designated by the Secretary 
     of Defense.
       ``(D) A senior representative designated by the Secretary 
     of Education.
       ``(E) A senior representative designated by the Attorney 
     General.
       ``(F) A senior representative designated by the 
     Administrator of the Agency for International Development.
       ``(G) Senior representatives of other departments and 
     agencies as the Chair determines to be appropriate.
       ``(4) Representatives of the National Security Adviser and 
     the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may 
     participate in the Working Group at the discretion of the 
     adviser and the director, respectively.
       ``(5) The Working Group shall be supported by an 
     interagency staff office established in the Bureau of 
     Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States 
     Information Agency.
       ``(6) The Working Group shall have the following purposes 
     and responsibilities:
       ``(A) To collect, analyze, and report data provided by all 
     United States Government departments and agencies conducting 
     international exchanges and training programs.
       ``(B) To promote greater understanding and cooperation 
     among concerned United States Government departments and 
     agencies of common issues and challenges in conducting 
     international exchanges and training programs, including 
     through the establishment of a clearinghouse for information 
     on international exchange and training activities in the 
     governmental and nongovernmental sectors.
       ``(C) In order to achieve the most efficient and cost-
     effective use of Federal resources, to identify 
     administrative and programmatic duplication and overlap of 
     activities by the various United States Government 
     departments and agencies involved in Government

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     sponsored international exchange and training programs, to 
     identify how each Government sponsored international exchange 
     and training program promotes United States foreign policy, 
     and to report thereon.
       ``(D) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
     of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 
     and 1999, to develop and thereafter assess, annually, a 
     coordinated and cost-effective strategy for all United States 
     Government sponsored international exchange and training 
     programs, and to issue a report on such strategy. This 
     strategy will include an action plan for consolidating 
     United States Government sponsored international exchange 
     and training programs with the objective of achieving a 
     minimum 10 percent cost saving through consolidation or 
     the elimination of duplication.
       ``(E) Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
     enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
     Years 1998 and 1999, to develop recommendations on common 
     performance measures for all United States Government 
     sponsored international exchange and training programs, and 
     to issue a report.
       ``(F) To conduct a survey of private sector international 
     exchange activities and develop strategies for expanding 
     public and private partnerships in, and leveraging private 
     sector support for, United States Government sponsored 
     international exchange and training activities.
       ``(G) Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
     enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
     Years 1998 and 1999, to report on the feasibility of 
     transferring funds and program management for the ATLAS and/
     or the Mandela Fellows programs in South Africa from the 
     Agency for International Development to the United States 
     Information Agency. The report shall include an assessment of 
     the capabilities of the South African Fulbright Commission to 
     manage such programs and the cost advantages of consolidating 
     such programs under one entity.
       ``(7) All reports prepared by the Working Group shall be 
     submitted to the President, through the Director of the 
     United States Information Agency.
       ``(8) The Working Group shall meet at least on a quarterly 
     basis.
       ``(9) All decisions of the Working Group shall be by 
     majority vote of the members present and voting.
       ``(10) The members of the Working Group shall serve without 
     additional compensation for their service on the Working 
     Group. Any expenses incurred by a member of the Working Group 
     in connection with service on the Working Group shall be 
     compensated by that member's department or agency.
       ``(11) With respect to any report promulgated pursuant to 
     paragraph (6), a member may submit dissenting views to be 
     submitted as part of the report of the Working Group.''.

     SEC. 1407. 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) In general.--For each of the fiscal years 1998 and 
     1999, 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. 1408. UNITED STATES-JAPAN COMMISSION.

       (a) Relief From Restriction of Interchangeability of 
     Funds.--
       (1) Section 6(4) of the Japan-United States Friendship Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2905(4)) is amended by striking ``needed, except'' 
     and all that follows through ``United States'' and inserting 
     ``needed''.
       (2) The second sentence of section 7(b) of the Japan-United 
     States Friendship Act (22 U.S.C. 2906(b)) is amended to read 
     as follows: ``Such investment may be made only in interest-
     bearing obligations of the United States, in obligations 
     guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United 
     States, in interest-bearing obligations of Japan, or in 
     obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by 
     Japan.''.
       (b) Revision of Name of Commission.--
       (1) After the date of the enactment of this Act, the Japan-
     United States Friendship Commission shall be designated as 
     the ``United States-Japan Commission''. Any reference in 
     any provision of law, Executive order, regulation, 
     delegation of authority, or other document to the Japan-
     United States Friendship Commission shall be considered to 
     be a reference to the United States-Japan Commission.
       (2) The heading of section 4 of the Japan-United States 
     Friendship Act (22 U.S.C. 2903) is amended to read as 
     follows:


                  ``united states-japan commission''.

       (3) The Japan-United States Friendship Act is amended by 
     striking ``Japan-United States Friendship Commission'' each 
     place such term appears and inserting ``United States-Japan 
     Commission''.
       (c) Revision of Name of Trust Fund.--
       (1) After the date of the enactment of this Act, the Japan-
     United States Friendship Trust Fund shall be designated as 
     the ``United States-Japan Trust Fund''. Any reference in any 
     provision of law, Executive order, regulation, delegation of 
     authority, or other document to the Japan-United States 
     Friendship Trust Fund shall be considered to be a reference 
     to the United States-Japan Trust Fund.
       (2) Section 3(a) of the Japan-United States Friendship Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2902(a)) is amended by striking ``Japan-United 
     States Friendship Trust Fund'' and inserting ``United States-
     Japan Trust Fund''.

     SEC. 1409. SURROGATE BROADCASTING STUDIES.

       (a) Radio Free Africa.--Not later than 6 months after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the United States 
     Information Agency and the Board of Broadcasting Governors 
     should conduct and complete a study of the appropriateness, 
     feasibility, and projected costs of providing surrogate 
     broadcasting service to Africa and transmit the results of 
     the study to the appropriate congressional committees.
       (b) Radio Free Iran.--Not later than 6 months after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the United States 
     Information Agency and the Board of Broadcasting Governors 
     should conduct and complete a study of the appropriateness, 
     feasibility, and projected costs of a Radio Free Europe/Radio 
     Liberty broadcasting service to Iran and transmit the results 
     of the study to the appropriate congressional committees.

     SEC. 1410. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER SUMMER TRAVEL/WORK 
                   PROGRAMS.

       The Director of the United States Information Agency is 
     authorized to administer summer travel/work programs without 
     regard to preplacement requirements.

     SEC. 1411. PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES REGARDING 
                   APPROPRIATIONS.

       Section 701(f) of the United States Information and 
     Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1476(f)) is 
     amended by striking paragraph (4).

     SEC. 1412. AUTHORITIES OF THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF 
                   GOVERNORS.

       (a) Authorities.--Section 305(a)(1) of the United States 
     International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)(1)) 
     is amended by striking ``direct and''.
       (b) Director of the Bureau.--The first sentence of section 
     307(b)(1) of the United States International Broadcasting Act 
     of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6206(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
     ``The Director of the Bureau shall be appointed by the Board 
     with the concurrence of the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency.''.
       (c) Responsibilities of the Director.--Section 307 of the 
     United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 
     U.S.C. 6206) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(c) Responsibilities of the Director.--The Director shall 
     organize and chair a coordinating committee to examine long-
     term strategies for the future of international broadcasting, 
     including the use of new technologies, further consolidation 
     of broadcast services, and consolidation of currently 
     existing public affairs and legislative relations functions 
     in the various international broadcasting entities. The 
     coordinating committee shall include representatives of RFA, 
     RFE/RL, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and, as 
     appropriate, from the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the Voice 
     of America, and WorldNet.''.
       (d) Radio Broadcasting to Cuba.--Section 4 of the Radio 
     Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465b) is amended by 
     striking ``of the Voice of America'' and inserting ``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 ``of the Voice of 
     America'' and inserting ``of the International Broadcasting 
     Bureau''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to title XIV?
  The Clerk will designate title XV.
  The text of title XV is as follows:
   TITLE XV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED NATIONS AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                     CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1501. SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 3582(b) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking all after the first sentence and 
     inserting the following: ``On reemployment, he is entitled to 
     the rate of basic pay to which he would have been entitled 
     had he remained in the civil service. On reemployment, the 
     agency shall restore his sick leave account, by credit or 
     charge, to its status at the time of transfer. The period of 
     separation caused by his employment with the international 
     organization and the period necessary to effect

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     reemployment are deemed creditable service for all 
     appropriate civil service employment purposes. This 
     subsection does not apply to a congressional employee.''.
       (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect transfers which take effect on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 1502. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.

       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, it is the sense of the Congress that the 
     Secretary of State should make every effort to pay the United 
     States assessed funding levels for the Organization of 
     American States, which is uniquely dependent on United States 
     contributions and is continuing fundamental reforms in its 
     structure and its agenda.

             CHAPTER 2--UNITED NATIONS AND RELATED AGENCIES

     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 Secretary 
     of State determines that 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. REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO PROMOTE FULL EQUALITY AT THE 
                   UNITED NATIONS FOR ISRAEL.

       (a) Congressional Statement.--It is the sense of the 
     Congress that the United States must help promote an end to 
     the persistent inequity experienced by Israel in the United 
     Nations whereby Israel is the only longstanding member of the 
     organization to be denied acceptance into any of the United 
     Nation's regional blocs.
       (b) Reports to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and on a quarterly basis 
     thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report which includes 
     the following information (in classified or unclassified form 
     as appropriate):
       (1) Actions taken by representatives of the United States 
     to encourage the nations of the Western Europe and Others 
     Group (WEOG) to accept Israel into their regional bloc.
       (2) Efforts undertaken by the Secretary General of the 
     United Nations to secure Israel's full and equal 
     participation in that body.
       (3) Specific responses received by the Secretary of State 
     from each of the nations of the Western Europe and Others 
     Group (WEOG) on their position concerning Israel's acceptance 
     into their organization.
       (4) Other measures being undertaken, and which will be 
     undertaken, to ensure and promote Israel's full and equal 
     participation in the United Nations.

     SEC. 1523. UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND.

       (a) Limitation.--Subject to subsections (b), (c), and 
     (d)(2), of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999 to carry out part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, not more than $25,000,000 shall be 
     available for each such fiscal year for the United Nations 
     Population Fund.
       (b) Prohibition on Use of Funds in China.--None of the 
     funds made available under this section shall be made 
     available for a country program in the People's Republic of 
     China.
       (c) Conditions on Availability of Funds.--
       (1) Not more than one-half of the amount made available to 
     the United Nations Population Fund under this section may be 
     provided to the Fund before March 1 of the fiscal year for 
     which funds are made available.
       (2) Amounts made available for each of the fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999 under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 for the United Nations Population Fund may not be made 
     available to the Fund unless--
       (A) the Fund maintains amounts made available to the Fund 
     under this section in an account separate from accounts of 
     the Fund for other funds; and
       (B) the Fund does not commingle amounts made available to 
     the Fund under this section with other funds.
       (d) Reports.--
       (1) Not later than February 15, 1998, and February 15, 
     1999, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees indicating the amount of 
     funds that the United Nations Population Fund is budgeting 
     for the year in which the report is submitted for a country 
     program in the People's Republic of China.
       (2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates that the 
     United Nations Population Fund plans to spend China country 
     program funds in the People's Republic of China in the year 
     covered by the report, then the amount of such funds that the 
     Fund plans to spend in the People's Republic of China shall 
     be deducted from the funds made available to the Fund after 
     March 1 for obligation for the remainder of the fiscal year 
     in which the report is submitted.

     SEC. 1524. CONTINUED EXTENSION OF PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS, AND 
                   IMMUNITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
                   IMMUNITIES ACT TO UNIDO.

       Section 12 of the International Organizations Immunities 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 288f-2) is amended by inserting ``and the 
     United Nations Industrial Development Organization'' after 
     ``International Labor Organization''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to title XV?


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Paul

  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Amendment offered by Mr. Paul: 
       After chapter 2 of title XV (relating to international 
     organizations; United Nations and related agencies) insert 
     the following new chapter:

            CHAPTER 3--AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY RESTORATION ACT

     SEC. 1531. SHORT TITLE.

       This chapter may be cited as the ``American Sovereignty 
     Restoration Act of 1997''.

     SEC. 1532. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION ACT.

       (a) Repeal.--The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 
     (Public Law 79-264) is repealed.
       (b) Closure of United States Mission to United Nations.--
     Effective within 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the United States Mission to the United Nations 
     shall be closed. Any remaining functions of such office shall 
     not be carried out.
       (c) Notice.--The Secretary of State shall notify the United 
     Nations of the withdrawal of the United States from the 
     United Nations as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 1533. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT 
                   ACT.

       (a) Repeal.--The United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act 
     (Public Law 80-357) is repealed.
       (b) Withdrawal.--Effective on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the United States withdraws from the agreement 
     between the United States and the United Nations regarding 
     the headquarters of the United Nations (signed at Lake 
     Success, New York, on June 26, 1947, which was brought into 
     effect by the United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act).
       (c) Notice.--The Secretary of State shall notify the United 
     Nations that the United States has unilaterally withdrawn 
     from the agreement between the United States of America and 
     the United Nations regarding the headquarters of the United 
     Nations as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 1534. UNITED STATES ASSESSED AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS 
                   TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

       (a) Termination.--No funds are authorized to be 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for assessed or 
     voluntary contributions of the United States to the United 
     Nations.
       (b) Application.--The provisions of this section shall 
     apply to all agencies of the United Nations, including 
     independent or voluntary agencies.

     SEC. 1535. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

       (a) Termination.--No funds are authorized to be 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for any United 
     States contribution to any United Nations military operation.
       (b) Terminations of United States Participation in United 
     Nations Peacekeeping Operations.--No funds may be obligated 
     or expended to support the participation of any member of the 
     Armed Forces of the United States as part of any United 
     Nations military or peacekeeping operation or force. No 
     member of the Armed Forces of the United States may serve 
     under the command of the United Nations.

     SEC. 1536. WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE IN 
                   FACILITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES AND REPEAL OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.

       (a) Withdrawal From United States Government Property.--The 
     United Nations (including any affiliated agency of the United 
     Nations) shall not occupy or use any property or facility of 
     the United States Government.

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       (b) Diplomatic Immunity.--No officer or employee of the 
     United Nations or any representative, officer, or employee of 
     any mission to the United Nations of any foreign government 
     shall be entitled to enjoy the privileges and immunities of 
     the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 
     1961, nor may any such privileges and immunities be extended 
     to any such individual.

     SEC. 1537. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, 
                   AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION ACT.

       (a) Repeal.--The Act entitled ``An Act providing for 
     membership and participation by the United States in the 
     United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
     Organization, and authorizing an appropriation therefor'' 
     approved July 30, 1946 (Public Law 79-565) is repealed.
       (b) Notice.--The Secretary of State shall notify the United 
     Nations that the United States has withdrawn from membership 
     in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
     Organization as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 1538. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM 
                   PARTICIPATION ACT OF 1973.

       (a) Repeal.--The United Nations Environment Program 
     Participation Act of 1973 is repealed.
       (b) Notice.--The Secretary of State shall notify the United 
     Nations that the United States has withdrawn from membership 
     in the United Nations Environment Program Participation as of 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

  Mr. PAUL (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent 
the amendment be considered as read and printed in the Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is not complex; it is very 
simple. If it is passed, we would get out of the United Nations, and 
there is a lot of people in this country who do not believe the United 
Nations has served us well and believe we should not be in the United 
Nations, and I think that we should consider this very seriously today.
  The American people, many now are concerned that our sovereignty is 
being attacked in many ways; one by the United Nations membership in 
the United Nations. Today we have, of course, the IMF and the World 
Bank that we have been involved in a long time, and just recently we 
had joined the World Trade Organization, which is another international 
government agency and government body that usurps our rights and our 
privileges and interferes with our legislative process, especially in 
the area of environmentalism and labor law.
  Our Constitution does not give us the authority to sell our 
sovereignty to an international government body, and even under the 
treaty provisions of the Constitution it is not permissible. The treaty 
provision does not allow us, for instance, to undermine the Bill of 
Rights. Therefore, giving up our national sovereignty through a treaty, 
an agreement to serve or participate in the United Nations, is not 
legitimate.
  The movement we have seen here in the last several years has been 
toward managed trade. It has been managed trade in the name of free 
trade. But instead of free trade we get more government organizations 
and more international controls over our lives.
  We have seen in the last several decades loss of American lives 
serving under the UN banner. The American people are now sick and tired 
of seeing U.S. troops serving under foreign commanders under the UN 
banner. We were humiliated in Somalia as dead American troops were 
dragged through the street, and it is time we question this, whether 
this is to our benefit. Our national sovereignty is not served.
  Just recently the President gave a speech at the graduation ceremony 
at West Point. He says in the years ahead it means that one could be 
asked to put their life on the line for a new NATO member just as today 
one can be called upon to defend the freedom of our allies in Western 
Europe. That is not part of the American system.
  Yes, we are obligated to provide a strong national defense, but there 
is no way that the American taxpayer is obligated to make an attempt to 
provide freedom throughout the world and defend everybody that has a 
problem. The whole notion that we can be the peacemaker where there 
have been wars going on for thousands of years is preposterous. This is 
one way for us to get very much involved in battles that we do not need 
to be involved.
  I see our involvement in the United Nations and placing of troops 
around the world as a threat to our national security. We are low on 
funds, and we are spending way too much money. Since 1945, we have 
spent over a hundred or nearly $100 billion in UN efforts.
  Some would say is that not wonderful? Look at what we have done. We 
have the Soviet Union has disintegrated over this type of policy and 
working through the UN, but that is not the reason the UN 
disintegrated, or the Soviet Union disintegrated. It is because they 
had bad economic policy and it was destined that they would 
disintegrate. We cannot be the peacemaker.
  And there is another reason why we get so much involved with these UN 
organizations and UN functions, and that has to do with the many 
corporations that have influence with policy here. So when we go into 
Bosnia and we send troops there or send troops into Haiti, sure enough 
there are some very wealthy American corporations who are bound to get 
their contracts to go in, and they can very frequently be the strongest 
lobbyists for our intervention in these countries around the world.
  Some argue that we are the only superpower left and therefore we must 
fill the gap. I think that is a very good argument for starting to 
bring our legions home. How long do we have to police the world? Will 
we ever come to our senses? Are we going to drive ourselves into a 
bankruptcy before we come to our senses and decide that maybe we have 
extended ourselves too far?
  We have recently seen that under treaties by international treaties 
and UN treaties that even our parks are marked by UN functionaries; 
that is, there is an influence in the management and supervision coming 
from the United Nations. This is not permissible under our 
Constitution.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Chairman, most respectfully I rise to 
oppose the gentleman's amendment, and I share with him a recent travel 
with reference to the actions of the United Nations.
  The chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa [Mr. Royce], along with 
the ranking member of that committee, the gentleman from New Jersey 
[Mr. Menendez], myself and three other Members of the House of 
Representatives were just in South Africa and in Angola and in Zaire 
and in Zimbabwe. We needed to get to Zaire, and we were ferried there 
on a United Nations airplane. While there we saw United Nations efforts 
ongoing, and I remind the gentleman from Texas to not give the 
impression that only United States troops are involved in our methods 
of the United Nations, but the largest United Nations contingent in the 
world today is in Angola, and they have saved millions of lives and 
have kept the peace, at least momentarily, in that country.
  I need not carry my colleague around the world, but this amendment in 
the final analysis would require, as the gentleman says, the United 
States to withdraw from the UN how much does he feel that we should 
contribute to peacekeeping efforts? How much should we be involved in 
ensuring that the vital interests of the United States around the world 
are protected?
  I am glad the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul] offered the amendment 
because it offers us the opportunity for a real debate on the United 
Nations. This amendment clarifies that debate. Simply put, do we stay 
in the UN and work to reform it, or do we just get out? And that is 
sort of really in the final analysis an isolationist view, getting out 
of this world as this economy globalizes. I would hope that some 
Members of this body remember and recognize that for all of its warts 
the United Nations does also serve important United States interests 
around the world.
  Many of us often express doubts about the United Nations, but at the 
end of the day every United States President has decided that United 
States participation in the United Nations is in the interests of the 
United States, and I might add every means every since its inception. I 
believe that the United Nations is indispensable as one of many tools 
of United States foreign policy. As the only superpower, and my 
colleague so rightly points that out, the United States will be called 
upon more and more often to intervene in conflicts around the world to 
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our vital interests. Unless we want to carry this burden alone, my 
distinguished colleague, and I do not think we can or should, we must 
be prepared to shift some of the responsibilities, as well as the 
costs, to other nations.
  Do I favor a reformed United Nations? You bet. And have I told all 
persons with whom I have come in contact, including the Secretary of 
State of this great country, that? Yes, I have. I believe this means we 
must help to strengthen institutions such as the United Nations so that 
it can take the lead in peacekeeping operations and the United States 
can benefit from burden sharing. I hear that term used often.
  Mr. Chairman, I would like to note that other United Nations programs 
also serve the United States interests. The World Health Organization, 
for example, led in the successful fight to eradicate smallpox from the 
face of the Earth and are busying themselves now working throughout the 
world in a variety of disease containment circumstances.
  The International Atomic Energy Agency helps enforce crucial 
safeguards on nuclear materials. The International Civil Action 
Organization helps maintain safe air travel. Our payments to these 
agencies help to build a better and safer world.
  Should we, as I say, work for major reforms in the United Nations? 
Yes. This amendment prejudges that question by saying we should just 
get out, wash our hands and turn our backs on the world.
  I urge all Members to vote against the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul].
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman points out that every President 
since the inception of the UN has supported the UN, but I might suggest 
that every President prior to that supported a foreign policy which was 
considered non-interventionist, pro-American, and that should be taken 
into consideration as well.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last 
word.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment, and again with 
all deference and respect for my good friend, the gentleman from Texas 
[Mr. Paul] I do rise against his amendment. I think it would deny us an 
opportunity to promote world peace and do some of the things that we 
have been doing so well and not so well at times through the United 
Nations.
  Let me just say that if his amendment were passed, we would no longer 
be participating in the UN Children's Fund, and there is $100 million 
in this bill targeted to UNICEF. UNICEF has been part of the global 
effort to eradicate preventable diseases that affect children, like 
pertussis, polio, tetanus, diptheria and other menacing diseases, 
measles, and it seems to me that if we were to take that money away, we 
would see more children die from these preventable diseases. The UN is 
not perfect, the UN Children's Fund is not perfect, but at least it 
gives us an opportunity to protect children and to tangibly stop 
mortality and morbidity among these victims of these diseases.
  Refugees. The UN High Commission of Refugees tells us that they have 
some 26 million people of interest to the UNHCR. We would no longer and 
much of our money again that is in this bill, we have $704 million for 
refugee assistance goes to the UNHCR that provides the camps and the 
safe havens, if my colleagues will, for those who are escaping tyranny 
or other devastating situations in their countries.
  The UNHCR again is not perfect, it has many flaws. I am one of its 
chief critics. But it does provide a very valuable humanitarian 
assistance that will be lost.
  The ILO is another UN sponsored agency, the International Labor 
Organization. We have $20 million that is earmarked or put a 
designation for that money. When we marked up, it was part of my 
original draft bill to eradicate the exploitation of children around 
the world. We had 2 hearings in the subcommittee last year on this 
issue of the exploitation of kids, child labor.
  We even heard from some of those who were in the news regarding it. 
We heard from a girl from Honduras who had been through the mill and 
exploited by her employer. The ILO has action plans in countries that 
work, that help to eradicate and sensitize government officials. To get 
us out of the ILO, I think, would be a mistake.

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  Peacekeeping; again, if we look at UNPROFOR, if we look at some of 
the peacekeeping missions that have gone awry, including Somalia, it 
gives a black mark to what the Blue Helmets do, but they have had many 
successful interventions. Had it not been for the U.N. peacekeepers, 
many, many people, civilians, would have been dead, and those long-term 
missions continue. We have combatants and people who would be at each 
other had it not been for the fact that these people interposed 
themselves to separate these warring factions.
  The U.N. Security Council continues to provide us a way of mobilizing 
world support as we did in operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm to 
mobilize the world against the tyranny of Saddam Hussein. That became 
an international action because we had the capability to use the U.N. 
to make it a unified effort.
  There are consensus-breakers. And my subcommittee oversees, I say to 
my friend, the U.N., and nobody criticizes them more than I do. They 
have had recent conferences like the recent conference in Cairo and 
Beijing where some very egregious policies were being promoted and 
foisted on the developing world. These are consensus-breakers. The gay 
agenda, the abortion rights agenda, the developing world does not want 
it. And there will be amendments later on today that I will offer that 
will say specific agencies, like U.N. Population Fund, get out of China 
where we have co-managed and been part of the coercion of women to have 
forced abortions and forced sterilizations, that is where the U.N. goes 
awry. We ought to target our opposition to those that commit these very 
serious crimes.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman mentioned the UNICEF program, 
$100 million. It is well motivated and I think the intentions are very 
good, and my colleague does admit that sometimes the consequences are 
not exactly what we want. But the question is, do we have this 
authority to take money from poor people in this country and make these 
attempts to do these social programs overseas. I do not see the 
authority, and I do not think the programs work that well.
  The gentleman mentioned fighting the Persian Gulf war. We were 
serving oil interests there. I mean we went in there for that, oil 
interests. They said it was our oil, it was not our oil. But now, who 
is paying the cost? Thousands, 34,000, 40,000, 50,000 Americans now 
suffer from gulf war syndrome. So I would say there is a much higher 
cost than anybody realizes and we cannot ignore that.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman 
making those points.
  On UNICEF, I myself on a number of occasions have talked to 
leadership people, including Carol Bellamy, who is director of UNICEF.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith] 
has expired.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Smith of New Jersey was allowed to proceed 
for 3 additional minutes.)
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I have asked her and relayed a 
message that there is a growing concern in Congress, among the American 
people that, if they move in or evolve into some kind of abortion 
promotion, which some of their people would like to see, it is over. We 
will find other ways of using our money to advance the child survival 
revolution. We need to continue, I think, to give those messages in a 
very real way, and I will offer the amendment on the floor, if 
anything, to curtail that funding and make sure that it is given to 
other child survival programs throughout the world.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I offer a segue off of what 
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gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith] said, and refer to the assertions 
of the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul] with reference to oil and Desert 
Storm and carry him back to my remarks regarding Angola, which we just 
visited under the aegis of the gentleman from California [Mr. Royce], 
chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa.
  I would say to my colleague from Texas [Mr. Paul] that we get 7 
percent of our oil in the United States from Angola. The U.N. 
peacekeeping mission there does not have one American soldier involved 
at all, and that helps us to maintain that level of civility.
  I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Let me conclude, and again, there are 
consensus-breakers, and I think the diplomats and the leaders of the 
U.N. need to be on notice that, if they continue the social 
engineering, one, they will not get their arrearages; and, secondly, 
the efforts that the gentleman from Texas is undertaking will gain 
support among the American people, and I think at some point there will 
be an effort to take us out of it and to severely restrict our funding 
to it. But right now I think we ought to try to reform it.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I certainly will support some of these 
reforms, especially in curtailing some of these funds going to 
abortion. Certainly that would be repugnant to me. But still, I go back 
to the issue of the cost. Yes, we want to do good, but can we do this 
by harming poor people in this country, because when we tax and take 
money from this country, we really do contribute to problems in this 
country, unemployment, inflation, deficits; and this is all part of the 
picture.
  So can we morally justify injuring our people here at home with the 
pretense that we are doing good overseas?
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, if I could reclaim my time, 
the bottom line is, it is a very modest commitment. When we juxtapose 
foreign aid to the rest of the budget, it is about 1 percent, it is not 
very much. We are talking about, and I believe we ought to be our 
brother's and sister's keeper. There are times when we need to become 
involved. And when there is a humanitarian crisis, it behooves us to be 
out there first and foremost with all of the possible medicines, foods 
and the like.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman would continue to yield, I 
certainly agree that we should have concern. If we left more money in 
the hands and pockets of the American people, they would be charitable, 
and I do believe we would help them. I believe when we take money from 
poor people, put it in the hands of government and give it to another 
government, that is when we get into trouble. If we left more money in 
the hands of the American people and allowed them to be charitable, I 
believe the outcome would be much better.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  I rise in opposition to the gentleman's proposal. He certainly has 
made a lot of strong arguments that we recognize. However, I just want 
to remind the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul] that there is a test 
force at work to try to put severe conditions into reforming the United 
Nations, to make it more effective, to make it more cost-effective as 
well.
  We will have a separate bill on the U.N. arrearages coming up very 
shortly, and we will have an opportunity to debate that at that time. 
But in that bill I hope the gentleman will watch closely for the 
conditions that we are trying to impose on the United Nations to do 
some of the things the gentleman is concerned about, to make certain 
there is not going to be waste and that there is going to be a more 
effective administration.
  I think this amendment could harm our vital interests. If we can keep 
people talking to each other and keep them apprised of some of the 
problems around the world, we are going to save them from going into 
hostile action, that would cost us even more than the U.N. problems are 
costing us today. I hope that the distinguished gentleman will bear 
that in mind as he looks forward to what we can do about reforming the 
United Nations.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GILMAN. I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman yielding to me. I 
rise in strong opposition to this amendment. I do not serve on the 
Committee on International Relations, and I have deferred in the past 
to debates on these issues. However, sincere as I believe my colleague 
from Texas is, I think he is absolutely dead wrong. I would just say 
that I believe in the sincerity of the amendment; I just think it is 
dead wrong.
  As a former Peace Corps volunteer, I do not want to live in these 
United States the way I lived and saw the absolute abject poverty that 
exists around the world. There is no poverty close to the kind of 
poverty we see in Africa and other areas of the world. We need the 
United Nations. We need not be the world's policeman, we need not be 
the world's peacemaker; we need to join with others in sharing that 
responsibility.
  I was here during the awful tragedy in Somalia, and that was not the 
fault of the United Nations; that was the fault of our own policy and 
how we carried it out. I agree with those who say the United Nations 
needs to be more efficient, the United Nations needs to be more 
effective. We need to be active partners in the United Nations. 
Frankly, we need to pay our debts to the United Nations and be the 
world leaders that we should be and set the example we should. I thank 
the gentleman for yielding.
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from New York controls the time.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GILMAN. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I have no false illusions about the 
amendment, but I think it is very important to talk about these issues, 
because I do believe that I am on the right track when it comes to what 
is authorized in the Constitution and, also, what is very popular with 
a lot of Americans. I think that is important. People have a hard time 
when they see money going to programs like this, they have a great deal 
of trouble accepting it.
  The end of this will come, not because I say so or not because my 
amendment will pass, but all great nations finally fall when they get 
too stretched out financially and in their foreign policy and in their 
military, and we are vulnerable to that. We have great deficits, bigger 
than are admitted, and we are on a course. We have not really attacked 
the budget, we are not cutting back.
  It was suggested earlier that this was just a small amount. Well, 
every bill is just a small amount when we look at a $1.7 trillion 
budget; so it is a small amount, but it continues to add up. Eventually 
great nations fall when they overextend. I fear for that, I fear for 
America, because I believe we are on the wrong track.
  I do not believe we should be the policeman of the world. I do not 
believe the programs have been all that successful, and we should do 
our very best to debate this. If nothing else, maybe some of the 
reforms will do some good if we do not have my way now. But someday we 
will, because we are going to run out of money.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for his remarks.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, we are in a situation where with the dissolution of the 
Soviet Union, some people in this country, some Members of Congress, 
feel as if we can crawl back into a continental shell and ignore the 
rest of the globe. The reality is, unlike at any time in history before 
today, this economy and the survival of America as a leader of the 
world is dependent on our international involvement. When we look at 
the jobs that are produced as a result of trade globally, it is because 
of America's foreign policy leadership that we have markets in the 
world unmatched by any other country.
  The U.N. is an instrument of America's interest. We have a control in 
that body unlike most international organizations that give us veto 
power. The question is whether or not this country is better off 
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problems that challenge the world community through an organization 
that debates the issues, or should we leave all of our debates to the 
battlefield? The U.N. is an institution important to America's national 
interests. People who care about our future economy and our security 
and the values that we believe in ought to support the U.N. We ought to 
try to make it as efficient as possible, but there is no question that 
America's interests lie in a United Nations that is efficient, that is 
strong, and that deals with the challenges we face in a multilateral 
manner.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GEJDENSON. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. PAUL. Yes, I am concerned about the same things. I want peace and 
security for our country. That is our number one responsibility here, 
not to socialize the world and run a welfare state. But a policy of 
neutrality has been more consistent with that of peace throughout our 
history and throughout the history of the world. It is when we are 
interventionists, when we impose our will on other people; that is how 
America gets a black eye.
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, there was a time we 
were neutral through World War II until Pearl Harbor brought us into 
that war. I cannot tell my colleague what would have happened if the 
League of Nations had survived and this country had stayed active 
politically in the world, whether we could have avoided the horrors of 
World War II. But there is no question in my mind that, if we withdraw 
from the United Nations, it will increase the likelihood that America's 
men and women will fall on battlefields and face challenges economic 
and military that we can avoid when we have a place to have a dialogue.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the 
requisite number of words.
  Mr. Chairman, in listening to the debate, I think that there is 
something that the Paul amendment clearly misses. It misses the very 
pivotal roll that the United Nations plays in the concept of peace.
  In listening to the distinguished gentleman from Florida [Mr. 
Hastings], a member of the Committee on International Relations, let me 
join him in acknowledging on a recent visit to southern Africa how 
vital the United Nations was in bringing about democracy to southern 
Africa, how vital the United Nations was in protecting life and limb 
and human rights, and how vital the United Nations was in bringing 
parties together that could not speak.
  Therefore, I would simply say that, albeit well-intended, the United 
Nations is a body where disparate voices can be heard. It is a body 
where rising and growing and important African nations have a stake, 
along with other members of this world family.

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  The United Nations is a place where China meets India, where South 
America meets African nations, where the United States and Canada draw 
together, where the European nations come together. There is not one 
other body that brings all of the world's countries together. It is 
unlike the European Union, it is unlike the OAU. It is certainly unlike 
the organization that deals with South America and Latin America. It is 
unlike any other organization. So it would be unlike us to thwart the 
actions of the United Nations in bringing peace now and tomorrow.
  I would ask that this amendment be defeated because I think it is 
important to recognize what the United Nations stands for. It stands 
for drawing individuals together, and it stands for an opportunity for 
dialogue for those who could not dialogue otherwise.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, I must rise to oppose the amendment. In fact, I think 
it is preposterous to even think at this stage of the game, in 1997, 
that we would even consider such an amendment to pull the U.S. out of 
the U.N. We ought to take the U.N., after the struggle to defeat the 
Soviet Union and to defeat communism, and we were successful, we ought 
to take the United Nations and utilize the United Nations to help 
further United States' interests, to help further United States' 
foreign policy.
  When I was a member of the Committee on International Relations and 
Madeleine Albright was the U.N. rep, she came and said that. I agreed 
with her 100 percent. Now, now that the fight against the Soviet Union 
has been won, the Cold War has been won, the U.S. has emerged as the 
world's last remaining superpower, are we going to just take that and 
throw it all away?
  We claim in this body that we want the world to emulate the United 
States. We want other nations to have free market economies. We want 
other nations to practice democracy. We say we want to promote 
democracy all over the world. What better ways to do it than through an 
international body like the United Nations?
  As my friend and colleague from Florida said, yes, the U.N. needs to 
be reformed, the U.N. needs to be changed, the U.N. needs to tighten 
its belt. There are lots of things the U.N. needs to do. But will the 
U.N. do it if the United States, the leader of the world, is not part 
and parcel of that driving force? I would say no.
  I would say, furthermore, that it is an embarrassment that the United 
States owes more than $1 billion in dues, in arrearages, to the U.N. 
That is an embarrassment. That undermines the United States' 
effectiveness and leadership in the United Nations, because it is very 
difficult for us to say to nations of the world what we think they 
ought to do when we are the biggest deadbeats, unfortunately, in the 
United Nations.
  So rather than pull out of the United Nations, I think what we should 
do is pay our U.N. dues, pay the money we owe, and make sure that the 
U.N. reforms itself. Mr. Chairman, I think that the United States, as 
the last remaining superpower on this Earth, has an obligation not to 
the world but to ourselves.
  Is the world not safer if democracy prevails with the United States 
there as a strong force in the U.N.? Is the world not safer if free 
market economies begin to flourish across the globe with the United 
States as part of the U.N., being the most influential member in the 
U.N.?
  I can tell the Members, in countries that I have visited, they are 
literally begging us for a little bit of assistance. A little bit of 
aid would go a long, long way. I think the direction that this Congress 
has been taking is a wrong direction. We ought to be expanding foreign 
aid. It helps the United States. Three quarters of the aid that we send 
or give to other countries is put back into the United States in the 
purchase of goods and services, American goods and services. So we help 
ourselves and we help the world, and we make sure that democracy 
flourishes and free market economies flourish.
  Pulling us out would be just absolutely preposterous, and would be 
terrible not only for the world but for the United States. We need to 
lead. We do not need to recoil. We do not need to be isolationists. The 
world is shrinking, and I believe that the United States continues and 
should continue to play a vital role in ensuring that democracy and 
free market economy is spread.
  Again, it is in furtherance of our own self-interest. Now that the 
Soviet Union is no longer around, we can grab the bull by the horns. We 
can shape the United Nations. We can shape the world in terms of what 
we would like to see. That is done with a strong U.S. presence, not 
with U.S. removal from the United Nations. So I believe this is just 
the absolute wrong direction in which we ought to move. I really think 
that this is, frankly, one of the silliest things I have seen since I 
have been in Congress.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ENGEL. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman mentioned that the Soviet Union 
disintegration might be attributed to the United Nations, but quite 
frankly, it was because the U.N. did not deal with them as much as 
others. Think about the first episode of the U.N. troops going into 
Korea. We still have a dictator in North Korea, we have a government in 
South Korea that we protect that is not necessarily civil libertarian. 
Yet that is as a result of U.N. action. The Soviet system collapsed 
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  I would like to just mention, and I feel very lonely here in the 
Congress, but take a look at this. This is a stack of petitions, 
thousands of petitions by the American people who disagree with our 
policy and would like us to at least address it, and not call it silly.
  Mr. ENGLE. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I was one of the 
Democrats that broke with my party and supported President Bush in the 
Persian Gulf war. And because we had the United Nations and other 
people, we were very, very effective.
  The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel] has 
expired.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Engel was allowed to proceed for 30 
additional seconds.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, I supported President Bush in Operation 
Desert Storm. I think that was one of the times we utilized the United 
Nations, and we utilized the international community to further U.S. 
foreign policy interests. It was good for this country and it was good 
for the world. I want to say that we can do that again, and we can do 
that again if the United States is a vital force in the United Nations, 
not pulling out of the United Nations. That would be the opposite thing 
we ought to do.
  Mr. PAUL. If the gentleman will continue to yield, let me point out 
that authority came from the United Nations.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. I rise in strong 
opposition to this amendment. With all respect for my colleague, I 
think we have an obligation as Members of Congress to lead. I 
understand that there are constituents of the gentleman's and perhaps 
constituents of mine who are concerned with daily life. They are 
worried about how they are going to pay the bills, they are worried 
about how they are going to send their youngsters to college, they are 
worried about how they are going to pay the mortgage. These occupations 
consume them.
  But as Members of Congress, I think we have a responsibility to 
explain to those constituents that the United States plays a key role 
in this world, and we are the leaders of the free world. For those of 
us who have an opportunity to see the important works of the United 
Nations, we have to speak out loudly and clearly that by raising the 
economic standard, by raising the standard of living of people in 
countries that many of our constituents have never visited, we are 
helping ourselves here in the United States.
  Mr. Chairman, I feel very strongly that we have to pay our U.N. dues. 
We have to pay our arrearages. We have been a leader in the United 
Nations, and the fact that we have not paid our dues and have not met 
our responsibility does harm to our position in the United Nations.
  When we look at the programs of, for example, the United Nations 
development program, and we see that this program has a real impact in 
many of the areas of the world in health care, in education, in giving 
people the opportunity to work and get a job and raise their standard 
of living, this helps us. Ignorance breeds violence too often in 
distant corners of the world.
  Therefore, I think we have to explain to our constituents that if we 
give a person in Kenya, for example, or Botswana the opportunity to 
create a job for themselves, sometimes $300 to a microcredit program 
helps a woman stand tall, and this supports a whole family. This can 
support a whole community. We have an obligation, Mr. Chairman, to help 
educate our constituents.
  Now, the United Nations is not perfect. There are many things that I 
would agree with my colleague on. We have to work, work with the new 
Secretary General, to make sure that these areas are reformed. But I 
would ask my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and in fact, take a 
strong position to support the United Nations and to make sure that the 
United States can stand tall and fulfill our responsibilities as a 
leader in the world by paying our arrearages.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. LOWEY. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I share the gentlewoman's desire for the 
United States to be a leader. It is just that my concept of leadership 
is different. We have troops in 100 countries of the world. That does 
not have very much to do with our national security. I am for 
neutrality. I want to be friends with everybody. Some say this is an 
isolationist viewpoint. It has nothing to do with isolationism, if we 
combine it with free trade.
  This whole notion that we are isolating and drawing back, yes, we 
would like to draw some of our troops back, maybe because we are not 
authorized, it is not part of our national security, we do not have the 
funds, and it gets us into trouble. Those are the reasons why the 
American people are sick and tired of all this adventurism overseas.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. LOWEY. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I would say to the gentleman 
from Texas [Mr. Paul], my distinguished colleague, those 100 countries 
the gentleman asserts we have troops in are not all under the aegis of 
the United Nations. Many of those are our bilateral responsibilities, 
and some are unilateral.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I would say to the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul], again I would like to respectfully 
disagree. It has been our policy that educating the populations of the 
world, spreading democracy, has been in the interests of the United 
States. I would like to close by saying that it is in the interest of 
our country, of our constituents, that we do what we can to strengthen 
the United States, to invest in world peace. Hopefully this will keep 
our community safe here at home.
  I would like to work with the gentleman to invest in our communities 
at home, to help our families be strengthened through education and 
through housing and health care programs. But in order to keep our 
constituents safe at home, we have a responsibility, in my judgment, to 
strengthen our role in the United Nations, to be sure that we have a 
United Nations that can continue to work for world peace. That is in 
the interest of our constituents here at home.
  Mr. PAUL. If the gentlewoman will continue to yield, Mr. Chairman, I 
think a lot of American people want to feel secure. That is obviously 
part of our responsibility. But a lot of people in this country now 
would feel more secure if they could keep more of their own money and 
we were not so adventurous.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul].
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 159, further proceedings 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul] will be 
postponed.

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  The CHAIRMAN. Are there further amendments to title XV?


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Stearns

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Stearns: Page 156, line 12, strike 
     ``Secretary of State'' and insert ``Congress''.

  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I have in my hand the actual bill, H.R. 
1757. If my colleagues are interested, on page 156, I am just going to 
read what it says in the one word we are substituting.

       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 any of its specialized agencies for any 
     calendar year if the Secretary of State.

  My colleagues, all my amendment does is delete the words ``Secretary 
of State'' and put in the word ``Congress'' so that if the Congress 
determines that the United Nations or any such agency has failed to 
implement or to continue to implement consensus-based decisionmaking 
procedures on budgetary matters which ensure that sufficient attention 
is paid to the views of the

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United States and other member states that are the major financial 
contributors to such assessed budgets.
  Mr. Chairman, I have a very simple two-line amendment which deletes 
the words ``Secretary of State'' and puts in the word ``Congress.'' 
Members might ask, why should we have Congress instead of the Secretary 
of State? I believe that Congress has been the central driving force to 
reform the United Nations. Both colleagues on this side of the aisle 
and this side of the aisle have made that a clarion call.
  This section as it is ignores Congress' concern and wishes to 
administer some type of reform. We bring Congress into the mix here. By 
inserting the word ``Congress,'' the amendment would allow Congress to 
play a critical role in overseeing the pace of reform on budgetary and 
fiscal matters at the United Nations.
  Let me make this clear, particularly to my colleagues on the other 
side, this amendment does not force the President to comply. It is very 
simple. We are not saying the President has to comply. It just says it 
would give the President the option of withholding 20 percent of the 
funds for any calendar year and allows Congress to participate, to get 
involved. Since Congress is appropriating the money, giving the money 
to the United Nations, why not have Congress come back and, working 
through our committee here, determine that the United Nations is indeed 
adhering to implementing fiscal and budgetary reform? And then we could 
have a House vote recommending to the President that we withhold this 
20 percent.
  So if my colleagues believe as elected Representatives from their 
districts that they want to be involved with this decision when the 
President decides to withhold 20 percent of the appropriated funds, the 
funds that belong to their districts, their taxpayers, then they should 
vote yes for my amendment. It is a very simple amendment.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the intent of our 
good colleague, the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Stearns], who has been 
offering this amendment.
  I would like to point out though that the amendment is actually 
redundant. By virtue of its role in the authorization and 
appropriations process, the Congress is already empowered to do what 
the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Stearns] is attempting to do in the 
amendment; namely, to assess the degree to which the U.N. is 
satisfactorily pursuing reform measures. The Congress is readily able 
to make that assessment at the time we authorize and appropriate funds 
for U.N. contributions.
  It is also important to note and to provide to the Secretary of State 
the discretion to make this kind of an assessment in the periods 
between when the Congress appropriates and the administration actually 
pays our contributions so that at that point in time U.N. performance 
can be fully judged.
  I would like to remind our good colleague, the gentleman from Florida 
[Mr. Stearns], that while we are aware that the U.N. is faced with a 
number of problems, there is a task force at work right now, a 
leadership task force, to try to determine what our accurate assessment 
should be, to make certain that certain conditions will be imposed 
before we pay arrearages and determine a proper formula for payment of 
arrearages.
  I want to commend the gentleman for focusing attention, once again, 
on the problems we are having with the U.N., but I would urge him to 
consider the fact that we already in the Congress are empowered to do 
what the gentleman is attempting to do by this amendment.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to strike the last 
word.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Florida?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate what my colleague has just 
said. Both he and I read from the same document, and I certainly 
appreciate what he has to say.
  I think, since he has been more intimately involved with this, I can 
appreciate what he is saying. Somehow, when I read it, I did not read 
there that it was that clear. So the insertion of the word ``Congress'' 
instead of ``Secretary of State,'' of course, is very simple and is not 
thwarting the President from doing what he wants.
  When we go down to the paragraph that I believe he is citing here, 
which I think is line 19, ``Notice to Congress, the President shall 
notify the Congress when a decision is made to withhold any share of 
the United States assessed contribution and shall notify the Congress 
when the decision is made to pay any; a notification shall include 
appropriate consultation between the President and the President's 
representative.'' It is basically just a notification. There is no 
reaction from the Congress. There is no feeling that the Congress is 
involved.
  It is just the President and the Secretary of State making a decision 
to withhold 20 percent of the funds, and I think it would be nice to 
have Congress involved and actually have a vote on it.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida [Mr. Stearns].
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote, and pending that, 
I make the point of order that a quorum is not present.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 159, further proceedings 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Stearns] 
will be postponed.
  The point of order no quorum is considered withdrawn.


          Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 159, proceedings will now 
resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed 
in the following order:
  The amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bachus]; the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss]; the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul]; and the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Stearns].
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will state it.
  Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Chairman, the voice vote was yes on my amendment, and 
I did not request a recorded vote and am not requesting a recorded 
vote.
  The CHAIRMAN. The aye voice vote could still prevail at the time that 
the amendment comes up if a recorded vote is not ordered.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Bachus

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bachus] on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 277, 
noes 146, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 161]

                               AYES--277

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Archer
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boyd
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Carson
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gibbons
     Goodlatte
     Goodling

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     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Lampson
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Meehan
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Molinari
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Obey
     Ortiz
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stabenow
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--146

     Ackerman
     Allen
     Armey
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Burton
     Capps
     Cardin
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Coyne
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Dooley
     Engel
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Ford
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Hastings (FL)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennelly
     Kilpatrick
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Maloney (CT)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Matsui
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Oberstar
     Olver
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Rogers
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stokes
     Taylor (NC)
     Thompson
     Torres
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Andrews
     Buyer
     Farr
     Fattah
     Goode
     Jefferson
     Lantos
     Pickering
     Royce
     Schiff
     Watkins

                              {time}  1932

  Mr. SPRATT, Mr. VENTO, and Mrs. KENNELLY of Connecticut changed their 
vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. BUNNING, McHALE, DIAZ-BALART, JOHN, SHAYS, GREENWOOD, 
PACKARD, BARCIA, STUPAK, SHIMKUS, Mrs. KELLY, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN 
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye''.
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                      Announcement by the Chairman

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 159, the Chair announces 
that he will reduce to a minimum of 5 minutes the period of time within 
which a vote by electronic device will be taken on each of the other 
amendments on which the Chair has postponed further proceedings.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Goss

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] on 
which further proceedings were postponed on which the noes prevailed by 
voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 214, 
noes 211, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 162]

                               AYES--214

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--211

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ehrlich
     Engel
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Forbes
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Graham
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     John
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek

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     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wicker
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Andrews
     Buyer
     Farr
     Fattah
     Goode
     Jefferson
     Lantos
     Pickering
     Schiff

                              {time}  1946

  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia and Mr. WOLF changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Messrs. LIVINGSTON, DUNCAN, HANSEN, CASTLE, HORN, PEASE, RIGGS, and 
ENSIGN, Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington, and Ms. GRANGER changed their 
vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Paul

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul] on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             recorded vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 54, 
noes 369, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 163]

                                AYES--54

     Aderholt
     Barr
     Bartlett
     Bonilla
     Burton
     Chenoweth
     Coburn
     Combest
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     DeLay
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Duncan
     Ensign
     Everett
     Foley
     Gibbons
     Hall (TX)
     Hefley
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Istook
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kingston
     Largent
     Linder
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McIntosh
     Moran (KS)
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Paul
     Pombo
     Riley
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Solomon
     Stump
     Taylor (MS)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--369

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Collins
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal
     Neumann
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paxon
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Andrews
     Berman
     Buyer
     Farr
     Fattah
     Goode
     Jefferson
     Lantos
     Pickering
     Royce
     Schiff

                              {time}  1956

  Mr. LIVINGSTON and Mr. WHITFIELD changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana and Mr. WAMP changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Chairman, I missed the vote on rollcall No. 163, the 
Paul of Texas amendment. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Stearns

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Stearns] on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             recorded vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 176, 
noes 244, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 164]

                               AYES--176

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey

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     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Foley
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Gallegly
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     Kingston
     Klug
     Largent
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McInnis
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Radanovich
     Redmond
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Upton
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--244

     Ackerman
     Allen
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Ehlers
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Forbes
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Furse
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hyde
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     McDade
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Northup
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Petri
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     White
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Abercrombie
     Andrews
     Buyer
     Dingell
     Farr
     Fattah
     Goode
     Jefferson
     Lantos
     McIntosh
     Ortiz
     Pickering
     Schiff
     Waters

                              {time}  2007

  Mr. SANFORD changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the majority leader, I would like to 
announce that we have taken the last rollcall vote of the evening. We 
will continue on the bill and roll any other votes that we have that 
are ordered until tomorrow morning.


                    Amendments Offered By Mr. Gilman

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I offer amendments, and I ask unanimous 
consent that they be considered en bloc. The amendments are as follows:
  Ewing No. 3, calling on Peru to expedite legal procedures; Jackson-
Lee No. 37, State Department to monitor human rights in Ethiopia; 
Kennedy No. 20, special envoys to promote mutual disarmament; Kim No. 
44, SOC re no transfer of nuclear waste from Taiwan to North Korea; 
Pallone No. 70, sense of Congress regarding U.S.-Indian relations; 
Pallone No. 73, sense of Congress for the protection of the Belarussian 
sovereignty; Rohrabacher No. 1, sense of Congress supporting Taiwan in 
the WTO; Vento No. 34, State Department report on Hmong and Laos 
refugees; Traficant, Buy America; Menendez, withholding assistance to 
countries that provide nuclear fuel to Cuba; Menendez, availability of 
amounts for Libertad and the Cuban Democracy Act; and Gejdenson, 
regarding the Wassenaar agreement.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that these amendments be 
considered en bloc.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the amendments.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Amendments offered by Mr. Gilman:

  Amendment to H.R. 1757, as Reported Offered by Mr. Ewing of Illinois

       At the end of title XVII (relating to foreign policy 
     provision) add the following (and conform the table of 
     contents accordingly):

     SEC. 1717. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED STATES 
                   CITIZENS HELD IN PRISONS IN PERU.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (1) The Government of Peru has made substantial progress in 
     the effort to restrict the flow of illicit drugs from Peru to 
     the United States.
       (2) The Government of Peru has cooperated greatly with the 
     United States Government to stop individuals and 
     organizations seeking to transport illicit drugs from Peru to 
     the United States and to jail such drug exporters.
       (3) Any individual engaging in such exporting of illicit 
     drugs and convicted in a court of law should face stiff 
     penalties.
       (4) Any such individual should also have a right to timely 
     legal procedures.
       (5) Two United States citizens, Jennifer Davis and Krista 
     Barnes, were arrested in Peru on September 25, 1996, for 
     attempting to transport illicit drugs from Peru to the United 
     States.
       (6) Ms. Davis and Ms. Barnes have admitted their guilt upon 
     arrest and to an investigative judge.
       (7) Ms. Davis and Ms. Barnes have volunteered to cooperate 
     fully with Peruvian judicial authorities in naming 
     individuals responsible for drug trafficking and several have 
     been arrested.
       (8) More than seven months after their arrest, Ms. Davis 
     and Ms. Barnes have not yet been formally charged with a 
     crime.
       (9) Peruvian domestic law mandates that formal charges be 
     brought within four to six months after arrest.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the Government of Peru should respect the rights of 
     prisoners to timely legal procedures, including the rights of 
     all United States citizens held in prisons in Peru.
                                                                    ____


                  Amendment to H.R. 1757, as Reported

                Offered by Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts

       At the end of title XVII, insert the following:

     SEC. 1717. SPECIAL ENVOYS FOR MUTUAL DISARMAMENT.

       The President shall instruct the United States Ambassador 
     to the United Nations to support in the Security Council, the 
     General Assembly, and other United Nations bodies, 
     resolutions and other efforts to--
       (1) appoint special envoys for conflict prevention to 
     organize and conduct, in cooperation with appropriate 
     multilateral institutions, mutual disarmament talks in every 
     region of the world in which all nations would participate, 
     and to report to international financial institutions on the 
     degree of cooperation of governments with these talks;
       (2) commit each member state to agree to meet with its 
     regional special envoy within 3 months of appointment to 
     deliver and discuss its proposal for regional (and, where 
     appropriate, international) confidence-building measures, 
     including mutual reductions in the size, proximity, and 
     technological sophistication of its and other nations' armed 
     forces, that would lead to significant cuts in threat levels 
     and military spending; and

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       (3) commit each member state to agree to continue meeting 
     with the special envoy and such regional bodies and states as 
     the special envoy shall suggest to complete negotiations on 
     such confidence-building measures, with the goal of making 
     significant cuts in military spending by the year 2000.

                  Amendment to H.R. 1757, as Reported

                    Offered by Mr. Kim of California

       At the end of title XVII (relating to foreign policy 
     provisions) insert the following new section:

     SEC. 1717. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF 
                   NUCLER WASTE FROM TAIWAN TO NORTH KOREA.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Republic of China on Taiwan (Taiwan) is considering 
     transferring low-level nuclear waste to the Democratic 
     People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and paying North 
     Korea an amount in excess of $220,000,000 to accept the 
     nuclear waste.
       (2) The transfer of nuclear waste across international 
     boundaries creates worldwide environmental safety concerns.
       (3) North Korea rejected the request of the International 
     Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect 2 nuclear facilities 
     at Yongbyon in March 1993, in violation of Article III of the 
     Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to which 
     North Korea is a signatory.
       (4) North Korea has historically been unwilling to allow 
     any third party investigators to inspect its nuclear waste 
     storage facilities.
       (5) The failure of North Korea to store nuclear waste 
     safely raises environmental concerns on the Korean peninsula.
       (6) The United States has in excess of 37,000 military 
     personnel, plus their families, on the Korean peninsula.
       (7) The current North Korean regime has been linked to 
     numerous terrorist activities, including the bombing in 1987 
     of a Korean Airline aircraft, and the bombing in 1983 in 
     Rangoon, Burma, which killed 4 South Korean Government and 13 
     diplomatic officials.
       (8) North Korea continues to be listed by the United States 
     Department of State as a state supporting international 
     terrorism.
       (9) The several hundred million dollars of hard currency 
     generated by this transaction could be used by the militarist 
     regime in North Korea to continue their reign of terror over 
     their own people and the sovereign nations of the Pacific 
     Rim.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the Government of Taiwan should refrain from issuing an 
     export license for the transfer of nuclear waste to North 
     Korea until all parties on the Korean peninsula can be 
     assured that--
       (1) North Korea can safely handle this nuclear waste;
       (2) North Korea will submit to independent third party 
     inspection of their nuclear storage facilities; and
       (3) North Korea indicates a willingness to comply with the 
     commitments it made in the ``Agreed Framework'', entered into 
     in 1994 between North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and the 
     United States, relating to nuclear materials and facilities 
     in North Korea, and meet International Atomic Energy Agency 
     safeguards with respect to North Korea's nuclear program.

   Amendment to H.R. 1757, as Reported Offered by Mr. Pallone of New 
                                 Jersey

       At the end of title XVII (relating to foreign policy 
     provisions) insert the following new section:

     SEC. 1717. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING PRIME MINISTER 
                   GUJRAL OF INDIA.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Prime Minister Gujral of India has recently received a 
     vote of confidence from the Indian parliament.
       (2) Prime Minister Gujral is committed to strengthening 
     ties between the United States and India through the 
     continuation of free market reforms and initiatives.
       (3) The Gujral government is on the verge of passing a 
     budget package that will carry forward economic reforms 
     initiated in 1991 that have opened India to foreign 
     investment and trade.
       (4) Prime Minister Gujral has made it a priority to improve 
     relations with Pakistan and has recently met with the Prime 
     Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, to better relations 
     between the two countries.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the Clinton Administration should support and work 
     closely with Indian Prime Minister Gujral in strengthening 
     relations between the United States and India and improving 
     relations in the South Asia region.

   Amendment to H.R. 1757, as Reported Offered by Mr. Pallone of New 
                                 Jersey

       At the end of title XVII (relating to foreign policy 
     provisions) insert the following new section:

     SEC. 1717. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF 
                   BELARUS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the President should 
     strongly urge the Government of President Aleksandr 
     Lukashenka of the Republic of Belarus to defend the 
     sovereignty of Belarus, maintain its independence from the 
     Russian Federation, abide by the provisions of the Helsinki 
     Accords and the constitution of the Republic of Belarus and 
     guarantee freedom of the press, allow for the flowering of 
     the Belarusan language and culture, and enforce the 
     separation of powers.

   Amendment to H.R. 1757, as Reported Offered by Mr. Rohrabacher of 
                               California

       At the end of title XVII (relating to foreign policy 
     provisions) insert the following new section:

     SEC. 1717. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE ACCESSION OF 
                   TAIWAN TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The people of the United States and the people of the 
     Republic of China on Taiwan have long enjoyed extensive ties.
       (2) Taiwan is currently the 8th largest trading partner of 
     the United States, and exports from the United States to 
     Taiwan total more than $18,000,000 annually, substantially 
     more than the United States exports to the People's Republic 
     of China.
       (3) The executive branch has committed publicly to support 
     Taiwan's bid to join the World Trade Organization and has 
     declared that the United States will not oppose this bid 
     solely on the grounds that the People's Republic of China, 
     which also seeks membership in the World Trade Organization, 
     is not yet eligible because of its unacceptable trade 
     practices.
       (4) The United States and Taiwan have concluded discussions 
     on a variety of outstanding trade issues that remain 
     unresolved with the People's Republic of China and that are 
     necessary for the United States to support Taiwan's 
     membership in the World Trade Organization.
       (5) The reversion of control over Hong Kong--a member of 
     the World Trade Organization--to the People's Republic of 
     China, scheduled by treaty to occur on July 1, 1997, will, in 
     many respects, afford to the People's Republic of China the 
     practical benefit of membership in the World Trade 
     Organization for the substantial portion of its trade in 
     goods--despite the fact that the trade practices of the 
     People's Republic of China currently fall far short of what 
     the United States expects for membership in the World Trade 
     Organization.
       (6) The executive branch has announced its interest in the 
     admission of the People's Republic of China to the World 
     Trade Organization; the fundamental sense of fairness of the 
     people of the United States warrants the United States 
     Government's support for Taiwan's relatively more meritorious 
     application for membership in the World Trade Organization.
       (7) It is in the economic interest of United States 
     consumers and exporters for Taiwan to complete the 
     requirements for accession to the World Trade Organization at 
     the earliest possible moment.
       (b) Congressional Statement.--The Congress favors public 
     support by officials of the Department of State for the 
     accession of Taiwan to the World Trade Organization.

 Amendment to H.R. 1757, as Reported Offered by Mr. Vento of Minnesota

       At the end of title XVII insert the following new section:

     SEC. 1717. REPORTS AND POLICY CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS 
                   VIOLATIONS IN LAOS.

       Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees on the allegations of persecution 
     and abuse of the Hmong and Laotian refugees who have returned 
     to Laos. The report shall include:
       (1) A full investigation, including full documentation of 
     individual cases of persecution, of the Lao Government's 
     treatment of Hmong and Laotian refugees who have returned to 
     Laos.
       (2) The steps the State Department will take to continue to 
     monitor any systematic human rights violations by the 
     Government of Laos.
       (3) The actions which the State Department will take to 
     ensure the cessation of human rights violations.

             Amendment to H.R. 1757 Offered by Mr. Menendez

       At the end of the bill add the following (and conform the 
     table of contents accordingly):

 TITLE   . WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT PROVIDE NUCLEAR 
                              FUEL TO CUBA

       (a) In General.--Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(y)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the President 
     shall withhold from amounts made available under this Act or 
     any other Act and allocated for a country for a fiscal year 
     an amount equal to the aggregate value of nuclear fuel and 
     related assistance and credits provided by that country, or 
     any entity of that country, to Cuba during the preceding 
     fiscal year.
       ``(2) The requirement to withhold assistance for a country 
     for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) shall not apply if 
     Cuba--
       ``(A) has ratified the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
     Nuclear Weapons (21 UST 483) or the Treaty of Tlatelelco, and 
     Cuba is in compliance with the requirements of either such 
     Treaty;
       ``(B) has negotiated and is in compliance with full-scope 
     safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency not 
     later than two years after ratification by Cuba of such 
     Treaty; and
       ``(C) incorporates and is in compliance with 
     internationally accepted nuclear safety standards.

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       ``(3) The Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to 
     the Congress each year a report containing a description of 
     the amount of nuclear fuel and related assistance and credits 
     provided by any country, or any entity of a country, to Cuba 
     during the preceding year, including the terms of each 
     transfer of such fuel, assistance, or credits.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 620(y) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a), shall 
     apply with respect to assistance provided in fiscal years 
     beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Menendez

       At the end of bill add the following (and conform the table 
     of contents accordingly):

   Title  . AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC 
       SOLIDARITY ACT OF 1996 AND THE CUBAN DEMOCRACY ACT OF 1992

  Not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available under Chapter 4 of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346; relating 
to economic support fund), for fiscal years 1998 to 1999 to carry out 
the programs and activities under the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6021 et. seq.) and the 
Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 2001 et. seq.)

     Amendment to H.R. 1757 Offered by Mr. Gejdenson of Connecticut

       Add the following new title to the end of the bill (and 
     adjust the table of contents accordingly)

                                Title  

       It is the sense of Congress and the President of the United 
     States should attempt to achieve the foreign policy goal of 
     an international arms sales code of conduct with all 
     Wassenaar Arrangement countries. The purpose of this goal 
     shall be to achieve an agreement on restricting or 
     prohibiting arms transfers to countries that:
       (1) Do not respect democratic processes and the rule of 
     law;
       (2) Do not adhere to internationally-recognized norms on 
     human rights; or
       (3) Are engaged in acts of armed aggression.

        Amendment to H.R. 1757 Offered by Mr. Traficant of Ohio

       At the end of the bill add the following (and conform the 
     table of contents accordingly):

                 DIVISION C--BUY-AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS

     SEC. 2001. BUY-AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS.

       (A) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be expended by an entity 
     unless the entity agrees that is expending the funds the 
     entity will consistent with International Trade Agreements 
     implemented in U.S. Law, comply with the Buy American Act (41 
     U.S.C. 10a-10c).
       (b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
       (1) Purchase of american-made requirement and products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided using 
     funds made available in this Act, it is the sense of the 
     Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, in 
     expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products.
       (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
     the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each 
     recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement 
     made in paragraph (1) by the Congress.
       (c) Probation of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label hearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

  Mr. GILMAN (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendments be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, reserving the right to object, under the 
reservation I would ask our chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. 
Gilman], if he would describe what the Pallone amendment on Indian-
American relations is about.
  Mr. VENTO. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BEREUTER. I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.
  Mr. VENTO. Mr. Chairman, I would just take this moment on the 
gentleman's reservation, important reservation, to thank the chairman, 
the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], for his support for the 
inclusion of the amendment dealing with the Hmong and State Department 
report on that and the human rights and abuses and allegations that are 
going on, and I very much appreciate the chairman's support for that 
amendment, the ranking member's support. It is an important amendment 
to me and to the constituency I represent and to the people of Laos.
  Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, amendment No. 8, as 
filed in the Record on May 14, 1997, with revisions as filed in the 
Committee on Rules, and it is being included in the en bloc amendment. 
I appreciate this cooperation and thank Chairman Gilman and 
Representative Hamilton for their help. This amendment will require the 
State Department to report to Congress on the allegations of 
persecution and abuse of Hmong and Laotian refugees who have 
repatriated to Laos following the Southeast Asia conflict. Such an 
extraordinary State Department analysis is urgently needed because of 
the current and continued reports which allege serious human rights 
violations, persecution, and loss of life being experienced by the 
Hmong in Laos--in years past and today.
  The Hmong fought on the side of the United States in special 
guerrilla units during the Vietnam war at great sacrifice to 
themselves, their families, and their entire community. After the war, 
many of the Hmong who did survive the battlefields of their homeland 
were welcomed to the United States, while 10,000 Hmong remained in the 
refugee camps in Thailand until the closure of the camps in recent 
years. There have been continuous allegations of persecution and abuse 
of the Hmong who repatriated to Laos. In recent months, press reports 
describe bone-chilling nighttime massacres of Hmong villagers, 
including children.
  The United States must thoroughly investigate these allegations 
promptly. Hmong families are reported to be threatened daily under the 
Communist government in Laos, and our Nation, the United States, is the 
only nation with the clout and resources to stop this persecution. The 
State Department's own ``Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 
1996'' reads: ``There continued to be allegations that the Government 
has detained three Hmong males since 1992, because of their association 
with the U.S. Government prior to 1975. The Lao Government has thus far 
not responded directly to repeated inquiries about these allegations.'' 
According to reports, there is only a mere sampling of the thousands of 
allegations of violent political persecution suffered by the Hmong 
which have been resolved.
  The language in my amendment would require the State Department to 
report to Congress on the Lao Government's treatment of Hmong and 
Laotian refugees who have returned to Laos. This report should include 
the steps the State Department will take to continue to monitor any 
systematic human rights violations by the government of Laos. The 
purpose of this amendment is to ensure that the State Department is 
fully engaged and committed to the vigilant investigation of human 
rights violations in Laos.
  This amendment is a reasonable requirement and isn't unduly 
burdensome on the Department of State and would help address in an 
orderly manner concerns raised by other Members of Congress, the media, 
and human rights organizations. The public light shed on this issue 
would help ensure adherence to recognition of universal human rights. I 
am pleased by the bipartisan support for this amendment and hope to 
continue to gain bipartisan support so that this vento proviso becomes 
law.
  Over the years, I have worked to help the Hmong who resettled in the 
United States and believe that we certainly must not turn our backs on 
those who repatriated to Laos. I would like to thank the Chairman 
Gilman, Representative Hamilton, and Representative Solomon for their 
support and affording me the opportunity to have this amendment acted 
upon on the Floor. I urge my colleagues to support the en bloc 
amendment.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BEREUTER. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. With regard to the Pallone amendment, it is H.R. 1486. It 
is a congressional statement regarding Prime Minister Gujral of India. 
The Congress makes the following findings:
  That the Prime Minister has recently received a vote of confidence 
from the Indian parliament;
  Prime Minister Gujral is committed to strengthening ties between our 
Nation and India through the continuation of free market reforms and 
initiatives;
  The Gujral government is on the verge of passing a budget package 
that will carry forward economic reforms initiated in 1991 and will 
help India reform investment and trade;

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  Prime Minister Gujral has made it a priority to improve relations 
with Pakistan and has recently met with the Prime Minister of Pakistan, 
Nawaz Sharif, to better relations between the two nations.
  It is a sense of Congress that the Clinton administration should 
support and work closely with Indian Prime Minister Gujral in 
strengthening relations between the United States and India and 
improving relations in the south Asian region.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, I do thank the gentleman under my 
reservation for yielding me this information. I want to commend the 
gentleman from New Jersey for his initiative.
  Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, reserving the right to 
object, I would like to inquire of the gentleman whether or not the 
Jackson-Lee amendment dealing with the Ethiopian human rights has been 
included in the en bloc amendment?

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  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, would the gentlewoman repeat her question?
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], and as I am asking I am going to 
thank him as well, but I am trying to determine whether the Jackson-Lee 
amendment dealing with monitoring human rights in Ethiopia has been 
included.
  As the chairman of the committee recognizes, Ethiopia does not have 
an independent judicial system, and as well has found that it has 
mutilated female genitals and also has found many individuals 
incarcerated for their political views. So I am very concerned that the 
State Department monitors the human rights activities in Ethiopia, and 
I would like to know if that amendment is included in the en bloc that 
we are now discussing at this point.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, if the gentlewoman would yield, I would say 
in response that the amendment, as reported and offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas [Ms. Jackson-Lee], assistance for Ethiopia, the 
Department of State should closely monitor and take into account human 
rights progress in Ethiopia as it obligates fiscal year 1997 funds for 
Ethiopia authorized to be appropriated by this act.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for his 
response to that. I was concerned, Mr. Chairman, that that was not 
included.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I would like to offer this 
amendment to H.R. 1757, the State Department Authorization legislation 
that the House is considering. It is critical to the development of 
beneficial relations between our Nation and other countries around the 
world that we clearly communicate our interests.
  According to the State Department, Ethiopia's Government limits 
freedom of association and refuses to register several nongovernmental 
organization. Societal discrimination and violence against women and 
abuse of children remains to be a problem; the aberrant act of female 
genital mutilation is nearly universal.
  The Government has encouraged the efforts of domestic and 
international nongovernment organizations that focus on children's 
social, health, and legal issues. However, with daunting development 
challenges and severely limited resources, direct government support 
beyond efforts to provide improved health care and basic education 
remain limited.
  Societal abuse against young girls continue to be a serious problem. 
Almost all girls undergo some form of female genital mutilation, which 
is widely condemned by international health, experts as damaging to 
both physical and psychological health. Clitorectomies are typically 
performed 7 days after birth and the excision of the labia and 
infibulation, the most extreme and dangerous form of female genital 
mutilation, can occur any time between the age of 8 and the onset of 
puberty. Female genital mutilation is not specifically prohibited. 
Early childhood marriage is common in rural areas, with girls as young 
as age 9 being party to arranged marriages. The maternal mortality rate 
is extremely high, due in part to food taboos for pregnant women, early 
marriage, and birth complications related to female genital mutilation.
  The Constitution states that all persons are equal before the law. 
The law provides that all persons should have equal and effective 
protection without discrimination on grounds of race, color, sex, 
language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social 
origin, wealth, birth, or other status. The Government, however, has 
not yet put fully into place mechanisms for effective enforcement of 
these protections.
  Equality for women is not applied in practice. Domestic violence, 
including wife beating and rape, are pervasive social problems.
  The Government of Ethiopia has taken a number of steps to improve its 
human rights practices, but serious problems as you can imagine remain. 
The Government restricts freedom of the press and detained or 
imprisoned 14 journalists in 1996. At year's end, most were accused or 
convicted of inciting ethnic hatred or publishing false information in 
violation of the 1992 Press Law.
  The Constitution and both the Criminal and Civil Codes prohibit 
arbitrary arrest and detention, but the Government does not always 
respect these rights in practice. Nationwide, thousands of alleged 
suspects remain in detention without charge or trial at the close of 
1996. Most often these detections resulted from the severe shortage and 
limited training of judges, prosecutors, and attorneys.
  Ethiopia does not have an independent justice system. Judges and 
Public Prosecutors have been discharged if their judgment is not 
according to political conveniences.
  I know that the United States can not totally relieve the suffering 
of people in all nations. However, we can offer a carrot and stick 
approach in our appropriations to those nations in order to effectively 
communicate our concerns regarding policies which are inconsistent with 
our own interest and values.
  Ethiopia has shown a willingness to respond to the concerns of the 
United States regarding human rights, and I believe that this amendment 
to the State Department Authorization is needed to encourage greater 
strides in human rights and democratic activity in that country. The 
United States should not abandon an opportunity to increase human 
rights in Ethiopia and save lives.
  This amendment would add an additional section to division B under 
title XVII of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for fiscal years 
1998 and 1999. The amendment states that the Department of State should 
closely monitor and take into account human rights progress in 
Ethiopia.
  I urge my colleagues to support my amendment.
  Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Further reserving the right to object, I 
yield to the gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentlewoman from 
Texas for yielding.
  Almost exactly 6 years ago the brutal Mengistu regime in Ethiopia, 
notorious for having one of the bleakest human rights records on the 
continent, fell. At that time there was much hope that the country was 
finally entering a period of democracy and respect for human rights.
  Sadly, the government continues to divide the nation's peoples into 
ethnic-based enclaves, each purposely pitted against the other, with 
the goal of facilitating the dictatorial regime. This ploy has 
endangered the Ethiopian people with the inevitable consequence of 
civil war, with repercussions far worse than the tragedies that 
transpired in Bosnia and Rwanda.
  Until the current government took over, Ethiopia was one of a few 
stable democratic countries in the sub-Saharan Africa. Now, all the 
democratically hostile countries surrounding Ethiopia, such as Sudan, 
Somalia, Iraq and Iran, are seeking to exploit the chaotic situation in 
the country by exerting their negative influences, and therefore I 
support the gentlewoman's amendment.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Gilman] very much for confirming that this is accepted, 
and I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for offering this 
important amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] is recognized 
for 5 minutes in support of his en bloc amendment.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GILMAN. I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman. It

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seems in our effort to work together, and I thank the gentleman so very 
much, that we had to comply with the opening language of this 
legislation.
  I would like to make a technical amendment to insert the fiscal year 
1997 and fiscal year 1998 on the Jackson-Lee amendment in the en bloc 
amendment.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, we are pleased to accept the technical 
amendment.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to 
make the aforementioned technical changes.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, we recognize the technical amendment and 
address it.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman very 
much.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Chair would say to the gentlewoman, the 
modification has to be in writing.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I thank the Chairman.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Florida [Mr. 
Stearns].
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman's amendment has been 
accepted en bloc, then?
  Mr. GILMAN. The gentleman is correct.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIRMAN. There is an amendment pending.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word on the en 
bloc amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] is controlling 
the time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GILMAN. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to thank the chairman of the 
full committee, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], as well as 
the chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from Nebraska [Mr. 
Bereuter] and the ranking members for including my two amendments as 
part of the en bloc amendment.
  Just very briefly, if I could comment on the two amendments. One that 
was already mentioned by the gentleman from Nebraska directs the 
Clinton administration to work closely with Indian Prime Minister 
Gujral in strengthening relations with the U.S., protecting U.S. 
interests in South Asia, and creating peace and stability in the 
region.
  I just believe that this is important, because U.S. relations in 
South Asia are at the critical point, and I think it is imperative that 
we recognize and support the ``Gujral Doctrine'' which basically has 
been an instrument to bring peace between the various nations in South 
Asia.
  I think many of us know that after three wars and 50 years of tense 
relations, India and Pakistan have finally agreed to work together to 
promote peace and economic prosperity, not only through bilateral 
relations, but also through other countries in South Asia.
  The main reason for this amendment was to basically indicate U.S. 
support for the Gujral Doctrine which says that these countries should 
work together, not only diplomatically and to avoid possible conflict, 
but also economically and in terms of their trade.
  The other en bloc amendment relates to democracy, sovereignty and 
human rights in Belarus. Again, I want to thank the chairman and the 
ranking member.
  This amendment expresses the sense of Congress that our President 
should strongly urge the government of President Lukashenka of the 
Republic of Belarus to defend the sovereignty of Belarus, maintain its 
independence from the Russian Federation, abide by the provisions of 
the Helsinki Accords, as well as Belarus's own constitution, and 
guarantee freedom of the press, enforce separation of powers and allow 
for the Belarusan language and culture to flourish.
  That may all seem very simple and something that any nation would 
normally do and any president would normally do. But as I think most of 
us know, the recently installed parliament of Belarus approved an 
integration deal with Russia last week, and this parliament was created 
after a preferential referendum last year and has been criticized as 
being a rubber stamp for the hard-line President Lukashenka.
  Many opposition leaders in Belarus, as well as Western observers, 
believe that last year's referendum was illegitimate. Essentially what 
we have in Belarus is an effort to suppress the Belarusan language and 
culture and to integrate it almost in terms of one nation ultimately 
with Russia.
  What we are saying in this amendment is that that is not the way that 
Belarus should go. The Belarusan-American community feels very strongly 
that this integration deal is not the way to go and is a sellout of 
Belarusan national interests.
  Again, I want to thank the chairman and others who have been 
supportive in including this in the en bloc amendment.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for his supporting 
comments.


 Modification Offered by Ms. JACKSON-LEE to the Amendments Offered by 
                               Mr. GILMAN

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to 
replace the Jackson-Lee amendment that was accepted graciously by the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] in the en bloc with a technical 
change substitute amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Dickey). The Clerk will report the 
modification.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Modification offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas to the 
     amendments offered by Mr. Gilman:
       In lieu of the matter proposed to be included in the en 
     bloc amendment, insert the following:
       At the end of title XVII insert the following new section:

     SEC. 1717. ASSISTANCE FOR ETHIOPIA.

       The Department of State should closely monitor and take 
     into account human rights progress in Ethiopia as it 
     obligates fiscal year 1998 and 1999 funds for Ethiopia 
     authorized to be appropriated by this Act.

  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman 
from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. HARMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of the 
amendment offered by my colleague, Mr. Ewing of Illinois, expressing 
the sense of Congress that the Government of Peru should respect the 
rights of prisoners to timely legal procedures.
  I take particular interest in this amendment because of the problems 
one of my constituents, Ms. Krista Barnes, has had with the Peruvian 
judicial system. Ms. Barnes and a friend, Jennifer Davis, allegedly 
accepted an offer of a free trip to Peru in exchange for smuggling 
cocaine into that country. They were arrested in Lima, Peru on 
September 25, 1996.
  Mr. Chairman, Krista Barnes and her friend may have made a huge 
mistake. If they broke the law, I do not in any way advocate excusing 
them from the consequences. But they do deserve, at the least, a fair 
and speedy trial. Even after fully cooperating with Peruvian 
authorities, and providing information leading to additional arrests, 
they still have not been charged with a crime, let alone granted a 
trial. It has been more than 8 months since Krista Barnes and Jennifer 
Davis were taken into custody. Peruvian domestic law requires that 
formal charges be brought within 4 to 6 months after arrest.
  This amendment strikes the right balance by pointing out the 
substantial and important progress the Peruvian Government has made in 
restricting the flow of illegal drugs between our two countries, and by 
stating the importance of strict penalties for convicted drug 
smugglers. But it also makes clear just how important to America it is 
that her partners in the War on Drugs respect the rule of law and grant 
fair and speedy dispensation of justice to prisoners. I strongly urge 
my colleagues to support the Ewing amendment.
  Mr. KIM. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is a sense of Congress. It asks 
Taiwan to reconsider its proposed deal to pay North Korea $220 million 
to store 200,000 barrels of Taiwanese nuclear waste in North Korea.
  There are several reasons to oppose this deal.
  First: If the current deal goes through, it would set a precedent for 
the buying and selling of nuclear waste on the open market, just like 
any other world commodity. But this isn't any normal commodity.
  The ramifications of this deal are very serious: It will be promoting 
the unregulated, international transfer of nuclear waste across 
international boundaries, without monitoring or safeguards.
  Second: North Korea transporting this waste--unsupervised--across the 
open seas should frighten us all.

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  What assurances do we have that North Korea will take proper safety 
precautions?
  Remember the ecological disaster that resulted from the Exxon Valdez 
accident? And that was just an oil spill. An accident during the 
transportation of this radioactive material could be much worse.
  Third: What assurances do we have that North Korea will safely store 
this waste? They have never opened their storage facilities for 
international inspection. Never.
  At a minimum, this deal should require a 3d party inspection by an 
independent organization like the IAEA.
  All we know is that North Korea plans to dump the waste into 
abandoned mines along the DMZ.
  What if the material leaks into the water table or air? That would be 
an environmental nightmare.
  The United States has 37,000 troops on the Korean Peninsula, many 
right along the DMZ. They would be among the first to be exposed in the 
event of an accident.
  In addition, Seoul, a city of over 10 million people--including tens 
of thousands of U.S. civilians--is only 24 miles from the DMZ.
  This scares me, Mr. Chairman.
  Fifth: The rogue regime in North Korea could use this waste as a 
political pawn with which to hold the South hostage.
  Sixth: We have no idea what the North Koreans will do with the $220 
million in hard currency they will receive in this deal.
  Will the Communist dictatorship in North Korea continue to bolster 
their aggressive million man army threatening our young men and women 
in the Pacific Rim?
  Will they build more missiles to point at us?
  Mr. Chairman, my amendment simply expresses the Sense of Congress 
that Taiwan should stop this deal until all of these serious 
environmental, safety and security concerns are satisfactorily 
addressed.
  I urge my colleagues to support this reasonable amendment.
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Chairman, my amendment which is included in the 
en block amendment would put Congress on record in support of the 
effort by Taiwan to be admitted to the World Trade Organization. 
Taiwan, which has a democratically elected government, is currently the 
eighth largest trading partner of the United States. Taiwan has a 
population of 20 million people compared to 1.2 billion in China. 
However, exports from Taiwan substantially total more than U.S. exports 
to the Communists People's Republic of China, which has surpassed Japan 
in holding the largest annual trade imbalance with the United States. 
The executive branch has announced an interest in the admission of the 
People's Republic of China to the World Trade Organization. It is not 
only a matter of fundamental fairness, that democratic Taiwan also be 
admitted. The administration has, in fact, also indicated an interest 
in Taiwan's admission. This afternoon both the State Department and the 
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative expressed support for my 
amendment. It is in the economic interest of United States consumers 
and exporters for Taiwan to complete the requirements for admission to 
the World Trade Organization at the earliest possible moment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendments, as modified, offered 
by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman].
  The amendments, as modified, were agreed to.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. STEARNS

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Stearns:
       At the end of title XVII (relating to foreign policy 
     provisions) insert the following new section:

     SEC. 1717. STUDY OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the President and the 
     Permanent Representative of the United States to the United 
     Nations should strongly encourage the United Nations to 
     establish a commission to study, report, promptly, 
     concerning--
       (1) establishing a new location for the headquarters for 
     the United Nations; and
       (2) to establish the United Nations as a part-time body.

  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, this is truly an historic amendment that I 
wish my colleagues would consider carefully. The United Nations has 
been located in New York City for 51 years. Why not have a new location 
for the United Nations? I am not sure the delegation from New York 
would agree, but if they will think about it, that property is very 
valuable, and it does not hurt for the United Nations to look at 
alternative locations.
  In addition, my amendment asks the United Nations for a study of ways 
to simplify, ways to move their body into a part-time, evolving United 
Nations.
  I pulled up on the web page, Mr. Chairman, the list of locations and 
system organizations that are part of the U.N., and it just goes on A 
through Z here, of all of the different locations that are just sort of 
reporting back to New York City.
  My point is that we need to bring the United Nations into a new 
location, to try and simplify it and look for ways to bring down the 
cost. Obviously it could be put in parts of the United States where the 
cost is not so high, or it could be put in Europe, it could be put in 
Asia. But I think after 51 years it is time to look at putting the 
United Nations in a new location.
  The current structure of the United Nations does not reflect the real 
world. Many corporations, after 51 years in one location, look at cost-
saving devices and look at ways to move their headquarters somewhere 
else. In fact, in New York City there are a lot of corporate 
headquarters that move to Stanford, Connecticut, or Greenwich, 
Connecticut, or Omaha, Nebraska. Why cannot the United Nations look at 
the possibility of relocating itself?
  The world we live in today is much different than the post-World War 
II era that led to the creation of the United Nations. It has a 
monstrous bureaucracy, and I think we need to start the process of 
downsizing the United Nations just like we have downsized the United 
States Government.
  In 1994, we had a revolution here where we tried to change things, 
and we did. We created savings and we instituted new reforms here. We 
need the United Nations to come on board and start their reforms too.
  Individual States do it, countries do it, corporations do it. It is 
time the United Nations started to reflect the global changes and the 
need to institute reforms and to relocate the United Nations.
  So it is a very simple amendment here. I am sure the chairman might 
not necessarily agree about the relocation. I am not asking for it to 
go to Florida. I am just asking for the United Nations to put up a 
commission and say look, we are going to look at it. It is not a big 
deal here.
  Why can we not have new thinking at the United Nations, instead of 
having all of these delegates file into the United Nations year in and 
year out? I think we would not see these 131,000 parking tickets which 
were issued by the New York City police to U.N. diplomatic and consular 
vehicles, and none of them were paid. So maybe now is the time to look 
at this bureaucracy.
  Mr. Chairman, I am asking the United Nations to start the first step, 
to go ahead and establish preliminary plans to relocate the United 
Nations to another country, or perhaps they might think another 
location within the United States.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. STEARNS. I yield to the gentleman from Nebraska.
  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Chairman, I notice that the gentleman mentioned 
Omaha, Nebraska, and I just wanted to tell him there is no ground swell 
of support for the United Nations being located in Omaha, but I thank 
the gentleman.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I think that probably confirms that Omaha, 
Nebraska is out the window for the site location, but I would say that 
perhaps there are places in Europe or places in other parts of the 
world that might welcome the United Nations.

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  I think the gentleman's point might be well taken. I am sure they 
feel the same way in Ocala, Florida, which is my home State, and other 
parts of central Florida. We do not want to see the United Nations 
certainly in New York City anymore. We would like to see it relocated, 
but more importantly, we would like to see the United Nations move in 
the direction corporations are doing today by downsizing; and like we 
see here in Congress and the Senate and the House, while we are 
downsizing and trying to make the government more efficient and less 
expensive, why not have the United Nations do the same thing?
  That is the gist of my amendment. I urge my colleagues to support it 
when we vote on it tomorrow, Mr. Chairman.
  Mr. CAPPS. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I want to oppose the amendment. Having been born and 
raised in Omaha, Nebraska, I, too, picked up on that suggestion. Maybe 
if Omaha does not want it, Lincoln

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might; I do not know. That is beyond the bounds of this.
  Mr. Chairman, first of all, I question the sense-of-Congress kind of 
ruling. I am new at this business, but I think those are very difficult 
kinds of petitions to deal with. As a general rule, the sense-of-
Congress language, I think, is problematic. I would oppose this 
amendment on those grounds. I am not enthusiastic about the proposal. I 
certainly do not accept that the United Nations should be a part-time 
body. I think it has so much more to do than can be done as a part-time 
institution.
  I wonder if the gentleman has asked the New York delegation how they 
feel about moving the United Nations away from New York. I am not at 
all sure that this would be a positive development. It seems to me that 
the United Nations has headquarters in New York, with major presences 
in Geneva and elsewhere around the world, and that is the way it ought 
to be. I am going to oppose this amendment on those grounds and still 
other grounds.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. CAPPS. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, there are some Members of Congress from 
New York that would perhaps like to see it leave New York City.
  The second point is that the sense of Congress is the only avenue we 
have available to try and put in place a feeling that the United 
Nations should look at another location. The United Nations does not 
have to be forever in New York City. So I think the fact that the 
United Nations could set up a commission to look at alternative 
selection sites is not an unreasonable sense of Congress, if you will, 
because that is the only avenue we have under this bill without it not 
being germane. This is the only way I could do it.
  We do sense of Congresses on the House floor all the time. It is not 
something that is new. I think the Members should realize that we have 
probably done 30 sense of Congresses in the last 60 days, so it is not 
a new type of parliamentary procedure, it is not a new type of 
procedure.
  Towards the idea of a United Nations as a part-time body, the United 
Nations should look at some of their agencies that could be part-time. 
They do not have to have every agency which is in this Web site that I 
have listed, which is line after line of different agencies; not every 
one of those has to be full time, 365 days, 52 weeks a year.
  I would urge my colleague to reconsider, and say basically that he is 
optimistic that the United Nations would find another location, and 
that they could do a commission report, and it would be a harmless yet 
an exploratory, an exploratory way for the United Nations to see is it 
the best value for taxpayers and for people from other countries to 
support the United Nations and to continue in New York City?
  Obviously that real estate is very, very valuable. There obviously 
could be other places where the United Nations could go that would be 
less expensive. Every corporation in America, every corporation in this 
country, looks at cost-saving ways to bring the cost down, and likewise 
the United Nations could do the same thing by looking at an alternative 
location. I thank the gentleman for yielding, for his courtesy.
  Mr. CAPPS. Mr. Chairman, I think the amendment would have more force 
if the initiative had come from the United Nations itself. But I simply 
oppose the amendment.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, I am from New York and represent a district in New York 
City, Bronx, New York, and am from Westchester, New York, just north of 
the city. I can tell the Members that we in New York are very proud of 
the United Nations. We are very proud to have it in New York. New York 
is a wonderful city.
  By the way, I must say that the latest crime statistics have come out 
and New York is now the safest city in the country of any city of 1 
million population or more, and we are very proud of that. Part of what 
makes New York New York is the United Nations. New York certainly is a 
very international city. It is a city of which we are proud. We are 
very happy to have the United Nations there.
  The United Nations pumps $3 billion a year into the New York economy. 
That is a lot of money; 20,000 jobs in the U.N. into the New York 
economy. That is a lot of money. New York, being the largest city in 
this country, it is the financial center of this country, and it is 
near the national center of the country.
  I can tell the Members that my friend, the gentleman from Florida, is 
very wrong in terms of this amendment. I think that the people of New 
York, New York City, and the metropolitan area of New York, which 
includes parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, I think overwhelmingly we 
are very proud of the United Nations and very proud to have the United 
Nations in New York.
  That does not mean there are not disputes from time to time. We have 
been having some disputes involving parking and diplomats parking in 
New York. But disputes will come up from time to time. It does not mean 
that we do not want the U.N. It does not mean we should even consider 
not having the U.N. in New York.
  Mr. Chairman, I really rise to oppose this amendment. We have 
agencies that want to leave the United Nations in New York. In Bonn, 
for instance, the Germans have been very active in trying to pull 
different U.N. agencies out of New York. The UNDP, the United Nations 
Developmental Program, Bonn has a lot of empty office space and a lot 
of empty space because the Germans are relocating their capital to 
Berlin. They have offered the U.N. all kinds of incentives to try to 
lure different departments and agencies away from New York and away 
from the United States. We resist it because we do not want them to 
move again because of the jobs, and the fact that money is pumped into 
the New York economy.

  We should be proud of the United Nations. We should be proud of the 
fact that New York is the international capital of the world because 
the United Nations is there, and I just think that this moving the U.N. 
or pulling out of the U.N., as there was an amendment before which was 
soundly defeated, is all part and parcel of an undercurrent of U.N. 
bashing, or international engagement bashing.
  I think that is wrong. I think that the United States needs to be 
engaged in the world. We are the last remaining superpower. I think it 
is a feather in our cap to have the United Nations in the United 
States. It is certainly a feather in New York's cap to have the United 
Nations in New York. From the point it was formed back in 1945, at the 
end of the Second World War, New York has been the seat of the United 
Nations. It has been a good seat of the United Nations. It has been a 
good fit to have the United Nations in New York.
  I can say that I probably speak for the entire New York State 
delegation, 31 of us, Democrats and Republicans, we are proud to have 
the U.N. in New York. We want the U.N. to stay in New York. On our 
license plates, New York license plates, we have the Statue of Liberty, 
and of course the big three in New York City has always been the Statue 
of Liberty, the Empire State Building, and the United Nations. We can 
talk about others, the World Trade Center and others as well. But the 
U.N. is part and parcel of New York, and New York is part and parcel of 
the U.N.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ENGEL. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman's courtesy in 
yielding. I understand the gentleman's sympathy, being a Member of 
Congress from New York, and perhaps some people feel like the gentleman 
does, too. But obviously there are 49 other States. The cost and the 
amount of expense that is incurred in New York City certainly could be 
brought down by relocating the United Nations elsewhere.
  A lot of corporations have been in New York City and they have 
relocated because they found it less expensive. So while the gentleman 
might be partisan in this matter, but we are trying to think in terms 
of the other 49 States who realize that perhaps there is a way to bring 
the cost down for the United Nations by relocating it, by having a 
commission try to, shall we say, reform the United Nations, and finding 
areas where we can make it part time.

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  This is not U.N. bashing, this is an attempt, like we are doing here 
in Congress, to reform the process, to reform the United Nations and to 
make it more effective. Does the gentleman not think after 51 years the 
United Nations needs some type of reform?
  Mr. ENGEL. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, let me say, as I 
mentioned before when I spoke against the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul], I think the United Nations is in great 
need of reform. I think that the new Secretary General is embarking on 
a period of reform, and heaven knows, we need reform and we demand 
reform in the U.N., and we must have reform.
  But I do not think moving it out of New York City has anything to do 
with reform. I wonder how expensive it would be to even consider moving 
it out of New York. I think if something is working, it is part and 
parcel of the fabric of New York, we ought to keep it. Let me just say 
that I do not think we want to move the U.N. out of New York any more 
than we want to move Disney World out of Florida. I do not know if it 
is the gentleman's district, but I think he would probably resist it.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, I think the gentleman from Florida is mixing mangoes 
with papayas here, because there is a feeling by some folks that the 
U.N. should not exist or that the U.N. should be reformed, or that the 
U.N. should be downsized. But that should not be a reason for taking 
the U.N. out of the United States or the U.N. out of New York.
  I come from a district where we fear on a daily basis the loss of the 
New York Yankees moving out of State, or maybe if the gentleman 
succeeds at this, they may move out of the country. I just cannot 
understand why this desire all of a sudden to bash the U.N. and bash it 
in a way, in a way which says that the way to deal with this is to have 
them move out of New York.
  I do not want to believe that this is a New York bashing bill, a 
proposal, because I know the gentleman better than that. I have great 
respect for him. But I think we have to just look very briefly at some 
history.
  There is a reason why the U.N. is in New York. The decision was made 
based on a couple of things. Obviously, the land was donated by one of 
the families in the United States. The construction took place with a 
lot of help from private capital. But there was a desire, and I think a 
great statement made by that organization, that it wanted to go to the 
freest and most democratic country on earth, and that in there it 
wanted to be situated in an international city which was known as a 
melting pot in this country and definitely throughout the world. So 
there was a reason why the U.N. was put in New York. That reason still 
remains a very valid reason today.
  Today New York City continues to be a place that attracts people from 
all over the world to live, to visit, to set up businesses. The U.N. 
being in New York is very much a part of what the U.N. is supposed to 
be about.
  I understand that the gentleman is one of a group that feels that the 
U.N. should disappear. Try doing that. Some of us may oppose the 
gentleman, but try doing that. In the meantime, leave it in New York 
unless he wants it in Florida. If that is the point, then please make 
that.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SERRANO. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague for yielding to me.
  The gentleman and I both know that he had a football team, the 
Giants, that left New York and went to New Jersey. The New York Jets 
have left. Other athletic teams have left New York City. A lot of 
corporations have left. We are not saying in this amendment that it has 
to leave. We are asking the United Nations to study it, just to look at 
alternative locations that would be less expensive.
  All we are saying is set up a commission to look at it somewhere down 
the line, maybe 50 years from now, 20 years from now, 5 years from now. 
Somewhere down the line it might be advisable for the United Nations to 
put itself in a new location. That is all we are asking.
  The contrast the gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel] says between 
Disney World and the United Nations, Disney World and the United 
Nations, maybe some colleagues might think they are synonymous. They 
are not. Disney World is a for-profit operation. The United Nations is 
a not-for-profit operation. It is totally different. But I appreciate 
the gentleman giving me the time.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, the gentleman has not 
obviously looked at the fact that the U.N. pumps a lot of money into 
the United States economy, because New York City is that kind of a 
national and international town where any money that is pumped into 
that economy in fact has ramifications throughout the Nation. That is a 
fact of life.
  To say that it should move out because the Giants moved out, first of 
all, I think it is very unfair to remind me that the Giants and the 
Jets moved out and the Nets moved out, and the Yankees are thinking of 
moving out. I have not recovered from the Dodgers moving out or the 
Giants moving out.
  Granted, if the gentleman can get me the Dodgers back, I will trade 
the U.N., but for now, for now let us leave the U.N. in New York.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SERRANO. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.

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  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to say, which I think is 
very obvious, my other colleague from New York pointed out, $3 billion 
into the local economy. Let me just say as a resident and representing 
New Jersey, I know that a significant amount of that money also comes 
to our State. I am sure it goes to Connecticut. I am sure there are 
people that fly down to Miami or other places in Florida and spend 
their vacation.
  The bottom line is that the U.N. is a good deal for the United States 
in terms of having its center located here in New York in this country. 
It makes no sense, by any rational sense of the imagination, why we 
would want it to move out. We still have to pay dues. We still have to 
do the other things to be part of the organization. Why not have it 
here where the people are spending all this money in our local 
economies and, as the gentleman said, not only in New York but in a lot 
of other States.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore [Mr. Dickey]. The time of the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Serrano] has expired.
  The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Florida [Mr. Stearns].
  The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 159, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. 
Stearns] will be postponed.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the Stearns 
amendment just considered be made part of title XVII rather than title 
XV as originally noted.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Are there further amendments to title XV?


                  Amendment Offered by Mr. Snowbarger

  Mr. SNOWBARGER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.

  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Snowbarger:
       After chapter 2 of title XV (relating to international 
     organizations; United Nations and related agencies) insert 
     the following new chapter:

          CHAPTER 3--UNITED NATIONS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1997

     SEC. 1531. SHORT TITLE.

       This chapter may be cited as the ``United Nations 
     Accountability Act of 1997''.

     SEC. 1532. PROHIBITION OF PAYMENT OF ARREARAGES TO UNITED 
                   NATIONS.

       Until a certification by the President of reforms in the 
     United Nations under section 1533 is transmitted to the 
     Congress and the certification is approved by the Congress 
     through enactment of a joint resolution and, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available for any fiscal year under ``Contributions to 
     International Organizations'', ``Contributions for 
     International Peacekeeping'', or any other account shall not 
     be available for

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     the payment of any assessed contribution of the United States 
     for prior years to the United Nations.

     SEC. 1533. CERTIFICATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS 
                   REFORMS.

       The certification referred to in section 1532 is a 
     certification (with supporting documentation) by the 
     President to the Congress that the United Nations has 
     implemented all of the following reforms:
       (1) Assessed payment reformulation.--
       (A) The assessed payment of the United States to the United 
     Nations for each year has been lowered to 20 percent of the 
     budget of the United Nations, or
       (B) The United Nations has reformulated each member state's 
     assessed level to reflect each state's share of the total 
     world gross national product.
       (2) Code of conduct.--The United Nations has implemented a 
     code of conduct for all employees of the United Nations. The 
     code of conduct shall specify that no United Nations 
     official, including the Secretary General, shall be permitted 
     to engage in business activities outside the United Nations, 
     or provide any relative with access to United Nations 
     procurement contracts, or take bribes, directly or 
     indirectly, from individuals or corporations doing business 
     with the United Nations or from United Nations member states 
     or their representatives.
       (3) Inspector general of the united nations.--The office of 
     Inspector General of the United Nations has been strengthened 
     as follows:
       (A) The United Nations has a truly independent office of 
     inspector general to conduct and supervise objective audits, 
     inspections, and investigations relating to programs and 
     operations of the United Nations. The office shall be 
     financed under a separate line item in the budget of the 
     United Nations and shall function independently of the 
     Secretary General.
       (B) The United Nations has an inspector general who is 
     selected and elected by the General Assembly for a term of 3 
     years 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. The 
     inspector general may be removed only for cause by the 
     Secretary General with the approval of the General Assembly.
       (C) The inspector general is authorized to--
       (i) make investigations and reports relating to the 
     administration of the programs and operations of the United 
     Nations;
       (ii) have access to all relevant records, documents, and 
     other available materials relating to those programs and 
     operations; and
       (iii) have direct and prompt access to any official of the 
     United Nations.
       (D) 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 
     employee of the United Nations making a complaint or 
     disclosing information to, or cooperating in any 
     investigation or inspection by, the inspector general.
       (E) The United Nations has fully implemented procedures 
     designed to ensure compliance with recommendations of the 
     inspector general.
       (F) The United Nations has required the 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 member governments of the 
     United Nations General Assembly without modification.
       (G) The United Nations is committed to providing sufficient 
     budgetary resources to ensure the effective operation of the 
     office of the inspector general.
       (4) Employee protection.--The existing United Nations 
     grievance system has been thoroughly reformed to permit 
     United Nations employees to hire outside counsel for taking 
     their grievances up the United Nations grievance ladder to 
     the top United Nations grievance appeals level. It should 
     also be made amply clear for civil lawyers and judges in each 
     member state that United Nations officials' immunity from 
     civil process applies only to actions performed in the strict 
     fulfillment of United Nations official duties and never to 
     abuses in violation of an extensive United Nations code of 
     conduct, United Nations employees having the right and option 
     in such cases any time to exit the United Nations grievance 
     process and sue in a civil court.
       (5) Procurement reforms.--
       (A) The United Nations has implemented a system requiring 
     at least 30 days prior notification for the submission of all 
     qualified bid proposals on all United Nations procurement 
     opportunities of more than $100,000 and a public announcement 
     of the award of any contract of more than $100,000 (except in 
     justified and documented emergencies).
       (b) To the extent practicable, notifications and 
     announcements under subparagraph (A) are made in the Commerce 
     Business Daily.
       (C) 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.
       (6) Whistleblower protection.--The United Nations has 
     implemented whistleblower protection for employees of the 
     United Nations that--
       (A) protects employees who allege or report instances of 
     fraud or mismanagement, and
       (B) the independent Office of the Inspector General has 
     reviewed the policies and regulations under subparagraph(A) 
     and determined, in writing that they offer adequate 
     safeguards against retaliation for such employees, and that 
     the United Nations employee grievance system outlined in 
     paragraph (4)(C)(ii) has been reformed and the reforms 
     implemented.
       (7) No growth budget.--The United Nations has adopted a 
     calendar year 2000-2001 biennial budget that requires no 
     nominal growth, in dollars, in expenditures.
       (8) Downsizing.--The United Nations has continued to 
     downsize the number of authorized employment positions, 
     including a reduction of not less than 10 percent in the 
     number of full-time permanent authorized employment positions 
     from the number of such positions authorized on January 1, 
     1997. Acceptable downsizing may not include early detachment 
     from United Nations service with full pay until retirement 
     age is reached, nor may it include the hiring of consultants 
     to replace employees detached early with full pay or those 
     replaced by temporary employees on short-term contracts.
       (9) Salaries.--The United Nations has imposed a freeze on 
     salaries of employees of the United Nations which allows only 
     for annual increases not greater than any annual increase in 
     the United States consumer price index.
       (10) Representation on advisory committee on administrative 
     and budget Questions.--The 8 member states which are the 
     highest contributors to the budget of the United Nations 
     shall be permanent members of the Advisory Committee on 
     Administrative and Budget Questions.
       (11) Access to documents.--Require access by any member 
     state of the United Nations Budget Committee (also known as 
     the Fifth Committee) to any document concerning any United 
     Nations program that involves expenditures.
       (12) Annual reauthorization of peace-keeping missions.--The 
     United Nations requires an annual review and reauthorization 
     of any peace-keeping missions by the United Nations Security 
     Council.
       (13) Reimbursement for united states department of defense 
     peacekeeping expenditures.--The United Nations and the United 
     States have entered into an agreement that calls for United 
     Nations reimbursement for any future voluntary contributors 
     by the United States Department of Defense, whether they be 
     financial, logistical, or material.
       (14) United states arrearages.--The United Nations and the 
     United States have mutually determined an amount that will 
     satisfy any and all arrearages of the United States in 
     assessed contributions for prior years.
       (15) Nominations to security council.--All member states of 
     the United States belong to a regional group that allows each 
     member state to be nominated to the Security Council.
       (16) United nations taxes.--The United Nations has 
     abandoned any effort to establish an international tax or any 
     other international fee or assessment imposed by the United 
     Nations (other than the assessed contributions of member 
     states of the United Nations and associated organs).
       (17) Noninterference with religious belief, culture, or 
     tradition.--Neither the United Nations nor any affiliated 
     agency or entity is engaged in any program or activity that 
     threatens to interfere with the religion, moral values, 
     culture, or traditions of any person or group, except insofar 
     as is strictly necessary for the protection of fundamental 
     and internationally recognized human rights.

  Mr. SNOWBARGER (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Kansas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. SNOWBARGER. Mr. Chairman, it is very clear this evening that 
after the two amendments that have been offered, one by the gentleman 
from Florida [Mr. Stearns] and one by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. 
Paul], that we are not going to take the U.S. out of the U.N. and we 
will have the vote tomorrow but it is probably unlikely that we are 
taking the U.N. out of the U.S. With that in mind, I think we ought to 
look to a concern that Americans do have about the United Nations and 
look toward reform.
  I heard a number of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle as we 
have gone through the debate today talk about the various reforms that 
are needed in the U.N. My amendment would require that Congress and the 
President agree that the United Nations has actually implemented 
certain reforms, that we would require. Those reforms pursuant to my 
amendment would be a lowering of the U.S. dues assessment from 25 to 20 
percent or in the alternative to set assessments for each country's 
dues to reflect each country's share of the aggregate GDP.
  It would also require that a code of conduct for U.N. employees be 
implemented which would prevent conflicts

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of interest, bribes, giving access to friends and relatives to 
information in the U.N. It would also strengthen the U.N. inspector 
general's office giving him the power to investigate and oversee all 
aspects of the United Nations and making him independent of the 
Secretary General. The inspector general would be elected by the 
assembly as opposed to appointed by the Secretary General.
  Also, we would propose that a grievance system be reformed to allow 
employees of the United Nations to hire outside counsel to assist them 
in and even allow them to sue in civil court for grievances against the 
United Nations. We would also ask that procurement reforms be 
implemented so that prior notification would be presented to the public 
on any procurements over $100,000 and also prohibiting punitive actions 
against contractors who challenge those contract awards. We would 
provide protection to whistle blowers who report fraud or 
mismanagement, we would require that no growth occur in the next 
biennial U.N. budget.
  We would request that the U.N. reduce its employee force by 10 
percent from the 1997 levels. We would also impose a salary freeze 
which would allow only for cost-of-living increases. We would propose 
that the eight top contributors to the United Nations be permanent 
members of the U.N. Committee on the Budget. Due to the 
administration's incompetence last year, the United States is not 
currently on that committee this year. We would also require member 
states to have access to all documents relating to expenditures. It 
seems incredible to me, but the U.N. currently does not allow its own 
members to have access to internal documents.
  The U.N. would also be required to annually reauthorize all 
peacekeeping missions so we have an opportunity to review all of those 
missions. I understand in the last few years that they have gone to a 
6-month or 1-year review. We think that ought to occur for all 
peacekeeping missions.
  We would also in the amendment provide for a credit to the Department 
of Defense for contributions to peacekeeping missions against the U.S. 
assessment. The U.N. and the United States would have to come to an 
agreement that any payment that we would make under that agreement 
would completely satisfy any arrearage. The U.N. would have to abandon 
any efforts to impose an international tax or any other new 
international fee. All member states would belong to a regional group 
that would allow them to be on the Security Council and to nominate 
Security Council members. And also the U.N. would not engage in 
activity that would interfere with people's religion, culture, 
traditions, other than the interference needed to protect fundamental 
human rights.
  The final provision of the bill would require that the President 
certify to Congress that these efforts have been made to reform the 
United Nations. Once the President has made that certification within 
30 legislative days, the President's certification, there would be a 
vote of Congress that would approve or deny that.
  Mr. Chairman, I have tried to combine the efforts of an awful lot of 
people in putting this amendment together.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SNOWBARGER. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I want to commend the gentleman from Kansas 
[Mr. Snowbarger] for this thoughtful and very thorough amendment 
concerning reform of the U.N. I appreciate all the hard work that went 
into this effort, intensive work. We have drawn heavily from the 
contents of the Snowbarger amendment for a bill that I intend to offer 
in the near future with the support of our leadership. My bill, 
however, creates even more stringent conditions the U.N. must meet 
before we pay our arrears in full. I believe that, when it is 
introduced, the gentleman will agree that it fully meets all of his 
concerns as expressed in his very thoughtful amendment.
  I would, therefore, request the gentleman to withdraw his measure 
today and await consideration of the bill that will be introduced very 
soon as a freestanding measure on U.N. reform.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The time of the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. 
Snowbarger] has expired.
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Snowbarger was allowed to proceed for 1 
additional minute.)
  Mr. SNOWBARGER. Mr. Chairman, the Clinton administration and U.N. 
allies say that the American taxpayer ought to pay arrearages now and 
wait for reform later because the dues are legal obligations of our 
government. The obligations go both ways. Part of the bargain of the 
United Nations is that the United Nations should be efficient, 
responsible and accountable. As anyone who has dealt with a 
nonperforming contractor knows, withholding of payment is often the 
only way to get him to respond to your concerns.
  To the chairman of the committee, although I am very reluctant to 
withdraw the amendment, I do understand that there has been quite a bit 
of work going on behind the scenes in trying to draft another bill. 
With the assurances from the chairman that that bill is in progress, I 
look forward to working with the chairman. I will withdraw my 
amendment.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will continue to yield, I 
thank the gentleman. We have a leadership task force at work right now 
trying to define the conditions to define the correct amount that is 
due and trying to develop a formula for payment.
  Mr. SNOWBARGER. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my 
amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Kansas?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The amendment is withdrawn.
  Are there further amendments to title XV?


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Coburn

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Coburn:
       At the end of title XV insert the following new section:

     SEC. 1525. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE 
                   AND MAN AND BIOSPHERE PROGRAMS.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
     may be made available to the Man and Biosphere (MAB) Program 
     or the World Heritage Program administered by the United 
     Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 
     (UNESCO).

  Mr. COBURN (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Oklahoma?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. COBURN. Mr. Chairman, this is simply an amendment to clarify what 
our process is.
  The World Heritage and Man and Biosphere program has never been 
authorized by this Congress. It has never been presented to any 
committee of this Congress. A quarter of a million dollars this last 
year was spend in the State Department's budget for this program. This 
amendment simply states that until this is authorized by a committee of 
Congress, that no moneys in this authorization will be spent for this.
  I will not go into any detail. I plan on reserving my time, but it is 
my understanding that the chairman has accepted this amendment and that 
the minority will not object to it. Therefore, I would ask the chairman 
of the committee if that is his intention.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. COBURN. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, we do not have any objections to accepting 
this amendment and would be pleased to accept the gentleman's 
amendment.
  Mr. COBURN. Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the gentleman from California 
might confirm for the minority if that is their intention as well.
  Mr. CAPPS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. COBURN. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. CAPPS. Mr. Chairman, I would like to note for the record that the 
administration opposes this amendment. We as a body will not object.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that, when the 
Committee has under consideration the Smith amendment, relative to 
restrictions to population activities, that debate on that amendment 
and all

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amendments thereto be limited to one hour and 20 minutes divided and 
controlled as follows:
  Twenty minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith] or his 
designee; 20 minutes to the gentleman from California [Mr. Campbell] or 
his designee; 20 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] 
or his designee; and 20 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. 
Barcia] or his designee.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn].
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Are there further amendments to title XV?
  The Clerk will designate title XVI.
  The text of title XVI is as follows:
             TITLE XVI--ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

     SEC. 1601. COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION OF ARMS CONTROL AND 
                   DISARMAMENT STUDIES.

       Section 39 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2579) is repealed.

     SEC. 1602. USE OF FUNDS.

       Section 48 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2588) is amended by striking ``section 11 of the Act 
     of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111)'' and inserting ``any other 
     act''.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Are there any amendments to title XVI?
  The Clerk will designate title XVII.
  The text of title XVII is as follows:
                 TITLE XVII--FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1701. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOLUNTARY 
                   RETURN OF REFUGEES.

       (a) In General.--No funds authorized to be appropriated by 
     this division shall be available to effect the involuntary 
     return by the United States 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, except on 
     grounds recognized as precluding protection as a refugee 
     under the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of 
     Refugees of July 28, 1951, and the Protocol Relating to the 
     Status of Refugees of January 31, 1967.
       (b) Migration and Refugee Assistance.--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 any country unless the Secretary of 
     State first notifies the appropriate congressional 
     committees, except that in the case of an emergency involving 
     a threat to human life the Secretary of State shall notify 
     the appropriate congressional committees as soon as 
     practicable.
       (c) Involuntary Return Defined.--As used in this section, 
     the term ``to effect the involuntary return'' means to 
     require, by means of physical force or circumstances 
     amounting to a threat thereof, a person to return to a 
     country against the person's will, regardless of whether the 
     person is physically present in the United States and 
     regardless of whether the United States acts directly or 
     through an agent.

     SEC. 1702. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                   INVOLUNTARY RETURN OF PERSONS IN DANGER OF 
                   SUBJECTION TO TORTURE.

       (a) In General.--The United States shall not expel, 
     extradite, or otherwise effect the involuntary return of any 
     person to a country in which there are reasonable grounds for 
     believing the person would be in danger of subjection to 
     torture.
       (b) Definitions.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided, terms used 
     in this section have the meanings given such terms 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.

     SEC. 1703. REPORTS ON CLAIMS BY UNITED STATES FIRMS AGAINST 
                   THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA.

       (a) In General.--Within 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and every 120 days thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, shall report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees on specific actions 
     taken by the Department of State, the Department of Defense, 
     and the Department of Commerce toward progress in resolving 
     the commercial disputes between United States firms and the 
     Government of Saudi Arabia that are described in the June 30, 
     1993, report by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 
     9140(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 
     (Public Law 102-396), including the additional claims noticed 
     by the Department of Commerce on page 2 of that report.
       (b) Termination.--Subsection (a) shall cease to have effect 
     when the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, certifies 
     in writing to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     the commercial disputes referred to in subsection (a) have 
     been resolved satisfactorily.

     SEC. 1704. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.

       Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2151n) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``January 31'' and inserting ``February 
     25'';
       (2) redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
     paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph (3):
       ``(3) the status of child labor practices in each country, 
     including--
       ``(A) whether such country has adopted policies to protect 
     children from exploitation in the workplace, including a 
     prohibition of forced and bonded labor and policies regarding 
     acceptable working conditions; and
       ``(B) the extent to which each country enforces such 
     policies, including the adequacy of resources and oversight 
     dedicated to such policies;''.

     SEC. 1705. REPORTS ON DETERMINATIONS UNDER TITLE IV OF THE 
                   LIBERTAD ACT.

       Section 401 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
     (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6091) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(e) Reports to Congress.--The Secretary of State shall, 
     not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this subsection and every 3 months thereafter, submit to the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate a report on the implementation of this section. Each 
     report shall include--
       ``(1) an unclassified list, by economic sector, of the 
     number of entities then under review pursuant to this 
     section;
       ``(2) an unclassified list of all entities and a classified 
     list of all individuals that the Secretary of State has 
     determined to be subject to this section;
       ``(3) an unclassified list of all entities and a classified 
     list of all individuals that the Secretary of State has 
     determined are no longer subject to this section;
       ``(4) an explanation of the status of the review under way 
     for the cases referred to in paragraph (1); and
       ``(5) an unclassified explanation of each determination of 
     the Secretary of State under subsection (a) and each finding 
     of the Secretary under subsection (c)--
       ``(A) since the date of the enactment of this Act, in the 
     case of the first report under this subsection; and
       ``(B) in the preceding 3-month period, in the case of each 
     subsequent report.''.

     SEC. 1706. REPORTS AND POLICY CONCERNING DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.

       (a) Annual Report Concerning Diplomatic Immunity.--
       (1) Report to congress.--The Secretary of State shall 
     prepare and submit to the Congress, annually, a report 
     concerning diplomatic immunity entitled ``Report on Cases 
     Involving Diplomatic Immunity''.
       (2) Content of report.--In addition to such other 
     information as the Secretary of State may consider 
     appropriate, the report under paragraph (1) shall include the 
     following:
       (A) The number of persons residing in the United States who 
     enjoy full immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the 
     United States under laws extending diplomatic privileges and 
     immunities.
       (B) Each case involving an alien described in subparagraph 
     (A) in which the appropriate authorities of a State, a 
     political subdivision of a State, or the United States 
     reported to the Department of State that the authority had 
     reasonable cause to believe the alien committed a serious 
     criminal offense within the United States.
       (C) Each case in which the United States has certified that 
     a person enjoys full immunity from the criminal jurisdiction 
     of the United States under laws extending diplomatic 
     privileges and immunities.
       (D) The number of United States citizens who are residing 
     in a receiving state and who enjoy full immunity from the 
     criminal jurisdiction of such state under laws extending 
     diplomatic privileges and immunities.
       (E) Each case involving a United States citizen under 
     subparagraph (D) in which the United States has been 
     requested by the government of a receiving state to waive the 
     immunity from criminal jurisdiction of the United States 
     citizen.
       (3) Serious criminal offense defined.--The term ``serious 
     criminal offense'' means--
       (A) any felony under Federal, State, or local law;
       (B) any Federal, State, or local offense punishable by a 
     term of imprisonment of more than 1 year;
       (C) any crime of violence as defined for purposes of 
     section 16 of title 18, United States Code; or
       (D) driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or 
     driving while intoxicated if the

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     case involves personal injury to another individual.
       (b) United States Policy Concerning Reform of Diplomatic 
     Immunity.--It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary 
     of State should explore, in appropriate fora, whether states 
     should enter into agreements and adopt legislation--
       (1) to provide jurisdiction in the sending state to 
     prosecute crimes committed in the receiving state by persons 
     entitled to immunity from criminal jurisdiction under laws 
     extending diplomatic privileges and immunities; and
       (2) to provide that where there is probable cause to 
     believe that an individual who is entitled to immunity from 
     the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving state under laws 
     extending diplomatic privileges and immunities committed a 
     serious crime, the sending state will waive such immunity or 
     the sending state will prosecute such individual.

     SEC. 1707. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO EFFICIENCY 
                   IN THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN POLICY.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary, after 
     consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, 
     should submit a plan to the Congress to consolidate some or 
     all of the functions currently performed by the Department of 
     State, the agency for International Development, and the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency, in order to increase 
     efficiency and accountability in the conduct of the foreign 
     policy of the United States.

     SEC. 1708. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT CONCERNING RADIO FREE 
                   EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY.

       It is the sense of the Congress that Radio Free Europe/
     Radio Liberty should continue surrogate broadcasting beyond 
     the year 2000 to countries whose people do not yet fully 
     enjoy freedom of expression. Recent events in Serbia, 
     Belarus, and Slovakia, among other nations, demonstrate that 
     even after the end of communist rule in such nations, tyranny 
     under other names still threatens the freedom of their 
     peoples, and hence the stability of Europe and the national 
     security interest of the United States. The Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors should therefore continue to allocate 
     sufficient funds to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to 
     continue broadcasting at current levels to target countries 
     and to increase these levels in response to renewed threats 
     to freedom.

     SEC. 1709. PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC 
                   ENERGY AGENCY IN CUBA.

       (a) Withholding of United States Proportional Share of 
     Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--Section 307(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(c)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``The limitations'' and inserting ``(1) 
     Subject to paragraph (2), the limitations''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), with 
     respect to funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
     chapter and available for the International Atomic Energy 
     Agency, the limitations of subsection (a) shall apply to 
     programs or projects of such Agency in Cuba.
       ``(B)(i) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to 
     programs or projects of the International Atomic Energy 
     Agency that provide for the discontinuation, dismantling, or 
     safety inspection of nuclear facilities or related materials, 
     or for inspections and similar activities designed to prevent 
     the development of nuclear weapons by a country described in 
     subsection (a).
       ``(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to the 
     Juragua Nuclear Power Plant near Cienfuegos, Cuba, or the 
     Pedro Pi Nuclear Research Center unless Cuba--
       ``(I) ratifies the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
     Nuclear Weapons (21 UST 483) or the Treaty for the 
     Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (commonly 
     known as the Treaty of Tlatelolco);
       ``(II) negotiates full-scope safeguards of the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency not later than two years 
     after ratification by Cuba of such Treaty; and
       ``(III) incorporates internationally accepted nuclear 
     safety standards.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1997, or the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later.
       (b) Opposition to Certain Programs or Projects.--The 
     Secretary of State shall direct the United States 
     representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency to 
     oppose the following:
       (1) Technical assistance programs or projects of the Agency 
     at the Juragua Nuclear Power Plant near Cienfuegos, Cuba, and 
     at the Pedro Pi Nuclear Research Center.
       (2) Any other program or project of the Agency in Cuba that 
     is, or could become, a threat to the security of the United 
     States.
       (c) Reporting Requirements.--
       (1) Request for iaea reports.--The Secretary of State shall 
     direct the United States representative to the International 
     Atomic Energy Agency to request the Director-General of the 
     Agency to submit to the United States all reports prepared 
     with respect to all programs or projects of the Agency that 
     are of concern to the United States, including the programs 
     or projects described in subsection (b).
       (2) Annual reports to the congress.--Not later than 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on an 
     annual basis thereafter, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the United States representative to the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency, shall prepare and 
     submit to the Congress a report containing a description 
     of all programs or projects of the Agency in each country 
     described in section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)).

     SEC. 1710. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO JERUSALEM AS 
                   THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.

       (a) Limitation.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 1101(4) for ``Acquisition and 
     Maintenance of Buildings Abroad'' $25,000,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 is 
     authorized to be appropriated for the construction of a 
     United States Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel.
       (b) Limitation on Use of Funds for Consulate in 
     Jerusalem.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
     by this division may be expended for the operation of a 
     United States consulate or diplomatic facility in Jerusalem 
     unless such consulate or diplomatic facility is under the 
     supervision of the United States Ambassador to Israel.
       (c) Limitation on Use of Funds for Publications.--None of 
     the funds authorized to be appropriated by this division may 
     be available for the publication of any official government 
     document which lists countries and their capital cities 
     unless the publication identifies Jerusalem as the capital of 
     Israel.
       (d) Record of Place of Birth.--For purposes of the 
     registration of birth, certification of nationality, or 
     issuance of a passport of a United States citizen born in the 
     city of Jerusalem, upon request, the Secretary of State shall 
     permit the place of birth to be recorded as Jerusalem, 
     Israel.

     SEC. 1711. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON 
                   INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION.

       Beginning 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act and every 12 months thereafter during the fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the compliance with the 
     provisions of The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
     International Child Abduction by the signatories to such 
     convention. Each such report shall include the following 
     information:
       (1) The number of applications for the return of children 
     submitted by United States citizens to the Central Authority 
     for the United States that remain unresolved more than 18 
     months after the date of filing.
       (2) A list of the countries to which children in unresolved 
     applications described in paragraph (1) are alleged to have 
     been abducted.
       (3) A list of the countries that have demonstrated a 
     pattern of noncompliance with the obligations of such 
     convention with respect to applications for the return of 
     children submitted by United States citizens to the Central 
     Authority for the United States.
       (4) Detailed information on each unresolved case described 
     in paragraph (1) and on actions taken by the Department of 
     State to resolve each such case.

     SEC. 1712. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO RECOGNITION OF THE 
                   ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF 
                   TURKEY.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the United States--
       (1) should recognize the Ecumenical Patriarchate and its 
     nonpolitical, religious mission;
       (2) should encourage the continued maintenance of the 
     institution's physical security needs, as provided for under 
     Turkish and international law; and
       (3) should use its good offices to encourage the reopening 
     of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Halki Patriarchal School of 
     Theology.

     SEC. 1713. RETURN OF HONG KONG TO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of 
     China should be carried out in a peaceful manner, with 
     respect for the rule of law and respect for human rights, 
     freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of 
     association, freedom of movement; and
       (2) these basic freedoms are not incompatible with the rich 
     culture and history of the People's Republic of China.

     SEC. 1714. DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN THE REPUBLIC OF 
                   SERBIA.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (1) The United States stands as a beacon of democracy and 
     freedom in the world.
       (2) A stable and democratic Republic of Serbia is important 
     to the interests of the United States, the international 
     community, and to peace in the Balkans.
       (3) Democratic forces in the Republic of Serbia are 
     beginning to emerge, notwithstanding the efforts of Europe's 
     longest-standing communist dictator, Slobodan Milosevic.
       (4) The Republic of Serbia completed municipal elections on 
     November 17, 1996.
       (5) In 14 of Serbia's 18 largest cities, and in a total of 
     42 major municipalities, candidates representing parties in 
     opposition to the Socialist Party of President Milosevic and 
     the Yugoslav United Left Party of his wife Mirjana Markovic 
     won a majority of the votes cast.
       (6) Socialist Party-controlled election commissions and 
     government authorities thwarted the people's will by 
     annulling free elections in the cities of Belgrade, Nis, 
     Smederevska Palanka, and several other cities where 
     opposition party candidates won fair elections.
       (7) Countries belonging to the Organization for Security 
     and Cooperation in Europe

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     (OSCE) on January 3, 1997, called upon President Milosevic 
     and all the political forces in the Republic of Serbia to 
     honor the people's will and honor the election results.
       (8) Hundreds of thousands of Serbs marched in the streets 
     of Belgrade on a daily basis from November 20, 1996, through 
     February 1997, demanding the implementation of the election 
     results and greater democracy in the country.
       (9) The partial reinstatement of opposition party victories 
     in January 1997 and the subsequent enactment by the Serbian 
     legislature of a special law implementing the results of all 
     the 1996 municipal elections does not atone for the Milosevic 
     regime's trampling of rule of law, orderly succession of 
     power, and freedom of speech and of assembly.
       (10) The Serbian authorities have sought to continue to 
     hinder the growth of a free and independent news media in the 
     Republic of Serbia, in particular the broadcast news media, 
     and harassed journalists performing their professional 
     duties.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) the United States, the Organization for Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the international community 
     should continue to press the Government of the Republic of 
     Serbia to ensure the implementation of free, fair, and honest 
     presidential and parliamentary elections in 1997, and to 
     fully abide by their outcome;
       (2) the United States, the OSCE, the international 
     community, nongovernmental organizations, and the private 
     sector should continue to promote the building of democratic 
     institutions and civic society in the Republic of Serbia, 
     help strengthen the independent news media, and press for the 
     Government of the Republic of Serbia to respect the rule of 
     law; and
       (3) the normalization of relations between the Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia and the United States requires, among 
     other things, that President Milosevic and the leadership of 
     Serbia--
       (A) ensure the implementation of free, fair, and honest 
     presidential and parliamentary elections in 1997;
       (B) abide by the outcome of such elections; and
       (C) promote the building of democratic institutions, 
     including strengthening the independent news media and 
     respecting the rule of law.

     SEC. 1715. RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) the development of a cooperative bilateral relationship 
     between the United States and the Socialist Republic of 
     Vietnam should facilitate maximum progress toward resolving 
     outstanding POW/MIA issues, promote the protection of human 
     rights including universally recognized religious, political, 
     and other freedoms, contribute to regional stability, and 
     encourage continued development of mutually beneficial 
     economic relations;
       (2) the satisfactory resolution of United States concerns 
     with respect to outstanding POW/MIA, human rights, and 
     refugee issues is essential to the full normalization of 
     relations between the United States and Vietnam;
       (3) the United States should upgrade the priority afforded 
     to the ongoing bilateral human rights dialog between the 
     United States and Vietnam by requiring the Department of 
     State to schedule the next dialog with Vietnam, and all 
     subsequent dialogs, at a level no lower than that of 
     Assistant Secretary of State;
       (4) during any future negotiations regarding the provision 
     of Overseas Private Investment Corporation insurance to 
     American companies investing in Vietnam and the granting of 
     Generalized System of Preference status for Vietnam, the 
     United States Government should strictly hold the Government 
     of Vietnam to internationally recognized worker rights 
     standards, including the right of association, the right to 
     organize and bargain collectively, and the prohibition on the 
     use of any forced or compulsory labor; and
       (5) the Department of State should consult with other 
     governments to develop a coordinated multilateral strategy to 
     encourage Vietnam to invite the United Nations Special 
     Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance to visit Vietnam to carry 
     out inquiries and make recommendations.
       (b) Report to Congress.--In order to provide Congress with 
     the necessary information by which to evaluate the 
     relationship between the United States and Vietnam, the 
     Secretary shall report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees, not later than 90 days after the enactment of 
     this Act and every 180 days thereafter during fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999, on the extent to which--
       (1) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is 
     cooperating with the United States in providing the fullest 
     possible accounting of all unresolved POW/MIA cases and the 
     recovery and repatriation of American remains;
       (2) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has 
     made progress toward the release of all political and 
     religious prisoners, including but not limited to Catholic, 
     Protestant, and Buddhist clergy;
       (3) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is 
     cooperating with requests by the United States to obtain full 
     and free access to persons of humanitarian interest to the 
     United States for interviews under the Orderly Departure 
     (ODP) and Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Refugees 
     (ROVR) programs, and in providing exit visas for such 
     persons;
       (4) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has 
     taken vigorous action to end extortion, bribery, and other 
     corrupt practices in connection with such exit visas; and
       (5) the Government of the United States is making vigorous 
     efforts to interview and resettle former reeducation camp 
     victims, their immediate families including, but not limited 
     to, unmarried sons and daughters, former United States 
     Government employees, and other persons eligible for the ODP 
     program, and to give such persons the full benefit of all 
     applicable United States laws including, but not limited to, 
     sections 599D and 599E of the Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1990 
     (Public Law 101-167).

     SEC. 1716. STATEMENT CONCERNING RETURN OF OR COMPENSATION FOR 
                   WRONGLY CONFISCATED FOREIGN PROPERTIES.

       The Congress--
       (1) welcomes the efforts of many post-Communist countries 
     to address the complex and difficult question of the status 
     of plundered properties;
       (2) urges countries which have not already done so to 
     return plundered properties to their rightful owners or, as 
     an alternative, pay compensation, in accordance with 
     principles of justice and in a manner that is just, 
     transparent, and fair;
       (3) calls for the urgent return of property formerly 
     belonging to Jewish communities as a means of redressing the 
     particularly compelling problems of aging and destitute 
     survivors of the Holocaust;
       (4) calls on the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, 
     Romania, Slovakia, and any other country with restrictions 
     which require those whose properties have been wrongly 
     plundered by Nazi or Communist regimes to reside in or have 
     the citizenship of the country from which they now seek 
     restitution or compensation to remove such restrictions from 
     their restitution or compensation laws;
       (5) calls upon foreign financial institutions, and the 
     states having legal authority over their operation, that 
     possess wrongfully and illegally obtained property 
     confiscated from Holocaust victims, from residents of former 
     Warsaw Pact states who were forbidden by Communist law from 
     obtaining restitution of such property, and from states that 
     were occupied by Nazi, Fascist, or Communist forces, to 
     assist and to cooperate fully with efforts to restore this 
     property to its rightful owners; and
       (6) urges post-Communist countries to pass and effectively 
     implement laws that provide for restitution of, or 
     compensation for, plundered property.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Are there any amendments to title XVII?


              Amendment Offered by Mr. Smith of New Jersey

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Smith of New Jersey:
       In Title 17, add the following new section (and conform the 
     table of contents accordingly):

     SEC.   . REPORT ON BORDER CLOSURES OR ECONOMIC OR COMMERCIAL 
                   BLOCKADES AFFECTING THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF 
                   THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.

       (a) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act the President shall prepare and 
     transmit to the Congress a report on any border closure or 
     use of an economic or commercial blockade by or against any 
     independent state of the former Soviet Union against any 
     other country.
       (2) Contents of report.--Such report shall contain a 
     description of the extent to extent to which such a closure 
     or blockade restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport 
     or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance, and 
     whether such closure or blockade is considered to restrict, 
     directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of such 
     assistance for purpose of section 6201 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2379).
       (b) Definition.--The term ``independent states of the 
     former Soviet Union'' has the meaning given such term in 
     section 3 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian 
     Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 
     5801).

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask 
unanimous consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed 
in the Record.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New Jersey?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I think this amendment should 
be noncontroversial. It would require the President to report to 
Congress about any border closures or the use of an economic or 
commercial blockade by or against any of the new independent states 
against any other country.
  The report would be due within 60 days of enactment of the bill. The

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amendment stipulates that the report shall describe the extent to which 
such border closures or economic or commercial blockades impede or 
restrict directly or indirectly the delivery of U.S. humanitarian aid 
and whether the closure would be considered to be in violation of 
Humanitarian Aid Corridors Act. As we know, Mr. Chairman, the corridors 
law calls for the cutoff of U.S. assistance to countries that impede 
the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to third countries.
  The report would allow Congress and the State Department to have a 
clear mutual understanding of where violations or potential violations 
occur.

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  As a result of ethnic separatist conflicts in the territory of the 
former Soviet Union, especially in the Caucasus, various states have at 
times imposed border closures or blockades on neighboring states. These 
blockades or border closures hamper or make impossible the delivery of 
humanitarian assistance.
  Among these blockades or embargoes are: Azerbaijan's blockade on 
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, and Armenia's blockade of Nakhichevan, an 
Azerbaijani enclave separated from the rest of Azerbaijan by Armenian 
territory, and Russia's occasional blockading of Azerbaijan, claiming 
that Azerbaijan was helping Chechnya.
  I would ask Members to support this. Again, I know there is good 
strong support for this on the other side. This would give us a clear 
picture again of what is truly going on and whether or not the 
Humanitarian Aid Corridors Act is being violated.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Dickey). The question is on the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith].
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Are there further amendments to title XVII?


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. PALLONE

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Pallone:
       At the end of title XVII (relating to foreign policy 
     provisions) insert the following new section:

     SEC. 1717. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NAGORNO-KARABAGH 
                   CONFLICT.

       (a) Sense of Congress--It is the sense of Congress that
       (1) the United States should take a greater leadership role 
     in working for a negotiated settlement of the Nagorno-
     Karabagh conflict; and
       (2) the Secretary of State should consider the 
     participation of the United States as a co-chair of the 
     OSCE's Minsk Group a priority of the Department of State; and
       (3) the United States reaffirms its neutrality in the 
     conflict.
       (b) Congressional Statement--The congress urges the 
     President and the Secretary of State to encourage direct 
     talks between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict.

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I am submitting this amendment on behalf 
of myself and my colleague, the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. 
Knollenberg]. The provision reaffirms the current U.S. Government 
position of neutrality in working for a negotiated settlement to the 
conflict over Nagorno-Karabagh.
  The U.S., as was mentioned in the amendment, is a cochair of the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Minsk Group, 
which is charged with negotiating a political solution to the Nagorno-
Karabagh conflict. The amendment would also encourage direct talks 
between the parties to the conflict, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabagh and 
Azerbaijan.
  As was mentioned when the amendment was read, part of the amendment 
is basically asking the U.S. to take a greater leadership role in 
working for a negotiated settlement of the conflict and, in particular, 
that the U.S.'s activities as cochair of the Minsk Group be a priority 
of the Department of State.
  The U.S. has identified a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict 
as a vital interest and we have actually appointed a U.S. special 
negotiator for this purpose. Although a cease-fire has mostly held for 
about 3 years in the area, the OSCE-brokered negotiations intended to 
produce a political settlement are deadlocked. Congress can help to 
jump-start the negotiating process by going on record in support of a 
negotiated settlement and reaffirming U.S. neutrality.
  Mr. Chairman, I do not want to get into a lengthy historical 
discussion, but I did want to mention that the collapse of the Soviet 
Union allowed the formerly captive nations to have a rebirth of 
freedom. Unfortunately, the end of the Soviet Union also exposed 
problems created by the way borders were drawn during the Stalin era, 
setting the stage for subsequent ethnic conflicts.
  In the case of Karabagh, historically populated by Armenians, as it 
still is today, but assigned to Azerbaijan, this is really a striking 
example of some of the problems that resulted from the lines that were 
drawn during the Stalinist era. While it is ultimately up to the 
parties directly involved to agree to a negotiated settlement, the 
power and the prestige of the United States counts for a great deal, 
and I believe that people listen to us and our influence can be of 
great help in moving forward on the peace process.
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Pallone 
amendment and urge my colleagues to join the gentleman from New Jersey 
[Mr. Pallone] in supporting his amendment. This amendment will finally, 
we believe, bring peace and stability to this war torn region of the 
former Soviet Union.
  The amendment that we are offering this evening would urge the 
President and the Secretary of State to take a greater leadership role 
in efforts to gain a negotiated settlement of the Nagorno-Karabagh 
conflict.
  Armenia and Azerbaijan have spent the last decade entangled in 
conflict over the tiny enclave of Nagorno-Karabagh. This never-ending 
conflict has caused tremendous hardship and suffering, and despite 
continuing efforts by the OSCE's Minsk Group, resolution is still a 
long way off.
  Like it or not, the U.S. is now cochair of the Minsk Group. And as 
the world's greatest power we must recognized our role as an important 
positive part of efforts to reach a negotiated settlement that would 
end the bloodshed.
  As the State Department recently said, the U.S. must act as ``an 
unbiased mediator in this conflict and support a solution that is 
mutually acceptable to all parties.'' We must do so because only an 
agreed, not an imposed solution will be stable and will endure.
  President Clinton also vowed that the U.S.'s consistent position of 
neutrality in the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict has not changed and will 
not change.
  Lives are here on the line, Mr. Chairman, and we must continue to 
play an important supporting role in efforts to end this disastrous 
conflict once and for all.
  I know there are a lot of people out there that may want to address 
other issues, like territorial integrity and the unfettered delivery of 
U.S. aid to the region. However, this is neither the time nor the place 
to debate these issues. Indeed, the Minsk Group is the only place to do 
it, and only with unbiased U.S. leadership can the Minsk Group become a 
productive forum for resolving such disputes.
  Here is the bottom line. This amendment expresses Congress' desire to 
see the United States be an unbiased leader in resolving the Nagorno-
Karabagh conflict, nothing more, nothing less. This is not a new 
position. The President has pledged neutrality and the State Department 
has pledged neutrality. It is time for Congress to follow suit.
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman and I want 
to say while there may be personal differences of opinion on how to 
deal with this conflict, I want to support this amendment with the 
understanding of this colloquy.
  It is my understanding that this amendment is designed to encourage 
the United States to become more actively involved in settling the 
Nagorno-Karabagh conflict and that nothing in the amendment is intended 
to change U.S. policy in this matter. I would ask the gentleman if that 
is correct.
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I appreciate the 
gentleman's question, and tell him that that is correct. I do not 
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U.S. policy in any way. In fact, what it does, it reaffirms a 
consistent U.S. policy as stated by both the President and the State 
Department. So that is a yes.
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will continue to yield, 
with that understanding, I look forward to supporting the gentleman's 
amendment.
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I appreciate the 
gentleman's support and I appreciate the gentleman from New Jersey's 
work on this.
  Mr. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, I also want to talk in support of the amendment. I 
believe the amendment states exactly what U.S. policy should be toward 
the conflict in Nagorno-Karabagh.
  In my judgment, the United States should exert a leadership role in 
its new co-chairmanship of the Minsk Group talks to help try to bring 
the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan to an end. This is 
precisely what the Pallone-Knollenberg amendment advocates.
  I commend the gentleman from New Jersey and the gentleman from 
Michigan and the gentleman from Texas and urge the adoption of the 
amendment.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of 
words.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the amendment offered by my 
colleagues, the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Pallone] and the 
gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Knollenberg].
  For years, Armenia and Azerbaijan have engaged in a tragic conflict 
over the status of the Nagorno-Karabagh region. While a cease-fire has 
been in place since 1994, there are still thousands of refugees and 
civilians who are desperately in need of our help.
  I was disappointed that the committee rejected an amendment to the 
original foreign aid bill that would have encouraged U.S. humanitarian 
assistance to the Nagorno-Karabagh area. This amendment would have 
provided much needed assistance to the refugees and any civilians 
living in the area.
  The Pallone-Knollenberg amendment does not address the issue of U.S. 
aid nor does it take sides in the conflict between Armenia or 
Azerbaijan. Instead, the amendment simply expresses the sense of the 
Congress that the United States Government should take a leadership 
role in bringing a resolution to the conflict.
  The amendment also reaffirms the current neutral stance of the United 
States and encourages direct negotiations between the parties to the 
conflict. I support this amendment because there can be no better way 
to assist the war torn victims of this longstanding conflict than to 
help bring about a lasting peace in the region.
  There is nothing wrong with the U.S. remaining neutral. It is wrong 
for us to stand on the sidelines doing nothing to bring about a 
permanent resolution to this war. The Clinton administration has taken 
the initiative in similar conflicts around the world, and there is no 
good reason why we should not do the same in Nagorno-Karabagh.
  Mr. Chairman, the people of this region are in need of our help. The 
best thing that we can do for them right now is to vote for the 
Pallone-Knollenberg amendment. I strongly urge my colleagues to support 
it.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite 
number of words.
  Mr. Chairman, I will just take a minute or two to express my support 
for this resolution before the House.
  I am a very strong supporter of Armenia, and I share the concern of 
the author of the amendment that Armenia and its neighbor, Azerbaijan, 
live in peace and harmony with each other. I would like to ask one 
question, if I could, of the sponsor of the amendment, my good friend 
from New Jersey, Mr. Pallone.
  Just so it is very clear, and I think one of the previous speakers 
said this, so there is no ambiguity about it, is it the gentleman's 
intent to change the current U.S. position in support of the 
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan through this amendment?
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I want to stress that the resolution 
states the U.S. reaffirms its neutrality in the conflict. What we have 
purposely done here is to craft language that would avoid the 
underlying issue of territorial integrity versus self-determination or 
some of the other principles that are now being discussed in the 
context of the negotiations.
  So we purposely have not used any of those principles in crafting the 
language.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I think that is helpful, 
especially as the sensitive stage of negotiations is underway. So I do 
thank the gentleman.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Pallone].
  The amendment was agreed to.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do 
now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore [Mr. 
Nethercutt] having assumed the chair, Mr. Dickey, Chairman pro tempore 
of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported 
that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 
1757) to consolidate international affairs agencies, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for 
fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes, had come to no 
resolution thereon.

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