[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 10, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H956-H1008]
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      CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1757, FOREIGN AFFAIRS REFORM AND 
                           RESTRUCTURING ACT

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (during special order of the gentleman from 
Oklahoma, Mr. Istook) submitted the following conference report and 
statement on 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 to ensure that the 
enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) proceeds 
in a manner consistent with United States interests, to strengthen 
relations between the United States and Russia, to preserve the 
prerogatives of the Congress with respect to certain arms control 
agreements, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 105-432)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to 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 to 
     ensure that the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (NATO) proceeds in a manner consistent with 
     United States interests, to strengthen relations between the 
     United States and Russia, to preserve the prerogatives of the 
     Congress with respect to certain arms control agreements, and 
     for other purposes, having met, after full and free 
     conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to 
     their respective Houses as follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate 
     amendment, insert the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Affairs Reform and 
     Restructuring Act of 1998''.

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

       (a) Divisions.--This Act is organized into three divisions 
     as follows:
       (1) Division a.--Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act 
     of 1998.
       (2) Division b.--Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999.
       (3) Division c.--United Nations Reform Act of 1998.
       (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.

        Subdivision A--Consolidation of Foreign Affairs Agencies

                      TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Purposes.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
Sec. 104. Report on budgetary cost savings resulting from 
              reorganization.

      TITLE II--UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 201. Effective date.

             Chapter 2--Abolition 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.

                    Chapter 3--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 221. References.
Sec. 222. Repeals.
Sec. 223. Amendments to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
Sec. 224. Compensation of officers.
Sec. 225. Additional conforming amendments.

              TITLE III--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 301. Effective date.

             Chapter 2--Abolition 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. Abolition of Office of Inspector General of United States 
              Information Agency and transfer of functions.

                 Chapter 3--International Broadcasting

Sec. 321. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose.
Sec. 322. Continued existence of Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Sec. 323. Conforming amendments to the United States International 
              Broadcasting Act of 1994.
Sec. 324. Amendments to the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
Sec. 325. Amendments to the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act.
Sec. 326. Transfer of broadcasting related funds, property, and 
              personnel.
Sec. 327. Savings provisions.
Sec. 328. Report on the privatization of RFE/RL, Incorporated.

                    Chapter 4--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 331. References.
Sec. 332. Amendments to title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 333. Application of certain laws.
Sec. 334. Abolition of United States Advisory Commission on Public 
              Diplomacy.
Sec. 335. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 336. Repeals.

  TITLE IV--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 401. Effective date.

             Chapter 2--Abolition and Transfer of Functions

Sec. 411. Abolition of United States International Development 
              Cooperation Agency.
Sec. 412. Transfer of functions and authorities.
Sec. 413. Status of AID.

                    Chapter 3--Conforming Amendments

Sec. 421. References.
Sec. 422. Conforming amendments.

             TITLE V--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                     Chapter 1--General Provisions

Sec. 501. Effective date.

          Chapter 2--Reorganization and Transfer of Functions

Sec. 511. Reorganization of Agency for International Development.

            Chapter 3--Authorities of the Secretary of State

Sec. 521. Definition of United States assistance.
Sec. 522. Administrator of AID reporting to the Secretary of State.
Sec. 523. Assistance programs coordination and oversight.

                          TITLE VI--TRANSITION

                     Chapter 1--Reorganization Plan

Sec. 601. Reorganization plan and report.

                  Chapter 2--Reorganization Authority

Sec. 611. Reorganization authority.
Sec. 612. Transfer and allocation of appropriations.
Sec. 613. Transfer, appointment, and assignment of personnel.
Sec. 614. Incidental transfers.
Sec. 615. Savings provisions.
Sec. 616. Authority of Secretary of State to facilitate transition.
Sec. 617. Final report.

              Division B--Foreign Relations Authorization

                      TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1001. Short title.
Sec. 1002. Definition of appropriate congressional committees.

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   TITLE XI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 1101. Administration of foreign affairs.
Sec. 1102. International commissions.
Sec. 1103. Grants to The Asia Foundation.
Sec. 1104. Voluntary contributions to international organizations.
Sec. 1105. Voluntary contributions to peacekeeping operations.
Sec. 1106. Limitation on United States voluntary contributions to 
              United Nations Development Program.
Sec. 1107. United Nations Population Fund.

       TITLE XII--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 Chapter 1--Authorities and Activities

Sec. 1201. Reimbursement of Department of State for assistance to 
              overseas educational facilities.
Sec. 1202. Revision of Department of State rewards program.
Sec. 1203. Retention of additional defense trade controls registration 
              fees.
Sec. 1204. Fees for commercial services.
Sec. 1205. Pilot program for foreign affairs reimbursement.
Sec. 1206. Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms.
Sec. 1207. Budget presentation documents.
Sec. 1208. Office of the Inspector General.
Sec. 1209. Capital Investment Fund.
Sec. 1210. Contracting for local guards services overseas.
Sec. 1211. Authority of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
Sec. 1212. Expenses relating to certain international claims and 
              proceedings.
Sec. 1213. Grants to remedy international abductions of children.
Sec. 1214. Counterdrug and anticrime activities of the Department of 
              State.
Sec. 1215. Annual report on overseas surplus properties.
Sec. 1216. Human rights reports.
Sec. 1217. Reports and policy concerning diplomatic immunity.
Sec. 1218. Reaffirming United States international telecommunications 
              policy.
Sec. 1219. Reduction of reporting.

       Chapter 2--Consular Authorities of the Department of State

Sec. 1221. Use of certain passport processing fees for enhanced 
              passport services.
Sec. 1222. Surcharge for processing certain machine readable visas.
Sec. 1223. Consular officers.
Sec. 1224. Repeal of outdated consular receipt requirements.
Sec. 1225. Elimination of duplicate Federal Register publication for 
              travel advisories.
Sec. 1226. Denial of visas to confiscators of American property. 
Sec. 1227. Inadmissibility of any alien supporting an international 
              child abductor.
Sec. 1228. Haiti; exclusion of certain aliens; reporting requirements.

                   Chapter 3--Refugees and Migration


              SUBCHAPTER A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 1231. Migration and refugee assistance.


                        SUBCHAPTER B--AUTHORITIES

Sec. 1241. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of 
              refugees.
Sec. 1242. United States policy with respect to the involuntary return 
              of persons in danger of subjection to torture.
Sec. 1243. Reprogramming of migration and refugee assistance funds.
Sec. 1244. Eligibility for refugee status.
Sec. 1245. Reports to Congress concerning Cuban emigration policies.

  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 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
              Burdensharing.
Sec. 1303. Personnel management.
Sec. 1304. Diplomatic security.
Sec. 1305. Number of senior official positions authorized for the 
              Department of State.
Sec. 1306. Nomination of Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of 
              State.

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

Sec. 1311. Foreign Service reform.
Sec. 1312. Retirement benefits for involuntary separation.
Sec. 1313. Authority of Secretary to separate convicted felons from the 
              Foreign Service.
Sec. 1314. Career counseling.
Sec. 1315. Limitations on management assignments.
Sec. 1316. Availability pay for certain criminal investigators within 
              the Diplomatic Security Service.
Sec. 1317. Nonovertime differential pay.
Sec. 1318. Report concerning minorities and the Foreign Service.

   TITLE XIV--UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL 
                                PROGRAMS

               Chapter 1--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 1401. International information activities and educational and 
              cultural exchange programs.

                 Chapter 2--Authorities and Activities

Sec. 1411. Retention of interest.
Sec. 1412. Use of selected program fees.
Sec. 1413. Muskie Fellowship Program.
Sec. 1414. Working Group on United States Government-Sponsored 
              International Exchanges and Training.
Sec. 1415. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for 
              Tibetans and Burmese.
Sec. 1416. United States-Japan Commission.
Sec. 1417. Surrogate broadcasting study.
Sec. 1418. Radio broadcasting to Iran in the Farsi language.
Sec. 1419. Authority to administer summer travel and work programs.
Sec. 1420. Permanent administrative authorities regarding 
              appropriations.
Sec. 1421. Voice of America broadcasts.

    TITLE XV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OTHER THAN UNITED NATIONS

Sec. 1501. International conferences and contingencies.
Sec. 1502. Restriction relating to United States accession to any new 
              international criminal tribunal.
Sec. 1503. United States membership in the Bureau of the 
              Interparliamentary Union.
Sec. 1504. Service in international organizations.
Sec. 1505. Reports regarding foreign travel.

      TITLE XVI--UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

Sec. 1601. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 1602. Statutory construction.

               TITLE XVII--EUROPEAN SECURITY ACT OF 1998

Sec. 1701. Short title.
Sec. 1702. Statement of policy.
Sec. 1703. Authorities relating to NATO enlargement.
Sec. 1704. Sense of Congress with respect to the Treaty on Conventional 
              Armed Forces in Europe.
Sec. 1705. Restrictions and requirements relating to ballistic missile 
              defense.

              TITLE XVIII--OTHER FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

Sec. 1801. Reports on claims by United States firms against the 
              Government of Saudi Arabia.
Sec. 1802. Reports on determinations under title IV of the Libertad 
              Act.
Sec. 1803. Report on compliance with the Hague Convention on 
              International Child Abduction.
Sec. 1804. Sense of Congress relating to recognition of the Ecumenical 
              Patriarchate by the Government of Turkey.
Sec. 1805. Report on relations with Vietnam.
Sec. 1806. Reports and policy concerning human rights violations in 
              Laos.
Sec. 1807. Report on an alliance against narcotics trafficking in the 
              Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 1808. Congressional statement regarding the accession of Taiwan to 
              the World Trade Organization.
Sec. 1809. Programs or projects of the International Atomic Energy 
              Agency in Cuba.
Sec. 1810. Limitation on assistance to countries aiding Cuba nuclear 
              development.
Sec. 1811. International Fund for Ireland.
Sec. 1812. United States policy with respect to Jerusalem as the 
              capital of Israel.
Sec. 1813. Support for democratic opposition in Iraq.
Sec. 1814. Development of democracy in the Republic of Serbia.
Sec. 1815. Funds made available under chapter 4 of part II of the 
              Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Sec. 1816. Foreign organizations that perform or promote abortion; 
              forced abortion in the People's Republic of China.

                   Division C--United Nations Reform

                      TITLE XX--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 2001. Short title.
Sec. 2002. Definitions.
Sec. 2003. Nondelegation of certification requirements.

               TITLE XXI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 2101. Contributions to international organizations.
Sec. 2102. Contributions for international peacekeeping activities.

                 TITLE XXII--UNITED NATIONS ACTIVITIES

Sec. 2201. United Nations policy on Israel and the Palestinians.
Sec. 2202. Data on costs incurred in support of United Nations 
              peacekeeping operations.
Sec. 2203. Reimbursement for goods and services provided by the United 
              States to the United Nations.
Sec. 2204. United States policy regarding United Nations peacekeeping 
              operations.
Sec. 2205. Reform in budget decisionmaking procedures of the United 
              Nations and its specialized agencies.
Sec. 2206. Continued extension of privileges, exemptions, and 
              immunities of the International Organizations Immunities 
              Act to UNIDO.
Sec. 2207. Sense of the Congress regarding compliance with child and 
              spousal support obligations by United Nations personnel.

                TITLE XXIII--ARREARS PAYMENTS AND REFORM

              Chapter 1--Arrearages to the United Nations


      SUBCHAPTER A--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; OBLIGATION AND 
                          EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS

Sec. 2301. Authorization of appropriations.

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Sec. 2302. Obligation and expenditure of funds.
Sec. 2303. Forgiveness of amounts owed by the United Nations to the 
              United States.


                 SUBCHAPTER B--UNITED STATES SOVEREIGNTY

Sec. 2311. Certification requirements.


   SUBCHAPTER C--REFORM OF ASSESSMENTS AND UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING 
                               OPERATIONS

Sec. 2321. Certification requirements.


                SUBCHAPTER D--BUDGET AND PERSONNEL REFORM

Sec. 2331. Certification requirements.

                  Chapter 2--Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 2341. Statutory construction on relation to existing laws.
Sec. 2342. Prohibition on payments relating to UNIDO and other 
              organizations from which the United States has withdrawn 
              or rescinded funding.
         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 1998''.

     SEC. 102. PURPOSES.

       The purposes of this division are--
       (1) 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;
       (2) to consolidate and reinvigorate the foreign affairs 
     functions of the United States within the Department of State 
     by--
       (A) abolishing the United States Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, and 
     the United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency, and transferring the functions of these agencies to 
     the Department of State while preserving the special missions 
     and skills of these agencies;
       (B) transferring certain functions of the Agency for 
     International Development to the Department of State; and
       (C) providing for the reorganization of the Department of 
     State to maximize the efficient use of resources, which may 
     lead to budget savings, eliminated redundancy in functions, 
     and improvement in the management of the Department of State;
       (3) to ensure that programs critical to the promotion of 
     United States national interests be maintained;
       (4) to assist congressional efforts to balance the Federal 
     budget and reduce the Federal debt;
       (5) to ensure that the United States maintains effective 
     representation abroad within budgetary restraints; and
       (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.

     SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.

       In this division:
       (1) ACDA.--The term ``ACDA'' means the United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency.
       (2) AID.--The term ``AID'' means the United States Agency 
     for International Development.
       (3) Agency; federal agency.--The term ``agency'' or 
     ``Federal agency'' means an Executive agency as defined in 
     section 105 of title 5, United States Code.
       (4) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on International Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.
       (5) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means any 
     of the following agencies: ACDA, USIA, IDCA, and AID.
       (6) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of State.
       (7) Function.--The term ``function'' means any duty, 
     obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, 
     privilege, activity, or program.
       (8) IDCA.--The term ``IDCA'' means the United States 
     International Development Cooperation Agency.
       (9) Office.--The term ``office'' includes any office, 
     administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational 
     entity, or component thereof.
       (10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of State.
       (11) USIA.--The term ``USIA'' means the United States 
     Information Agency.

     SEC. 104. REPORT ON BUDGETARY COST SAVINGS RESULTING FROM 
                   REORGANIZATION.

       The Secretary of State shall submit a report, together with 
     the congressional presentation document for the budget of the 
     Department of State for each of the fiscal years 1999, 2000, 
     and 2001, to the appropriate congressional committees 
     describing the total anticipated and achieved cost savings in 
     budget outlays and budget authority related to the 
     reorganization implemented under this division, including 
     cost savings by each of the following categories:
       (1) Reductions in personnel.
       (2) Administrative consolidation, including procurement.
       (3) Program consolidation.
       (4) Consolidation of real properties and leases.
      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) October 1, 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 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.

     SEC. 213. UNDER SECRETARY FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL 
                   SECURITY.

       Section 1(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651(b)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``There'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--There''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Under secretary for 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 international security policy, arms 
     control, and nonproliferation. Subject to the direction of 
     the President, the Under Secretary may attend and participate 
     in meetings of the National Security Council in his role as 
     Senior Advisor to the President and the Secretary of State on 
     Arms Control and Nonproliferation Matters.''.

                    CHAPTER 3--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 221. REFERENCES.

       Except as otherwise provided in section 223 or 225, 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, the Director of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency, or any other officer or employee of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency or the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency shall be deemed to refer to 
     the Secretary of State; or
       (2) the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 
     or the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall be deemed to 
     refer to the Department of State.

     SEC. 222. REPEALS.

       The following sections of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2551 et seq.) are repealed: Sections 21 
     through 26 (22 U.S.C. 2561-2566), section 35 (22 U.S.C. 
     2575), section 42 (22 U.S.C. 2582), section 43 (22 U.S.C. 
     2583), sections 45 through 50 (22 U.S.C. 2585-2593), section 
     53 (22 U.S.C. 2593c), section 54 (22 U.S.C. 2593d), and 
     section 63 (22 U.S.C. 2595b).

     SEC. 223. AMENDMENTS TO THE ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACT.

       The Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2551 et 
     seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 2 (22 U.S.C. 2551)--
       (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by striking 
     ``creating a new agency of peace to deal with'' and inserting 
     ``addressing'';
       (B) by striking the second undesignated paragraph; and
       (C) in the third undesignated paragraph--
       (i) by striking ``This organization'' and inserting ``The 
     Secretary of State'';
       (ii) by striking ``It shall have'' and inserting ``The 
     Secretary shall have'';
       (iii) by striking ``and the Secretary of State'';
       (iv) by inserting ``, nonproliferation,'' after ``arms 
     control'' in paragraph (1);
       (v) by striking paragraph (2);
       (vi) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; and
       (vii) by striking ``, as appropriate,'' in paragraph (3) 
     (as redesignated);
       (2) in section 3 (22 U.S.C. 2552), by striking subsection 
     (c);
       (3) in the heading for title II, by striking 
     ``ORGANIZATION'' and inserting ``SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES AND 
     VISITING SCHOLARS'';
       (4) in section 27 (22 U.S.C. 2567)--
       (A) by striking the third sentence;
       (B) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``, acting through 
     the Director''; and
       (C) in the fifth sentence, by striking ``Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Department of State'';
       (5) in section 28 (22 U.S.C. 2568)--
       (A) by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (B) in the second sentence--
       (i) by striking ``Agency'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Department of State''; and
       (ii) by striking ``Agency's'' and inserting ``Department of 
     State's''; and
       (C) by striking the fourth sentence;
       (6) in section 31 (22 U.S.C. 2571)--
       (A) by inserting ``this title in'' after ``powers in'';
       (B) by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (C) by striking ``insure'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``ensure'';
       (D) in the second sentence, by striking ``in accordance 
     with procedures established under section 35 of this Act'';

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       (E) in the fourth sentence by striking ``The authority'' 
     and all that follows through ``disarmament:'' and inserting 
     the following: ``The authority of the Secretary under this 
     Act with respect to research, development, and other studies 
     concerning arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament 
     shall be limited to participation in the following:''; and
       (F) in subsection (l), by inserting ``and'' at the end;
       (7) in section 32 (22 U.S.C. 2572)--
       (A) by striking ``Director'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State''; and
       (B) by striking ``subsection'' and inserting ``section'';
       (8) in section 33(a) (22 U.S.C. 2573(a))--
       (A) by striking ``the Secretary of State,''; and
       (B) by striking ``Director'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State'';
       (9) in section 34 (22 U.S.C. 2574)--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) in the first sentence, by striking ``Director'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (ii) in the first sentence, by striking ``and the Secretary 
     of State'';
       (iii) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, 
     nonproliferation,'' after ``in the fields of arms control'';
       (iv) in the first sentence, by striking ``and shall have 
     primary responsibility, whenever directed by the President, 
     for the preparation, conduct, and management of the United 
     States participation in international negotiations and 
     implementation fora in the field of nonproliferation'';
       (v) in the second sentence, by striking ``section 27'' and 
     inserting ``section 201''; and
       (vi) in the second sentence, by striking ``the'' after 
     ``serve as'';
       (B) by striking subsection (b);
       (C) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b); and
       (D) in subsection (b) (as redesignated)--
       (i) in the text above paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``Director'' and inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (ii) by striking paragraph (1); and
       (iii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
     (1) and (2), respectively;
       (10) in section 36 (22 U.S.C. 2576)--
       (A) by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (B) by striking ``, in accordance with the procedures 
     established pursuant to section 35 of this Act,'';
       (11) in section 37 (22 U.S.C. 2577)--
       (A) by striking ``Director'' and ``Agency'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary of State'' or ``Department 
     of State'', respectively; and
       (B) by striking subsection (d);
       (12) in section 38 (22 U.S.C. 2578)--
       (A) by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (B) by striking subsection (c);
       (13) in section 41 (22 U.S.C. 2581)--
       (A) by striking ``In the performance of his functions, the 
     Director'' and inserting ``In addition to any authorities 
     otherwise available, the Secretary of State in the 
     performance of functions under this Act'';
       (B) by striking ``Agency'', ``Agency's'', ``Director'', and 
     ``Director's'' each place they appear and inserting 
     ``Department of State'', ``Department of State's'', 
     ``Secretary of State'', or ``Secretary of State's'', as 
     appropriate;
       (C) in subsection (a), by striking the sentence that begins 
     ``It is the intent'';
       (D) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``appoint officers and employees, including 
     attorneys, for the Agency in accordance with the provisions 
     of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the 
     competitive service, and fix their compensation in accordance 
     with chapter 51 and with subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 
     title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay 
     rates, except that the Director may, to the extent the 
     Director determines necessary to the discharge of his 
     responsibilities,'';
       (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``exception'' and 
     inserting ``subsection''; and
       (iii) in paragraph (2)--

       (I) by striking ``exception'' and inserting ``subsection''; 
     and
       (II) by striking ``ceiling'' and inserting ``positions 
     allocated to carry out the purpose of this Act'';

       (E) by striking subsection (g);
       (F) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as 
     subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively;
       (G) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
       ``(f) establish a scientific and policy advisory board to 
     advise with and make recommendations to the Secretary of 
     State on United States arms control, nonproliferation, and 
     disarmament policy and activities. A majority of the board 
     shall be composed of individuals who have a demonstrated 
     knowledge and technical expertise with respect to arms 
     control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters and who 
     have distinguished themselves in any of the fields of 
     physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, or engineering, 
     including weapons engineering. The members of the board may 
     receive the compensation and reimbursement for expenses 
     specified for consultants by subsection (d) of this 
     section;''; and
       (H) in subsection (h) (as redesignated), by striking 
     ``Deputy Director'' and inserting ``Under Secretary for Arms 
     Control and International Security'';
       (14) in section 44 (22 U.S.C. 2584)--
       (A) by striking ``conflict-of-interest and'';
       (B) by striking ``The members'' and all that follows 
     through ``(5 U.S.C. 2263), or any other'' and inserting 
     ``Members of advisory boards and consultants may serve as 
     such without regard to any''; and
       (C) by inserting at the end the following new sentence: 
     ``This section shall apply only to individuals carrying out 
     activities related to arms control, nonproliferation, and 
     disarmament.'';
       (15) in section 51 (22 U.S.C. 2593a)--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by inserting ``, 
     nonproliferation,'' after ``arms control'' each place it 
     appears;
       (ii) by striking ``Director, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State,'' and inserting ``Secretary of State with 
     the concurrence of the Director of Central Intelligence and 
     in consultation with'';
       (iii) by striking ``the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
     Staff, and the Director of Central Intelligence'' and 
     inserting ``and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'';
       (iv) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4); and
       (v) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (5), (6), and (7) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and
       (B) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following: 
     ``The portions of this report described in paragraphs (4) and 
     (5) of subsection (a) shall summarize in detail, at least in 
     classified annexes, the information, analysis, and 
     conclusions relevant to possible noncompliance by other 
     nations that are provided by United States intelligence 
     agencies.'';
       (16) in section 52 (22 U.S.C. 2593b), by striking 
     ``Director'' and inserting ``Secretary of State'';
       (17) in section 61 (22 U.S.C. 2593a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency'' and inserting ``Department 
     of State'';
       (B) by striking paragraph (2);
       (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively;
       (D) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated), by striking 
     ``paragraph (4)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
       (E) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated), by striking 
     ``United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and 
     the'';
       (18) in section 62 (22 U.S.C. 2595a)--
       (A) in subsection (c)--
       (i) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Director'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
       (ii) by striking ``2(d), 22, and 34(c)'' and inserting 
     ``102(3) and 304(b)''; and
       (B) by striking ``Director'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State'';
       (19) in section 64 (22 U.S.C. 2595b-1)--
       (A) by striking the section title and inserting ``SEC. 503. 
     REVIEW OF CERTAIN REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATIONS.'';
       (B) by striking subsection (a); and
       (C) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``(b) Review of Certain Reprogramming 
     Notifications.--''; and
       (ii) by striking ``Foreign Affairs'' and inserting 
     ``International Relations'';
       (20) in section 65(1) (22 U.S.C. 2595c(1)) by inserting 
     ``of America'' after ``United States''; and
       (21) by redesignating sections 1, 2, 3, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 
     34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 44, 51, 52, 61, 62, 64, and 65, as 
     amended by this section, as sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 
     301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 401, 402, 403, 404, 
     501, 502, 503, and 504, respectively.

     SEC. 224. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS.

       Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 5313, by striking ``Director of the United 
     States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.'';
       (2) in section 5314, by striking ``Deputy Director of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.'';
       (3) in section 5315--
       (A) by striking ``Assistant Directors, United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency (4).''; and
       (B) by striking ``Special Representatives of the President 
     for arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters, 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency'', and 
     inserting ``Special Representatives of the President for arms 
     control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters, 
     Department of State''; and
       (4) in section 5316, by striking ``General Counsel of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.''.

     SEC. 225. ADDITIONAL 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 the 
     Secretary of Defense'' and inserting ``Secretary of State in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director 
     of Central Intelligence'';
       (2) in section 38(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(2))--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``be made in 
     coordination with the Director of the United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency, taking into account the 
     Director's assessment as to'' and inserting ``take into 
     account''; and
       (B) by striking the second sentence;
       (3) in section 42(a) (22 U.S.C. 2791(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``the assessment of 
     the Director of the United States Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency as to'';
       (B) by striking ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (2);
       (4) in section 71(a) (22 U.S.C. 2797(a)), by striking ``, 
     the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,'';
       (5) in section 71(b)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2797(b)(1)), by striking 
     ``and the Director of the United States Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency'';
       (6) in section 71(b)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2797(b)(2))--
       (A) 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''; and
       (B) by striking ``or the Director'';
       (7) in section 71(c) (22 U.S.C. 2797(c)), by striking 
     ``with the Director of the United States Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency,''; 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''.

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       (b) Foreign Assistance Act.--Section 511 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321d) is amended by 
     striking ``be made in coordination with the Director of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and shall 
     take into account his opinion as to'' and inserting ``take 
     into account''.
       (c) United States Institute of Peace Act.--
       (1) Section 1706(b) of the United States Institute of Peace 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 4605(b)) is amended--
       (A) by striking paragraph (3);
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
     (3) and (4), respectively; and
       (C) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated), by striking 
     ``Eleven'' and inserting ``Twelve''.
       (2) Section 1707(d)(2) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 4606(d)(2)) 
     is amended by striking ``, Director of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency''.
       (d) Atomic Energy Act of 1954.--The Atomic Energy Act of 
     1954 is amended--
       (1) in section 57b. (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,'';
       (2) in section 109b. (42 U.S.C. 2129(b)), by striking ``and 
     the Director'';
       (3) in section 111b. (42 U.S.C. 2131(b)) by striking ``the 
     Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission,'' and inserting ``the Nuclear Regulatory 
     Commission'';
       (4) in section 123 (42 U.S.C. 2153)--
       (A) in subsection a., in the third sentence--
       (i) by striking ``and in consultation with the Director of 
     the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (`the Director')'';
       (ii) by inserting ``and'' after ``Energy,'';
       (iii) by striking ``Commission, and the Director, who'' and 
     inserting ``Commission. The Secretary of State''; and
       (iv) after ``nuclear explosive purpose.'', by inserting the 
     following new sentence: ``Each Nuclear Proliferation 
     Assessment Statement prepared pursuant to this Act shall be 
     accompanied by a classified annex, prepared in consultation 
     with the Director of Central Intelligence, summarizing 
     relevant classified information.'';
       (B) in subsection d., in the first proviso--
       (i) by striking ``Nuclear Proliferation Assessment 
     Statement prepared by the Director of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency,'' and inserting ``Nuclear Proliferation 
     Assessment Statement prepared by the Secretary of State, and 
     any annexes thereto,''; and
       (ii) by striking ``has been'' and inserting ``have been''; 
     and
       (C) in the first undesignated paragraph following 
     subsection d., by striking ``the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency,'';
       (5) in section 126a.(1), by striking ``the Director of the 
     Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission'' and inserting ``and the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission,'';
       (6) in section 131a. (42 U.S.C. 2160(a))--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in the first sentence, by striking ``the Director,'';
       (ii) in the third sentence, by striking ``the Director 
     declares that he intends'' and inserting ``the Secretary of 
     State is required''; and
       (iii) in the third sentence, by striking ``the Director's 
     declaration'' and inserting ``the requirement to prepare a 
     Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking ``Director's view'' and inserting ``view of 
     the Secretary of State, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of 
     Defense, or the Commission''; and
       (ii) by striking ``he may prepare'' and inserting ``the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with such Secretary or 
     the Commission, shall prepare''; and
       (7) in section 131c. (42 U.S.C. 2160(c))--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``, the Director of 
     the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,'';
       (B) in the sixth and seventh sentences, by striking 
     ``Director'' each place it appears and inserting ``Secretary 
     of State''; and
       (C) in the seventh sentence, by striking ``Director's'' and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State's''.
       (e) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.--The Nuclear 
     Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 is amended--
       (1) in section 4 (22 U.S.C. 3203)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively;
       (2) in section 102 (22 U.S.C. 3222), by striking ``, the 
     Secretary of State, and the Director of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency'' and inserting ``and the Secretary of 
     State'';
       (3) in section 304(d) (42 U.S.C. 2156a), by striking ``the 
     Secretary of Defense, and the Director,'' and inserting ``and 
     the Secretary of Defense,'';
       (4) in section 309 (42 U.S.C. 2139a)--
       (A) in subsection (b), by striking ``the Department of 
     Commerce, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency'' and 
     inserting ``and the Department of Commerce''; and
       (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency,'';
       (5) in section 406 (42 U.S.C. 2160a), by inserting ``, or 
     any annexes thereto,'' after ``Statement''; and
       (6) in section 602 (22 U.S.C. 3282)--
       (A) in subsection (c), by striking ``the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency,''; and
       (B) in subsection (e), by striking ``and the Director''.
       (f) State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.--
     Section 23(a) of the State Department basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2695(a)) is amended by striking ``the 
     Agency for International Development, and the Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency'' and inserting ``and the Agency for 
     International Development''.
       (g) Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1972.--Section 
     502 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1972 (2 
     U.S.C. 194a) is amended by striking ``the United States Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency,''.
       (h) Title 49.--Section 40118(d) of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``, or the Director of the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency''.
              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) October 1, 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 AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

     SEC. 311. ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY.

       The United States Information Agency (other than the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International 
     Broadcasting Bureau) is abolished.

     SEC. 312. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

       (a) In General.--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.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply to the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors, the International 
     Broadcasting Bureau, or any function performed by the Board 
     or the Bureau.

     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)), as amended by this Act, is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) 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 primary responsibility to assist 
     the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary in the formation and 
     implementation of United States public diplomacy policies and 
     activities, including international educational and cultural 
     exchange programs, information, and international 
     broadcasting.''.

     SEC. 314. 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, 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 the United States International 
     Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207 (i) and (j)) are 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``Inspector General of the United States 
     Information Agency'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Inspector General of the Department of State and the 
     Foreign Service''; and
       (2) by striking ``, the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency,''.
       (e) Transfer of Functions.--There are transferred to the 
     Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State 
     and the Foreign Service 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).

                 CHAPTER 3--INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

     SEC. 321. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.

       Congress finds that--
       (1) it is the policy of the United States to promote the 
     right of freedom of opinion and expression, including the 
     freedom ``to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas 
     through any media and regardless of frontiers'', in 
     accordance with Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of 
     Human Rights;
       (2) open communication of information and ideas among the 
     peoples of the world contributes to international peace and 
     stability, and the promotion of such communication is in the 
     interests of the United States;
       (3) it is in the interest of the United States to support 
     broadcasting to other nations consistent with the 
     requirements of this chapter and the United States 
     International Broadcasting Act of 1994; and
       (4) international broadcasting is, and should remain, an 
     essential instrument of United States foreign policy.

     SEC. 322. CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF BROADCASTING BOARD OF 
                   GOVERNORS.

       Section 304(a) of the United States International 
     Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203(a)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(a) Continued Existence Within Executive Branch.--

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       ``(1) In general.--The Broadcasting Board of Governors 
     shall continue to exist within the Executive branch of 
     Government as an entity described in section 104 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       ``(2) Retention of existing board members.--The members of 
     the Broadcasting Board of Governors appointed by the 
     President pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A) before the 
     effective date of title III of the Foreign Affairs Agencies 
     Consolidation Act of 1998 and holding office as of that date 
     may serve the remainder of their terms of office without 
     reappointment.
       ``(3) Inspector general authorities.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Inspector General of the Department 
     of State and the Foreign Service shall exercise the same 
     authorities with respect to the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors and the International Broadcasting Bureau as the 
     Inspector General exercises under the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978 and section 209 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
     with respect to the Department of State.
       ``(B) Respect for journalistic integrity of broadcasters.--
     The Inspector General shall respect the journalistic 
     integrity of all the broadcasters covered by this title and 
     may not evaluate the philosophical or political perspectives 
     reflected in the content of broadcasts.''.

     SEC. 323. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES 
                   INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT OF 1994.

       (a) References in 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 International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 
     U.S.C. 6201 et seq.).
       (b) Substitution of Secretary of State.--Sections 
     304(b)(1)(B), 304(b) (2) and (3), 304(c), and 304(e) (22 
     U.S.C. 6203(b)(1)(B), 6203(b) (2) and (3), 6203(c), and 
     6203(e)) are amended by striking ``Director of the United 
     States Information Agency'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Secretary of State''.
       (c) Substitution of Acting Secretary of State.--Section 
     304(c) (22 U.S.C. 6203(c)) is amended by striking ``acting 
     Director of the agency'' and inserting ``Acting Secretary of 
     State''.
       (d) Standards and Principles of International 
     Broadcasting.--Section 303(b) (22 U.S.C. 6202(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, including 
     editorials, broadcast by the Voice of America, which present 
     the views of the United States Government'' after 
     ``policies'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (9) as 
     paragraphs (5) through (10), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) the capability to provide a surge capacity to support 
     United States foreign policy objectives during crises 
     abroad;'';
       (e) Authorities of the Board.--Section 305(a) (22 U.S.C. 
     6204(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``direct and''; and
       (B) by striking ``and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba 
     Act'' and inserting ``, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba 
     Act, and Worldnet Television, except as provided in section 
     306(b)'';
       (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``, after consultation 
     with the Secretary of State,'' after ``annually,'';
       (3) in paragraph (9)--
       (A) by striking ``, through the Director of the United 
     States Information Agency,''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Each 
     annual report shall place special emphasis on the assessment 
     described in paragraph (2).'';
       (4) in paragraph (12)--
       (A) by striking ``1994 and 1995'' and inserting ``1998 and 
     1999''; and
       (B) by striking ``to the Board for International 
     Broadcasting for such purposes for fiscal year 1993'' and 
     inserting ``to the Board and the International Broadcasting 
     Bureau for such purposes for fiscal year 1997''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(15)(A) To procure temporary and intermittent personal 
     services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109 
     of title 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed the 
     daily equivalent of the rate provided for positions 
     classified above grade GS-15 of the General Schedule under 
     section 5108 of title 5, United States Code.
       ``(B) To allow those providing such services, while away 
     from their homes or their regular places of business, travel 
     expenses (including per diem in lieu of subsistence) as 
     authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, 
     for persons in the Government service employed 
     intermittently, while so employed.
       ``(16) To procure, pursuant to section 1535 of title 31, 
     United States Code (commonly known as the `Economy Act'), 
     such goods and services from other departments or agencies 
     for the Board and the International Broadcasting Bureau as 
     the Board determines are appropriate.
       ``(17) To utilize the provisions of titles III, IV, V, VII, 
     VIII, IX, and X of the United States Information and 
     Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and section 6 of 
     Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, as in effect on the day 
     before the effective date of title III of the Foreign Affairs 
     Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998, to the extent the Board 
     considers necessary in carrying out the provisions and 
     purposes of this title.
       ``(18) To utilize the authorities of any other statute, 
     reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, 
     determination, or other official document or proceeding that 
     had been available to the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency, the Bureau, or the Board before the 
     effective date of title III of the Foreign Affairs 
     Consolidation Act of 1998 for carrying out the broadcasting 
     activities covered by this title.''.
       (f) Delegation of Authority.--Section 305 (22 U.S.C. 6204) 
     is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as 
     subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) Delegation of Authority.--The Board may delegate to 
     the Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau, or any 
     other officer or employee of the United States, to the extent 
     the Board determines to be appropriate, the authorities 
     provided in this section, except those authorities provided 
     in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (9), or (11) of 
     subsection (a).''.
       (g) Broadcasting Budgets.--Section 305(c)(1) (as 
     redesignated) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(1)'' before ``The Director''; and
       (2) by striking ``the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency for the consideration of the Director as a 
     part of the Agency's budget submission to''.
       (h) Repeal.--Section 305(c)(2) (as redesignated) is 
     repealed.
       (i) Implementation.--Section 305(d) (as redesignated) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Professional Independence of Broadcasters.--The 
     Secretary of State and the Board, in carrying out their 
     functions, shall respect the professional independence and 
     integrity of the International Broadcasting Bureau, its 
     broadcasting services, and the grantees of the Board.''.
       (j) Foreign Policy Guidance.--Section 306 (22 U.S.C. 6205) 
     is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``FOREIGN POLICY 
     GUIDANCE'' and inserting ``ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'';
       (2) by inserting ``(a) Foreign Policy Guidance.--'' 
     immediately before ``To'';
       (3) by striking ``State, acting through the Director of the 
     United States Information Agency,'' and inserting ``State'';
       (4) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, as the Secretary may deem appropriate''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Certain Worldnet Programming.--The Secretary of State 
     is authorized to use Worldnet broadcasts for the purposes of 
     continuing interactive dialogues with foreign media and other 
     similar overseas public diplomacy programs sponsored by the 
     Department of State. The Chairman of the Broadcasting Board 
     of Governors shall provide access to Worldnet for this 
     purpose on a nonreimbursable basis.''.
       (k) International Broadcasting Bureau.--Section 307 (22 
     U.S.C. 6206) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``within the United 
     States Information Agency'' and inserting ``under the 
     Board'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``Chairman of the 
     Board, in consultation with the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency and with the concurrence of a majority of 
     the Board'' and inserting ``President, by and with the advice 
     and consent of the Senate'';
       (3) by redesignating subsection (b)(1) as subsection (b);
       (4) by striking subsection (b)(2); and
       (5) 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 and 
     make recommendations to the Board on 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 Radio Free 
     Asia, RFE/RL, Incorporated, the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors, and, as appropriate, the Office of Cuba 
     Broadcasting, the Voice of America, and Worldnet.''.
       (l) Repeals.--The following provisions of law are repealed:
       (1) Subsections (k) and (l) of section 308 (22 U.S.C. 6207 
     (k), (l)).
       (2) Section 310 (22 U.S.C. 6209).

     SEC. 324. AMENDMENTS TO THE RADIO BROADCASTING TO CUBA ACT.

       The Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465 et seq.) 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors'';
       (2) by striking ``Agency'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Board'';
       (3) by striking ``the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``the Broadcasting Board of Governors'';
       (4) in section 4 (22 U.S.C. 1465b), by striking ``the Voice 
     of America'' and inserting ``the International Broadcasting 
     Bureau'';
       (5) in section 5 (22 U.S.C. 1465c)--
       (A) by striking ``Board'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Advisory Board''; and
       (B) in subsection (a), by striking the first sentence and 
     inserting ``There is established within the Office of the 
     President the Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting (in this 
     Act referred to as the `Advisory Board').''; and
       (6) by striking any other reference to ``Director'' not 
     amended by paragraph (3) each place it appears and inserting 
     ``Board''.

     SEC. 325. AMENDMENTS TO THE TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA 
                   ACT.

       The Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465aa 
     et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 243(a) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb(a)) and section 246 
     (22 U.S.C. 1465dd), by striking ``United States Information 
     Agency'' each place it appears and inserting ``Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors'';
       (2) in section 243(c) (22 U.S.C. 1465bb(c))--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``USIA''; and

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       (B) by striking `` `USIA Television'' and inserting ``the 
     `Television'';
       (3) in section 244(c) (22 U.S.C. 1465cc(c)) and section 246 
     (22 U.S.C. 1465dd), by striking ``Agency'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Board'';
       (4) in section 244 (22 U.S.C. 1465cc)--
       (A) in the section heading, by striking ``OF THE UNITED 
     STATES INFORMATION AGENCY'';
       (B) in subsection (a)--
       (i) in the first sentence, by striking ``The Director of 
     the United States Information Agency shall establish'' and 
     inserting ``There is''; and
       (ii) in the second sentence--

       (I) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Broadcasting Board of Governors''; 
     and
       (II) by striking ``the Director of the Voice of America'' 
     and inserting ``the International Broadcasting Bureau'';

       (C) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``Agency facilities'' and inserting ``Board 
     facilities''; and
       (ii) by striking ``Information Agency'' and inserting 
     ``International''; and
       (D) in the heading of subsection (c), by striking ``USIA''; 
     and
       (5) in section 245(d) (22 U.S.C. 1465c note), by striking 
     ``Board'' and inserting ``Advisory Board''.

     SEC. 326. TRANSFER OF BROADCASTING RELATED FUNDS, PROPERTY, 
                   AND PERSONNEL.

       (a) Transfer and Allocation of Property and 
     Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--The assets, liabilities (including 
     contingent liabilities arising from suits continued with a 
     substitution or addition of parties under section 327(d)), 
     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 
     of USIA transferred to the Broadcasting Board of Governors by 
     this chapter shall be transferred to the Broadcasting Board 
     of Governors for appropriate allocation.
       (2) Additional transfers.--In addition to the transfers 
     made under paragraph (1), there shall be transferred to the 
     Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors the assets, 
     contracts, property, records, and unexpended balance of 
     appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds, 
     as determined by the Secretary, in concurrence with the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors, to support the functions 
     transferred by this chapter.
       (b) Transfer of Personnel.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law--
       (1) except as provided in subsection (c), all personnel and 
     positions of USIA employed or maintained to carry out the 
     functions transferred by this chapter to the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors shall be transferred to the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors at the same grade or class and the same 
     rate of basic pay or basic salary rate and with the same 
     tenure held immediately preceding transfer; and
       (2) the personnel and positions of USIA, as determined by 
     the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Director of USIA, 
     to support the functions transferred by this chapter shall 
     be transferred to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
     including the International Broadcasting Bureau, at the 
     same grade or class and the same rate of basic pay or 
     basic salary rate and with the same tenure held 
     immediately preceding transfer.
       (c) Transfer and Allocation of Property, Appropriations, 
     and Personnel Associated With Worldnet.--USIA personnel 
     responsible for carrying out interactive dialogs with foreign 
     media and other similar overseas public diplomacy programs 
     using the Worldnet television broadcasting system, and funds 
     associated with such personnel, shall be transferred to the 
     Department of State in accordance with the provisions of 
     title VI of this division.
       (d) Incidental Transfers.--The Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget, when requested by the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors, 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 functions and offices 
     transferred from USIA, as may be necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of this section.

     SEC. 327. 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 exercised by the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors of the United States Information Agency on 
     the day before the effective date of this title, and
       (2) that are in effect at the time this title takes effect, 
     or were final before the effective date of this title and are 
     to become effective on or after the effective date of this 
     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 Broadcasting Board 
     of Governors, or other authorized official, a court of 
     competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
       (b) Pending Proceedings.--
       (1) In general.--The provisions of this chapter, or 
     amendments made by this chapter, shall not affect any 
     proceedings, including notices of proposed rulemaking, or any 
     application for any license, permit, certificate, or 
     financial assistance pending before the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors of the United States Information Agency at the time 
     this title takes effect, with respect to functions exercised 
     by the Board as of the effective date of this title but such 
     proceedings and applications shall be continued.
       (2) Orders, appeals, and payments.--Orders shall be issued 
     in such proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and 
     payments shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this 
     chapter had not been enacted, and orders issued in any such 
     proceedings shall continue in effect until modified, 
     terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized 
     official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by 
     operation of law.
       (3) Statutory construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
     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 chapter had not 
     been enacted.
       (c) Nonabatement 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 the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors, or any commission or 
     component thereof, shall abate by reason of the enactment of 
     this chapter. No cause of action by or against the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors, or any commission or 
     component thereof, or by or against any officer thereof in 
     the official capacity of such officer, shall abate by reason 
     of the enactment of this chapter.
       (d) Continuation of Proceedings With Substitution of 
     Parties.--
       (1) Substitution of parties.--If, before the effective date 
     of this title, USIA or the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
     or any officer thereof in the official capacity of such 
     officer, is a party to a suit which is related to the 
     functions transferred by this chapter, then effective on such 
     date such suit shall be continued with the Broadcasting Board 
     of Governors or other appropriate official of the Board 
     substituted or added as a party.
       (2) Liability of the board.--The Board shall participate in 
     suits continued under paragraph (1) where the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors or other appropriate official of the Board 
     is added as a party and shall be liable for any judgments or 
     remedies in those suits or proceedings arising from the 
     exercise of the functions transferred by this chapter to the 
     same extent that USIA would have been liable if such judgment 
     or remedy had been rendered on the day before the abolition 
     of USIA.
       (e) Administrative Actions Relating to Promulgation of 
     Regulations.--Any administrative action relating to the 
     preparation or promulgation of a regulation by the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors relating to a function 
     exercised by the Board before the effective date of this 
     title may be continued by the Board with the same effect as 
     if this chapter had not been enacted.
       (f) References.--Reference in any other Federal law, 
     Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of 
     authority, or any document of or relating to the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors of the United States Information Agency 
     with regard to functions exercised before the effective date 
     of this title, shall be deemed to refer to the Board.

     SEC. 328. REPORT ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF RFE/RL, 
                   INCORPORATED.

       Not later than March 1 of each year, the Broadcasting Board 
     of Governors shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on the progress of the Board and of RFE/
     RL, Incorporated, on any steps taken to further the policy 
     declared in section 312(a) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. The report 
     under this subsection shall include the following:
       (1) Efforts by RFE/RL, Incorporated, to terminate 
     individual language services.
       (2) A detailed description of steps taken with regard to 
     section 312(a) of that Act.
       (3) An analysis of prospects for privatization over the 
     coming year.
       (4) An assessment of the extent to which United States 
     Government funding may be appropriate in the year 2000 and 
     subsequent years for surrogate broadcasting to the countries 
     to which RFE/RL, Incorporated, broadcast during the year. 
     This assessment shall include an analysis of the environment 
     for independent media in those countries, noting the extent 
     of government control of the media, the ability of 
     independent journalists and news organizations to operate, 
     relevant domestic legislation, level of government harassment 
     and efforts to censor, and other indications of whether the 
     people of such countries enjoy freedom of expression.

                    CHAPTER 4--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 331. REFERENCES.

       (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     division, 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.
       (b) Continuing References to USIA or Director.--Subsection 
     (a) shall not apply to section 146 (a), (b), or (c) of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 
     1991 (22 U.S.C. 4069a(f), 4069b(g), or 4069c(f)).

     SEC. 332. 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.'';

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       (2) in section 5315--
       (A) by striking ``Deputy Director of the United States 
     Information Agency.''; and
       (B) by striking ``Director of the International 
     Broadcasting Bureau, the United States Information Agency.'' 
     and inserting ``Director of the International Broadcasting 
     Bureau.''; and
       (3) in section 5316--
       (A) by striking ``Deputy Director, Policy and Plans, United 
     States Information Agency.''; and
       (B) by striking ``Associate Director (Policy and Plans), 
     United States Information Agency.''.

     SEC. 333. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LAWS.

       (a) Application to Functions of Department of State.--
     Section 501 of Public Law 80-402 (22 U.S.C. 1461), section 
     202 of Public Law 95-426 (22 U.S.C. 1461-1), and section 208 
     of Public Law 99-93 (22 U.S.C. 1461-1a) shall not apply to 
     public affairs and other information dissemination functions 
     of the Secretary of State as carried out prior to any 
     transfer of functions pursuant to this division.
       (b) Application to Functions Transferred to Department of 
     State.--Section 501 of Public Law 80-402 (22 U.S.C. 1461), 
     section 202 of Public Law 95-426 (22 U.S.C. 1461-1), and 
     section 208 of Public Law 99-93 (22 U.S.C. 1461-1a) shall 
     apply only to public diplomacy programs of the Director of 
     the United States Information Agency as carried out prior to 
     any transfer of functions pursuant to this division to the 
     same extent that such programs were covered by these 
     provisions prior to such transfer.
       (c) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Except as provided in 
     section 501 of Public Law 80-402 and section 208 of Public 
     Law 99-93, funds specifically authorized to be appropriated 
     for such public diplomacy programs shall not be used to 
     influence public opinion in the United States, and no program 
     material prepared using such funds shall be distributed or 
     disseminated in the United States.
       (d) Reporting Requirements.--The report submitted pursuant 
     to section 601(f) of this division shall include a detailed 
     statement of the manner in which the special mission of 
     public diplomacy carried out by USIA prior to the transfer of 
     functions under this division shall be preserved within the 
     Department of State, including the planned duties and 
     responsibilities of any new bureaus that will perform such 
     public diplomacy functions. Such report shall also include 
     the best available estimates of--
       (1) the amounts to be expended by the Department of State 
     for public affairs programs during fiscal year 1998, and on 
     the personnel and support costs for such programs;
       (2) the amounts to be expended by USIA for its public 
     diplomacy programs during fiscal year 1998, and on the 
     personnel and support costs for such programs; and
       (3) the amounts, including funds to be transferred from 
     USIA and funds appropriated to the Department, that will be 
     allocated for the programs described in paragraphs (1) and 
     (2), respectively, during the fiscal year in which the 
     transfer of functions from USIA to the Department occurs.
       (e) Congressional Presentation Document.--The Department of 
     State's Congressional Presentation Document for fiscal year 
     2000 and each fiscal year thereafter shall include--
       (1) the aggregated amounts that the Department will spend 
     on such public diplomacy programs and on costs of personnel 
     for such programs, and a detailed description of the goals 
     and purposes for which such funds shall be expended; and
       (2) the amount of funds allocated to and the positions 
     authorized for such public diplomacy programs, including 
     bureaus to be created upon the transfer of functions from 
     USIA to the Department.

     SEC. 334. ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON 
                   PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

       (a) Abolition.--The United States Advisory Commission on 
     Public Diplomacy is abolished.
       (b) Repeals.--Section 604 of the United States Information 
     and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469) and 
     section 8 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1977 are 
     repealed.

     SEC. 335. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

       (a) The United States Information and Educational Exchange 
     Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 505 (22 U.S.C. 1464a)--
       (A) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' each place it appears and inserting ``Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors'';
       (B) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors'';
       (C) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``Agency's'' and all that follows through 
     `` `USIA-TV')'' and inserting ``television broadcasts of the 
     United States International Television Service''; and
       (ii) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by striking ``USIA-
     TV'' each place it appears and inserting ``The United States 
     International Television Service''; and
       (D) in subsections (d) and (e), by striking ``USIA-TV'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``the United States 
     International Television Service'';
       (2) in section 506(c) (22 U.S.C. 1464b(c))--
       (A) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'';
       (B) by striking ``Agency'' and inserting ``Board''; and
       (C) by striking ``Director'' and inserting ``Board''.
       (3) in section 705 (22 U.S.C 1477c)--
       (A) by striking subsections (a) and (c); and
       (B) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``(b) In addition, the United State 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``The Department of 
     State''; and
       (ii) by striking ``program grants'' and inserting ``grants 
     for overseas public diplomacy programs'';
       (4) in section 801(7) (22 U.S.C. 1471(7))--
       (A) by striking ``Agency'' and inserting ``overseas public 
     diplomacy''; and
       (B) by inserting ``other'' after ``together with''; and
       (5) in section 812 (22 U.S.C. 1475g)--
       (A) by striking ``United States Information Agency post'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``overseas public 
     diplomacy post'';
       (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``United States 
     Information Agency'' the first place it appears and inserting 
     ``Department of State'';
       (C) in subsection (b), by striking ``Director of the United 
     States Information Agency'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
     State''; and
       (D) in the section heading, by striking ``usia'' 
     and inserting ``overseas public 
     diplomacy''.
       (b) Section 212 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 1475h) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``United States Information Agency'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``Department of State'';
       (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``for carrying out its 
     overseas public diplomacy functions'' after ``grants'';
       (3) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking ``a grant'' the first time it appears and 
     inserting ``an overseas public diplomacy grant''; and
       (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``such'' before ``a 
     grant'' the first place it appears;
       (4) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``overseas public 
     diplomacy'' before ``grants'';
       (5) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ``such'' before 
     ``grant''; and
       (6) by striking subsection (d).
       (c) 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''.
       (d) Section 305 of Public Law 97-446 (19 U.S.C. 2604) is 
     amended in the first sentence, by striking ``, after 
     consultation with the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency,''.
       (e) Section 601 of Public Law 103-227 (20 U.S.C. 5951(a)) 
     is amended by striking ``of the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency and with'' and inserting ``and''.
       (f) 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 ``7 members'';
       (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Six'' and inserting 
     ``Five'';
       (3) by striking paragraph (3); and
       (4) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
       (g) Section 803 of the Intelligence Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Year 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1903) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (6); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
     (6) and (7), respectively; and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``subsection (b)(7)'' 
     and inserting ``subsection (b)(6)''.
       (h) Section 7 of the Federal Triangle Development Act (40 
     U.S.C. 1106) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)(1)--
       (A) in the text above subparagraph (A), by striking ``15 
     members'' and inserting ``14 members'';
       (B) by striking subparagraph (F); and
       (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (J) as 
     subparagraphs (F) through (I), respectively;
       (2) in paragraphs (3) and (5) of subsection (c), by 
     striking ``paragraph (1)(J)'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``paragraph (1)(I)''; and
       (3) in subsection (d)(3) and subsection (e), by striking 
     ``the Administrator and the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``and the Administrator''.
       (i) Section 3 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 
     (Public Law 90-637; 20 U.S.C. 80f) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the text preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``19 
     members'' and inserting ``17 members'';
       (B) by striking paragraph (7);
       (C) by striking ``10'' in paragraph (10) and inserting 
     ``9''; and
       (D) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (10) as 
     paragraphs (7) through (9), respectively; and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``(9)'' and inserting 
     ``(8)''.
       (j) Section 624 of Public Law 89-329 (20 U.S.C. 1131c) is 
     amended by striking ``the United States Information 
     Agency,''.
       (k) The Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et 
     seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 202(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 3922(a)(1)), by 
     striking ``Director of the United States Information Agency'' 
     and inserting ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'';
       (2) in section 210 (22 U.S.C. 3930), by striking ``United 
     States Information Agency'' and inserting ``Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors'';
       (3) in section 1003(a) (22 U.S.C. 4103(a)), by striking 
     ``United States Information Agency'' and inserting 
     ``Broadcasting Board of Governors''; and
       (4) in section 1101(c) (22 U.S.C. 4131(c)), by striking 
     ``the United States Information Agency,'' and inserting 
     ``Broadcasting Board of Governors,''.

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       (l) The Department of State Basic Authorities Act of 1956, 
     as amended by this Act, is further amended--
       (1) in section 23(a) (22 U.S.C. 2695(a)), by striking 
     ``United States Information Agency'' and inserting 
     ``Broadcasting Board of Governors'';
       (2) in section 25(f) (22 U.S.C. 2697(f))--
       (A) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Broadcasting Board of Governors''; 
     and
       (B) by striking ``with respect to their respective 
     agencies'' and inserting ``with respect to the Board and the 
     Agency'';
       (3) in section 26(b) (22 U.S.C. 2698(b)), as amended by 
     this Act--
       (A) by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency, the chairman of the Board for International 
     Broadcasting,'' and inserting ``Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors,''; and
       (B) by striking ``with respect to their respective 
     agencies'' and inserting ``with respect to the Board and the 
     Agency''; and
       (4) in section 32 (22 U.S.C. 2704), as amended by this Act, 
     by striking ``the Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' and inserting ``the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors''.
       (m) Section 507(b)(3) of Public Law 103-317 (22 U.S.C. 
     2669a(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``, the United States 
     Information Agency,''.
       (n) Section 502 of Public Law 92-352 (2 U.S.C. 194a) is 
     amended by striking ``the United States Information 
     Agency,''.
       (o) Section 6 of Public Law 104-288 (22 U.S.C. 2141d) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Director of the United 
     States Information Agency,''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``the Director of the 
     United States Information Agency'' and inserting ``the Under 
     Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy''.
       (p) Section 40118(d) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``, the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency,''.
       (q) Section 155 of Public Law 102-138 is amended--
       (1) by striking the comma before ``Department of Commerce'' 
     and inserting ``and''; and
       (2) by striking ``, and the United States Information 
     Agency''.
       (r) Section 107 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
     Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6037) is amended 
     by striking ``Director of the United States Information 
     Agency'' each place it appears and inserting ``Director of 
     the International Broadcasting Bureau''.

     SEC. 336. REPEALS.

       The following provisions are repealed:
       (1) Sections 701 (22 U.S.C. 1476), 704 (22 U.S.C. 1477b), 
     807 (22 U.S.C 1475b), 808 (22 U.S.C 1475c), 811 (22 U.S.C 
     1475f), and 1009 (22 U.S.C. 1440) of the United States 
     Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948.
       (2) Section 106(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
     Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2456(c)).
       (3) Section 565(e) of the Anti-Economic Discrimination Act 
     of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 2679c(e)).
       (4) Section 206(b) of Public Law 102-138.
       (5) Section 2241 of Public Law 104-66.
       (6) Sections 1 through 6 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
     of 1977 (91 Stat. 636).
       (7) Section 207 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 22 U.S.C. 
     1463 note).
  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) October 1, 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 AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

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

       (a) In General.--Except for the components specified in 
     subsection (b), the United States International Development 
     Cooperation Agency (including the Institute for Scientific 
     and Technological Cooperation) is abolished.
       (b) AID and OPIC Exempted.--Subsection (a) does not apply 
     to the Agency for International Development or the Overseas 
     Private Investment Corporation.

     SEC. 412. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITIES.

       (a) Allocation of Funds.--
       (1) Allocation to the secretary of state.--Funds made 
     available under the categories of assistance deemed allocated 
     to the Director of the International Development Cooperation 
     Agency under section 1-801 of Executive Order No. 12163 (22 
     U.S.C. 2381 note) as of October 1, 1997, shall be allocated 
     to the Secretary of State on and after the effective date of 
     this title without further action by the President.
       (2) Procedures for reallocations or transfers.--The 
     Secretary of State may allocate or transfer as appropriate 
     any funds received under paragraph (1) in the same manner as 
     previously provided for the Director of the International 
     Development Cooperation Agency under section 1-802 of that 
     Executive Order, as in effect on October 1, 1997.
       (b) With Respect to the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation.--There are transferred to the Administrator of 
     the Agency for International Development all functions of the 
     Director of the United States International Development 
     Cooperation Agency as of the day before the effective date of 
     this title with respect to the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation.
       (c) Other Activities.--The authorities and functions 
     transferred to the United States International Development 
     Cooperation Agency or the Director of that Agency by section 
     6 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1979 shall, to the 
     extent such authorities and functions have not been repealed, 
     be transferred to those agencies or heads of agencies, as the 
     case may be, in which those authorities and functions were 
     vested by statute as of the day before the effective date of 
     such reorganization plan.

     SEC. 413. STATUS OF AID.

       (a) In General.--Unless abolished pursuant to the 
     reorganization plan submitted under section 601, and except 
     as provided in section 412, there is within the Executive 
     branch of Government the United States Agency for 
     International Development as an entity described in section 
     104 of title 5, United States Code.
       (b) Retention of Officers.--Nothing in this section shall 
     require the reappointment of any officer of the United States 
     serving in the Agency for International Development of the 
     United States International Development Cooperation Agency as 
     of the day before the effective date of this title.

                    CHAPTER 3--CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 421. REFERENCES.

       Except as otherwise provided in this division, any 
     reference in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive 
     order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other 
     official document or proceeding to the United States 
     International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA) or to the 
     Director or any other officer or employee of IDCA--
       (1) insofar as such reference relates to any function or 
     authority transferred under section 412(a), shall be deemed 
     to refer to the Secretary of State;
       (2) insofar as such reference relates to any function or 
     authority transferred under section 412(b), shall be deemed 
     to refer to the Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development;
       (3) insofar as such reference relates to any function or 
     authority transferred under section 412(c), shall be deemed 
     to refer to the head of the agency to which such function or 
     authority is transferred under such section; and
       (4) insofar as such reference relates to any function or 
     authority not transferred by this title, shall be deemed to 
     refer to the President or such agency or agencies as may be 
     specified by Executive order.

     SEC. 422. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Termination of Reorganization Plans and Delegations.--
     The following shall cease to be effective:
       (1) Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1979 (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (2) Section 1-101 through 1-103, sections 1-401 through 1-
     403, section 1-801(a), and such other provisions that relate 
     to the United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency or the Director of IDCA, of Executive Order No. 12163 
     (22 U.S.C. 2381 note; relating to administration of foreign 
     assistance and related functions).
       (3) The International Development Cooperation Agency 
     Delegation of Authority Numbered 1 (44 Fed. Reg. 57521), 
     except for section 1-6 of such Delegation of Authority.
       (4) Section 3 of Executive Order No. 12884 (58 Fed. Reg. 
     64099; relating to the delegation of functions under the 
     Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open 
     Markets Support Act of 1992, the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1993, and section 301 of title 
     3, United States Code).
       (b) Other Statutory Amendments and Repeal.--
       (1) Title 5.--Section 7103(a)(2)(B)(iv) of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``United States 
     International Development Cooperation Agency'' and inserting 
     ``Agency for International Development''.
       (2) Inspector general act of 1978.--Section 8A of the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by striking ``Development'' through ``(1) shall'' and 
     inserting ``Development shall'';
       (ii) by striking ``; and'' at the end of subsection (a)(1) 
     and inserting a period; and
       (iii) by striking paragraph (2);
       (B) by striking subsections (c) and (f); and
       (C) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (g), and (h) as 
     subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
       (3) State department basic authorities act of 1956.--The 
     State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended--
       (A) in section 25(f) (22 U.S.C. 2697(f)), as amended by 
     this Act, by striking ``Director of the United States 
     International Development Cooperation Agency'' and inserting 
     ``Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development'';
       (B) in section 26(b) (22 U.S.C. 2698(b)), as amended by 
     this Act, by striking ``Director of the United States 
     International Development Cooperation Agency'' and inserting 
     ``Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development''; and
       (C) in section 32 (22 U.S.C. 2704), by striking ``Director 
     of the United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development''.
       (4) Foreign service act of 1980.--The Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980 is amended--
       (A) in section 202(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 3922(a)(1)), by 
     striking ``Director of the United States International 
     Development Cooperation Agency'' and inserting 
     ``Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development'';
       (B) in section 210 (22 U.S.C. 3930), by striking ``United 
     States International Development Cooperation Agency'' and 
     inserting ``Agency for International Development'';

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       (C) in section 1003(a) (22 U.S.C. 4103(a)), by striking 
     ``United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Agency for International 
     Development''; and
       (D) in section 1101(c) (22 U.S.C. 4131(c)), by striking 
     ``United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency'' and inserting ``Agency for International 
     Development''.
       (5) Repeal.--Section 413 of Public Law 96-53 (22 U.S.C. 
     3512) is repealed.
       (6) Title 49.--Section 40118(d) of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``the Director of the United 
     States International Development Cooperation Agency'' and 
     inserting ``or the Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development''.
       (7) Export administration act of 1979.--Section 2405(g) of 
     the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
     2405(g)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Director of the United States 
     International Development Cooperation Agency'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development''; and
       (B) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``Director'' and 
     inserting ``Administrator''.
             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) October 1, 1998; or
       (2) the date of reorganization of the Agency for 
     International Development pursuant to the reorganization plan 
     described in section 601.

          CHAPTER 2--REORGANIZATION 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 AID:
       (1) The Press office.
       (2) Certain administrative functions.

            CHAPTER 3--AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

     SEC. 521. DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.

       In this chapter, the term ``United States assistance'' 
     means development and other economic assistance, including 
     assistance made available under the following provisions of 
     law:
       (1) Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (relating to development assistance).
       (2) Chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (relating to the economic support fund).
       (3) Chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (relating to the Development Fund for Africa).
       (4) Chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (relating to assistance for the independent states of 
     the former Soviet Union).
       (5) The Support for East European Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 
     5401 et seq.).

     SEC. 522. ADMINISTRATOR OF AID REPORTING TO THE SECRETARY OF 
                   STATE.

       The Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development, appointed pursuant to section 624(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2384(a)), shall 
     report to and be under the direct authority and foreign 
     policy guidance of the Secretary of State.

     SEC. 523. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT.

       (a) Authority of the Secretary of State.--
       (1) In general.--Under the direction of the President, the 
     Secretary of State shall coordinate all United States 
     assistance in accordance with this section, except as 
     provided in paragraphs (2) and (3).
       (2) Export promotion activities.--Coordination of 
     activities relating to promotion of exports of United States 
     goods and services shall continue to be primarily the 
     responsibility of the Secretary of Commerce.
       (3) International economic activities.--Coordination of 
     activities relating to United States participation in 
     international financial institutions and relating to 
     organization of multilateral efforts aimed at currency 
     stabilization, currency convertibility, debt reduction, and 
     comprehensive economic reform programs shall continue to be 
     primarily the responsibility of the Secretary of the 
     Treasury.
       (4) Authorities and powers of the secretary of state.--The 
     powers and authorities of the Secretary provided in this 
     chapter are in addition to the powers and authorities 
     provided to the Secretary under any other Act, including 
     section 101(b) and section 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151(b), 2382(c)).
       (b) Coordination Activities.--Coordination activities of 
     the Secretary of State under subsection (a) shall include--
       (1) approving an overall assistance and economic 
     cooperation strategy;
       (2) ensuring program and policy coordination among agencies 
     of the United States Government in carrying out the policies 
     set forth in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms 
     Export Control Act, and other relevant assistance Acts;
       (3) pursuing coordination with other countries and 
     international organizations; and
       (4) resolving policy, program, and funding disputes among 
     United States Government agencies.
       (c) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to lessen the accountability of any Federal agency 
     administering any program, project, or activity of United 
     States assistance for any funds made available to the Federal 
     agency for that purpose.
       (d) Authority To Provide Personnel of the Agency for 
     International Development.--The Administrator of the Agency 
     for International Development is authorized to detail to the 
     Department of State on a nonreimbursable basis such personnel 
     employed by the Agency as the Secretary of State may require 
     to carry out this section.
                          TITLE VI--TRANSITION

                     CHAPTER 1--REORGANIZATION PLAN

     SEC. 601. REORGANIZATION PLAN AND REPORT.

       (a) Submission of Plan and Report.--Not later than 60 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
     shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     reorganization plan and report regarding--
       (1) the abolition of the United States Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, and 
     the United States International Development Cooperation 
     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 section 511;
       (3) the termination of functions of each covered agency as 
     may be necessary to effectuate the reorganization under this 
     division, and the termination of the affairs of each agency 
     abolished under this division;
       (4) the transfer to the Department of the functions and 
     personnel of each covered agency consistent with the 
     provisions of this division; and
       (5) the consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining of 
     the Department in connection with the transfer of such 
     functions and personnel in order to carry out such functions.
       (b) Covered Agencies.--The agencies covered by this section 
     are the following:
       (1) The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
       (2) The United States Information Agency.
       (3) The United States International Development Cooperation 
     Agency.
       (4) The Agency for International Development.
       (c) Plan Elements.--The plan transmitted under subsection 
     (a) shall contain, consistent with this division, such 
     elements as the President deems appropriate, including 
     elements that--
       (1) identify the functions of each covered agency that will 
     be transferred to the Department under the plan;
       (2) specify the steps to be taken by the Secretary of State 
     to reorganize internally the functions of the Department, 
     including the consolidation of offices and functions, that 
     will be required under the plan in order to permit the 
     Department to carry out the functions transferred to it under 
     the plan;
       (3) specify the funds available to each covered agency that 
     will be transferred to the Department as a result of the 
     transfer of functions of such agency to the Department;
       (4) specify the proposed allocations within the Department 
     of unexpended funds transferred in connection with the 
     transfer of functions under the plan; and
       (5) specify the proposed disposition of the property, 
     facilities, contracts, records, and other assets and 
     liabilities of each covered agency in connection with the 
     transfer of the functions of such 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) may provide for the abolition of the Agency for 
     International Development and the transfer of all its 
     functions to the Department of State; or
       (2) in lieu of the abolition and transfer of functions 
     under paragraph (1)--
       (A) shall provide for the transfer to and consolidation 
     within the Department of the functions set forth in section 
     511; and
       (B) may provide for additional consolidation, 
     reorganization, and streamlining of AID, including--
       (i) the termination of functions and reductions in 
     personnel of AID;
       (ii) the transfer of functions of AID, and the personnel 
     associated with such functions, to the Department; and
       (iii) the consolidation, reorganization, and streamlining 
     of the Department upon the transfer of such functions and 
     personnel in order to carry out the functions transferred.
       (e) Modification of Plan.--The President may, on the basis 
     of consultations with the appropriate congressional 
     committees, modify or revise any part of the plan transmitted 
     under subsection (a) until that part of the plan becomes 
     effective in accordance with subsection (g).
       (f) Report.--The report accompanying the reorganization 
     plan for the Department and the covered agencies submitted 
     pursuant to this section shall describe the implementation of 
     the plan and shall include--
       (1) a detailed description of--
       (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;
       (2) the number of personnel and positions of each covered 
     agency (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service 
     personnel, and detailees) that are expected to be transferred 
     to the Department, separated from service with

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     such agency, or eliminated under the plan, and a projected 
     schedule for such transfers, separations, and terminations;
       (3) the number of personnel and positions of the Department 
     (including civil service personnel, Foreign Service 
     personnel, and detailees) that are expected to be transferred 
     within the Department, separated from service with the 
     Department, or eliminated under the plan, and a projected 
     schedule for such transfers, separations, and terminations;
       (4) a projected schedule for completion of the 
     implementation process; and
       (5) recommendations, if any, for legislation necessary to 
     carry out changes made by this division relating to personnel 
     and to incidental transfers.
       (g) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--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 the date for the respective covered agency specified in 
     paragraph (2) or the date announced by the President under 
     paragraph (3).
       (2) Statutory effective dates.--The effective dates under 
     this paragraph for the reorganization plan described in this 
     section are the following:
       (A) October 1, 1998, with respect to functions of the 
     Agency for International Development described in section 
     511.
       (B) October 1, 1998, with respect to the abolition of the 
     United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the 
     United States International Development Cooperation Agency.
       (C) October 1, 1999, with respect to the abolition of the 
     United States Information Agency.
       (3) Effective date by presidential determination.--An 
     effective date under this paragraph for a reorganization plan 
     described in this section is 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 
     90 calendar days after the President has transmitted the 
     reorganization plan to the appropriate congressional 
     committees pursuant to subsection (a).
       (4) Statutory construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
     be construed to require the transfer of functions, personnel, 
     records, balance of appropriations, or other assets of a 
     covered agency on a single date.
       (5) Supersedes existing law.--Paragraph (1) shall apply 
     notwithstanding section 905(b) of title 5, United States 
     Code.
       (h) Publication.--The reorganization plan described in this 
     section shall be printed in the Federal Register after the 
     date upon which it first becomes effective.

                  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, 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 this subsection 
     does not authorize the Secretary to modify the terms of any 
     statute that establishes or defines the functions of any 
     bureau, office, or officer of the Department.
       (b) Requirements and Limitations on Reorganization Plan.--
     The reorganization plan transmitted 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 a Federal agency to exercise a function 
     which is not authorized by law at the time the plan is 
     transmitted to Congress;
       (4) creating a new Federal 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.

       (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     division, the assets, liabilities (including contingent 
     liabilities arising from suits continued with a substitution 
     or addition of parties under section 615(e)), 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 shall be 
     transferred to the Secretary for appropriate allocation.
       (b) Limitation on Use of Transferred Funds.--Except as 
     provided in subsection (c), 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) Funds To Facilitate Transition.--
       (1) Congressional notification.--Funds transferred pursuant 
     to subsection (a) may be available for the purposes of 
     reorganization subject to notification of the appropriate 
     congressional committees in accordance with the procedures 
     applicable to a reprogramming of funds under section 34 of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
     2706).
       (2) Transfer authority.--Funds in any account appropriated 
     to the Department of State may be transferred to another such 
     account for the purposes of reorganization, subject to 
     notification of the appropriate congressional committees in 
     accordance with the procedures applicable to a reprogramming 
     of funds under section 34 of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706). The authority in 
     this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority 
     available to the Secretary of State and shall expire 
     September 30, 2000.

     SEC. 613. TRANSFER, APPOINTMENT, AND ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL.

       (a) Transfer of Personnel From ACDA and USIA.--Except as 
     otherwise provided in title III--
       (1) not later than the date of abolition of ACDA, all 
     personnel and positions of ACDA, and
       (2) not later than the date of abolition of USIA, all 
     personnel and positions of USIA,

     shall be transferred to the Department of State at the same 
     grade or class and the same rate of basic pay or basic salary 
     rate and with the same tenure held immediately preceding 
     transfer.
       (b) Transfer of Personnel From AID.--Except as otherwise 
     provided in title III, not later than the date of transfer of 
     any function of AID to the Department of State under this 
     division, all AID personnel performing such functions and all 
     positions associated with such functions shall be transferred 
     to the Department of State at the same grade or class and the 
     same rate of basic pay or basic salary rate and with the same 
     tenure held immediately preceding transfer.
       (c) Assignment Authority.--The Secretary, for a period of 
     not more than 6 months commencing on the effective date of 
     the transfer to the Department of State of personnel under 
     subsections (a) and (b), is authorized to assign such 
     personnel to any position or set of duties in the Department 
     of State regardless of the position held or duties performed 
     by such personnel prior to transfer, except that, by virtue 
     of such assignment, such personnel shall not have their grade 
     or class or their rate of basic pay or basic salary rate 
     reduced, nor their tenure changed. The Secretary shall 
     consult with the relevant exclusive representatives (as 
     defined in section 1002 of the Foreign Service Act and in 
     section 7103 of title 5, United States Code) with regard to 
     the exercise of this authority. This subsection does not 
     authorize the Secretary to assign any individual to any 
     position that by law requires appointment by the President, 
     by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
       (d) Superseding Other Provisions of Law.--Subsections (a) 
     through (c) shall be exercised notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law.

     SEC. 614. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.

       The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, when 
     requested by 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. 615. 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 as of the effective date of such 
     title, 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) In general.--The provisions of any title of this 
     division shall not affect any proceedings, includinging 
     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 Federal 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, appeals, payments.--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) Statutory construction.--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) Regulations.--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 or Administrative Proceedings.--
     Except as provided in subsection (e) and section 327(d)--
       (1) the provisions of this division shall not affect suits 
     commenced prior to the effective dates of the respective 
     titles of this division; and

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       (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) Nonabatement 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 
     Federal agency, or any commission or component thereof, 
     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 Federal 
     agency, or any commission or component thereof, 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 effective date of any title of this 
     division, any Federal 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 effective on such date 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 Federal 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. 616. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO FACILITATE 
                   TRANSITION.

       Notwithstanding any provision of this division, the 
     Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the head of the 
     appropriate Federal agency exercising functions transferred 
     under this division, may transfer the whole or part of such 
     functions prior to the effective dates established in this 
     division, including the transfer of personnel and funds 
     associated with such functions.

     SEC. 617. FINAL REPORT.

       Not later than January 1, 2001, 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.
              DIVISION B--FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION
                      TITLE X--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

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

     SEC. 1002. DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL 
                   COMMITTEES.

       In this division, 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.
   TITLE XI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     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 
     $1,746,977,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $1,691,282,000 
     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 $367,148,000 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 the 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 $86,000,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $118,340,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (4) Security and maintenance of buildings abroad.--For 
     ``Security and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad'', 
     $397,943,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $590,800,000 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 
     $28,717,000 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 $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1999.
       (9) Protection of foreign missions and officials.--(A) For 
     ``Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials'', $7,900,000 
     for the fiscal year 1998 and $8,100,000 for the fiscal year 
     1999.
       (B) Each amount appropriated pursuant to this paragraph is 
     authorized to remain available through September 30 of the 
     fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the amount 
     appropriated was made.
       (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 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'' $17,490,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1998 and $19,179,000 for the fiscal year 1999; 
     and
       (B) for ``Construction'' $6,463,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998 and $7,125,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (2) International boundary commission, united states and 
     canada.--For ``International Boundary Commission, United 
     States and Canada'', $761,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $835,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (3) International joint commission.--For ``International 
     Joint Commission'', $3,189,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $3,432,000 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. 1103. GRANTS TO THE ASIA FOUNDATION.

       Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (title IV of Public 
     Law 98-164) is amended to read as follows:
       ``Sec. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Secretary of State $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
     1998 and 1999 for grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to 
     this title.''.

     SEC. 1104. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL 
                   ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for ``Voluntary Contributions to 
     International Organizations'', $294,500,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $294,500,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (b) Limitations.--
       (1) World food program.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subsection (a), $4,000,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are 
     authorized to be appropriated only for a United States 
     contribution to the World Food Program.
       (2) United nations voluntary fund for victims of torture.--
     Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection 
     (a), $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.
       (3) International program on the elimination of child 
     labor.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
     subsection (a), $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 
     International Labor Organization for the activities of the 
     International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor.
       (c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to remain 
     available until expended.

     SEC. 1105. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEACEKEEPING 
                   OPERATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated for ``Peacekeeping 
     Operations'', $77,500,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $68,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 for the Department of 
     State to carry out section 551 of Public Law 87-195.

     SEC. 1106. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY 
                   CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT 
                   PROGRAM.

         (a) Limitation.--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 subsection (b).
       (b) Certification.--The certification referred to in 
     subsection (a) 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--
       (1) are focused on eliminating human suffering and 
     addressing the needs of the poor;
       (2) 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;
       (3) provide no financial, political, or military benefit to 
     the SLORC; and
       (4) 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.

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     SEC. 1107. UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND.

       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.
       TITLE XII--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

                 CHAPTER 1--AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

     SEC. 1201. REIMBURSEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR 
                   ASSISTANCE 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 child of a United States citizen employee of an 
     agency of the United States Government who is stationed 
     outside the United States attends an educational facility 
     assisted by the Secretary of State under this section, the 
     head of that agency is authorized to reimburse, or credit 
     with advance payment, the Department of State for funds used 
     in providing assistance to such educational facilities, by 
     grant or otherwise, under this section.''.

     SEC. 1202. REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.

       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) In general.--There is established a program for the 
     payment of rewards to carry out the purposes of this section.
       ``(2) Purpose.--The rewards program shall be designed to 
     assist in the prevention of acts of international terrorism, 
     international narcotics trafficking, and other related 
     criminal acts.
       ``(3) Implementation.--The rewards program shall be 
     administered by the Secretary of State, in consultation, as 
     appropriate, with the Attorney General.
       ``(b) Rewards Authorized.--In the sole discretion of the 
     Secretary (except as provided in subsection (c)(2)) and in 
     consultation, as appropriate, with the Attorney General, the 
     Secretary may pay a reward to any individual who furnishes 
     information leading to--
       ``(1) 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;
       ``(2) 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;
       ``(3) 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--
       ``(A) a violation of United States narcotics laws such that 
     the individual would be a major violator of such laws;
       ``(B) 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
       ``(C) an attempt or conspiracy to commit any act described 
     in subparagraph (A) or (B);
       ``(4) the arrest or conviction in any country of any 
     individual aiding or abetting in the commission of an act 
     described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or
       ``(5) the prevention, frustration, or favorable resolution 
     of an act described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
       ``(c) Coordination.--
       ``(1) Procedures.--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) the 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) Prior approval of attorney general required.--Before 
     making a reward under this section in a matter over which 
     there is Federal criminal jurisdiction, the Secretary of 
     State shall obtain the concurrence of the Attorney General.
       ``(d) Funding.--
       ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Notwithstanding 
     section 102 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Public Law 99-93; 99 Stat. 408), 
     but subject to paragraph (2), there are authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Department of State from time to time 
     such amounts as may be necessary to carry out this section.
       ``(2) Limitation.--No amount of funds may be appropriated 
     under paragraph (1) which, when added to the unobligated 
     balance of amounts previously appropriated to carry out this 
     section, would cause such amounts to exceed $15,000,000.
       ``(3) Allocation of funds.--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) Period of availability.--Amounts appropriated under 
     paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.
       ``(e) Limitations and Certification.--
       ``(1) Maximum amount.--No reward paid under this section 
     may exceed $2,000,000.
       ``(2) Approval.--A reward under this section of more than 
     $100,000 may not be made without the approval of the 
     Secretary.
       ``(3) Certification for payment.--Any reward granted under 
     this section shall be approved and certified for payment by 
     the Secretary.
       ``(4) Nondelegation of authority.--The authority to approve 
     rewards of more than $100,000 set forth in paragraph (2) may 
     not be delegated.
       ``(5) Protection measures.--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 entity 
     of Federal, State, or local government or of a foreign 
     government 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) Reports on payment of rewards.--Not later than 30 
     days after the payment of any reward under this section, the 
     Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees with respect to such reward. The 
     report, which may be submitted in classified form if 
     necessary, shall specify the amount of the reward paid, to 
     whom the reward was paid, and the acts with respect to which 
     the reward was paid. The report shall also discuss the 
     significance of the information for which the reward was paid 
     in dealing with those acts.
       ``(2) Annual reports.--Not later than 60 days after the end 
     of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
     the appropriate congressional committees with respect to the 
     operation of the rewards program. The report shall provide 
     information on the total amounts expended during the fiscal 
     year ending in that year to carry out this section, including 
     amounts expended to publicize the availability of rewards.
       ``(h) Publication Regarding Rewards Offered by Foreign 
     Governments.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     section, in the sole discretion of the Secretary, the 
     resources of the rewards program 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) Determinations of the Secretary.--A determination 
     made by the Secretary under this section shall be final and 
     conclusive and shall not be subject to judicial review.
       ``(j) Definitions.--As used in this section:
       ``(1) Act of international terrorism.--The term `act of 
     international terrorism' includes--
       ``(A) any act substantially contributing to the acquisition 
     of unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as defined in 
     paragraph (8) of section 830 of the Nuclear Proliferation 
     Prevention Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 3201 note)) or any nuclear 
     explosive device (as defined in paragraph (4) of that 
     section) by an individual, group, or non-nuclear-weapon state 
     (as defined in paragraph (5) of that section); and
       ``(B) any act, as determined by the Secretary, 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)(1)(A) of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)(A)).
       ``(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--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.
       ``(3) Member of the immediate family.--The term `member of 
     the immediate family', with respect to an individual, 
     includes--
       ``(A) a spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child of the 
     individual;
       ``(B) a person with respect to whom the individual stands 
     in loco parentis; and
       ``(C) any person not covered by subparagraph (A) or (B) who 
     is living in the individual's household and is related to the 
     individual by blood or marriage.
       ``(4) Rewards program.--The term `rewards program' means 
     the program established in subsection (a)(1).
       ``(5) United states narcotics laws.--The term `United 
     States narcotics laws' means the laws of the United States 
     for the prevention and control of illicit trafficking in 
     controlled substances (as such term is defined in section 
     102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6))).
       ``(6) United states person.--The term `United States 
     person' means--
       ``(A) a citizen or national of the United States; and
       ``(B) an alien lawfully present in the United States.''.

     SEC. 1203. 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--

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       (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) the enhancement of defense trade export compliance 
     and enforcement activities, including compliance audits of 
     United States and foreign parties, the conduct of 
     administrative proceedings, monitoring of end-uses in cases 
     of direct commercial arms sales or other transfers, and 
     cooperation in proceedings for enforcement of criminal laws 
     related to defense trade export controls.''.

     SEC. 1204. FEES FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

       Section 52(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2724(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following: ``Funds deposited under this subsection shall 
     remain available for obligation through September 30 of the 
     fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds were 
     deposited.''.

     SEC. 1205. PILOT PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS REIMBURSEMENT.

       (a) Foreign Affairs Reimbursement.--
       (1) In general.--Section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021) is amended--
       (A) by redesignating subsection (d)(4) as subsection (g); 
     and
       (B) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsections:
       ``(e)(1) The Secretary may provide appropriate training or 
     related services, except foreign language training, through 
     the institution to any United States person (or any employee 
     or family member thereof) that is engaged in business abroad.
       ``(2) The Secretary may provide job-related training or 
     related services, including foreign language training, 
     through the institution to a United States person under 
     contract to provide services to the United States Government 
     or to any employee thereof that is performing such services.
       ``(3) Training under this subsection may be provided only 
     to the extent that space is available and only on a 
     reimbursable or advance-of-funds basis. Reimbursements and 
     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.
       ``(5) In this subsection, the term `United States person' 
     means--
       ``(A) any individual who is a citizen or national of the 
     United States; or
       ``(B) any corporation, company, partnership, association, 
     or other legal entity that is 50 percent or more beneficially 
     owned by citizens or nationals of the United States.
       ``(f)(1) The Secretary is authorized to provide, on a 
     reimbursable basis, training programs to Members of Congress 
     or the Judiciary.
       ``(2) Employees of the legislative branch and employees of 
     the judicial branch may participate, on a reimbursable 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 and 
     of other agencies in the field of foreign relations.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
       (3) Termination of pilot program.--Effective October 1, 
     2002, section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4021), as amended by this subsection, is further 
     amended--
       (A) by striking subsections (e) and (f); and
       (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as paragraph (4) of 
     subsection (d).
       (b) Fees for Use of National Foreign Affairs Training 
     Center.--Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 53. 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 of the 
     Department of State. Amounts collected under this section 
     (including 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.''.
       (c) Reporting on Pilot Program.--Two years after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
     a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
     containing--
       (1) the number of persons who have taken advantage of the 
     pilot program established under subsections (e) and (f) of 
     section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and section 53 
     of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as 
     added by this section;
       (2) the business or government affiliation of such persons;
       (3) the amount of fees collected; and
       (4) the impact of the program on the primary mission of the 
     National Foreign Affairs Training Center.

     SEC. 1206. FEE FOR USE OF DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION ROOMS.

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

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

       ``The Secretary is authorized to charge a fee for use of 
     the diplomatic reception rooms of the Department of State. 
     Amounts collected under this section (including 
     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. 1207. ACCOUNTING OF COLLECTIONS IN BUDGET PRESENTATION 
                   DOCUMENTS.

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

     ``SEC. 55. ACCOUNTING OF COLLECTIONS IN BUDGET PRESENTATION 
                   DOCUMENTS.

       ``The Secretary 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 cover 
     collections from the preceding fiscal year and the projected 
     expenditures from all collections accounts.''.

     SEC. 1208. 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 at the end 
     the following:
       ``(4) 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) Notice.--Section 209(e) of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(e)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3) The Inspector General shall ensure that only 
     officials from the Office of the Inspector General may 
     participate in formal interviews or other formal meetings 
     with the individual who is the subject of an investigation, 
     other than an intelligence-related or sensitive undercover 
     investigation, or except in those situations when the 
     Inspector General has a reasonable basis to believe that such 
     notice would cause tampering with witnesses, destroying 
     evidence, or endangering the lives of individuals, unless 
     that individual receives prior adequate notice regarding 
     participation by officials of any other agency, including the 
     Department of Justice, in such interviews or meetings.''.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 1998, the 
     Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign 
     Service shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees which includes the following:
       (A) 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 officer or employee of the 
     Department of State, the United States Information Agency, or 
     the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
       (B) 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.
       (2) Statutory construction.--Disclosure of information to 
     the public under this section shall not be construed to 
     include information shared with Congress by an employee of 
     the Office of the Inspector General.

     SEC. 1209. 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 ``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 reprogramming notifications under section 34 of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
     2706).''.

     SEC. 1210. 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 10 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

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       (4) by striking paragraph (7).

     SEC. 1211. AUTHORITY OF THE FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
                   COMMISSION.

       Section 4(a) of the International Claims Settlement Act of 
     1949 (22 U.S.C. 1623(a)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
       (2) in the first sentence, by striking ``(a) The'' and all 
     that follows through the period and inserting the following:
       ``(a)(1) The Commission shall have jurisdiction to receive, 
     examine, adjudicate, and render a final decision with respect 
     to any claim of the Government of the United States or of any 
     national of the United States--
       ``(A) included within the terms of the Yugoslav Claims 
     Agreement of 1948;
       ``(B) included within the terms of any claims agreement 
     concluded on or after March 10, 1954, between the Government 
     of the United States and a foreign government (exclusive of 
     governments against which the United States declared the 
     existence of a state of war during World War II) similarly 
     providing for the settlement and discharge of claims of the 
     Government of the United States and of nationals of the 
     United States against a foreign government, arising out of 
     the nationalization or other taking of property, by the 
     agreement of the Government of the United States to accept 
     from that government a sum in en bloc settlement thereof; or
       ``(C) included in a category of claims against a foreign 
     government which is referred to the Commission by the 
     Secretary of State.''; and
       (3) by redesignating the second sentence as paragraph (2).

     SEC. 1212. EXPENSES RELATING TO CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS 
                   AND PROCEEDINGS.

       (a) Recovery of Certain Expenses.--The Department of State 
     Appropriation Act of 1937 (22 U.S.C. 2661) is amended in the 
     fifth undesignated paragraph under the heading entitled 
     ``international fisheries commission'' by inserting 
     ``(including such expenses as salaries and other personnel 
     expenses)'' after ``extraordinary expenses''.
       (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. 1213. GRANTS TO REMEDY INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTIONS OF 
                   CHILDREN.

       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.''.

     SEC. 1214. COUNTERDRUG AND ANTICRIME ACTIVITIES OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       (a) Counterdrug and Law Enforcement Strategy.--
       (1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     establish, implement, and submit to Congress a comprehensive, 
     long-term strategy to carry out the counterdrug 
     responsibilities of the Department of State in a manner 
     consistent with the National Drug Control Strategy. The 
     strategy shall involve all elements of the Department in the 
     United States and abroad.
       (2) Objectives.--In establishing the strategy, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (A) coordinate with the Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy in the development of clear, specific, and measurable 
     counterdrug objectives for the Department that support the 
     goals and objectives of the National Drug Control Strategy;
       (B) develop specific and, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, quantifiable measures of performance relating to 
     the objectives, including annual and long-term measures of 
     performance, for purposes of assessing the success of the 
     Department in meeting the objectives;
       (C) assign responsibilities for meeting the objectives to 
     appropriate elements of the Department;
       (D) develop an operational structure within the Department 
     that minimizes impediments to meeting the objectives;
       (E) ensure that every United States ambassador or chief of 
     mission is fully briefed on the strategy, and works to 
     achieve the objectives; and
       (F) ensure that--
       (i) all budgetary requests and transfers of equipment 
     (including the financing of foreign military sales and the 
     transfer of excess defense articles) relating 
     to international counterdrug efforts conforms with the 
     objectives; and
       (ii) the recommendations of the Department regarding 
     certification determinations made by the President on March 1 
     as to the counterdrug cooperation, or adequate steps on its 
     own, of each major illicit drug producing and drug 
     trafficking country to achieve full compliance with the goals 
     and objectives established by the United Nations Convention 
     Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic 
     Substances also conform to meet such objectives.
       (3) Reports.--Not later than February 15 of each year 
     subsequent to the submission of the strategy described in 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress an 
     update of the strategy. The update shall include--
       (A) an outline of the proposed activities with respect to 
     the strategy during the succeeding year, including the manner 
     in which such activities will meet the objectives set forth 
     in paragraph (2); and
       (B) detailed information on how certification 
     determinations described in paragraph (2)(F) made the 
     previous year affected achievement of the objectives set 
     forth in paragraph (2) for the previous calendar year.
       (4) Limitation on delegation.--The Secretary shall 
     designate an official in the Department who reports directly 
     to the Secretary to oversee the implementation of the 
     strategy throughout the Department.
       (b) Information on International Criminals.--
       (1) Information system.--The Secretary shall, in 
     consultation with the heads of appropriate United States law 
     enforcement agencies, including the Attorney General and the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, take appropriate actions to 
     establish an information system or improve existing 
     information systems containing comprehensive information on 
     serious crimes committed by foreign nationals. The 
     information system shall be available to United States 
     embassies and missions abroad for use in consideration of 
     applications for visas for entry into the United States.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the actions 
     taken under paragraph (1).
       (c) Overseas Coordination of Counterdrug and Anticrime 
     Programs, Policy, and Assistance.--
       (1) Strengthening coordination.--The responsibilities of 
     every diplomatic mission of the United States shall include 
     the strengthening of cooperation between and among the United 
     States and foreign governmental entities and multilateral 
     entities with respect to activities relating to international 
     narcotics and crime.
       (2) Designation of officers.--
       (A) In general.--Consistent with existing memoranda of 
     understanding between the Department of State and other 
     departments and agencies of the United States, including the 
     Department of Justice, the chief of mission of every 
     diplomatic mission of the United States shall designate an 
     officer or officers within the mission to carry out the 
     responsibility of the mission under paragraph (1), including 
     the coordination of counterdrug, law enforcement, rule of 
     law, and administration of justice programs, policy, and 
     assistance. Such officer or officers shall report to the 
     chief of mission, or the designee of the chief of mission, on 
     a regular basis regarding activities undertaken in carrying 
     out such responsibility.
       (B) Reports.--The chief of mission of every diplomatic 
     mission of the United States shall submit to the Secretary on 
     a regular basis a report on the actions undertaken by the 
     mission to carry out such responsibility.
       (3) Report to congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the status of any proposals for 
     action or on action undertaken to improve staffing and 
     personnel management at diplomatic missions of the United 
     States in order to carry out the responsibility set forth in 
     paragraph (1).

     SEC. 1215. ANNUAL REPORT ON OVERSEAS SURPLUS PROPERTIES.

       The Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et 
     seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:
       ``Sec. 12. Not later than March 1 of each year, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report listing 
     overseas United States surplus properties that are 
     administered under this Act and that have been identified for 
     sale.''.

     SEC. 1216. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS.

       Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2151n(d)) 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) 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 the resources and 
     oversight dedicated to such policies;''.

     SEC. 1217. REPORTS AND POLICY CONCERNING DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY.

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

     ``SEC. 56. CRIMES COMMITTED BY DIPLOMATS.

       ``(a) Annual Report Concerning Diplomatic Immunity.--
       ``(1) Report to congress.--180 days after the date of 
     enactment, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State 
     shall prepare and submit to the Congress, 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 an appropriate authority of a 
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     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, and any additional information provided to the 
     Secretary relating to other serious criminal offenses that 
     any such authority had reasonable cause to believe the alien 
     committed before the period covered by the report. The 
     Secretary may omit from such report any matter the provision 
     of which the Secretary reasonably believes would compromise a 
     criminal investigation or prosecution or which would directly 
     compromise law enforcement or intelligence sources or 
     methods.
       ``(C) Each case described in subparagraph (B) in which the 
     Secretary of State 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.
       ``(F) Whether the Secretary has made the notifications 
     referred to in subsection (c) during the period covered by 
     the report.
       ``(3) Serious criminal offense defined.--For the purposes 
     of this section, 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)(i) driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs;
       ``(ii) reckless driving; or
       ``(iii) driving while intoxicated.
       ``(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.
       ``(c) Notification of Diplomatic Corps.--The Secretary 
     should periodically notify each foreign mission of United 
     States policies relating to criminal offenses committed by 
     individuals with immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of 
     the United States under laws extending diplomatic privileges 
     and immunities.''.

     SEC. 1218. REAFFIRMING UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL 
                   TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY.

       (a) Procurement Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States to foster and support procurement of goods and 
     services from private, commercial companies.
       (b) Implementation.--In order to achieve the policy set 
     forth in subsection (a), the Diplomatic Telecommunications 
     Service Program Office (DTS-PO) shall--
       (1) utilize full and open competition, to the maximum 
     extent practicable, in the procurement of telecommunications 
     services, including satellite space segment, for the 
     Department of State and each other Federal entity represented 
     at United States diplomatic missions and consular posts 
     overseas;
       (2) make every effort to ensure and promote the 
     participation in the competition for such procurement of 
     commercial private sector providers of satellite space 
     segment who have no ownership or other connection with an 
     intergovernmental satellite organization; and
       (3) implement the competitive procedures required by 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) at the prime contracting level and, to 
     the maximum extent practicable, the subcontracting level.

     SEC. 1219. REDUCTION OF REPORTING.

       (a) Repeals.--The following provisions of law are repealed:
       (1) Model foreign language competence posts.--The second 
     sentence of section 161(c) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 4171 
     note).
       (2) Actions of the government of haiti.--Section 705(c) of 
     the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 
     1985 (Public Law 99-83).
       (3) Training facility for the foreign service institute.--
     Section 123(e)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Public Law 99-93).
       (4) Military assistance for haiti.--Section 203(c) of the 
     Special Foreign Assistance Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-529).
       (5) International sugar agreement, 1977.--Section 5 of the 
     Act entitled ``An Act providing for the implementation of the 
     International Sugar Agreement, 1977, and for other purposes'' 
     (Public Law 96-236; 7 U.S.C. 3605 and 3606).
       (6) Audience survey of worldnet program.--Section 209 (c) 
     and (d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
     Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204).
       (7) Research on the near and middle east.--Section 228(b) 
     of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 
     and 1993 (Public Law 102-138; 22 U.S.C. 2452 note).
       (b) Progress Toward Regional Nonproliferation.--Section 
     620F(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2376(c); relating to periodic reports on progress toward 
     regional nonproliferation) is amended by striking ``Not later 
     than April 1, 1993 and every six months thereafter,'' and 
     inserting ``Not later than April 1 of each year,''.
       (c) Report on Participation by United States Military 
     Personnel Abroad in United States Elections.--Section 
     101(b)(6) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
     Voting Act of 1986 (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,''.

       CHAPTER 2--CONSULAR AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     SEC. 1221. 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 title V of the 
     Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-317; 22 U.S.C. 214 
     note), 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. 1222. 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 the installation and 
     operation of the machine readable visa and automated name-
     check process, improving the quality and security of the 
     United States passport, investigations of passport and visa 
     fraud, 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 each of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, any 
     amount collected under paragraph (1) that exceeds 
     $140,000,000 may be made available only if a notification is 
     submitted to Congress in accordance with the procedures 
     applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 34 of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.''; and
       (3) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).

     SEC. 1223. CONSULAR OFFICERS.

       (a) Persons Authorized to Issue Reports of Births Abroad.--
     Section 33 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2705) is amended in paragraph (2) by adding 
     at the end the following: ``For purposes of this paragraph, 
     the term `consular officer' includes any United States 
     citizen employee of the Department of State who is designated 
     by the Secretary of State to adjudicate nationality abroad 
     pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may 
     prescribe.''.
       (b) Provisions Applicable to Consular Officers.--Section 
     1689 of the Revised Statutes (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.--
       (1) Designated united states citizens performing notarial 
     acts.--Section 1750 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (22 
     U.S.C. 4221) is further amended by inserting after the first 
     sentence: ``At any post, port, or place where there is no 
     consular officer, the Secretary of State may authorize any 
     other officer or employee of the United States Government who 
     is a United States citizen serving overseas, including any 
     contract employee of the United States Government, to perform 
     such acts, and any such contractor so authorized shall not be 
     considered to be a consular officer.''.
       (2) Definition of consular officers.--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, the term `consular officers' 
     includes any United States citizen who is designated to 
     perform notarial functions pursuant to section 1750 of the 
     Revised Statutes, as amended (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 serving 
     overseas, authorized to perform notarial functions pursuant 
     to section 1750 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (22 
     U.S.C. 4221).''.
       (e) Definition of Consular Officer.--Section 101(a)(9) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(9)) is 
     amended by--
       (1) inserting ``or employee'' after ``officer'' the second 
     place it appears; 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)(1) Before a United States citizen employee (other 
     than a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States) 
     may be designated by

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     the Secretary of State, pursuant to regulation, to perform a 
     consular function abroad, the United States citizen employee 
     shall--
       ``(A) 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
       ``(B) be certified by an appropriate official of the 
     Department of State to be qualified by knowledge and 
     experience to perform such function.
       ``(2) 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.''.

     SEC. 1224. 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), as 
     amended (relating to accounting for consular fees) are 
     repealed.

     SEC. 1225. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATE FEDERAL REGISTER 
                   PUBLICATION FOR TRAVEL ADVISORIES.

       (a) Foreign Airports.--Section 44908(a) of title 49, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
       (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
       (b) Foreign Ports.--Section 908(a) of the International 
     Maritime and Port Security Act of 1986 (46 U.S.C. App. 
     1804(a)) is amended by striking the second sentence, relating 
     to Federal Register publication by the Secretary of State.

     SEC. 1226. DENIAL OF VISAS TO CONFISCATORS OF AMERICAN 
                   PROPERTY.

       (a) Denial of Visas.--Except as otherwise provided in 
     section 401 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
     (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-114), and subject to 
     subsection (b), the Secretary of State may deny the issuance 
     of a visa to any alien who--
       (1) through the abuse of position, including a governmental 
     or political party position, converts or has converted for 
     personal gain real property that has been confiscated or 
     expropriated, a claim to which is owned by a national of the 
     United States, or who is complicit in such a conversion; or
       (2) induces any of the actions or omissions described in 
     paragraph (1) by any person.
       (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to--
       (1) any country established by international mandate 
     through the United Nations; or
       (2) any territory recognized by the United States 
     Government to be in dispute.
       (c) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 6 months after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, and every 12 months 
     thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the chairman 
     of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report, 
     including--
       (1) a list of aliens who have been denied a visa under this 
     subsection; and
       (2) a list of aliens who could have been denied a visa 
     under subsection (a) but were issued a visa and an 
     explanation as to why each such visa was issued.

     SEC. 1227. INADMISSIBILITY OF ANY ALIEN SUPPORTING AN 
                   INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTOR.

       (a) Amendment of Immigration and Nationality Act.--Section 
     212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)) is amended by striking clause (ii) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(ii) Aliens supporting abductors and relatives of 
     abductors.--Any alien who--

       ``(I) is known by the Secretary of State to have 
     intentionally assisted an alien in the conduct described in 
     clause (i),
       ``(II) is known by the Secretary of State to be 
     intentionally providing material support or safe haven to an 
     alien described in clause (i), or
       ``(III) is a spouse (other than the spouse who is the 
     parent of the abducted child), child (other than the abducted 
     child), parent, sibling, or agent of an alien described in 
     clause (i), if such person has been designated by the 
     Secretary of State at the Secretary's sole and unreviewable 
     discretion, is inadmissible until the child described in 
     clause (i) is surrendered to the person granted custody by 
     the order described in that clause, and such person and 
     child are permitted to return to the United States or such 
     person's place of residence.
       ``(iii) Exceptions.--Clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply--

       ``(I) to a government official of the United States who is 
     acting within the scope of his or her official duties;
       ``(II) to a government official of any foreign government 
     if the official has been designated by the Secretary of State 
     at the Secretary's sole and unreviewable discretion; or
       ``(III) so long as the child is located in a foreign state 
     that is a party to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
     International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on October 
     25, 1980.''.

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

     SEC. 1228. HAITI; EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ALIENS; REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Grounds for Exclusion.--Except as provided in 
     subsection (c), a consular officer shall not issue a visa to, 
     and the Attorney General shall exclude from the United 
     States, any alien who the Secretary of State, in the 
     Secretary's sole and unreviewable discretion, has reason to 
     believe is a person who--
       (1) has been credibly alleged to have ordered, carried out, 
     or materially assisted, in the extrajudicial and political 
     killings of Antoine Izmery, Guy Malary, Father Jean-Marie 
     Vincent, Pastor Antoine Leroy, Jacques Fleurival, Mireille 
     Durocher Bertin, Eugene Baillergeau, Michelange Hermann, Max 
     Mayard, Romulus Dumarsais, Claude Yves Marie, Mario Beaubrun, 
     Leslie Grimar, Joseph Chilove, Michel Gonzalez, and Jean-
     Hubert Feuille;
       (2) was included in the list presented to former president 
     Jean-Bertrand Aristide by former National Security Council 
     Advisor Anthony Lake in December 1995, and acted upon by 
     President Rene Preval;
       (3) was sought for an interview by the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation as part of its inquiry into the March 28, 1995, 
     murder of Mireille Durocher Bertin and Eugene Baillergeau, 
     Jr., and was credibly alleged to have ordered, carried out, 
     or materially assisted, in those murders, per a June 28, 
     1995, letter to the then Minister of Justice of the 
     Government of Haiti, Jean-Joseph Exume;
       (4)(A) was a member of the Haitian High Command during the 
     period 1991-1994, who has been credibly alleged to have 
     planned, ordered, or participated with members of the Haitian 
     Armed Forces in the September 1991 coup against the duly 
     elected Government of Haiti or the subsequent murders of as 
     many as three thousand Haitians during that period; or
       (B) is an immediate relative of an individual described in 
     subparagraph (A); or
       (5) has been credibly alleged to have been a member of the 
     paramilitary organization known as FRAPH who planned, 
     ordered, or participated in acts of violence against the 
     Haitian people.
       (b) Exemption.--Subsection (a) shall not apply where the 
     Secretary of State finds, on a case by case basis, that the 
     entry into the United States of the person who would 
     otherwise be excluded under subsection (a) is necessary for 
     medical reasons, or such person has cooperated fully with the 
     investigation of the political murders or acts of violence 
     described in subsection (a). If the Secretary of State 
     exempts such a person, the Secretary shall notify the 
     appropriate congressional committees in writing.
       (c) Reporting Requirement on Exclusion of Certain Haitian 
     Aliens.--
       (1) Preparation of list.--The United States chief of 
     mission in Haiti shall provide the Secretary of State a list 
     of those who have been credibly alleged to have ordered or 
     carried out the extrajudicial and political killings referred 
     to in paragraph (1) of subsection (a).
       (2) Submission of list to congress.--Not later than 3 
     months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     of State shall submit the list provided under paragraph (1) 
     to the appropriate congressional committees.
       (3) Lists of visa denials and exclusions.--The Secretary of 
     State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
     the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
     Committee on International Relations and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the House of Representatives a list of aliens 
     denied visas, and the Attorney General shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a list of aliens refused 
     entry to the United States, as a result of subsection (a).
       (4) Duration for submission of lists.--The Secretary shall 
     submit the list under paragraph (3) not later than six months 
     after the date of enactment of this Act and not later than 
     March 1 of each year thereafter as long as the Government of 
     Haiti has not completed the investigation of the 
     extrajudicial and political killings and has not prosecuted 
     those implicated for the killings specified in paragraph (1) 
     of subsection (a).
       (d) Report on the Cost of United States Activities in 
     Haiti.--(1) Not later than September 1, 1998, and every 6 
     months thereafter, the President shall submit a report to 
     Congress on the situation in Haiti, including--
       (A) a listing of the units of the United States Armed 
     Forces or Coast Guard and of the police and military units of 
     other nations participating in operations in and around 
     Haiti;
       (B) incidents of the use of force in Haiti involving 
     hostile acts against United States Armed Forces or Coast 
     Guard personnel during the period covered by the report;
       (C) the estimated cumulative program costs of all United 
     States activities in Haiti during the period covered by the 
     report, including--
       (i) the incremental cost of deployments of United States 
     Armed Forces and Coast Guard personnel training, exercises, 
     mobilization, and preparation activities, including the 
     United States contribution to the training and transportation 
     of police and military units of other nations of any 
     multilateral force involved in activities in Haiti;
       (ii) the costs of all other activities relating to United 
     States policy toward Haiti, including humanitarian 
     assistance, reconstruction assistance, assistance under part 
     I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and other financial 
     assistance, and all other costs to the United States 
     Government; and
       (D) a detailed accounting of the source of funds obligated 
     or expended to meet the costs described in paragraph (3), 
     including--
       (i) in the case of amounts expended out of funds available 
     to the Department of Defense budget, by military service or 
     defense agency, line item, and program; and
       (ii) in the case of amounts expended out of funds available 
     to departments and agencies other than the Department of 
     Defense, by department or agency and program.
       (2) Definition.--In this section, the term ``period covered 
     by the report'' means the 6-month period prior to the date 
     the report is required to be submitted, except that, in the 
     case of the initial report, the term means the period since 
     the date of enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999.

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                   CHAPTER 3--REFUGEES AND MIGRATION

             Subchapter A--Authorization of Appropriations

     SEC. 1231. 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, $650,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998 and $704,500,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Limitations.--
       (A) Limitation regarding tibetan refugees in india and 
     nepal.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in 
     paragraph (1), not more than $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998 and $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are authorized 
     to be available only for humanitarian assistance, including 
     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.--Of the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), $80,000,000 
     for the fiscal year 1998 and $80,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1999 are authorized to be available for assistance for 
     refugees resettling in Israel from other countries.
       (C) Humanitarian assistance for displaced burmese.--Of the 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated in paragraph (1), 
     $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $1,500,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1999 for humanitarian assistance are authorized 
     to be available, including food, medicine, clothing, and 
     medical and vocational training, to persons displaced as a 
     result of civil conflict in Burma, including persons still 
     within Burma.
       (b) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to 
     this section are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.

                       Subchapter B--Authorities

     SEC. 1241. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE INVOLUNTARY 
                   RETURN OF REFUGEES.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds made available 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, subject to the reservations 
     contained in the United States Senate Resolution of 
     Ratification.
       (b) Migration and Refugee Assistance.--None of the funds 
     made available by section 1231 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. 1242. 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 
     not to expel, extradite, or otherwise effect the involuntary 
     return of any person to a country in which there are 
     substantial grounds for believing the person would be in 
     danger of being subjected to torture, regardless of whether 
     the person is physically present in the United States.
       (b) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the heads of the appropriate agencies 
     shall prescribe regulations to implement the obligations of 
     the United States under Article 3 of the United Nations 
     Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, 
     Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, subject to 
     any reservations, understandings, declarations, and 
     provisos contained in the United States Senate resolution 
     of ratification of the Convention.
       (c) Exclusion of Certain Aliens.--To the maximum extent 
     consistent with the obligations of the United States under 
     the Convention, subject to any reservations, understandings, 
     declarations, and provisos contained in the United States 
     Senate resolution of ratification of the Convention, the 
     regulations described in subsection (b) shall exclude from 
     the protection of such regulations aliens described in 
     section 241(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)(B)).
       (d) Review and Construction.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, and except as provided in the regulations 
     described in subsection (b), no court shall have jurisdiction 
     to review the regulations adopted to implement this section, 
     and nothing in this section shall be construed as providing 
     any court jurisdiction to consider or 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 (8 U.S.C. 1252).
       (e) Authority To Detain.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed as limiting the authority of the Attorney General 
     to detain any person under any provision of law, including, 
     but not limited to, any provision of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act.
       (f) Definitions.--
       (1) Convention defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``Convention'' means the United Nations Convention Against 
     Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading 
     Treatment or Punishment, done at New York on December 10, 
     1984.
       (2) Same terms as in the convention.--Except as otherwise 
     provided, the terms used in this section have the meanings 
     given those terms in the Convention, subject to any 
     reservations, understandings, declarations, and provisos 
     contained in the United States Senate resolution of 
     ratification of the Convention.

     SEC. 1243. 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--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``Foreign Affairs'' and inserting 
     ``International Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations''; and
       (B) by inserting ``and the Committee on Appropriations'' 
     after ``Foreign Relations''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) 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 Committee on Foreign 
     Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on International Relations and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     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.''.

     SEC. 1244. ELIGIBILITY FOR REFUGEE STATUS.

       Section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
     and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
     104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-171) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``For purposes'' and inserting 
     ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes''; 
     and
       (B) by striking ``fiscal year 1997'' and inserting ``fiscal 
     years 1997 and 1998''; and
       (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
       ``(b) Aliens Covered.--
       ``(1) In general.-- An alien described in this subsection 
     is an alien who--
       ``(A) is the son or daughter of a qualified national;
       ``(B) is 21 years of age or older; and
       ``(C) was unmarried as of the date of acceptance of the 
     alien's parent for resettlement under the Orderly Departure 
     Program.
       ``(2) Qualified national.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
     the term `qualified national' means a national of Vietnam 
     who--
       ``(A)(i) was formerly interned in a reeducation camp in 
     Vietnam by the Government of the Socialist Republic of 
     Vietnam; or
       ``(ii) is the widow or widower of an individual described 
     in clause (i); and
       ``(B)(i) qualified for refugee processing under the 
     reeducation camp internees subprogram of the Orderly 
     Departure Program; and
       ``(ii) on or after April 1, 1995, is or has been accepted--
       ``(I) for resettlement as a refugee; or
       ``(II) for admission as an immigrant under the Orderly 
     Departure Program.''.

     SEC. 1245. REPORTS TO CONGRESS CONCERNING CUBAN EMIGRATION 
                   POLICIES.

       Beginning not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State shall supplement the monthly report to 
     Congress entitled ``Update on Monitoring of Cuban Migrant 
     Returnees'' with additional information concerning the 
     methods employed by the Government of Cuba to enforce the 
     United States-Cuba agreement of September 1994 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.
  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 of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(f) Coordinator for Counterterrorism.--
       ``(1) In general.--There is within the office of the 
     Secretary of State a Coordinator for Counterterrorism (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.
       ``(2) Duties.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Coordinator shall perform such 
     duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of State 
     shall prescribe.
       ``(B) Duties described.--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.
       ``(3) Rank and status of ambassador.--The Coordinator shall 
     have the rank and status of Ambassador at Large.''.

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       (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).

     SEC. 1302. ELIMINATION OF 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).

     SEC. 1303. PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.

       Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Qualifications of Officer Having Primary 
     Responsibility for Personnel Management.--The officer of the 
     Department of State with primary responsibility for assisting 
     the Secretary of State with respect to matters relating to 
     personnel in the Department of State, or that officer's 
     principal deputy, shall have substantial professional 
     qualifications in the field of human resource policy and 
     management.''.

     SEC. 1304. DIPLOMATIC SECURITY.

       Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as amended by this Act, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(h) Qualifications of Officer Having Primary 
     Responsibility for Diplomatic Security.--The officer of the 
     Department of State with primary responsibility for assisting 
     the Secretary of State with respect to diplomatic security, 
     or that officer's principal deputy, shall have substantial 
     professional qualifications in the fields of (1) management, 
     and (2) Federal law enforcement, intelligence, or 
     security.''.

     SEC. 1305. NUMBER OF SENIOR OFFICIAL POSITIONS AUTHORIZED FOR 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       (a) Under Secretaries.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1(b) of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)) is amended by 
     striking ``5'' and inserting ``6''.
       (2) Conforming amendment to title 5.--Section 5314 of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Under 
     Secretaries of State (5)'' and inserting ``Under Secretaries 
     of State (6)''.
       (b) Assistant Secretaries.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1(c)(1) of the State Department 
     Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)(1)) is 
     amended by striking ``20'' and inserting ``24''.
       (2) Conforming amendment to title 5.--Section 5315 of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Assistant 
     Secretaries of State (20)'' and inserting ``Assistant 
     Secretaries of State (24)''.
       (c) Deputy Assistant Secretaries.--Section 1 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), 
     as amended by this Act, is further amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (d); and
       (2) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as 
     subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively.

     SEC. 1306. NOMINATION OF UNDER SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT 
                   SECRETARIES OF STATE.

       (a) Under Secretaries of State.--Section 1(b) 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 paragraph:
       ``(4) Nomination of Under Secretaries.--Whenever the 
     President submits to the Senate a nomination of an individual 
     for appointment to a position in the Department of State that 
     is described in paragraph (1), the President shall designate 
     the particular Under Secretary position in the Department of 
     State that the individual shall have.''.
       (b) Assistant Secretaries of State.--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 paragraph:
       ``(3) Nomination of Assistant Secretaries.--Whenever the 
     President submits to the Senate a nomination of an individual 
     for appointment to a position in the Department of State that 
     is described in paragraph (1), the President shall designate 
     the regional or functional bureau or bureaus of the 
     Department of State with respect to which the individual 
     shall have responsibility.''.

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

     SEC. 1311. FOREIGN SERVICE REFORM.

       (a) Performance Pay.--Section 405 of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Members'' and 
     inserting ``Subject to subsection (e), members''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of State may provide for recognition of the 
     meritorious or distinguished service of any member of the 
     Foreign Service described in subsection (a) (including any 
     member of the Senior Foreign Service) by means other than an 
     award of performance pay in lieu of making such an award 
     under this section.''.
       (b) Expedited Separation Out.--
       (1) Separation of lowest ranked foreign service members.--
     Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State shall develop and implement 
     procedures to identify, and recommend for separation, any 
     member of the Foreign Service ranked by promotion boards of 
     the Department of State in the bottom 5 percent of his or her 
     class for 2 or more of the 5 years preceding the date of 
     enactment of this Act (in this subsection referred to as the 
     ``years of lowest ranking'') if the rating official for such 
     member was not the same individual for any two of the years 
     of lowest ranking.
       (2) Special internal reviews.--In any case where the member 
     was evaluated by the same rating official in any 2 of the 
     years of lowest ranking, an internal review of the member's 
     file shall be conducted to determine whether the member 
     should be considered for action leading to separation.
       (3) Procedures.--The Secretary of State shall develop 
     procedures for the internal reviews required under paragraph 
     (2).

     SEC. 1312. 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 striking ``(2)'' and inserting ``(2)(A) for those 
     participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 
     System,''; 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''; and
       (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)--
       (A) by inserting ``611,'' after ``608,'';
       (B) by inserting ``or for participants in the Foreign 
     Service Pension System,'' after ``for participants in the 
     Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System''; and
       (C) by striking ``Service shall'' and inserting ``Service, 
     shall''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or 610'' and inserting 
     ``610, or 611''.
       (c) Effective Dates.--
       (1) In general.--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) Exceptions.--The amendments made by paragraphs (2) and 
     (3) of subsection (a) and paragraphs (1)(A) and (2) of 
     subsection (b) shall apply with respect to any actions taken 
     under section 611 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 on or 
     after January 1, 1996.

     SEC. 1313. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO SEPARATE CONVICTED 
                   FELONS FROM THE FOREIGN 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. 1314. 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 new sentence: ``Career counseling and related 
     services provided pursuant to this Act shall not be construed 
     to permit an assignment that consists primarily of paid time 
     to conduct a job search and without other substantive duties 
     for more than one month.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall be effective 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.

     SEC. 1315. LIMITATIONS ON MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENTS.

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

     SEC. 1316. 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 a special agent occupying a position 
     under title II of Public Law 99-399 if such special agent--
       ``(A) meets the definition of such term under paragraph (2) 
     of subsection (a) (applied disregarding the parenthetical 
     matter before subparagraph (A) thereof); and
       ``(B) such special agent 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 a special 
     agent 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

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     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. 1317. 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. 1318. REPORT CONCERNING MINORITIES AND THE FOREIGN 
                   SERVICE.

       The Secretary of State shall during each of calendar years 
     1998 and 1999 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 for the last 
     preceding examination and promotion cycles for which such 
     information is available (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 minority Foreign 
     Service officers at each grade.
       (6) The numbers of and percentages of minorities promoted 
     at each grade of the Foreign Service officer corps.
   TITLE XIV--UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL 
                                PROGRAMS

               CHAPTER 1--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

     SEC. 1401. INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES AND 
                   EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE 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, and 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'', 
     $431,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $457,146,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1999.
       (2) Technology fund.--For the ``Technology Fund'' for the 
     United States Information Agency, $5,050,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $5,050,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (3) Educational and cultural exchange programs.--
       (A) Fulbright academic exchange programs.--
       (i) Fulbright academic exchange programs.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated for the ``Fulbright Academic 
     Exchange Programs'' (other than programs described in 
     subparagraph (B)), $99,236,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $99,236,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (ii) Vietnam fulbright academic exchange programs.--Of the 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), 
     $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $5,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1999 are authorized to be available for the 
     Vietnam scholarship program established by section 229 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 
     1993 (Public Law 102-138).
       (B) Other educational and cultural exchange programs.--
       (i) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     for other educational and cultural exchange programs 
     authorized by law, $100,764,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and 
     $100,764,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (ii) South pacific exchanges.--Of the amounts authorized to 
     be appropriated under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are 
     authorized to be available for ``South Pacific Exchanges''.
       (iii) East timorese scholarships.--Of the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated under clause (i), $500,000 for 
     the fiscal year 1998 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 1999 
     are authorized to be available for ``East Timorese 
     Scholarships''.
       (iv) Tibetan exchanges.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 1999 are authorized to 
     be available for ``Educational and Cultural Exchanges with 
     Tibet'' under section 236 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236).
       (4) International broadcasting activities.--
       (A) Authorization of appropriations.--For ``International 
     Broadcasting Activities'', $344,655,000 for the fiscal year 
     1998, and $341,655,000 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 Broadcasting Board 
     of Governors shall seek to ensure that the amounts made 
     available for broadcasting to nations whose people do not 
     fully enjoy freedom of expression do not decline in 
     proportion to the amounts made available for broadcasting to 
     other nations.
       (5) Radio construction.--For ``Radio Construction'', 
     $40,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998, and $25,308,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1999.
       (6) Radio free asia.--For ``Radio Free Asia'', $22,000,000 
     for the fiscal year 1998 and $22,000,000 for the fiscal year 
     1999, and an additional $8,000,000 in fiscal year 1998 for 
     one-time capital costs.
       (7) Broadcasting to cuba.--For ``Broadcasting to Cuba'', 
     $22,095,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $22,704,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1999.
       (8) Center for cultural and technical interchange between 
     east and west.--For the ``Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange between East and West'', not more than 
     $12,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and not more than 
     $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1999.
       (9) National endowment for democracy.--For the ``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'' not more than 
     $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and not more than 
     $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1999.

                 CHAPTER 2--AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

     SEC. 1411. 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 may be obligated and expended for 
     the purposes for which the grant was made without further 
     appropriation.

     SEC. 1412. 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 
     to read as follows:


                 ``use of english-teaching program fees

       ``Sec. 810. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 3302 
     of title 31, United States Code, or any other law or 
     limitation of authority, fees and receipts described in 
     subsection (b) are authorized to be credited each fiscal year 
     for authorized purposes to the appropriate appropriations of 
     the United States Information Agency to such extent as may be 
     provided in advance in appropriations acts.
       ``(b) Fees and Receipts Described.--The fees and receipts 
     described in this subsection are fees and payments received 
     by or for the use of the United States Information Agency 
     from or in connection with--
       ``(1) English-teaching and library services,
       ``(2) educational advising and counseling,
       ``(3) Exchange Visitor Program Services,
       ``(4) advertising and business ventures of the Voice of 
     America and the International Broadcasting Bureau,
       ``(5) cooperating international organizations, and
       ``(6) Agency-produced publications,
       ``(7) an amount not to exceed $100,000 of the payments from 
     motion picture and television programs produced or conducted 
     by or on behalf of the Agency under the authority of this Act 
     or the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.''.

     SEC. 1413. 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 by inserting ``journalism and 
     communications, education administration, public policy, 
     library and information science,'' after ``business 
     administration,'' each of the two places it appears.
       (b) Redesignation of Soviet Union.--Section 227 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act,

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     Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended--
       (1) in subsections (a), (b), and (c)(5), by striking 
     ``Soviet Union'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``independent states of the former Soviet Union'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(11), by striking ``Soviet republics'' 
     and inserting ``independent states of the former Soviet 
     Union''; and
       (3) in the section heading, by inserting ``INDEPENDENT 
     STATES OF THE FORMER'' after ``FROM THE''.

     SEC. 1414. 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 (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 of the Department of State, 
     who shall be designated by the Secretary of State.
       ``(C) A senior representative of the Department of Defense, 
     who shall be designated by the Secretary of Defense.
       ``(D) A senior representative of the Department of 
     Education, who shall be designated by the Secretary of 
     Education.
       ``(E) A senior representative of the Department of Justice, 
     who shall be designated by the Attorney General.
       ``(F) A senior representative of the Agency for 
     International Development, who shall be designated by the 
     Administrator of the Agency.
       ``(G) Senior representatives of such 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-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)(i) Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
     Years 1998 and 1999, the Working Group shall develop a 
     coordinated and cost-effective strategy for all United States 
     Government-sponsored international exchange and training 
     programs, including an action plan with the objective of 
     achieving a minimum of 10 percent cost savings through 
     greater efficiency, the consolidation of programs, or the 
     elimination of duplication, or any combination thereof.
       ``(ii) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 
     and 1999, the Working Group shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees setting forth the 
     strategy and action plan required by clause (i).
       ``(iii) Each year thereafter the Working Group shall assess 
     the strategy and plan required by clause (i).
       ``(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 and 
     advisability of transferring funds and program management for 
     the ATLAS or the Mandela Fellows programs, or both, 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 effects 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 issued under paragraph 
     (6), a member may submit dissenting views to be submitted as 
     part of the report of the Working Group.''.

     SEC. 1415. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES AND 
                   SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE.

       (a) In General.--Section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, 
     Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 
     (Public Law 104-319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``for fiscal year 1997'' and inserting 
     ``for the fiscal year 1999''; and
       (2) by inserting after ``who are outside Tibet'' the 
     following: ``(if practicable, including individuals active in 
     the preservation of Tibet's unique culture, religion, and 
     language)''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on October 1, 1998.

     SEC. 1416. UNITED STATES-JAPAN COMMISSION.

       (a) Relief From Restriction of Interchangeability of 
     Funds.--
       (1) Elimination of restriction.--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) Authorized investments.--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) Redesignation of Commission.--
       (1) Redesignation.--Effective on the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Japan-United States Friendship Commission shall 
     be redesignated 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) Conforming amendment.--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) Conforming amendment.--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) Redesignation of Trust Fund.--
       (1) Redesignation.--Effective on the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund shall 
     be redesignated 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) Conforming amendment.--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. 1417. SURROGATE BROADCASTING STUDY.

       Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, acting through the 
     International Broadcasting Bureau, 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.

     SEC. 1418. RADIO BROADCASTING TO IRAN IN THE FARSI LANGUAGE.

       (a) Radio Free Iran.--Not more than $2,000,000 of the funds 
     made available under section 1401(a)(4) of this Act for each 
     of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for grants to RFE/RL, 
     Incorporated, shall be available only for surrogate radio 
     broadcasting by RFE/RL, Incorporated, to the Iranian people 
     in the Farsi language, such broadcasts to be designated as 
     ``Radio Free Iran''.
       (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors of the United States Information Agency shall 
     submit a detailed report to Congress describing the costs, 
     implementation, and plans for creation of the

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     surrogate broadcasting service described in subsection (a).
       (c) Availability of Funds.--None of the funds made 
     available under subsection (a) may be made available until 
     submission of the report required under subsection (b).

     SEC. 1419. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER SUMMER TRAVEL AND WORK 
                   PROGRAMS.

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

     SEC. 1420. 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. 1421. VOICE OF AMERICA BROADCASTS.

       (a) In General.--The Voice of America shall devote 
     programming each day to broadcasting information on the 
     individual States of the United States. The broadcasts shall 
     include--
       (1) information on the products, tourism, and cultural and 
     educational facilities of each State;
       (2) information on the potential for trade with each State; 
     and
       (3) discussions with State officials with respect to the 
     matters described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
       (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors of 
     the United States Information Agency shall submit a report to 
     Congress detailing the actions that have been taken to carry 
     out subsection (a).
       (c) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' 
     means any of the several States of the United States, the 
     District of Columbia, or any commonwealth or territory of the 
     United States.
    TITLE XV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OTHER THAN UNITED NATIONS

     SEC. 1501. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND CONTINGENCIES.

       There are authorized to be appropriated for ``International 
     Conferences and Contingencies'', $3,500,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $1,223,000 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.

     SEC. 1502. RESTRICTION RELATING TO UNITED STATES ACCESSION TO 
                   ANY NEW INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL.

       (a) Prohibition.--The United States shall not become a 
     party to any new international criminal tribunal, nor give 
     legal effect to the jurisdiction of such a tribunal over any 
     matter described in subsection (b), except pursuant to--
       (1) a treaty made under Article II, section 2, clause 2 of 
     the Constitution of the United States on or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act; or
       (2) any statute enacted by Congress on or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       (b) Jurisdiction Described.--The jurisdiction described in 
     this section is jurisdiction over--
       (1) persons found, property located, or acts or omissions 
     committed, within the territory of the United States; or
       (2) nationals of the United States, wherever found.
       (c) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section 
     precludes sharing information, expertise, or other forms of 
     assistance with such tribunal.
       (d) Definition.--The term ``new international criminal 
     tribunal'' means any permanent international criminal 
     tribunal established on or after the date of enactment of 
     this Act and does not include--
       (1) the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of 
     Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International 
     Humanitarian Law in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia, 
     as established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 
     827 of May 25, 1993; or
       (2) the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of 
     Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations 
     of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory 
     of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and 
     Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of 
     Neighboring States, as established by United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 955 of November 8, 1994.

     SEC. 1503. UNITED STATES MEMBERSHIP IN THE BUREAU OF THE 
                   INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION.

       (a) Interparliamentary Union Limitation.--Unless the 
     Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the United 
     States will be assessed not more than $500,000 for its annual 
     contribution to the Bureau of the Interparliamentary Union 
     during fiscal year 1999, then effective October 1, 1999, the 
     authority for further participation by the United States in 
     the Bureau shall terminate in accordance with subsection (d).
       (b) Elimination of Authority To Pay Expenses of the 
     American Group.--Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
     authorize participation by the United States in the 
     Interparliamentary Union'', approved June 28, 1935 (22 U.S.C. 
     276) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``fiscal year'' and all that follows 
     through ``(1) for'' and inserting ``fiscal year for'';
       (B) by striking ``; and''; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (2) by striking the second sentence.
       (c) Elimination of Permanent Appropriation.--Section 303 of 
     the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
     Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 (as 
     contained in section 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations 
     Act, 1988 (Public Law 100-202; 22 U.S.C. 276 note)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``$440,000'' and inserting ``$350,000''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``paragraph (2) of the first section of 
     Public Law 74-170,''.
       (d) Conditional Termination of Authority.--Unless Congress 
     receives the certification described in subsection (a) before 
     October 1, 1999, effective on that date the Act entitled ``An 
     Act to authorize participation by the United States in the 
     Interparliamentary Union'', approved June 28, 1935 (22 U.S.C. 
     276-276a-4) is repealed.
       (e) Transfer of Funds to the Treasury.--Unobligated 
     balances of appropriations made under section 303 of the 
     Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 1988 (as contained in 
     section 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 1988; 
     Public Law 100-202) that are available as of the day before 
     the date of enactment of this Act shall be transferred on 
     such date to the general fund of the Treasury of the United 
     States.

     SEC. 1504. 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, an employee 
     entitled to the benefits of subsection (a) is entitled to the 
     rate of basic pay to which the employee would have been 
     entitled had the employee remained in the civil service. On 
     reemployment, the agency shall restore the sick leave account 
     of the employee, by credit or charge, to its status at the 
     time of transfer. The period of separation caused by the 
     employment of the employee with the international 
     organization and the period necessary to effect reemployment 
     are deemed creditable service for all appropriate civil 
     service employment purposes. This subsection does not apply 
     to a congressional employee.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to transfers that take effect on or 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 1505. REPORTS REGARDING FOREIGN TRAVEL.

       (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (e), 
     none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
     for fiscal year 1999 may be used to pay for the expenses of 
     foreign travel by an officer or employee of an Executive 
     branch agency to attend an international conference, or for 
     the routine services that a United States diplomatic mission 
     or consular post provides in support of foreign travel by 
     such an officer or employee to attend an international 
     conference, unless that officer or employee has submitted a 
     preliminary report with respect to that foreign travel in 
     accordance with subsection (b), and has not previously failed 
     to submit a final report with respect to foreign travel to 
     attend an international conference required by subsection 
     (c).
       (b) Preliminary Reports.--A preliminary report referred to 
     in subsection (a) is a report by an officer or employee of an 
     Executive branch agency with respect to proposed foreign 
     travel to attend an international conference, submitted to 
     the Director prior to commencement of the travel, setting 
     forth--
       (1) the name and employing agency of the officer or 
     employee;
       (2) the name of the official who authorized the travel; and
       (3) the purpose and duration of the travel.
       (c) Final Reports.--A final report referred to in 
     subsection (a) is a report by an officer or employee of an 
     Executive branch agency with respect to foreign travel to 
     attend an international conference, submitted to the Director 
     not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the travel--
       (1) setting forth the actual duration and cost of the 
     travel; and
       (2) updating any other information included in the 
     preliminary report.
       (d) Report to Congress.--The Director shall submit a report 
     not later than April 1, 1999, to the Committees on Foreign 
     Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees 
     on International Relations and Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives, setting forth with respect to each 
     international conference for which reports described in 
     subsection (c) were required to be submitted to the Director 
     during the preceding six months--
       (1) the names and employing agencies of all officers and 
     employees of Executive branch agencies who attended the 
     international conference;
       (2) the names of all officials who authorized travel to the 
     international conference, and the total number of officers 
     and employees who were authorized to travel to the conference 
     by each such official; and
       (3) the total cost of travel by officers and employees of 
     Executive branch agencies to the international conference.
       (e) Exceptions.--This section shall not apply to travel 
     by--
       (1) the President or the Vice President; or
       (2) any officer or employee who is carrying out an 
     intelligence or intelligence-related activity, who is 
     performing a protective function, or who is engaged in a 
     sensitive diplomatic mission.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
     the Office of International Conferences of the Department of 
     State.
       (2) Executive branch agency.--The terms ``Executive branch 
     agency'' and ``Executive branch agencies'' mean--
       (A) an entity or entities, other than the General 
     Accounting Office, defined in section 105 of title 5, United 
     States Code; and
       (B) the Executive Office of the President (except as 
     provided in subsection (e)).
       (3) International conference.--The term ``international 
     conference'' means any meeting

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     held under the auspices of an international organization or 
     foreign government, at which representatives of more than two 
     foreign governments are expected to be in attendance, and to 
     which United States Executive branch agencies will send a 
     total of ten or more representatives.
       (g) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report describing--
       (1) the total Federal expenditure of all official 
     international travel in each Executive branch agency during 
     the previous fiscal year; and
       (2) the total number of individuals in each agency who 
     engaged in such travel.
      TITLE XVI--UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY

     SEC. 1601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
     purposes of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act $41,500,000 
     for the fiscal year 1998.

     SEC. 1602. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.

       Section 303 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2573), as redesignated by section 1223 of this Act, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Statutory Construction.--Nothing contained in this 
     chapter shall be construed to authorize any policy or action 
     by any Government agency which would interfere with, 
     restrict, or prohibit the acquisition, possession, or use of 
     firearms by an individual for the lawful purpose of personal 
     defense, sport, recreation, education, or training.''.
               TITLE XVII--EUROPEAN SECURITY ACT OF 1998

     SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``European Security Act of 
     1998''.

     SEC. 1702. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       (a) Policy With Respect to NATO Enlargement.--Congress 
     urges the President to outline a clear and complete strategic 
     rationale for the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (NATO), and declares that--
       (1) Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic should not be 
     the last emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe 
     invited to join NATO;
       (2) the United States should ensure that NATO continues a 
     process whereby all other emerging democracies in Central and 
     Eastern Europe that wish to join NATO will be considered for 
     membership in NATO as soon as they meet the criteria for such 
     membership;
       (3) the United States should ensure that no limitations are 
     placed on the numbers of NATO troops or types of equipment, 
     including tactical nuclear weapons, to be deployed on the 
     territory of new member states;
       (4) the United States should reject all efforts to 
     condition NATO decisions on review or approval by the United 
     Nations Security Council;
       (5) the United States should clearly delineate those NATO 
     deliberations, including but not limited to discussions on 
     arms control, further Alliance enlargement, procurement 
     matters, and strategic doctrine, that are not subject to 
     review or discussion in the NATO-Russia Permanent Joint 
     Council;
       (6) the United States should work to ensure that countries 
     invited to join the Alliance are provided an immediate seat 
     in NATO discussions; and
       (7) the United States already pays more than a 
     proportionate share of the costs of the common defense of 
     Europe and should obtain, in advance, agreement on an 
     equitable distribution of the cost of NATO enlargement to 
     ensure that the United States does not continue to bear a 
     disproportionate burden.
       (b) Policy With Respect to Negotiations With Russia.--
       (1) Implementation.--NATO enlargement should be carried out 
     in such a manner as to underscore the Alliance's defensive 
     nature and demonstrate to Russia that NATO enlargement will 
     enhance the security of all countries in Europe, including 
     Russia. Accordingly, the United States and its NATO allies 
     should make this intention clear in negotiations with Russia, 
     including negotiations regarding adaptation of the 
     Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty of November 
     19, 1990.
       (2) Limitations on commitments to russia.--In seeking to 
     demonstrate to Russia NATO's defensive and security-enhancing 
     intentions, it is essential that neither fundamental United 
     States security interests in Europe nor the effectiveness and 
     flexibility of NATO as a defensive alliance be jeopardized. 
     In particular, no commitments should be made to Russia that 
     would have the effect of--
       (A) extending rights or imposing responsibilities on new 
     NATO members different from those applicable to current NATO 
     members, including rights or responsibilities with respect to 
     the deployment of nuclear weapons and the stationing of 
     troops and equipment from other NATO members;
       (B) limiting the ability of NATO to defend the territory of 
     new NATO members by, for example, restricting the 
     construction of defense infrastructure or limiting the 
     ability of NATO to deploy necessary reinforcements;
       (C) providing any international organization, or any 
     country that is not a member of NATO, with authority to 
     delay, veto, or otherwise impede deliberations and decisions 
     of the North Atlantic Council or the implementation of such 
     decisions, including deliberations and decisions with respect 
     to the deployment of NATO forces or the admission of 
     additional members to NATO;
       (D) impeding the development of enhanced relations between 
     NATO and other European countries that do not belong to the 
     Alliance;
       (E) establishing a nuclear weapons-free zone in Central or 
     Eastern Europe;
       (F) requiring NATO to subsidize Russian arms sales, 
     service, or support to the militaries of those former Warsaw 
     Pact countries invited to join the Alliance; or
       (G) legitimizing Russian efforts to link concessions in 
     arms control negotiations to NATO enlargement.
       (3) Commitments from russia.--In order to enhance security 
     and stability in Europe, the United States should seek 
     commitments from Russia--
       (A) to demarcate and respect all its borders with 
     neighboring states;
       (B) to achieve the immediate and complete withdrawal of any 
     armed forces and military equipment under the control of 
     Russia that are deployed on the territories of the 
     independent states of the former Soviet Union without the 
     full and complete agreement of those states;
       (C) to station its armed forces on the territory of other 
     states only with the full and complete agreement of that 
     state and in strict accordance with international law; and
       (D) to take steps to reduce further its nuclear and 
     conventional forces in Kaliningrad.
       (4) Consultations.--As negotiations on adaptation of the 
     Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe proceed, the 
     United States should engage in close and continuous 
     consultations not only with its NATO allies, but also with 
     the emerging democracies of Central and Eastern Europe, 
     Ukraine, and the South Caucasus.
       (c) Policy With Respect to Ballistic Missile Defense 
     Cooperation.--
       (1) In general.--As the United States proceeds with efforts 
     to develop defenses against ballistic missile attack, it 
     should seek to foster a climate of cooperation with Russia on 
     matters related to missile defense. In particular, the United 
     States and its NATO allies should seek to cooperate with 
     Russia in such areas as early warning.
       (2) Discussions with nato allies.--The United States should 
     initiate discussions with its NATO allies for the purpose of 
     examining the feasibility of deploying a ballistic missile 
     defense capable of protecting NATO's southern and eastern 
     flanks from a limited ballistic missile attack.
       (3) Constitutional prerogatives.--Even as the Congress 
     seeks to promote ballistic missile defense cooperation with 
     Russia, it must insist on its constitutional prerogatives 
     regarding consideration of arms control agreements with 
     Russia that bear on ballistic missile defense.

     SEC. 1703. AUTHORITIES RELATING TO NATO ENLARGEMENT.

       (a) Policy of Section.--This section is enacted in order to 
     implement the policy set forth in section 2702(a).
       (b) Designation of Additional Countries Eligible for NATO 
     Enlargement Assistance.--
       (1) Designation of additional countries.--Romania, Estonia, 
     Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria are each designated as 
     eligible to receive assistance under the program established 
     under section 203(a) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994 
     (22 U.S.C. 1928 note) and shall be deemed to have been so 
     designated pursuant to section 203(d)(1) of such Act.
       (2) Rule of construction.--The designation of countries 
     pursuant to paragraph (1) as eligible to receive assistance 
     under the program established under section 203(a) of the 
     NATO Participation Act of 1994--
       (A) is in addition to the designation of other countries by 
     law or pursuant to section 203(d)(2) of such Act as eligible 
     to receive assistance under the program established under 
     section 203(a) of such Act; and
       (B) shall not preclude the designation by the President of 
     other emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe 
     pursuant to section 203(d)(2) of such Act as eligible to 
     receive assistance under the program established under 
     section 203(a) of such Act.
       (3) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria--
       (A) are to be commended for their progress toward political 
     and economic reform and meeting the guidelines for 
     prospective NATO members;
       (B) would make an outstanding contribution to furthering 
     the goals of NATO and enhancing stability, freedom, and peace 
     in Europe should they become NATO members; and
       (C) upon complete satisfaction of all relevant criteria 
     should be invited to become full NATO members at the earliest 
     possible date.
       (c) Regional Airspace Initiative and Partnership for Peace 
     Information Management System.--
       (1) In general.--Funds described in paragraph (2) are 
     authorized to be made available to support the implementation 
     of the Regional Airspace Initiative and the Partnership for 
     Peace Information Management System, including--
       (A) the procurement of items in support of these programs; 
     and
       (B) the transfer of such items to countries participating 
     in these programs.
       (2) Funds described.--Funds described in this paragraph are 
     funds that are available--
       (A) during any fiscal year under the NATO Participation Act 
     of 1994 with respect to countries eligible for assistance 
     under that Act; or
       (B) during fiscal year 1998 under any Act to carry out the 
     Warsaw Initiative.
       (d) Extension of Authority Regarding Excess Defense 
     Articles.--Section 105 of Public Law 104-164 (110 Stat. 1427) 
     is amended by striking ``1996 and 1997'' and inserting 
     ``1997, 1998, and 1999''.
       (e) Conforming Amendments to the NATO Participation Act of 
     1994.--Section 203(c) of the NATO Participation Act of 1994 
     (22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``, without regard to the 
     restrictions'' and all that follows through ``section)'';
       (2) by striking paragraph (2);

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       (3) in paragraph (6), by striking ``appropriated under the 
     `Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund' account'' and 
     inserting ``made available for the `Nonproliferation and 
     Disarmament Fund' ''; and
       (4) in paragraph (8)--
       (A) by striking ``any restrictions in sections 516 and 
     519'' and inserting ``section 516(e)'';
       (B) by striking ``as amended,''; and
       (C) by striking ``paragraphs (1) and (2)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (1)''; and
       (5) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as 
     paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively.

     SEC. 1704. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO THE TREATY ON 
                   CONVENTIONAL ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE.

       It is the sense of Congress that no revisions to the Treaty 
     on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe will be approved for 
     entry into force with respect to the United States that 
     jeopardize fundamental United States security interests in 
     Europe or the effectiveness and flexibility of NATO as a 
     defensive alliance by--
       (1) extending rights or imposing responsibilities on new 
     NATO members different from those applicable to current NATO 
     members, including rights or responsibilities with respect to 
     the deployment of nuclear weapons and the stationing of 
     troops and equipment from other NATO members;
       (2) limiting the ability of NATO to defend the territory of 
     new NATO members by, for example, restricting the 
     construction of defense infrastructure or limiting the 
     ability of NATO to deploy necessary reinforcements;
       (3) providing any international organization, or any 
     country that is not a member of NATO, with the authority to 
     delay, veto, or otherwise impede deliberations and decisions 
     of the North Atlantic Council or the implementation of such 
     decisions, including deliberations and decisions with respect 
     to the deployment of NATO forces or the admission of 
     additional members to NATO; or
       (4) impeding the development of enhanced relations between 
     NATO and other European countries that do not belong to the 
     Alliance.

     SEC. 1705. RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
                   BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE.

       (a) Policy of Section.--This section is enacted in order to 
     implement the policy set forth in section 1702(c).
       (b) Restriction on Entry Into Force of ABM/TMD Demarcation 
     Agreements.--An ABM/TMD demarcation agreement shall not be 
     binding on the United States, and shall not enter into force 
     with respect to the United States, unless, after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, that agreement is specifically 
     approved with the advice and consent of the United States 
     Senate pursuant to Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the 
     Constitution.
       (c) Sense of Congress With Respect to Demarcation 
     Agreements.--
       (1) Relationship to multilateralization of abm treaty.--It 
     is the sense of Congress that no ABM/TMD demarcation 
     agreement will be considered for advice and consent to 
     ratification unless, consistent with the certification of the 
     President pursuant to condition (9) of the resolution of 
     ratification of the CFE Flank Document, the President submits 
     for Senate advice and consent to ratification any agreement, 
     arrangement, or understanding that would--
       (A) add one or more countries as State Parties to the ABM 
     Treaty, or otherwise convert the ABM Treaty from a bilateral 
     treaty to a multilateral treaty; or
       (B) change the geographic scope or coverage of the ABM 
     Treaty, or otherwise modify the meaning of the term 
     ``national territory'' as used in Article VI and Article IX 
     of the ABM Treaty.
       (2) Preservation of united states theater ballistic missile 
     defense potential.--It is the sense of Congress that no ABM/
     TMD demarcation agreement that would reduce the capabilities 
     of United States theater missile defense systems, or the 
     numbers or deployment patterns of such systems, will be 
     approved for entry into force with respect to the United 
     States.
       (d) Report on Cooperative Projects With Russia.--Not later 
     than January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2000, the President 
     shall submit to the Committees on International Relations, 
     National Security, and Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committees on Foreign Relations, 
     Armed Services, and Appropriations of the Senate a report on 
     cooperative projects with Russia in the area of ballistic 
     missile defense, including in the area of early warning. Each 
     such report shall include the following:
       (1) Cooperative projects.--A description of all cooperative 
     projects conducted in the area of early warning and ballistic 
     missile defense during the preceding fiscal year and the 
     fiscal year during which the report is submitted.
       (2) Funding.--A description of the funding for such 
     projects during the preceding fiscal year and the year during 
     which the report is submitted and the proposed funding for 
     such projects for the next fiscal year.
       (3) Status of dialogue or discussions.--A description of 
     the status of any dialogue or discussions conducted during 
     the preceding fiscal year between the United States and 
     Russia aimed at exploring the potential for mutual 
     accommodation of outstanding issues between the two nations 
     on matters relating to ballistic missile defense and the ABM 
     Treaty, including the possibility of developing a strategic 
     relationship not based on mutual nuclear threats.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) ABM/TMD demarcation agreement.--The term ``ABM/TMD 
     demarcation agreement'' means any agreement that establishes 
     a demarcation between theater ballistic missile defense 
     systems and strategic antiballistic missile defense systems 
     for purposes of the ABM Treaty.
       (2) ABM treaty.--The term ``ABM Treaty'' means the Treaty 
     Between the United States of American and the Union of Soviet 
     Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic 
     Missile Systems, signed at Moscow on May 26, 1972 (23 UST 
     3435), and includes the Protocols to that Treaty, signed at 
     Moscow on July 3, 1974 (27 UST 1645).
              TITLE XVIII--OTHER FOREIGN POLICY PROVISIONS

     SEC. 1801. REPORTS ON CLAIMS BY UNITED STATES FIRMS AGAINST 
                   THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit a 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 
     on the earlier of--
       (1) the date of submission of the third report under that 
     subsection; or
       (2) the date that the Secretary of State, after 
     consultation 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. 1802. REPORTS ON DETERMINATIONS UNDER TITLE IV OF THE 
                   LIBERTAD ACT.

       (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and every 3 months 
     thereafter during the period ending September 30, 1999, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the implementation of 
     section 401 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
     (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6091). Each report shall 
     include--
       (1) an unclassified list, by economic sector, of the number 
     of entities then under review pursuant to that 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 that 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 that section;
       (4) an explanation of the status of the review underway for 
     the cases referred to in paragraph (1); and
       (5) an unclassified explanation of each determination of 
     the Secretary of State under section 401(a) of that Act and 
     each finding of the Secretary under section 401(c) of that 
     Act--
       (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.
       (b) Protection of Identity of Concerned Entities.--In 
     preparing the report under subsection (a), the names of 
     entities shall not be identified under paragraph (1) or (4).

     SEC. 1803. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON 
                   INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION.

       (a) In General.--Beginning 6 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and every 12 months thereafter during 
     the period ending September 30, 1999, the Secretary of State 
     shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees on the compliance with the provisions of the 
     Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child 
     Abduction, done at The Hague on October 25, 1980, by the 
     signatory countries of the 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 the 
     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.
       (5) Information on efforts by the Department of State to 
     encourage other countries to become signatories of the 
     Convention.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Central 
     Authority for the United States'' has the meaning given the 
     term in Article 6 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
     International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on October 
     25, 1980.

     SEC. 1804. 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 Government of Turkey to suggest 
     that the Government of Turkey--
       (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,

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     including 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.

     SEC. 1805. REPORT ON RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM.

       In order to provide Congress with the necessary information 
     by which to evaluate the relationship between the United 
     States and Vietnam, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees, not later 
     than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act and 
     every 180 days thereafter during the period ending September 
     30, 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 cases of prisoners of 
     war (POWs) or persons missing-in-action (MIAs) through the 
     provision of records and the unilateral and joint 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 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 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 sections 599D and 599E of the Foreign Operations, 
     Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 
     1990 (Public Law 101-167).

     SEC. 1806. REPORTS AND POLICY CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS 
                   VIOLATIONS IN LAOS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Sate shall submit a 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 the 
     following:
       (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 Department of State will take to continue 
     to monitor any systematic human rights violations by the 
     Government of Laos.
       (3) The actions which the Department of State will take to 
     seek to ensure the cessation of human rights violations.

     SEC. 1807. REPORT ON AN ALLIANCE AGAINST NARCOTICS 
                   TRAFFICKING IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

       (a) Sense of Congress on Discussions for Alliance.--
       (1) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the President should discuss with the democratically-elected 
     governments of the Western Hemisphere, the prospect of 
     forming a multilateral alliance to address problems relating 
     to international drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.
       (2) Consultations.--In the consultations on the prospect of 
     forming an alliance described in paragraph (1), the President 
     should seek the input of such governments on the possibility 
     of forming one or more structures within the alliance--
       (A) to develop a regional, multilateral strategy to address 
     the threat posed to nations in the Western Hemisphere by drug 
     trafficking; and
       (B) to establish a new mechanism for improving multilateral 
     coordination of drug interdiction and drug-related law 
     enforcement activities in the Western Hemisphere.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress 
     a report on the proposal discussed under subsection (a). The 
     report shall include the following:
       (A) An analysis of the reactions of the governments 
     concerned to the proposal.
       (B) An assessment of the proposal, including an evaluation 
     of the feasibility and advisability of forming the alliance.
       (C) A determination in light of the analysis and assessment 
     whether or not the formation of the alliance is in the 
     national interests of the United States.
       (D) If the President determines that the formation of the 
     alliance is in the national interests of the United States, a 
     plan for encouraging and facilitating the formation of the 
     alliance.
       (E) If the President determines that the formation of the 
     alliance is not in the national interests of the United 
     States, an alternative proposal to improve significantly 
     efforts against the threats posed by narcotics trafficking in 
     the Western Hemisphere, including an explanation of how the 
     alternative proposal will--
       (i) improve upon current cooperation and coordination of 
     counter-drug efforts among nations in the Western Hemisphere;
       (ii) provide for the allocation of the resources required 
     to make significant progress in disrupting and disbanding the 
     criminal organizations responsible for the trafficking of 
     illegal drugs in the Western Hemisphere; and
       (iii) differ from and improve upon past strategies adopted 
     by the United States Government which have failed to make 
     sufficient progress against the trafficking of illegal drugs 
     in the Western Hemisphere.
       (2) Unclassified form.--The report under paragraph (1) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a 
     classified annex.

     SEC. 1808. 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.
       (3) The executive branch of Government 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 in many respects affords to the People's Republic of 
     China the practical benefit of membership in the World Trade 
     Organization for a 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 of Government 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) Despite having made significant progress in 
     negotiations for its accession to the World Trade 
     Organization, Taiwan has yet to offer acceptable terms of 
     accession in agricultural and certain other market sectors.
       (8) It is in the economic interest of United States 
     consumers and exporters for Taiwan to complete those 
     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.

     SEC. 1809. PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC 
                   ENERGY AGENCY IN CUBA.

       (a) Withholding of United States Proportional Share of 
     Assistance.--Section 307(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The limitations'' and inserting ``(1) 
     Subject to paragraph (2), the limitations''; and
       (2) 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.''.
       (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 
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     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. 1810. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES AIDING CUBA 
                   NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT.

       (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.
       ``(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.

     SEC. 1811. INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND.

       (a) Purposes.--Section 2(b) of the Anglo-Irish Agreement 
     Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-415; 100 Stat. 947) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: 
     ``United States contributions should be used in a manner that 
     effectively increases employment opportunities in communities 
     with rates of unemployment higher than the local or urban 
     average of unemployment in Northern Ireland. In addition, 
     such contributions should be used to benefit individuals 
     residing in such communities.''.
       (b) Conditions and Understandings.--Section 5(a) of such 
     Act is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``The United States'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--The United States'';
       (B) by striking ``in this Act may be used'' and inserting 
     the following: ``in this Act--
       ``(A) may be used'';
       (C) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) should be provided to individuals or entities in 
     Northern Ireland which employ practices consistent with the 
     principles of economic justice.''; and
       (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``The 
     restrictions'' and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Additional requirements.--The restrictions''.
       (c) Prior Certifications.--Section 5(c)(2) of such Act is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``in accordance with 
     the principle of equality'' and all that follows and 
     inserting ``to individuals and entities whose practices are 
     consistent with principles of economic justice; and''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``and will create employment 
     opportunities in regions and communities of Northern Ireland 
     suffering from high rates of unemployment''.
       (d) Annual Reports.--Section 6 of such Act is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) the extent to which the practices of each individual 
     or entity receiving assistance from United States 
     contributions to the International Fund has been consistent 
     with the principles of economic justice.''.
       (e) Requirements Relating To Funds.--Section 7 of such Act 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Prohibition.--Nothing included herein shall require 
     quotas or reverse discrimination or mandate their use.''.
       (f) Definitions.--Section 8 of such Act is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) the term `principles of economic justice' means the 
     following principles:
       ``(A) Increasing the representation of individuals from 
     underrepresented religious groups in the workforce, including 
     managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and 
     technical jobs.
       ``(B) Providing adequate security for the protection of 
     minority employees at the workplace.
       ``(C) Banning provocative sectarian or political emblems 
     from the workplace.
       ``(D) Providing that all job openings be advertised 
     publicly and providing that special recruitment efforts be 
     made to attract applicants from underrepresented religious 
     groups.
       ``(E) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination 
     procedures do not favor a particular religious group.
       ``(F) Abolishing job reservations, apprenticeship 
     restrictions, and differential employment criteria which 
     discriminate on the basis of religion.
       ``(G) Providing for the development of training programs 
     that will prepare substantial numbers of minority employees 
     for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing 
     programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, 
     and improve the skills of minority employees.
       ``(H) Establishing procedures to assess, identify, and 
     actively recruit minority employees with the potential for 
     further advancement.
       ``(I) Providing for the appointment of a senior management 
     staff member to be responsible for the employment efforts of 
     the entity and, within a reasonable period of time, the 
     implementation of the principles described in subparagraphs 
     (A) through (H).''.

     SEC. 1812. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO JERUSALEM AS 
                   THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated by section 1101(4) of this Act 
     for ``Security and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad'', 
     $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $75,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1999 are 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 Act should 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 Act 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 as Israel for Passport 
     Purposes.--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, the 
     Secretary of State shall, upon the request of the citizen, 
     record the place of birth as Israel.

     SEC. 1813. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION IN IRAQ.

       (a) Assistance for Justice in Iraq.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for fiscal year 1998 $3,000,000 for 
     assistance to an international commission to establish an 
     international record for the criminal culpability of Saddam 
     Hussein and other Iraqi officials and for an international 
     criminal tribunal established for the purpose of indicting, 
     prosecuting, and punishing Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi 
     officials responsible for crimes against humanity, genocide, 
     and other violations of international law.
       (b) Assistance to the Democratic Opposition in Iraq.--There 
     are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1998 
     $15,000,000 to provide support for democratic opposition 
     forces in Iraq, of which--
       (1) not more than $10,000,000 shall be for assistance to 
     the democratic opposition, including leadership organization, 
     training political cadre, maintaining offices, disseminating 
     information, and developing and implementing agreements among 
     opposition elements; and
       (2) not more than $5,000,000 of the funds made available 
     under this subsection shall be available only for grants to 
     RFE/RL, Incorporated, for surrogate radio broadcasting by 
     RFE/RL, Incorporated, to the Iraqi people in the Arabic 
     language, such broadcasts to be designated as ``Radio Free 
     Iraq''.
       (c) Assistance for Humanitarian Relief and 
     Reconstruction.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 1998 $20,000,000 for the relief, rehabilitation, 
     and reconstruction of people living in Iraq, and communities 
     located in Iraq, who are not under the control of the Saddam 
     Hussein regime.
       (d) Availability.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated by 
     this section shall be provided in addition to amounts 
     otherwise made available and shall remain available until 
     expended.
       (e) Notification.--All assistance provided pursuant to this 
     section shall be notified to Congress in accordance with the 
     procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under 
     section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (f) Relation to Other Laws.--Funds made available to carry 
     out the provisions of this section may be made available 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law.
       (g) Report.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors of the United States 
     Information Agency shall submit a detailed report to Congress 
     describing--
       (1) the costs, implementation, and plans for the 
     establishment of an international war crimes tribunal 
     described in subsection (a);
       (2) the establishment of a political assistance program, 
     and the surrogate broadcasting service, as described in 
     subsection (b); and
       (3) the humanitarian assistance program described in 
     subsection (c).

     SEC. 1814. DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY IN THE REPUBLIC OF 
                   SERBIA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States stands as the beacon of democracy and 
     freedom in the world.
       (2) A stable and democratic Republic of Serbia is important 
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     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 Serbian authorities have sought to continue to 
     hinder the growth of free and independent news media in the 
     Republic of Serbia, in particular the broadcast news media, 
     and have harassed journalists performing their professional 
     duties.
       (5) Under Slobodan Milosevic, the political opposition in 
     Serbia has been denied free, fair, and equal opportunity to 
     participate in the democratic process.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States, 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
       (2) the normalization of relations between the ``Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia'' (Serbia and Montenegro) and the 
     United States requires, among other things, that President 
     Milosevic and the leadership of Serbia--
       (A) promote the building of democratic institutions, 
     including strengthening the independent news media and 
     respecting the rule of law;
       (B) promote the respect for human rights throughout the 
     ``Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'' (Serbia and Montenegro); 
     and
       (C) promote and encourage free, fair, and equal conditions 
     for the democratic opposition in Serbia.

     SEC. 1815. FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE UNDER CHAPTER 4 OF PART II OF 
                   THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

       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 the economic support fund), for 
     fiscal years 1998 and 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. 6001 et seq.).

     SEC. 1816. FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR PROMOTE 
                   ABORTION; FORCED ABORTION IN THE PEOPLE'S 
                   REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

       (a) Section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(h) Restriction on Assistance to Foreign Organizations 
     That Perform or Actively Promote Abortions.--
       ``(1) Performance of abortions.--
       ``(A) Notwithstanding section 614 of this Act or any other 
     provision of law, no funds appropriated for population 
     planning activities or other population assistance may be 
     made available for any foreign private, nongovernmental, or 
     multilateral organization until the organization certifies 
     that it will not, during the period for which the funds are 
     made available, perform abortions in any foreign country, 
     except where the life of the mother would be endangered if 
     the pregnancy were carried to term or in cases of forcible 
     rape or incest.
       ``(B) Subparagraph (A) may not be construed to apply to the 
     treatment of injuries or illnesses caused by legal or illegal 
     abortions or to assistance provided directly to the 
     government of a country.
       ``(2) Lobbying activities.--(A) Notwithstanding section 614 
     of this Act or any other provision of law, no funds 
     appropriated for population planning activities or other 
     population assistance may be made available for any foreign 
     private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization until 
     the organization certifies that it will not, during the 
     period for which the funds are made available, violate the 
     laws of any foreign country concerning the circumstances 
     under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited, 
     or engage in any activity or effort to alter the laws or 
     governmental policies of any foreign country concerning the 
     circumstances under which abortion is permitted, regulated, 
     or prohibited.
       ``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to activities in 
     opposition to coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
       ``(3) Application to foreign organizations.--The 
     prohibitions of this subsection apply to funds made available 
     to a foreign organization either directly or as a 
     subcontractor or subgrantee, and the certifications required 
     by paragraphs (1) and (2) apply to activities in which the 
     organization engages either directly or through a 
     subcontractor or subgrantee.''.
       (b) Section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(i) Limitation Relating to Forced Abortions in the 
     People's Republic of China.--Notwithstanding section 614 of 
     this Act or any other provision of law, no funds may be made 
     available for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 
     any fiscal year unless the President certifies that--
       ``(1) UNFPA has terminated all activities in the People's 
     Republic of China, and the United States has received 
     assurances that UNFPA will conduct no such activities during 
     the fiscal year for which the funds are to be made available; 
     or
       ``(2) during the 12 months preceding such certification 
     there have been no abortions as the result of coercion 
     associated with the family planning policies of the national 
     government or other governmental entities within the People's 
     Republic of China.
     As used in this section, the term `coercion' includes 
     physical duress or abuse, destruction or confiscation of 
     property, loss of means of livelihood, or severe 
     psychological pressure.''.
       (c) The President may waive the provisions of section 
     104(h)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 
     pertaining to population assistance to foreign organizations 
     that perform abortions in foreign countries, for any fiscal 
     year: Provided, That if the President exercises the waiver 
     provided by this subsection for any fiscal year, not to 
     exceed $356,000,000 may be made available for population 
     planning activities or other population assistance for such 
     fiscal year: Provided further, That the limitation in the 
     previous proviso includes all funds for programs and 
     activities designed to control fertility or to reduce or 
     delay childbirths or pregnancies, irrespective of the heading 
     under which such funds are made available.
                   DIVISION C--UNITED NATIONS REFORM
                      TITLE XX--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``United Nations Reform 
     Act of 1998''.

     SEC. 2002. DEFINITIONS.

       In this division:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Designated specialized agency defined.--The term 
     ``designated specialized agency'' means the International 
     Labor Organization, the World Health Organization, and the 
     Food and Agriculture Organization.
       (3) General assembly.--The term ``General Assembly'' means 
     the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       (4) Secretary general.--The term ``Secretary General'' 
     means the Secretary General of the United Nations.
       (5) Security council.--The term ``Security Council'' means 
     the Security Council of the United Nations.
       (6) United nations member.--The term ``United Nations 
     member'' means any country that is a member of the United 
     Nations.
       (7) United nations peacekeeping operation.--The term 
     ``United Nations peacekeeping operation'' means any United 
     Nations-led operation to maintain or restore international 
     peace or security that--
       (A) is authorized by the Security Council; and
       (B) is paid for from assessed contributions of United 
     Nations members that are made available for peacekeeping 
     activities.

     SEC. 2003. NONDELEGATION OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       The Secretary of State may not delegate the authority in 
     this division to make any certification.
               TITLE XXI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

     SEC. 2101. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated under the heading ``Contributions to 
     International Organizations'' $901,000,000 for the fiscal 
     year 1998 and $900,000,000 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 
     organizations and to carry out other authorities in law 
     consistent with such purposes.
       (b) No Growth Budget.--Of the funds made available for 
     fiscal year 1999 under subsection (a), $80,000,000 may be 
     made available only after the Secretary of State certifies 
     that the United Nations has taken no action during calendar 
     year 1998 to increase funding for any United Nations program 
     without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the 
     United Nations budget of $2,533,000,000 and cause the United 
     Nations to exceed that budget.
       (c) Inspector General of the United Nations.--
       (1) Withholding of funds.--Twenty percent of the funds made 
     available in each fiscal year under subsection (a) for the 
     assessed contribution of the United States to the United 
     Nations shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure 
     until a certification is made under paragraph (2).
       (2) Certification.--A certification under this paragraph is 
     a certification by the Secretary of State in the fiscal year 
     concerned that the following conditions are satisfied:
       (A) Action by the united nations.--The United Nations--
       (i) has met the requirements of paragraphs (1) through (6) 
     of section 401(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 287e note), as amended 
     by paragraph (3);
       (ii) has established procedures that require the Under 
     Secretary General of the Office of Internal Oversight Service 
     to report directly to the Secretary General on the adequacy 
     of the Office's resources to enable the Office to fulfill its 
     mandate; and
       (iii) has made available an adequate amount of funds to the 
     Office for carrying out its functions.
       (B) Authority of oios.--The Office of Internal Oversight 
     Services has authority to audit, inspect, or investigate each 
     program, project, or activity funded by the United Nations, 
     and each executive board created under the United Nations has 
     been notified, in writing, of that authority.
       (3) Amendment of the foreign relations authorization act, 
     fiscal years 1994 and 1995.--Section 401(b) of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 is 
     amended--
       (A) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:
       ``(6) the United Nations has procedures in place to ensure 
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     Office of Internal Oversight Service are made available to 
     the member states of the United Nations without modification 
     except to the extent necessary to protect the privacy rights 
     of individuals.''; and
       (B) by striking ``Inspector General'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``Office of Internal Oversight Service''.
       (d) Prohibition on Certain Global Conferences.--None of the 
     funds made available under subsection (a) shall be available 
     for any United States contribution to pay for any expenses 
     related to the holding of a United Nations Global Conference 
     except any conference that the General Assembly, prior to the 
     date of enactment of this Act, decided to convene.
       (e) Reduction in Number of Posts.--
       (1) Fiscal year 1999.--Of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for the United Nations by 
     subsection (a), $50,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation 
     and expenditure until the Secretary of State certifies to 
     Congress that the number of posts authorized by the General 
     Assembly, has resulted in a net reduction of at least 1,000 
     posts from the 10,012 posts authorized under the 1996-97 
     United Nations biennium budget, as a result of a suppression 
     of that number of posts.
       (2) Report.--Not later than October 1, 1998, the Secretary 
     of State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees specifying--
       (A) the budget savings associated with the reduction of the 
     1,000 posts specified in paragraph (1), including any 
     reduction in the United States assessed contribution for the 
     United Nations regular budget resulting from those savings;
       (B) the vacancy rates for United Nations professional and 
     general service staff contained in the United Nations 
     biennium budget for 1998-99, including any reduction in the 
     United States assessed contribution for the United Nations 
     regular budget resulting from those vacancy rates; and
       (C) the goals of the United States for further staff 
     reductions and associated budget savings for the 1998-99 
     United Nations biennium budget.
       (f) Prohibition on Funding Other Framework Treaty-Based 
     Organizations.--None of the funds made available for the 
     1998-1999 biennium budget under subsection (a) for United 
     States contributions to the regular budget of the United 
     Nations shall be available for the United States 
     proportionate share of any other framework treaty-based 
     organization, including the Framework Convention on Global 
     Climate Change, the International Seabed Authority, and the 
     1998 Desertification Convention.
       (g) Limitations for Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000.--
       (1) In general.--The total amount of funds made available 
     for all United States memberships in international 
     organizations under the heading ``Contributions to 
     International Organizations'' may not exceed $900,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
       (2) Consultations with congress.--The Secretary of State 
     shall regularly consult with the appropriate congressional 
     committees regarding the impact, if any, of the limitation in 
     paragraph (1) on the maintenance of United States membership 
     in such international organizations.
       (h) Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), 
     there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
     necessary for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 to offset 
     adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
       (2) Availability of funds.--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.
       (i) Refund of Excess Contributions.--The United States 
     shall continue to insist that the United Nations and its 
     specialized and affiliated agencies shall credit or refund to 
     each member of the agency concerned its proportionate share 
     of the amount by which the total contributions to the agency 
     exceed the expenditures of the regular assessed budgets of 
     these agencies.

     SEC. 2102. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
                   ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated under the heading ``Contributions for 
     International Peacekeeping Activities'' $210,000,000 for the 
     fiscal year 1998 and $220,000,000 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 peacekeeping activities and to carry out other 
     authorities in law consistent with such purposes.
       (b) Codification of Required Notice of Proposed United 
     Nations Peacekeeping Operations.--
       (1) Codification.--Section 4 of the United Nations 
     Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking the second sentence; and
       (B) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
       ``(e) Consultations and Reports on United Nations 
     Peacekeeping Operations.--
       ``(1) Consultations.--Each month the President shall 
     consult with Congress on the status of United Nations 
     peacekeeping operations.
       ``(2) Information to be provided.--In connection with such 
     consultations, the following information shall be provided 
     each month to the designated congressional committees:
       ``(A) With respect to ongoing United Nations peacekeeping 
     operations, the following:
       ``(i) A list of all resolutions of the United Nations 
     Security Council anticipated to be voted on during such month 
     that would extend or change the mandate of any United Nations 
     peacekeeping operation.
       ``(ii) For each such operation, any changes in the 
     duration, mandate, and command and control arrangements that 
     are anticipated as a result of the adoption of the 
     resolution.
       ``(iii) An estimate of the total cost to the United Nations 
     of each such operation for the period covered by the 
     resolution, and an estimate of the amount of that cost that 
     will be assessed to the United States.
       ``(iv) Any anticipated significant changes in United States 
     participation in or support for each such operation during 
     the period covered by the resolution (including the provision 
     of facilities, training, transportation, communication, and 
     logistical support, but not including intelligence activities 
     reportable under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 
     (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.)), and the estimated costs to the 
     United States of such changes.
       ``(B) With respect to each new United Nations peacekeeping 
     operation that is anticipated to be authorized by a Security 
     Council resolution during such month, the following 
     information for the period covered by the resolution:
       ``(i) The anticipated duration, mandate, the command and 
     control arrangements of such operation, the planned exit 
     strategy, and the vital national interest to be served.
       ``(ii) An estimate of the total cost to the United Nations 
     of the operation, and an estimate of the amount of that cost 
     that will be assessed to the United States.
       ``(iii) A description of the functions that would be 
     performed by any United States Armed Forces participating in 
     or otherwise operating in support of the operation, an 
     estimate of the number of members of the Armed Forces that 
     will participate in or otherwise operate in support of the 
     operation, and an estimate of the cost to the United States 
     of such participation or support.
       ``(iv) A description of any other United States assistance 
     to or support for the operation (including the provision of 
     facilities, training, transportation, communication, and 
     logistical support, but not including intelligence activities 
     reportable under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 
     (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.)) and an estimate of the cost to the 
     United States of such assistance or support.
       ``(v) A reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 34 of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, submitted 
     in accordance with the procedures set forth in such section, 
     describing the source of funds that will be used to pay for 
     the cost of the new United Nations peacekeeping operation, 
     provided that such notification shall also be submitted to 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate.
       ``(3) Form and timing of information.--
       ``(A) Form.--The President shall submit information under 
     clauses (i) and (iii) of paragraph (2)(A) in writing.
       ``(B) Timing.--
       ``(i) Ongoing operations.--The information required under 
     paragraph (2)(A) for a month shall be submitted not later 
     than the 10th day of the month.
       ``(ii) New operations.--The information required under 
     paragraph (2)(B) shall be submitted in writing with respect 
     to each new United Nations peacekeeping operation not less 
     than 15 days before the anticipated date of the vote on the 
     resolution concerned unless the President determines that 
     exceptional circumstances prevent compliance with the 
     requirement to report 15 days in advance. If the President 
     makes such a determination, the information required under 
     paragraph (2)(B) shall be submitted as far in advance of the 
     vote as is practicable.
       ``(4) New united nations peacekeeping operation defined.--
     As used in paragraph (2), the term `new United Nations 
     peacekeeping operation' includes any existing or otherwise 
     ongoing United Nations peacekeeping operation--
       ``(A) where the authorized force strength is to be 
     expanded;
       ``(B) that is to be authorized to operate in a country in 
     which it was not previously authorized to operate; or
       ``(C) the mandate of which is to be changed so that the 
     operation would be engaged in significant additional or 
     significantly different functions.
       ``(5) Notification and quarterly reports regarding united 
     states assistance.--
       ``(A) Notification of certain assistance.--
       ``(i) In general.--The President shall notify the 
     designated congressional committees at least 15 days before 
     the United States provides any assistance to the United 
     Nations to support peacekeeping operations.
       ``(ii) Exception.--This subparagraph does not apply to--

       ``(I) assistance having a value of less than $3,000,000 in 
     the case of nonreimbursable assistance or less than 
     $14,000,000 in the case of reimbursable assistance; or

       ``(II) assistance provided under the emergency drawdown 
     authority of sections 506(a)(1) and 552(c)(2) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1) and 
     2348a(c)(2)).

       ``(B) Quarterly reports.--
       ``(i) In general.--The President shall submit quarterly 
     reports to the designated congressional committees on all 
     assistance provided by the United States during the preceding 
     calendar quarter to the United Nations to support 
     peacekeeping operations.
       ``(ii) Matters included.--Each report under this 
     subparagraph shall describe the assistance provided for each 
     such operation, listed by category of assistance.
       ``(iii) Fourth quarter report.--The report under this 
     subparagraph for the fourth calendar quarter of each year 
     shall be submitted as part of the annual report required by 
     subsection (d)

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     and shall include cumulative information for the preceding 
     calendar year.
       ``(f) Designated Congressional Committees.--In this 
     section, the term `designated congressional committees' means 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives.''.
       (2) Conforming repeal.--Subsection (a) of section 407 of 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 22 U.S.C. 287b note; 108 Stat. 
     448) is repealed.
       (c) Relationship to Other Notice Requirements.--Section 4 
     of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended 
     by subsection (b), is further amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(g) Relationship to Other Notification Requirements.--
     Nothing in this section is intended to alter or supersede any 
     notification requirement with respect to peacekeeping 
     operations that is established under any other provision of 
     law.''.
                 TITLE XXII--UNITED NATIONS ACTIVITIES

     SEC. 2201. UNITED NATIONS POLICY ON ISRAEL AND THE 
                   PALESTINIANS.

       (a) Congressional Statement.--It shall be the policy of the 
     United States to 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) Policy on Abolition of Certain United Nations Groups.--
     It shall be the policy of the United States to seek abolition 
     of certain United Nations groups the existence of which is 
     inimical to the ongoing Middle East peace process, those 
     groups being the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli 
     Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian 
     People and other Arabs of the Occupied Territories; the 
     Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the 
     Palestinian People; the Division for the Palestinian Rights; 
     and the Division on Public Information on the Question of 
     Palestine.
       (c) Annual Reports.--On January 15 of each year, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees (in classified or unclassified form 
     as appropriate) on--
       (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) other measures being undertaken, and which will be 
     undertaken, to ensure and promote Israel's full and equal 
     participation in the United Nations; and
       (3) steps taken by the United States to secure abolition by 
     the United Nations of groups under subsection (b).
       (d) Annual Consultation.--At the time of the submission of 
     each annual report under subsection (c), the Secretary of 
     State shall consult with the appropriate congressional 
     committees on 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.

     SEC. 2202. DATA ON COSTS INCURRED IN SUPPORT OF UNITED 
                   NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

       Chapter 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2348 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 554. DATA ON COSTS INCURRED IN SUPPORT OF UNITED 
                   NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

       ``(a) United States Costs.--The United States shall 
     annually provide to the Secretary General of the United 
     Nations data regarding all costs incurred by the United 
     States in support of all United Nations peacekeeping 
     operations.
       ``(b) United Nations Member Costs.--The United States shall 
     request that the United Nations compile and publish 
     information concerning costs incurred by United Nations 
     members in support of such operations.''.

     SEC. 2203. REIMBURSEMENT FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY 
                   THE UNITED STATES TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

       The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 
     et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 10. REIMBURSEMENT FOR GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY 
                   THE UNITED STATES TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

       ``(a) Requirement To Obtain Reimbursement.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     President shall seek and obtain in a timely fashion a 
     commitment from the United Nations to provide reimbursement 
     to the United States from the United Nations whenever the 
     United States Government furnishes assistance pursuant to the 
     provisions of law described in subsection (c)--
       ``(A) to the United Nations when the assistance is designed 
     to facilitate or assist in carrying out an assessed 
     peacekeeping operation;
       ``(B) for any United Nations peacekeeping operation that is 
     authorized by the United Nations Security Council under 
     Chapter VI or Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and 
     paid for by peacekeeping or regular budget assessment of the 
     United Nations members; or
       ``(C) to any country participating in any operation 
     authorized by the United Nations Security Council under 
     Chapter VI or Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter and 
     paid for by peacekeeping assessments of United Nations 
     members when the assistance is designed to facilitate or 
     assist the participation of that country in the operation.
       ``(2) Exceptions.--(A) The requirement in paragraph (1) 
     shall not apply to--
       ``(i) goods and services provided to the United States 
     Armed Forces;
       ``(ii) assistance having a value of less than $3,000,000 
     per fiscal year per operation;
       ``(iii) assistance furnished before the date of enactment 
     of this section;
       ``(iv) salaries and expenses of civilian police and other 
     civilian and military monitors where United Nations policy is 
     to require payment by contributing members for similar 
     assistance to United Nations peacekeeping operations; or
       ``(v) any assistance commitment made before the date of 
     enactment of the United Nations Reform Act of 1998.
       ``(B) The requirements of subsection (d)(1)(B) shall not 
     apply to the deployment of United States military forces when 
     the President determines that such deployment is important to 
     the security interests of the United States. The cost of such 
     deployment shall be included in the data provided under 
     section 554 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       ``(3) Form and amount.--
       ``(A) Amount.--The amount of any reimbursement under this 
     subsection shall be determined at the usual rate established 
     by the United Nations.
       ``(B) Form.--Reimbursement under this subsection may 
     include credits against the United States assessed 
     contributions for United States peacekeeping operations, if 
     the expenses incurred by any United States department or 
     agency providing the assistance have first been reimbursed.
       ``(b) Treatment of Reimbursements.--
       ``(1) Credit.--The amount of any reimbursement paid the 
     United States under subsection (a) shall be credited to the 
     current applicable appropriation, fund, or account of the 
     United States department or agency providing the assistance 
     for which the reimbursement is paid.
       ``(2) Availability.--Amounts credited under paragraph (1) 
     shall be merged with the appropriations, or with 
     appropriations in the fund or account, to which credited and 
     shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the 
     same conditions and limitations, as the appropriations with 
     which merged.
       ``(c) Covered Assistance.--Subsection (a) applies to 
     assistance provided under the following provisions of law:
       ``(1) Sections 6 and 7 of this Act.
       ``(2) Sections 451, 506(a)(1), 516, 552(c), and 607 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       ``(3) Any other provisions of law pursuant to which 
     assistance is provided by the United States to carry out the 
     mandate of an assessed United Nations peacekeeping operation.
       ``(d) Waiver.--
       ``(1) Authority.--
       ``(A) In general.--The President may authorize the 
     furnishing of assistance covered by this section without 
     regard to subsection (a) if the President determines, and so 
     notifies in writing the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, that 
     to do so is important to the security interests of the United 
     States.
       ``(B) Congressional notification.--When exercising the 
     authorities of subparagraph (A), the President shall notify 
     the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with 
     the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications 
     under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       ``(2) Congressional review.--Notwithstanding a notice under 
     paragraph (1) with respect to assistance covered by this 
     section, subsection (a) shall apply to the furnishing of the 
     assistance if, not later than 15 calendar days after receipt 
     of a notification under that paragraph, the Congress enacts a 
     joint resolution disapproving the determination of the 
     President contained in the notification.
       ``(3) Senate procedures.--Any joint resolution described in 
     paragraph (2) 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.
       ``(e) Relationship to Other Reimbursement Authority.--
     Nothing in this section shall preclude the President from 
     seeking reimbursement for assistance covered by this section 
     that is in addition to the reimbursement sought for the 
     assistance under subsection (a).
       ``(f) Definition.--In this section, the term `assistance' 
     includes personnel, services, supplies, equipment, 
     facilities, and other assistance if such assistance is 
     provided by the Department of Defense or any other United 
     States Government agency.''.

     SEC. 2204. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING UNITED NATIONS 
                   PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

       It shall be the policy of the United States--
       (1) to ensure that major peacekeeping operations (in 
     general, those comprised of more than 10,000 troops) 
     authorized by the United Nations Security Council under 
     Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter (or missions such 
     as the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)) are 
     undertaken by a competent regional organization or a 
     multinational force, and not established as a peacekeeping 
     operation under United Nations operational control which 
     would be paid for by assessment of United Nations members;
       (2) to consider, on a case-by-case basis, whether it is in 
     the national interest of the United States to agree that 
     smaller peacekeeping operations authorized by the United 
     Nations Security Council under Chapter VII of the United 
     Nations Charter and paid for by assessment of United Nations 
     members (such as the United Nations Transitional Authority in 
     Slavonia (UNTAES)) should be established as peacekeeping 
     operations under United Nations operational control which 
     would be paid for by assessment of United Nations members; 
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       (3) to oppose the establishment of United Nations peace 
     operations approved by the General Assembly and funded out of 
     the regular budget of the United Nations.

     SEC. 2205. REFORM IN BUDGET DECISIONMAKING PROCEDURES OF THE 
                   UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.

       For the fiscal year 1999, the President may withhold funds 
     for the United States assessed contribution to the United 
     Nations or to any of its specialized agencies in the same 
     percentage and subject to the same requirements as are 
     applicable to the withholding of funds under section 409 of 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 287e note).

     SEC. 2206. 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''.

     SEC. 2207. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH 
                   CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS BY UNITED 
                   NATIONS PERSONNEL.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) all United Nations staff, including diplomats, should 
     comply with binding United States Federal, State, and local 
     court orders regarding child and spousal support obligations;
       (2) the internal regulations of the United Nations allows--
       (A) the United Nations to release staff salary information 
     to the courts in spousal and child support cases;
       (B) the Secretary General to authorize deduction of 
     dependency related allowances from staff salary;
       (C) the United Nations to cooperate with appropriate 
     authorities to facilitate proper legal or judicial resolution 
     of the family's claim.
       (b) Congressional Statement.--The Secretary of State should 
     urge the United Nations to comply fully with regulations 
     regarding compliance with child and spousal support 
     obligations by United Nations personnel, in a timely manner 
     and to the fullest extent possible.
                TITLE XXIII--ARREARS PAYMENTS AND REFORM

              CHAPTER 1--ARREARAGES TO THE UNITED NATIONS

     Subchapter A--Authorization of Appropriations; Obligation and 
                          Expenditure of Funds

     SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of State for payment of arrearages owed by the 
     United States described in subsection (b) as of September 30, 
     1997--
       (1) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
       (2) $475,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
       (3) $244,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.
       (b) Limitation.--Amounts made available under subsection 
     (a) are authorized to be available only--
       (1) to pay the United States share of assessments for the 
     regular budget of the United Nations;
       (2) to pay the United States share of United Nations 
     peacekeeping operations;
       (3) to pay the United States share of United Nations 
     specialized agencies; and
       (4) to pay the United States share of other international 
     organizations.
       (c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.
       (d) Statutory Construction.--For purposes of payments made 
     pursuant to subsection (a), section 404(b)(2) of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 
     (Public Law 103-236) shall not apply to United Nations 
     peacekeeping operation assessments received by the United 
     States prior to October 1, 1995.

     SEC. 2302. OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.

       (a) In General.--Funds made available pursuant to section 
     2301 may be obligated and expended only if the requirements 
     of subsections (b) and (c) of this section are satisfied.
       (b) Obligation and Expenditure Upon Satisfaction of 
     Certification Requirements.--Subject to subsection (e), funds 
     made available pursuant to section 2301 may be obligated and 
     expended only in the following allotments and upon the 
     following certifications:
       (1) Amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
     1998, upon the certification described in section 2311.
       (2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
     1999, upon the certification described in section 2321.
       (3) Amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
     2000, upon the certification described in section 2331.
       (c) Advance Congressional Notification.--Funds made 
     available pursuant to section 2301 may be obligated and 
     expended only if the appropriate certification has been 
     submitted to the appropriate congressional committees 30 days 
     prior to the payment of the funds.
       (d) Transmittal of Certifications.--Certifications made 
     under this chapter shall be transmitted by the Secretary of 
     State to the appropriate congressional committees.
       (e) Waiver Authority.--
       (1) Fiscal Year 1999 Funds.--Subject to paragraph (3) and 
     notwithstanding subsection (b), funds made available under 
     section 2301 may be obligated or expended pursuant to 
     subsection (b)(2) even if the Secretary of State cannot 
     certify that one of the following three conditions has been 
     satisfied:
       (A) The condition described in section 2321(b)(1).
       (B) The condition described in section 2321(b)(4).
       (C) The condition described in section 2321(b)(5).
       (2) Fiscal Year 2000 Funds.--Subject to paragraph (3) and 
     notwithstanding subsection (b), funds made available under 
     section 2301 may be obligated or expended pursuant to 
     subsection (b)(3) even if the Secretary of State cannot 
     certify that one of the following seven conditions has been 
     satisfied: A condition described in paragraph (3), (4), (5), 
     (6), (7), (8),or (9) of section 2331(b).
       (3) Requirements.--
       (A) In general.--The authority to waive a condition under 
     paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection may be exercised only 
     if--
       (i) the Secretary of State determines that substantial 
     progress towards satisfying the condition has been made and 
     that the expenditure of funds pursuant to that paragraph is 
     important to the interests of the United States; and
       (ii) the Secretary of State has notified, and consulted 
     with, the appropriate congressional committees prior to 
     exercising the authority.
       (B) Effect on subsequent certification.--If the Secretary 
     of State exercises the authority of paragraph (1) with 
     respect to a condition, such condition shall be deemed to 
     have been satisfied for purposes of making any certification 
     under section 2331.
       (4) Additional requirement.--If the authority to waive a 
     condition under paragraph (1)(A) is exercised, the Secretary 
     of State shall notify the United Nations that the Congress 
     does not consider the United States obligated to pay, and 
     does not intend to pay, arrearages that have not been 
     included in the contested arrearages account or other 
     mechanism described in section 2321(b)(1).

     SEC. 2303. FORGIVENESS OF AMOUNTS OWED BY THE UNITED NATIONS 
                   TO THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Forgiveness of Indebtedness.--Subject to subsection 
     (b), the President is authorized to forgive or reduce any 
     amount owed by the United Nations to the United States as a 
     reimbursement, including any reimbursement payable under the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the United Nations 
     Participation Act of 1945.
       (b) Limitations.--
       (1) Total amount.--The total of amounts forgiven or reduced 
     under subsection (a) may not exceed $107,000,000.
       (2) Relation to United States arrearages.--Amounts shall be 
     forgiven or reduced under this section only to the same 
     extent as the United Nations forgives or reduces amounts owed 
     by the United States to the United Nations as of September 
     30, 1997.
       (c) Requirements.--The authority in subsection (a) shall be 
     available only to the extent and in the amounts provided in 
     advance in appropriations Acts.
       (d) Congressional Notification.--Before exercising any 
     authority in subsection (a), the President shall notify the 
     appropriate congressional committees in accordance with the 
     same procedures as are applicable to reprogramming 
     notifications under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394-1).
       (e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
     later of--
       (1) the date a certification is transmitted to the 
     appropriate congressional committees under section 2331; or
       (2) October 1, 1999.

                Subchapter B--United States Sovereignty

     SEC. 2311. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Contents of certification.--A certification described 
     in this section is a certification by the Secretary of State 
     that the following conditions are satisfied:
       (1) Supremacy of the united states constitution.--No action 
     has been taken by the United Nations or any of its 
     specialized or affiliated agencies that requires the United 
     States to violate the United States Constitution or any law 
     of the United States.
       (2) No united nations sovereignty.--Neither the United 
     Nations nor any of its specialized or affiliated agencies--
       (A) has exercised sovereignty over the United States; or
       (B) has taken any steps that require the United States to 
     cede sovereignty.
       (3) No united nations taxation.--
       (A) No legal authority.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
     (D), neither the United Nations nor any of its specialized or 
     affiliated agencies has the authority under United States law 
     to impose taxes or fees on United States nationals.
       (B) No taxes or fees.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
     (D), a tax or fee has not been imposed on any United States 
     national by the United Nations or any of its specialized or 
     affiliated agencies.
       (C) No taxation proposals.--Except as provided in 
     subparagraph (D), neither the United Nations nor any of its 
     specialized or affiliated agencies has, on or after October 
     1, 1996, officially approved any formal effort to develop, 
     advocate, or promote any proposal concerning the imposition 
     of a tax or fee on any United States national in order to 
     raise revenue for the United Nations or any such agency.
       (D) Exception.--This paragraph does not apply to--
       (i) fees for publications or other kinds of fees that are 
     not tantamount to a tax on United States citizens;
       (ii) the World Intellectual Property Organization; or
       (iii) the staff assessment costs of the United Nations and 
     its specialized or affiliated agencies.

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       (4) No standing army.--The United Nations has not, on or 
     after October 1, 1996, budgeted any funds for, nor taken any 
     official steps to develop, create, or establish any special 
     agreement under Article 43 of the United Nations Charter to 
     make available to the United Nations, on its call, the armed 
     forces of any member of the United Nations.
       (5) No interest fees.--The United Nations has not, on or 
     after October 1, 1996, levied interest penalties against the 
     United States or any interest on arrearages on the annual 
     assessment of the United States, and neither the United 
     Nations nor its specialized agencies have, on or after 
     October 1, 1996, amended their financial regulations or taken 
     any other action that would permit interest penalties to be 
     levied against the United States or otherwise charge the 
     United States any interest on arrearages on its annual 
     assessment.
       (6) United states real property rights.--Neither the United 
     Nations nor any of its specialized or affiliated agencies has 
     exercised authority or control over any United States 
     national park, wildlife preserve, monument, or real property, 
     nor has the United Nations nor any of its specialized or 
     affiliated agencies implemented plans, regulations, programs, 
     or agreements that exercise control or authority over the 
     private real property of United States citizens located in 
     the United States without the approval of the property owner.
       (7) Termination of borrowing authority.--
       (A) Prohibition on authorization of external borrowing.--On 
     or after the date of enactment of this Act, neither the 
     United Nations nor any specialized agency of the United 
     Nations has amended its financial regulations to permit 
     external borrowing.
       (B) Prohibition of united states payment of interest 
     costs.--The United States has not, on or after October 1, 
     1984, paid its share of any interest costs made known to or 
     identified by the United States Government for loans 
     incurred, on or after October 1, 1984, by the United Nations 
     or any specialized agency of the United Nations through 
     external borrowing.
       (b) Transmittal.--The Secretary of State may transmit a 
     certification under subsection (a) at any time during fiscal 
     year 1998 or thereafter if the requirements of the 
     certification are satisfied.

  Subchapter C--Reform of Assessments and United Nations Peacekeeping 
                               Operations

     SEC. 2321. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--A certification described in this section 
     is a certification by the Secretary of State that the 
     conditions in subsection (b) are satisfied. Such 
     certification shall not be made by the Secretary if the 
     Secretary determines that any of the conditions set forth in 
     section 2311 are no longer satisfied.
       (b) Conditions.--The conditions under this subsection are 
     the following:
       (1) Contested arrearages.--The United Nations has 
     established an account or other appropriate mechanism with 
     respect to all United States arrearages incurred before the 
     date of enactment of this Act with respect to which payments 
     are not authorized by this Act, and the failure to pay 
     amounts specified in the account do not affect the 
     application of Article 19 of the Charter of the United 
     Nations. The account established under this paragraph may be 
     referred to as the ``contested arrearages account''.
       (2) Limitation on assessed share of budget for United 
     Nations peacekeeping operations.--The assessed share of the 
     budget for each assessed United Nations peacekeeping 
     operation does not exceed 25 percent for any single United 
     Nations member.
       (3) Limitation on assessed share of regular budget for the 
     designated specialized agencies.--The share of the total of 
     all assessed contributions for the regular budget of the 
     United Nations or any designated specialized agency does not 
     exceed 22 percent for any single United Nations member.
       (4) Review of regular budget-funded peace operations.--The 
     mandates of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization 
     (UNTSO) and the United Nations Military Observer Group in 
     India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) are reviewed annually by the 
     Security Council, and are subject to the notification 
     requirements pursuant to section 4(e) of the United Nations 
     Participation Act of 1945, as amended by section 2102(b) of 
     this Act.
       (5) Procurement.--
       (A) Prohibition on punitive actions.--The United Nations 
     has implemented a system that prohibits punitive actions, 
     such as suspension of contract eligibility against 
     contractors on the basis that they have challenged contract 
     awards or complained about delayed payments.
       (B) Public announcement of certain contract awards.--The 
     United Nations has implemented a system for public 
     announcement of the award of any contract over $100,000.
       (C) Notification of unsuccessful bidders.--The United 
     Nations has implemented a system to notify unsuccessful 
     bidders for contracts and to provide an explanation upon 
     request of the reason for rejection of their bids.
       (D) Periodic reporting to united nations members.--The 
     United Nations reports to all United Nations members on a 
     regular basis the value and a brief description of local 
     procurement contracts awarded in excess of $70,000.

               Subchapter D--Budget and Personnel Reform

     SEC. 2331. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--A certification described in this section 
     is a certification by the Secretary of State that the 
     following conditions in subsection (b) are satisfied. Such 
     certification shall not be made by the Secretary if the 
     Secretary determines that any of the conditions set forth in 
     sections 2311 and 2321 are no longer satisfied.
       (b) Conditions.--The conditions under this subsection are 
     the following:
       (1) Limitation on assessed share of regular budget.--The 
     share of the total of all assessed contributions for the 
     regular budget of the United Nations, or any designated 
     specialized agency of the United Nations, does not exceed 20 
     percent for any single United Nations member.
       (2) Inspectors general for certain organizations.--
       (A) Establishment of offices.--Each designated specialized 
     agency has established an independent office of inspector 
     general to conduct and supervise objective audits, 
     inspections, and investigations relating to the programs and 
     operations of the organization.
       (B) Appointment of inspectors general.--The Director 
     General of each designated specialized agency has appointed 
     an inspector general, with the approval of the member states, 
     and that 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 investigations.
       (C) Assigned functions.--Each inspector general appointed 
     under subparagraph (A) is authorized to--
       (i) make investigations and reports relating to the 
     administration of the programs and operations of the agency 
     concerned;
       (ii) have access to all records, documents, and other 
     available materials relating to those programs and operations 
     of the agency concerned; and
       (iii) have direct and prompt access to any official of the 
     agency concerned.
       (D) Complaints.--Each designated specialized agency has 
     procedures in place designed to protect the identity of, and 
     to prevent reprisals against, any staff member making a 
     complaint or disclosing information to, or cooperating in any 
     investigation or inspection by, the inspector general of the 
     agency.
       (E) Compliance with recommendations.--Each designated 
     specialized agency has in place procedures designed to ensure 
     compliance with the recommendations of the inspector general 
     of the agency.
       (F) Availability of reports.--Each designated specialized 
     agency has in place procedures to ensure that all annual and 
     other relevant reports submitted by the inspector general to 
     the agency are made available to the member states without 
     modification except to the extent necessary to protect the 
     privacy rights of individuals.
       (3) New budget procedures for the united nations.--The 
     United Nations has established and is implementing budget 
     procedures that--
       (A) require the maintenance of a budget not in excess of 
     the level agreed to by the General Assembly at the beginning 
     of each United Nations budgetary biennium, unless increases 
     are agreed to by consensus; and
       (B) require the systemwide identification of expenditures 
     by functional categories such as personnel, travel, and 
     equipment.
       (4) Sunset policy for certain united nations programs.--
       (A) Existing authority.--The Secretary General and the 
     Director General of each designated specialized agency have 
     used their existing authorities to require program managers 
     within the United Nations Secretariat and the Secretariats of 
     the designated specialized agencies to conduct evaluations of 
     United Nations programs approved by the General Assembly and 
     of programs of the designated specialized agencies in 
     accordance with the standardized methodology referred to in 
     subparagraph (B).
       (B) Development of evaluation criteria.--
       (i) United nations.--The Office of Internal Oversight 
     Services has developed a standardized methodology for the 
     evaluation of United Nations programs approved by the General 
     Assembly, including specific criteria for determining the 
     continuing relevance and effectiveness of the programs.
       (ii) Designated specialized agencies.--Patterned on the 
     work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the 
     United Nations, each designated specialized agency has 
     developed a standardized methodology for the evaluation of 
     programs of designated specialized agencies, including 
     specific criteria for determining the continuing relevance 
     and effectiveness of the programs.
       (C) Procedures.--Consistent with the July 16, 1997, 
     recommendations of the Secretary General of the United 
     Nations regarding a sunset policy and results-based budgeting 
     for United Nations programs, the United Nations and each 
     designated specialized agency has established and is 
     implementing procedures--
       (i) requiring the Secretary General or the Director General 
     of the agency, as the case may be, to report on the results 
     of evaluations referred to in this paragraph, including the 
     identification of programs that have met criteria for 
     continuing relevance and effectiveness and proposals to 
     terminate or modify programs that have not met such criteria; 
     and
       (ii) authorizing an appropriate body within the United 
     Nations or the agency, as the case may be, to review each 
     evaluation referred to in this paragraph and report to the 
     General Assembly on means of improving the program 
     concerned or on terminating the program.
       (D) United states policy.--It shall be the policy of the 
     United States to seek adoption by the United Nations of a 
     resolution requiring that each United Nations program 
     approved by the General Assembly, and to seek adoption by 
     each designated specialized agency of a resolution requiring 
     that each program of the agency, be subject to an evaluation 
     referred to in this paragraph and have a specific termination 
     date so that the program will not be renewed unless the 
     evaluation demonstrates the continuing relevance and 
     effectiveness of the program.
       (E) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
     ``United Nations program approved by the General Assembly'' 
     means a program approved by the General Assembly of the

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     United Nations, which is administered or funded by the United 
     Nations.
       (5) United nations advisory committee on administrative and 
     budgetary questions.--
       (A) In general.--The United States has a seat on the United 
     Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary 
     Questions or the five largest member contributors each have a 
     seat on the Advisory Committee.
       (B) Definition.--As used in this paragraph, the term ``5 
     largest member contributors'' means the 5 United Nations 
     member states that, during a United Nations budgetary 
     biennium, have more total assessed contributions than any 
     other United Nations member state to the aggregate of the 
     United Nations regular budget and the budget (or budgets) for 
     United Nations peacekeeping operations.
       (6) Access by the general accounting office.--The United 
     Nations has in effect procedures providing access by the 
     United States General Accounting Office to United Nations 
     financial data to assist the Office in performing nationally 
     mandated reviews of United Nations operations.
       (7) Personnel.--
       (A) Appointment and service of personnel.--The Secretary 
     General--
       (i) has established and is implementing procedures that 
     ensure that staff employed by the United Nations is appointed 
     on the basis of merit consistent with Article 101 of the 
     United Nations Charter; and
       (ii) is enforcing those contractual obligations requiring 
     worldwide availability of all professional staff of the 
     United Nations to serve and be relocated based on the needs 
     of the United Nations.
       (B) Code of conduct.--The General Assembly has adopted, and 
     the Secretary General has the authority to enforce and is 
     effectively enforcing, a code of conduct binding on all 
     United Nations personnel, including the requirement of 
     financial disclosure statements binding on senior United 
     Nations personnel and the establishment of rules against 
     nepotism that are binding on all United Nations personnel.
       (C) Personnel evaluation system.--The United Nations has 
     adopted and is enforcing a personnel evaluation system.
       (D) Periodic assessments.--The United Nations has 
     established and is implementing a mechanism to conduct 
     periodic assessments of the United Nations payroll to 
     determine total staffing, and the results of such assessments 
     are reported in an unabridged form to the General Assembly.
       (E) Review of united nations allowance system.--The United 
     States has completed a thorough review of the United Nations 
     personnel allowance system. The review shall include a 
     comparison of that system with the United States civil 
     service, and shall make recommendations to reduce 
     entitlements to allowances and allowance funding levels from 
     the levels in effect on January 1, 1998.
       (8) Reduction in budget authorities.--The designated 
     specialized agencies have achieved a negative growth budget 
     in their biennium budgets for 2000-01 from the 1998-99 
     biennium budget levels of the respective agencies.
       (9) New budget procedures and financial regulations.--Each 
     designated specialized agency has established procedures to--
       (A) require the maintenance of a budget that does not 
     exceed the level agreed to by the member states of the 
     organization at the beginning of each budgetary biennium, 
     unless increases are agreed to by consensus;
       (B) require the identification of expenditures by 
     functional categories such as personnel, travel, and 
     equipment; and
       (C) require approval by the member states of the agency's 
     supplemental budget requests to the Secretariat in advance of 
     expenditures under those requests.

                  CHAPTER 2--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SEC. 2341. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION ON RELATION TO EXISTING 
                   LAWS.

       Except as otherwise specifically provided, nothing in this 
     title may be construed to make available funds in violation 
     of any provision of law containing a specific prohibition or 
     restriction on the use of the funds, including section 114 of 
     the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 
     and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 287e note) and section 151 of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 
     U.S.C. 287e note), and section 404 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 287e 
     note).

     SEC. 2342. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS RELATING TO UNIDO AND 
                   OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM WHICH 
                   THE UNITED STATES HAS WITHDRAWN OR RESCINDED 
                   FUNDING.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
     division shall be used to pay any arrearage for--
       (1) the United Nations Industrial Development Organization;
       (2) any costs to merge that organization into the United 
     Nations;
       (3) the costs associated with any other organization of the 
     United Nations from which the United States has withdrawn 
     including the costs of the merger of such organization into 
     the United Nations; or
       (4) the World Tourism Organization, or any other 
     international organization with respect to which Congress has 
     rescinded funding.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
     For consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, 
     and modifications committed to conference:
     Benjamin A. Gilman,
     Henry Hyde,
     Christopher H. Smith,
     For consideration of the House bill (except title XXI) and 
     the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
     conference:
     William Goodling,
     Dan Burton,
     Doug Bereuter,
                                Managers on the part of the House.
     Jesse Helms,
     Paul Coverdell,
     Chuck Hagel,
     Rod Grams,
                               Managers on the part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1757) to 
     consolidate international affairs agencies, to authorize 
     appropriations for the Department of State and related 
     agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and to ensure that 
     the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
     (NATO) proceeds in a manner consistent with United States 
     interests, to strengthen relations between the United States 
     and Russia, to preserve the prerogatives of the Congress with 
     respect to certain arms control agreements, and for other 
     purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House 
     and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action 
     agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the 
     accompanying conference report:

          Division A--Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring


                         USIA and Broadcasting

       Section 313 of the Senate bill provides for the creation of 
     a new Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy. It 
     should be noted that it is slightly different from the 
     original Senate-passed bill (S. 903) in delineating the 
     duties of this Under Secretary. Specifically, Section 313 
     provides that the Under Secretary will have primary 
     responsibility for assisting the Secretary and Deputy 
     Secretary in carrying out the public diplomacy function. 
     Additionally, although the bill provides, as did the original 
     Senate bill, that the new Under Secretary will have 
     responsibility for assisting the Secretary and Deputy 
     Secretary with regard to international broadcasting, the 
     authorities of the Department of State with regard to 
     broadcasting are limited. While the Secretary has a seat and 
     vote on the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and she provides 
     foreign policy guidance to the Board, neither she nor the 
     Under Secretary will have specific supervisory powers over 
     the international broadcasting function; those powers are 
     vested in the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as explained 
     below.
       Chapter 3 of Title III provides for the organization of all 
     U.S.-sponsored international broadcasting. It is very similar 
     to the original Senate bill (S. 903), with several 
     modifications. The central element of this chapter is that 
     the current Broadcasting Board of Governors--which supervises 
     international broadcasting, but is currently part of the U.S. 
     Information Agency--will remain in place, but it will not be 
     merged into the Department of State. Instead, the Board will 
     become an independent federal establishment.
       The Broadcasting Board of Governors was established by the 
     United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (Title 
     III of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Years 1994-1995, P.L. 103-236). In that Act, Congress 
     consolidated all U.S.-sponsored international broadcasting--
     the Voice of America (VOA), Radio and TV Marti, Worldnet TV, 
     Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), and Radio Free Asia 
     (RFA)--under the direction and supervision of one governing 
     board. The Board is part of the United States Information 
     Agency, although in essence it is a self-contained unit 
     within the Agency.
       The bill does not alter the consolidation achieved in 1994, 
     but it does prevent the Board and the international 
     broadcasting entities from being merged into the State 
     Department, where the credibility and journalistic integrity 
     of the broadcasters would be threatened. The rationale for 
     creating this arms-length distance from the State Department 
     is two-fold: (1) to provide ``deniability'' for the 
     Department when foreign governments voice their complaints 
     about specific broadcasts; and (2) to provide a ``firewall'' 
     between the Department and the broadcasters to ensure the 
     integrity of the journalism.
       Establishing this structure is not to deny that the 
     broadcast entities are funded by the United States 
     government--quite obviously, they are. This structure in no 
     way should be construed to lessen the responsibility of the 
     Board to ensure that U.S. broadcasts are ``consistent with 
     the broad foreign policy objectives of the United States,'' 
     as required by Section 303(a)(1) of the 1994 Broadcasting 
     Act. For example, this legislation states that the VOA should 
     continue to include editorials which present the views of 
     U.S. policy. But the concepts of ``deniability'' and 
     ``firewall'' are not merely diplomatic fictions. In truth, 
     the State Department will be able to deny responsibility for 
     a specific broadcast--because it will have denied itself 
     the ability to directly affect the content of any specific 
     broadcast. It can do so because the ``firewall'' will have 
     operational meaning. Whenever a foreign government 
     complains to a U.S. diplomat that a broadcast is 
     inconsistent with U.S. foreign policy objectives, that 
     diplomat can plausibly deny that the broadcast is ``not my 
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     refer their counterpart to the Board. The Board, in turn, 
     will exercise its oversight duties to investigate the 
     matter, take steps to influence overall broadcast policy 
     to ensure that broadcasts are consistent with broad 
     foreign policy objectives of the United States, but the 
     journalists themselves will be shielded from political 
     interference by State Department officials.
       Of course, this bureaucratic separation does not mean that 
     the broadcasters should remain aloof from U.S. foreign policy 
     interests. Broadcasting is an important instrument of U.S. 
     foreign policy, and should remain so. The broadcasting 
     agencies would continue to serve the foreign policy needs of 
     the U.S. government, and would be linked to the foreign 
     affairs apparatus by what might be described as a ``dotted-
     line'' relationship to the State Department: (1) the 
     Secretary of State would be a permanent voting member of the 
     Board (as the USIA Director is now), would provide foreign 
     policy guidance to the Board, and would be consulted about 
     the addition or deletion of language services; (2) the VOA 
     mission of telling America's story would remain intact, as 
     would the VOA Charter; (3) the statutory requirements 
     requiring that the broadcasts be consistent with the broad 
     foreign policy objectives of the United States would remain 
     intact; (4) the broadcasters would continue to have the 
     capability to provide surge capacity to support broad U.S. 
     foreign policy objectives during crises abroad.
       Although the Board will be a federal agency, the work 
     performed by the international broadcasting entities under it 
     can hardly be described as a typical government function. 
     Cynics may deride their work as ``propaganda,'' but in fact 
     the broadcasters are journalists, reporting the news of the 
     United States and the world to foreign audiences. The news 
     gathering and reporting functions of the broadcasters must 
     continue to be independent and objective. The broadcasters 
     themselves understand the importance of this imperative. It 
     is no accident that VOA employees treasure the VOA Charter, 
     which states that the VOA will ``serve as a consistently 
     reliable and authoritative source of news'' and that VOA news 
     will be ``accurate, objective, and comprehensive.'' The 
     employees do so because they take this command seriously. 
     Similarly, the employees of the surrogate services--Radio and 
     TV Marti, RFE/RL and RFA--are committed to the highest 
     standards of professional journalism. Accuracy and 
     credibility are their watchwords.
       This credibility would be at risk if the various broadcast 
     services were placed inside the Department of State, where 
     they would be perceived by foreign audiences as mere adjuncts 
     of the Department, and where they would be subject to the 
     daily pressures of diplomacy. But in establishing this 
     structure, it is not intended that the broadcasters will 
     become unmoored from the broad objectives of American policy.
       The provision in this bill also provides that the current 
     Board members may complete their existing terms without being 
     reappointed. Furthermore, they may be appointed to new terms 
     when those terms expire.
       It should be noted here that the bill does not include the 
     original Senate proposal to create a separate Inspector 
     General for broadcasting within the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors. Instead, that function will continue to be 
     performed by the Inspector General of the Department of 
     State. The bill states, however, that the Inspector 
     General shall respect the journalistic integrity of all 
     broadcasters covered by this title, and may not evaluate 
     the philosophical or political perspectives reflected in 
     the content of broadcasts. The Inspector General must take 
     great care in reviewing broadcast operations, for, as 
     noted earlier, international broadcasting is not a typical 
     government function. The broadcasters are journalists, and 
     the Inspector General must not be involved in second-
     guessing the daily decisions of journalists and their 
     editors. To do so could have a chilling effect on the 
     activities of the journalists. The Inspector General is 
     currently conducting a review of the Cuba services of the 
     Voice of America, known as Radio and TV Marti. She 
     contends that this review is limited to analyzing whether 
     the Martis have a process in place for assuring that 
     broadcasts are consistent with broad U.S. foreign policy 
     objectives. This provision is intended to ensure that any 
     content review not cross this line drawn by the Inspector 
     General.
       In establishing the Broadcasting Board of Governors as an 
     independent agency in the executive branch, several changes 
     to existing law were made--and new authorities were provided 
     to the Board. A few of these changes are highlighted below:
       Section 323(d)) amends the ``standards and principles'' 
     section of the 1994 Broadcasting Act in two respects. First, 
     it makes clear that U.S. international broadcasting should 
     include editorials broadcast by the Voice of America which 
     present the views of the U.S. government (only the VOA 
     performs this function). This provision and this title are 
     not intended to change in any manner the current process for 
     ensuring that editorials are consistent with U.S. policy. 
     Second, this section states that international broadcasting 
     should have the capability to provide surge capacity to 
     support U.S. foreign policy objectives during crises abroad.
       Sections 323(e) and 323(f) make several amendments to the 
     authorities of the Board, which are set forth in Section 305 
     of the 1994 Broadcasting Act. First, it amends the statute to 
     provide that the Board has the power to ``supervise'' all 
     broadcasting activities; current law gives the Board the 
     power to ``direct and supervise.'' This change is intended to 
     clarify any confusion that may have been caused by the use of 
     the word ``direct''. The word ``direct'' implies day-to-day 
     management responsibilities, a function that is incongruous 
     with a part-time oversight board. The daily operations of the 
     broadcasters are conducted by the Director of the 
     International Broadcasting Bureau, and the presidents of the 
     respective grantees (RFE/RL and RFA), operating under the 
     supervision of the Board.
       Second, the bill requires the Board to consult with the 
     Secretary of State in making its determinations on the 
     addition or deletion of language services. This change is not 
     intended to give the Secretary veto power over such 
     decisions; at the end of the day, she has but one vote on the 
     Board. The amendment does recognize, however, that the 
     addition or deletion of language services has foreign policy 
     implications, and that the Board should give careful 
     consideration to the Secretary's views on such matters.
       Third, the bill provides the Board with several additional 
     legal authorities that are necessary for it to function as a 
     separate federal agency. These are intended to ensure that 
     the Board and the Director of the International Broadcasting 
     Bureau have, for the purposes of carrying out their 
     respective duties, all the authorities which are now 
     available to the Director of the U.S. Information Agency on 
     the day before the effective date of this division. It is 
     intended that the Board and the Bureau be enabled thereby to 
     operate utilizing the full range of the Director's 
     administrative, technical, contracting, personnel, and all 
     other authorities, including acquisition and disposal of 
     international broadcasting facilities abroad, liberally 
     interpreted, to carry out their functions.
       Fourth, the bill provides the Board with the authority to 
     procure, pursuant to the ``Economy Act,'' goods and services 
     from other federal departments and agencies. In keeping the 
     Board and the Bureau outside the State Department, it is not 
     intended that these entities will grow significantly. The 
     Bureau will likely need additional personnel to carry out 
     certain administrative tasks now performed by the 
     administrative offices of USIA. But some of these routine 
     functions may just as easily--and perhaps more efficiently--
     be performed by existing federal agencies.
       Finally, the bill provides authority for the Board to 
     delegate certain authorities to the Director of the 
     International Broadcasting Bureau, and any other officer or 
     employee of the United States. It bears emphasis here that 
     the Board need not do so, for the Board has a small 
     professional staff which assists it to carry out its 
     statutory functions; the provision simply provides the Board 
     with the option to delegate certain authorities.
       Section 323(j) of the bill makes two changes to current law 
     with regard to the role of the Secretary of State. First, the 
     bill amends current law to make clear that the Secretary's 
     authority to provide foreign policy guidance to the Board may 
     be exercised at her discretion.
       Second, it authorizes the Secretary of State to use 
     Worldnet broadcasts, on a non-reimbursable basis, for the 
     purposes of continuing interactive dialogues with foreign 
     media and other similar overseas public diplomacy programs 
     sponsored by the State Department. ``Interactive dialogue'' 
     is a term of art, which describes, in essence, press 
     conferences between a U.S. policy maker (sitting in a studio 
     in Washington), and foreign journalists (sitting in a U.S. 
     Information Service post or other facility overseas). This is 
     a public diplomacy function that should be under the policy 
     control of the State Department after the integration of USIA 
     into the Department. Most other Worldnet programs are, by 
     contrast, the type of traditional broadcasting carried out by 
     the VOA; for example, the VOA has recently commenced 
     simulcasts of its radio programs on television. The 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors and USIA have already reached 
     a cooperative agreement regarding Worldnet (which was 
     submitted recently to the Foreign Relations Committee in the 
     form of a reprogramming) that is similar to the design set 
     forth in the bill. It is intended that this arrangement 
     continue when USIA is merged into the State Department, with 
     the Board making available appropriate broadcasting time 
     slots to the State Department to continue this important 
     program. This provision is not intended to limit the access 
     the Secretary currently has to Worldnet for other purposes, 
     such as the current practice of using this service to 
     broadcast from time to time to employees located at U.S. 
     missions abroad.
       Section 326 contains specific authority for the transfer of 
     appropriate USIA assets and personnel to the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors. This includes those assets and personnel 
     employed in connection with, or to carry out, the functions 
     transferred by this chapter to the Board. It also includes 
     provisions which will permit the transfer of assets and 
     personnel which support the functions transferred by this 
     chapter. These latter determinations will be made by the 
     Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors. It is intended that the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors should receive administrative support 
     funds and personnel commensurate with the administrative 
     support it now receives from the U.S. Information Agency.

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                              Smith-Mundt

       Section 333 addresses the complex question of how to apply 
     restrictions in current law on USIA to influence public 
     opinion in the United States once USIA is integrated into the 
     Department of State. The Department has a responsibility to 
     communicate with the American people on U.S. foreign policy, 
     for example, to explain the importance of continuing U.S. 
     involvement in international affairs. Subsection (a) makes 
     clear that none of the restrictions applicable to USIA shall 
     become applicable to public affairs and other information 
     dissemination functions of the Secretary of State as carried 
     out prior to any transfer of functions pursuant to this 
     division. Subsection (b) provides that existing restrictions 
     will, however, continue to apply to USIA public diplomacy 
     programs (which are carried out abroad) once they are 
     integrated into the State Department. This subsection 
     preserves the exceptions in current law. Under this approach, 
     public diplomacy programs that are unique to USIA, including 
     the program material produced by them, shall continue to be 
     subject to the restrictions of the Zorinsky Amendment and in 
     the Smith-Mundt Act, as relevant. At the same time, the 
     Department of State will be able to integrate the activities 
     that it already performs, such as public outreach, direct 
     public affairs contact with domestic and foreign press, and 
     administrative activities, with such activities of the other 
     foreign affairs agencies without these restrictions being 
     applicable.
       In addition, subsection (c) provides that funds that are 
     specifically authorized in statute for such public diplomacy 
     programs at the Department in the future shall not be used to 
     influence public opinion in the United States, and that no 
     program material prepared using such funds shall be 
     distributed or disseminated in the United States. This 
     provision makes clear that if an amount is specifically 
     authorized in an authorization bill for such public diplomacy 
     programs, such amount will be subject to these restrictions.
       Subsections (d) and (e) create greater planning and budget 
     transparency for how public diplomacy functions are 
     integrated into the Department.


                 Authority to reorganize the Department

       Section 611(a) authorizes the Secretary, subject to the 
     requirements of the subdivision, to allocate or reallocate 
     any function transferred to 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 
     subdivision. This subsection does not authorize the Secretary 
     to modify the terms of any statute that establishes or 
     defines the functions of any bureau, office or officer of the 
     Department. Thus, while the Secretary could add functions and 
     responsibilities to a bureau that is mandated under current 
     law, she could not eliminate such a bureau or take away any 
     responsibilities currently mandated by statute to be 
     performed by that bureau.


                         Transfer of Personnel

       Section 613 of the Senate bill provides in subsections (a) 
     and (b) that except as provided in Title III, not later than 
     the date of abolition of ACDA and USIA, or the transfer of 
     any function of AID to the Department of State, affected 
     personnel and positions of those agencies shall be 
     transferred to the Department of State at their same grade or 
     class, the same rate of basic pay or basic salary rate, and 
     with the same tenure held immediately preceding transfer. 
     Thus, members of the Foreign Service will transfer to the 
     Department in the same Foreign Service class (or, in the 
     case of Foreign Service nationals, at the same grade), at 
     the same salary rate, and with the same tenure held prior 
     to transfer. Civil Service employees transferred to the 
     Department will transfer at the same Civil Service grade, 
     at the same rate of basic pay, and with the same tenure 
     held prior to transfer. Tenure, in this context, refers to 
     the employment status of the employee (e.g., probationary, 
     career conditional, or career tenure). This provision is 
     also intended to ensure that the type of appointment 
     (e.g., Civil Service competitive or excepted service 
     appointment, or Foreign Service career or limited 
     appointment) held immediately preceding transfer will 
     remain unchanged by reason of the transfer.
       Subsection (c) authorizes the Secretary, for a period of 
     not more than six months commencing on the effective date of 
     the transfer of personnel to the Department under subsections 
     (a) and (b), to assign such personnel to any position or set 
     of duties at any grade in the Department except that by 
     virtue of such assignment, such personnel shall not have 
     their grade or class or rate of basic pay or basic salary 
     rate reduced, nor their tenure changed. Although the 
     Secretary's authority to make assignments under this 
     subsection is limited to a six-month period following 
     transfer, the duration of any assignment made pursuant to 
     this authority and the retention of grade may continue 
     indefinitely, as long as the employee remains in a position 
     to which s/he is assigned during the six month period. This 
     provision will overcome any requirement for the Department of 
     State involuntarily to demote or reassign personnel at the 
     end of the six-month period, even though the number of 
     employees who retain a particular grade may exceed the number 
     of positions at that grade level. This provision does not, 
     however, provide Civil Service personnel with a guaranteed 
     grade if, for example, they apply for and obtain another 
     position or the Department chooses to employ reduction in 
     force procedures to reduce the number of Department 
     employees. The Secretary shall consult with the relevant 
     labor organizations with regard to the exercise of this 
     authority. This subsection gives the Secretary the 
     flexibility to assign and reassign for a six month period 
     transferred personnel to any position within the Department 
     after they have been transferred to the Department, except to 
     positions that by law require appointment by the President, 
     by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.


         Reorganization of Agency for International Development

       The bill requires that AID's Press Office and certain 
     administrative functions be transferred to and consolidated 
     with the Department of State. The committee of conference is 
     aware that the Department of State and the Agency for 
     International Development recently entered into an agreement 
     to implement the President's April 1997 decision that these 
     two agencies should share certain administrative functions.
       The single largest change will occur overseas as the 
     International Cooperative Administrative Support Services 
     (ICASS) system is put into place. ICASS is designed to 
     provide AID with the data and other information needed to 
     compare the costs of services within the system that 
     encourages the use of the most economic service provider. 
     Both agencies will, over the next fiscal year, work to 
     maximize shared administrative support services. As part of 
     this agreement, both agencies agree to analyze jointly the 
     data generated by ICASS to identify opportunities where one 
     or the other agency can expand shared services.
       Also, AID had agreed already to have the Department of 
     State provide retirement processing for Foreign Service 
     officers, retirement counseling for AID officers, and site 
     consolidation of AID headquarters' computer operations. 
     According to the Administration, these are either now 
     implemented or on their way to implementation.
       Further, AID has agreed to expand its use of training 
     services offered by the Department of State. Specifically, 
     AID will attempt to obtain all of its foreign language 
     training from the Department of State. In addition, State and 
     AID have agreed to jointly develop training programs so that 
     other professional and technical training can be shared to 
     the maximum extent possible.
       The Department of State has agreed to try to accommodate 
     AID by taking responsibility for storage of employees' 
     household goods. In addition, State and AID already share 
     other transportation and storage services, and they will 
     continue to review these areas for other opportunities. The 
     committee of conference expects AID and the State Department 
     to continue to explore areas in which additional 
     consolidation and cost savings can occur and that the Foreign 
     Relations Committee and the International Relations Committee 
     will be notified of such progress.


             Assistance programs coordination and oversight

       The bill provides for the coordination of activities of the 
     Secretary of State in relation to United States assistance. 
     The activities include designing of an overall assistance 
     strategy for countries in the region; ensuring the 
     coordination of United States government agencies; 
     coordinating with the individual country governments and 
     international organizations; and resolving policy disputes 
     among United States government agencies with respect to 
     assistance being provided.
       This coordination authority does not supersede the 
     responsibility of the Secretary of Commerce in relation to 
     the promotion of exports of United States goods and services. 
     Nor does this supersede the responsibility of the Secretary 
     of the Treasury to coordinate the activities of the United 
     States in relation to the International Financial 
     Institutions, and the organization of multilateral efforts 
     aimed at currency stabilization, currency convertibility, 
     debt reduction, and comprehensive economic reform programs.
       This section of the bill is essential to bring improved 
     coordination and rationalization to U.S. overseas economic 
     and development assistance programs. The establishment within 
     the Department of State of this coordination function will 
     ensure that, in the future, foreign aid programs are being 
     carried out in a manner consistent with our nations overall 
     foreign policy. It furthers the President's goal of 
     establishing the Secretary of State's pre-eminence in foreign 
     policy making. According to the State Department's April 17, 
     1997, statement regarding reorganization, one reform 
     ``...would be to further improve coordination between AID's 
     and State's regional Bureaus.'' This section supports that 
     objective.


 A.I.D. under the Direct Authority and Foreign Policy Guidance of the 
                           Secretary of State

       The President's decision on reorganization retains the 
     Agency for International Development as a distinct agency but 
     places it under the direct authority and foreign policy 
     guidance of the Secretary of State. This bill supports that 
     objective.
       This bill includes a section which provides that funds 
     formerly allocated to the International Development 
     Cooperation Agency (IDCA)--which is abolished by this 
     legislation--now be allocated to the Secretary of

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     State. The bill provides that the Secretary of State may 
     allocate or transfer these funds to the head of any other 
     agency. It is the understanding of the committee of 
     conference that Secretary Albright intends to allocate 
     this foreign aid and the administrative funds currently 
     apportioned to AID to its Administrator. Bringing AID 
     under the direct authority and foreign policy guidance of 
     the Secretary of State, will strengthen the U.S. 
     Government's coordination of long term development and 
     humanitarian assistance.


                 Authority to Transfer Functions Early

       Section 616 provides that the Secretary may, 
     notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision and with 
     the concurrence of the head of the appropriate Federal 
     Agency, transfer the whole or part of any function prior to 
     the effective dates established in this subdivision, 
     including the transfer of personnel and funds associated with 
     such functions. In exercising this authority, personnel and 
     funds would be transferred in accordance with the applicable 
     provisions of Title VI. This provision is intended to permit 
     the Administration to have an orderly transfer of functions 
     if the Administration chooses to transfer some functions from 
     an agency prior to its abolition. It is intended that the 
     Secretary will consult with the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors if she exercises the authority of this section to 
     transfer personnel or assets that might otherwise be used to 
     provide administrative support for the Board when it becomes 
     a separate federal establishment.

  Division B--State Department and Related Agencies Authorization Act


      Authorization of Appropriations for the Department of State

       The conference substitute authorizes a total of 
     $6,140,895,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $6,664,093,000 for 
     fiscal 1999. The President's request for FY 1999 is 
     $6,789,259,000. The conference substitute follows the Senate 
     format providing the authorization of appropriations in the 
     specific sections of the bill.


                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

       The House bill (sec. 1101) authorizes $2,610,271,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $2,610,271,000 for fiscal year 1999 for 
     the Administration of Foreign Affairs. The House bill (sec. 
     1101 (1)(B)) requires the Secretary of State to provide 
     passport information without charge to citizens of the U.S.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1101) authorizes for 
     $2,609,661,000 fiscal year 1998 and $2,634,706,000 for fiscal 
     year 1999 for the Administration of Foreign Affairs. The 
     Senate amendment has no comparable provision to House sec. 
     1101(1)(B) on passport information.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1101) authorizes 
     $2,656,143,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $2,830,387,000 for 
     fiscal year 1999 for the Administration of Foreign Affairs. 
     The conference substitute is the same as the Senate amendment 
     with regard to the passport information provision.
       The recommended level of authorization for Diplomatic and 
     Consular Programs is intended to be utilized to maintain a 
     strong U.S. presence abroad, and to meet current unfunded 
     needs, including security of personnel and overseas U.S. 
     facilities, and does not include funding for new programs, 
     not presently funded for environmental conferences, programs, 
     and associated expanded staffing.
       The conference substitute incorporates the sub-
     authorization of $2,000,000 for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 
     for recruitment of minorities for careers in the foreign 
     Service.


                       International Commissions

       The House bill (sec. 1103) authorizes $43,512,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $43,512,000 for fiscal year 1999 for the 
     International Commissions.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1202) authorizes $43,512,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $43,512,000 for fiscal year 1999 for the 
     International Commissions.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1102) authorizes 
     $42,452,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $45,120,000 for fiscal 
     year 1999 for the International Commissions.


                            Asia Foundation

       The House bill (sec. 1105) authorizes $10,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for the 
     Asia Foundation.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1103) authorizes $8,000,000 
     fiscal year 1998 and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for the 
     Asia Foundation.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1103) authorizes 
     $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $10,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 1999 for the Asia Foundation.


                        Voluntary Contributions

       The House bill (sec. 1102(b) ) authorizes $199,725,000 for 
     fiscal year 1988 and $199,725,000 for fiscal year 1999 for 
     voluntary contributions to international organizations. The 
     provision also includes limitations for the World Food 
     Program, the United Nations Voluntary Fund for victims of 
     Torture, and International Program on the Elimination of 
     Child Labor.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1104) is the same as the 
     House bill, except it authorizes $294,500,000 for fiscal year 
     1988 and $294,500,000 for fiscal year 1999.


    Voluntary Contributions to International Peacekeeping Operations

       The House bill (sec. 1102(d) ) authorizes $87,600,000 in 
     fiscal year 1988 and $67,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 for 
     voluntary contributions to peacekeeping operations.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1105) authorizes 
     $77,500,000 in fiscal year 1988 and $68,000,000 in fiscal 
     year 1999 for voluntary contributions to peacekeeping 
     operations.


        Limitations on U.S. Voluntary Contributions to the UNDP

       The House bill (sec. 1102(g)) requires the withholding from 
     U.S. voluntary contributions to the UN Development Program an 
     amount equal to the amount UNDP intends to spend in Burma 
     during each of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, unless the 
     President certifies to Congress that UNDP programs in Burma 
     are focused on eliminating human sufffering and other 
     issues.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference subsititute (sec. 1106) is the same as the 
     House bill.


                           UN Population Fund

       The House (1523) House bill section 1523 UN Population 
     Fund, authorizes $25 million for the UN Population Fund for 
     fiscal years 1998 and 1999, but makes only $12.5 million 
     available to UNFPA before March 1 of each fiscal year. It 
     also contains other prohibitions.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1107) is similar to the 
     House bill, but deletes subsections (b), (c) and (d).

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             Department of State Authorities and Activities


                    Overseas Educational Facilities

       The House bill (sec. 1213) provides the authority for US 
     government agencies to make grants to overseas educational 
     facilities. This amendment allows agencies that may not have 
     grant authority to make grants to support these schools if 
     agency employees have children attending these schools.
       The Senate provision (sec. 1136) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1201) is identical to the 
     House provision.


            Revision of Department of State rewards program

       The House bill (sec. 1201(a)) rewrites the State Department 
     rewards statute to update the program and improve its use as 
     a tool to help capture fugitives abroad in cases of terrorism 
     and narcotics offenses. The following changes are made to 
     current law: (1) raising the cap on the funds available for 
     the rewards program; (2) requiring that, to the maximum 
     extent possible, the program funds are split equally between 
     terrorism and narcotics related rewards programs; (3) 
     allowing rewards to be paid for help in preventing 
     counterfeiting of U.S. currency by state sponsors and others 
     supporting terrorism; (4) allowing rewards to be paid for 
     help in arresting any individual who aids or abets in the 
     commission of any narcotics-related offense; (5) deleting the 
     requirement for consultation over procedures for the chiefs' 
     of mission recommendations of rewards the Secretary of State 
     and the Attorney General; (6) requiring an annual report on 
     the rewards program and; (7) making clear that the funds 
     authorized for the rewards program are available to advertise 
     rewards offered by foreign governments for international 
     terrorism offenses. The Secretary is also required to submit 
     a report to Congress when a reward payment is made.
       The House bill also clarifies that determinations by the 
     Secretary of State regarding counter terrorism and narcotics-
     related rewards are solely at the discretion of the 
     Secretary, in consultation, as appropriate, with the Attorney 
     General and are not subject to judicial review. This language 
     conforms the State Department rewards program to similar 
     provisions in various statutes that provide the reward 
     authorities of the Attorney General, including those related 
     to domestic terrorism. This language is intended to preclude 
     unnecessary lawsuits that could divert Department resources, 
     as well as bring unwarranted negative publicity to the 
     rewards program and discourage potential informers.
       The House bill (sec. 1201(b) makes available to carry out 
     the rewards program up to two percent of the foreign assets 
     frozen by of the President under the International Emergency 
     Economic Powers Act. This section also clarifies that 
     determinations by the Secretary of State regarding counter 
     terrorism and narcotics-related rewards are solely at the 
     discretion of the Secretary, in consultation as appropriate 
     with the Attorney General and are not subject to judicial 
     review.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1125) similar to the House 
     provision, amends section 36 of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 to make clear that terrorism rewards 
     would be paid at the sole discretion of the Secretary of 
     State and that reward determinations made by the Secretary 
     would not be subject to judicial review.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1202) adopts the House 
     language with modifications. The conference substitute 
     requires that before making a reward in a matter over which 
     there is federal criminal jurisdiction, the Secretary of 
     State shall obtain the concurrence of the Attorney General. 
     The House provision required ``consultation'' with the 
     Attorney General. The conference substitute also deletes the 
     House section requiring the use of frozen foreign assets 
     for the rewards program.


    Retention of additional defense trade controls registration fees

       The House bill (sec. 1208) amends section 45(a) of the 
     State Department Basic Authorities Act to enable the 
     Department to retain all of the registration fees that the 
     Department's office of Defense Trade Controls collects. The 
     additional fees are to be used for enhanced reporting on end-
     use monitoring and expanded registration and licensing and 
     company audits.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1203) is the same as the 
     House bill.


                      Fees for commercial services

       The House bill (sec. 1211) allows fees collected for 
     commercial services provided to businesses to remain 
     available for obligation until expended. This authority will 
     ensure the Department does not forfeit funds collected late 
     in a fiscal year and that are not obligated by the end of 
     that year.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1204) is similar to the 
     House position but makes the collected funds available only 
     for two fiscal years.


            Pilot program for foreign affairs reimbursement

       The House bill (sec. 1209) amends section 701 of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 by adding a new subsection to 
     allow the State Department to provide training for employees 
     and their family members of the U.S. companies operating 
     overseas on a reimbursable basis. In addition, this section 
     allows the Department to provide foreign language training on 
     a reimbursable basis to Members and employees of Congress. 
     Section 1209(b) authorizes the Secretary of State to charge a 
     fee for use of the National Foreign Affairs Training Center 
     Facility. These fees shall be deposited as an offsetting 
     collection to any State Department appropriations and shall 
     remain available until expended. Fees set for renting these 
     facilities should not provide a competitive advantage over 
     other commercial facilities.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1135) is similar to the House 
     bill except the training program is set up as a pilot project 
     that terminates October 1, 1999. The provision also requires 
     an assessment of the program within one year after enactment.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1205) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment. Changes include extending the pilot program 
     to October 2002, and requiring the report two years after 
     enactment.


               Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms

       The House bill (sec. 1210) authorizes the Secretary of 
     State to charge a fee for use of the Department of State 
     diplomatic reception rooms. Such fees are deposited as an 
     offsetting collection to recover the costs of such use and 
     shall remain available for obligation until expended.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1124) is identical to the House 
     bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1206) is the same as the 
     House bill.


                     Budget presentation documents

       The House bill (sec. 1212) requires the State Department to 
     report in the budget presentation documents all sources of 
     income from fees or other collections.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1207) is the same as the 
     House bill. This Act provides several additional new fee 
     collections for the Department, as well as continuing the 
     collection and retention of fees for machine readable visas. 
     This provision is designed to secure budget transparency 
     particularly for funds that are not subject to 
     appropriations, and provide a full accounting of resources 
     available to the Department. The report on income required by 
     this provision is intended to include an accounting of 
     proceeds from the sale of properties owned by the Department, 
     projected expenditures from and the balance in the Foreign 
     Service Building Fund for long term capital reinvestment.


                    Office of the Inspector General

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1126) amends Section 209 of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require the State Department 
     Inspector General (IG) to provide (1) information to 
     employees on rights to counsel, and (2) guidelines describing 
     in general terms IG policies and procedures with respect to 
     individuals under investigation, other than matters exempt 
     from disclosure under other provisions of law.
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1208) maintains the Senate 
     language and further amends Section 209 of the Foreign 
     Service Act to require that only officials from the Office of 
     the Inspector General may participate in formal interviews or 
     other formal meetings with the individual who is the subject 
     of an investigation unless that individual receives prior 
     adequate notice regarding the participation of any other 
     person, including any officer or employee of the Department 
     of Justice, in such interview or meeting. The notice 
     requirement does not apply to (1) any intelligence-related or 
     sensitive undercover investigation; or (2) any situation in 
     which the Inspector General has reasonable grounds to believe 
     that the provision of notice would cause tampering with any 
     witness, the destruction of evidence, or the endangering of 
     the life of any individual.


                        Capital Investment Fund

       The House bill (sec. 1202) amends section 135 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
     1995 to allow the Capital Investment Fund to be used for the 
     procurement and upgrade of information technology and other 
     related capital investments of the department of State. Sec. 
     135(e) eliminates the requirement that subjects money in the 
     fund to Congressional reprogramming requirements before it is 
     obligated.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1209) is identical to the 
     House bill.


             Contracting for Local Guard Services Overseas

       The House bill (sec. 1204) amends section 136 of PL 101-246 
     by repealing subsection (c)(7) and replacing (c)(3) with a 
     more efficient process for evaluating requests for 
     proposals for contracts for the local guard program. These 
     changes continue a preference for firms and joint ventures 
     qualifying under an existing definition of a U.S. person.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1210) is similar to the 
     House bill, with a change to the price preference system. The 
     price preference which is used to reduce the price of US 
     firms' contracts, was increased from five percent to ten 
     percent.

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         Authority of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

       The House bill (sec. 1205) amends section 4 of the 
     International Claims Settlement Act to permit the Foreign 
     Claims Settlement Commission to preadjudicate claims by U.S. 
     citizens. Preadjudication would provide the Department with 
     important information on the value and validity of claims by 
     the U.S. public in advance of the negotiations and conclusion 
     of an agreement. The Committee understands that in the event 
     of preadjudication, the Secretary of State will make every 
     effort to inform affected people.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1122) amends section 4 of the 
     International Claims Settlement Act to permit the Foreign 
     Claims Settlement Commission to preadjudicate claims by the 
     US citizens in a category determined by the Secretary of 
     State. Currently the Commission only has general authority to 
     adjudicate claims after settlement has been reached by the 
     Department with a foreign government. This section is 
     designed to facilitate claims settlement practices by 
     providing a mechanism for obtaining further information from 
     US citizens about their claims in advance of actual 
     negotiation.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1211) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.


   Expenses relating to certain international claims and proceedings

       The House bill (sec. 1206) allows the Department to accept 
     in certain cases reimbursement from private sector claimants 
     for tribunal expenses, salaries and ordinary expenses. The 
     intent of this provision is to allow the Department to accept 
     reimbursement from claimants who would normally pay for the 
     legal expenses of pursuing a claim.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1212) is similar to the 
     House bill, with a clarification that eligible expenses 
     include salaries and personnel expenses.


         Grants to Remedy International Abductions of Children

       The House bill (sec. 1214) amends section 7 of the 
     International Child abduction Remedies Act to allow the U.S. 
     Central Authority to make grants or enter into contracts or 
     agreements for the purposes of carrying out certain functions 
     required by the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
     International Child Abduction.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1137) is identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1213) is identical to the 
     House bill.


     Counterdrug & Anticrime activities of the Department of State

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1128(a)) requires that not later 
     than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of State shall establish, implement, and submit to 
     Congress a comprehensive, long-term strategy, involving all 
     elements of the Department, to carry out State Department 
     counterdrug responsibilities in a manner consistent with the 
     National Drug Control Strategy (``National Strategy'').
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1214) adopts the Senate 
     approach with several modifications: (1) the strategy shall 
     also ensure that the President's drug certification 
     determinations conform to meet the objectives of the 
     strategy; (2) the annual reports shall include a detailed 
     analysis of how drug certification determinations made the 
     previous year affected achievement of such objectives for the 
     previous calendar year; (3) the required coordination of 
     counterdrug and law enforcement programs, policy and 
     assistance shall include coordination of rule of law and 
     administration of justice enforcement programs, policy and 
     assistance; and (4) the section clarifies that such 
     coordination will be consistent with memoranda of 
     understanding between the State Department and other United 
     States agencies.


              Annual report on overseas surplus properties

       The House bill (sec. 1216) requires the Secretary of State 
     to report annually on the list of overseas surplus properties 
     for sale. In addition, the provision requires that proceeds 
     for the sale of U.S. overseas surplus properties be deposited 
     in the Treasury to be used for deficit reduction.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1215) requires an annual 
     report on the surplus properties identified for sale.


                          Human rights reports

       The House bill (sec. 1704) makes two changes to the 
     requirement for the annual country reports on Human Rights 
     Practices. First, the reporting date is extended from January 
     31 to February 25. Second, the section requires that the 
     report include information on child labor practices in each 
     country the report covers.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1216) is identical to the 
     House bill.


           Reports and Policy concerning diplomatic immunity

       The House bill (sec. 1215 and 1706) requires the Secretary 
     of State to submit to Congress an annual report on cases 
     involving diplomatic immunity.
       A related provision, section 1215 of the House bill amends 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act, requiring 
     reporting similar to that required under section 1706 of the 
     House bill. It also requires the Secretary to take ``such 
     steps as may be necessary'' to educate and encourage local 
     law enforcement officials to investigate, charge and 
     prosecute members of foreign missions to the extent 
     consistent with international law. Section 1215 forbids 
     ``interference'' by State Department officers in the 
     investigation, charge, or prosecution of aliens not exempt 
     from the criminal jurisdiction of the United States and 
     requires notification by the Secretary to members of 
     diplomatic missions about United States policies relative 
     to criminal offenses committed by members of the 
     diplomatic corps.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision to House 
     bill section 1215, and Senate section 1610 is identical to 
     section 1706 of the House bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1217) is a modification and 
     consolidation of sections 1215 and 1706 of the House bill. 
     The conference substitute adds several provisions drawn from 
     Section 1215 of the House bill, such as broadening the 
     definition of ``serious crime'' (triggering reports to 
     Congress) to include reckless driving and driving while 
     intoxicated or under the influence of drugs or alcohol 
     whether or not personal injury resulted, requiring the 
     provision of information furnished to the Secretary on crimes 
     that appear to have been committed by a person with 
     diplomatic immunity in periods prior to the period covered by 
     a particular report by the Secretary (so that readers of the 
     report will be aware if there is a pattern of violations 
     attributable to a particular person), and encouraging the 
     Secretary to notify diplomatic missions of United States 
     policies encouraging the prosecution of members of foreign 
     missions who commit crimes.
       The conference substitute provides Congressional impetus 
     for restructuring a troubling aspect of international 
     practice with respect to diplomatic immunity: the prospect 
     that an individual who commits a serious offense will escape 
     all liability because of his or her status as a diplomat. A 
     number of highly publicized, and indeed tragic, cases have 
     occurred in recent years. The fact is that while cases of 
     diplomats abusing their immunity in the United States are 
     relatively rare, the number of such cases needs to be 
     reduced, if possible, to zero.
       Diplomatic immunity serves the interests of the United 
     States. The United States cannot have its diplomats exposed 
     to the full rigor of the criminal laws of the countries where 
     they are stationed, since they could be subject to trumped-up 
     charges, unfair treatment in court, or inhumane punishments.
       The committee of conference applaud governments, such as 
     the government of the Republic of Georgia, which have waived 
     the immunity of their diplomats accused of serious crimes. 
     They suggest that in the exceedingly rare cases where 
     American officials apparently abuse their status--and do so 
     in countries where they would prosecuted on an equal footing 
     with local residents and can receive a fair trial and humane 
     treatment if convicted--the Department consider waiving the 
     immunity of the Americans in question.
       The committee of conference also supports the 
     Administration's practice of notifying prosecutors that they 
     may charge diplomats whose immunity has not been waived and 
     who been withdrawn from or expelled from the United States. 
     Such abusers of diplomatic immunity are then put on the 
     Department's ``watch list'' and are denied visas; they may 
     also be subject to extradition if they travel to third 
     countries where they are not covered by diplomatic immunity.


   Reaffirming United States International Telecommunications Policy

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1127) clarifies that the 
     Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office will 
     have full and open competition in the procurement of 
     telecommunications services; will make efforts to promote the 
     participation of all commercial private sector provider; and 
     will implement these requirements at the prime contracting 
     level and at the subcontracting level unless the fixed price 
     contracts make it more costly to require a prime contractor 
     to compete subcontracts.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1218) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.
       Concerns about DTSPO continue as certain users have decided 
     to utilize other systems to meet their overseas 
     communications needs. DTS was unable to meet agency 
     requirements in a timely fashion. Developing a cost sharing 
     system to increase resources for DTS for post communications 
     upgrades and maintenance should be priority. The committee of 
     conference urges the Office of Management and Budget to 
     promptly finalize a charge back system thereby enhancing 
     DTS's capabilities to coordinate overseas communications 
     structures and provide the services for which it was created.


                         Reduction of Reporting

       The House bill (sec. 1203) eliminates several reporting 
     requirements. This provision has been requested by the 
     Administration.
       The Senate (Sec. 1121) eliminates several reporting 
     requirements as follows: Repeals section 161(c), second 
     sentence, 22 U.S.C. 4171 note, on required reports on 
     competency of foreign language experts at embassies. Repeals 
     Section 502B (b), 22 U.S.C. 2304 (b), on required reports on 
     human rights in countries that receive security assistance. 
     Repeals Section 705 (c), P.L. 99-83, on required

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     reports on emigration from Haiti. Repeals Section 123 (e) 
     (2), P.L. 99-93, on required reports on Operation, 
     Maintenance, Security, Alteration, Repair of Foreign Service 
     facilities. Repeals Section 203 (c), P.L. 99-529, on required 
     reports on military training and other nonlethal assistance 
     for Haiti. Repeals Sections 5 and 6, P.L. 96-236; 7 U.S.C. 
     3605 and 3606, on required reports on implementation of the 
     sugar agreement. Repeals Section 514, P.L. 97-121, the 
     Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, a 
     one time report on appropriations. Repeals Section 209 (c) 
     and (d), P.L. 100-204, on required reports on audience survey 
     of Worldnet program and notification of selected surveyor. 
     Repeals Section 228 (b), P.L. 102-138; 22 USC 2452 note, on 
     required reports on Near and Middle East research and 
     training.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1219) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment and eliminates seven reports and modifies 
     two reporting requirements. The provision does not repeal 
     Section 502(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2304(b)) and Section 514 of the Foreign Assistance and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1982 (PL 97-121).


 Use of Certain Passport Processing Fees for Enhanced Passport Services

       The House bill (sec. 1241) requires that thirty percent of 
     the funds generated by the expedited passport fee (estimated 
     to be $18 million in fiscal year 1998) be dedicated 
     exclusively to enhancing passport services for U.S. citizens, 
     improving the system of issuing the passport, developing a 
     more secure document and increasing U.S. border security.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1221) is identical to the 
     House bill.
       The Committee of conference is alarmed by recent 
     revelations that the State Department does not maintain a 
     data base on lost or stolen U.S. passport. These U.S. 
     passports are the frequent document of choice for 
     international travel by drug traffickers, other criminals, 
     and terrorists who may target U.S. interests. The timely 
     identification of lost or stolen documents for law 
     enforcement purposes is critical to protecting our national 
     security.
       In addition, the committee of conference is aware that on 
     weekends there is no Departmental procedure or mechanism to 
     access the passport issuance records maintained by the 
     Consular Affairs Bureau. The result is that when a foreign 
     law enforcement authority inquires about the status of a 
     person or passport on the weekend, the State Department 
     does not or cannot respond. This is a clear deficiency in 
     border security procedures. The two identified 
     shortcomings limit the U.S. government's responses to 
     foreign police security inquires at airports and often 
     makes it impossible for such authorities to prevent travel 
     by possible criminals and terrorists who may use lost or 
     stolen U.S. travel documents.
       The Department shall provide a report within 180 days of 
     enactment on the Department's efforts to rectify weekend 
     access to passport data, and establishing a data base for 
     lost or stolen passports. The committee of conference urges 
     that the Consular Affairs Bureau work expeditiously with the 
     Diplomatic Security Bureau to establish a weekend access 
     program to records now available on U.S. passports.


        Surcharge for Processing Certain Machine Readable Visas

       The House bill (sec. 1207) extends the authority to collect 
     and retain fees collected for the machine readable visa for 
     fiscal years 1998 and 1999. The fees collected are offsetting 
     collections to be used for the costs of the State 
     Department's border security program. The House bill limits 
     fees deposited to $140 million in each fiscal year and fees 
     are subject to appropriation.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1222) is similar to the 
     House bill. The limitation on the deposit of $140 million and 
     requiring that fees be subject to appropriations were both 
     deleted. The provision requires that collections that exceed 
     $140 million will only be available for expenditure subject 
     to Congressional approval of a reprogramming notice that 
     details how the Department intends to spend any fees above 
     $140 million in either fiscal year 1998 or fiscal year 1999. 
     The reprogramming notification will be sent to the Chairmen 
     of the House and Senate authorizing committees and the House 
     and Senate appropriations committees.


                           Consular Officers

       The House bill (sec. 1242) permits U.S. citizen employees 
     abroad who are not consular officers to perform additional 
     consular functions, including the issuance of reports of 
     birth abroad, the authentication of foreign documents, the 
     administration of nationality provisions, and the 
     administration of oaths for patent purposes. This provision 
     is intended to improve the service to the public and to 
     overcome consular staffing shortfalls abroad.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1151) is similar to the House 
     bill except that it also authorizes the Secretary to allow US 
     government contractors to serve as notaries abroad.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1223) is similar to the 
     House bill with the inclusion of the Senate provision on 
     notaries.


            Repeal of Outdated Consular Receipt Requirements

       The House bill (sec. 1243) repeals an 1856 Act that 
     required the issuance of a receipt when fees were collected 
     by a consular officer for a service.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1152) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1224) is identical to the 
     House bill.


   Elimination of Duplicate Federal Register Publication for Travel 
                               Advisories

       The House bill (sec. 1244) eliminates a duplicative report 
     on travel advisories. Presently, both the Secretary of 
     Transportation and the Secretary of State publish the same 
     advisories. This section eliminates the need for the 
     Secretary of State to publish this advisory.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1153) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1225) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment.


  Denial of Visas to Aliens Who Have Confiscated Property Claimed by 
                     Nationals of the United States

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1155) would provide the 
     Secretary of State with discretion to deny the issuance of a 
     visa to any alien who has confiscated or has directed or 
     overseen the confiscation or expropriation of property 
     claimed by a United States national, or converts or has 
     converted for personal gain confiscated or expropriated 
     property claimed by a United States national.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1226) provides the 
     Secretary of State with the authority to deny the issuance of 
     a visa to any alien who, through the abuse of position, 
     including a position of governmental or political party 
     position, converts or has converted for personal gain real 
     property that has been confiscated or expropriated, a claim 
     to which is held by a United States national, or who is 
     complicit in such conversions, or who induces any such 
     actions or omissions.
       The committee of conference consulted closely with the 
     Department of State in fashioning a provision that is 
     acceptable to both sides. The committee of conference intends 
     that this section provides the Secretary of State with the 
     authority to respond to particularly egregious, unlawful 
     confiscations by foreign governments, especially those 
     confiscations not undertaken for a public purpose but rather 
     for the private gain of certain persons of public position. 
     The committee notes that this provision would cover abuses of 
     governmental or political positions, but there may be rare 
     cases where aliens hold positions of particular social 
     prominence and exercise forms of authority that allow them to 
     take the property of foreign nationals for personal gain.
       This section is not intended to apply to the issuance of a 
     visa to aliens involved in a foreign government's legitimate 
     expropriation of property, consistent with international law. 
     Neither is this section intended to affect in any way the 
     broad variety of private commercial disputes in which United 
     States citizens are involved all over the world. Further, 
     this section does not cover the exercise of ministerial 
     functions or legitimate police powers, such as seizures of 
     property used in police and judicial authorities involved in 
     anti-drug programs. While this section supplements the 
     sanctioning authority of Section 527 of the 1994-1995 Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act (P.L. 103-236, April 30, 1994), 
     it is not meant to revise or otherwise detract from the 
     substantive requirements of that section of law.


Inadmissibility of Any Alien Supporting an International Child Abductor

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1156) denies visas to aliens or 
     family members of such aliens who assist in the abducting of 
     children.
       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1227) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment with technical changes.


             Haiti; Reports and Exclusion of certain aliens

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1607) requires a report to 
     Congress on the deployment of United States armed forces, and 
     the costs thereof, in Haiti. The Senate amendment (sec. 1614) 
     makes findings regarding political killings in Haiti and 
     requires the exclusion from the United States of any alien 
     credibly alleged to have been involved in such political 
     killings or in the September 1991 coup d'etat or related 
     violence against Haitians. This exclusion provision is 
     subject to an exemption by the Secretary of State on a case-
     by-case basis, under specific conditions.
       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1228) combines and modifies 
     Senate sections 1607 and 1614. This section clarifies the 
     subjects of the report to Congress. For the purposes of the 
     report, activities ``in Haiti'' shall apply to those 
     activities in the territory of the Republic of Haiti, 
     including its territorial waters; and ``cost of deployments 
     of United States Armed Forces'' shall include, inter alia, 
     any extraordinary United States Coast Guard operations 
     initiated to control smuggling to and from Haiti.
       Regarding the exclusion of aliens, the conference 
     substitute incorporates several technical amendments 
     requested by the Department of State; however, it does not 
     include language that the Department requested that would 
     have broadened the Secretary's exemption to include 
     ``compelling foreign policy'' reasons.

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                    Migration and Refugee Assistance

       The House bill (sec. 1104) authorizes $623,000,000 for each 
     of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance. Of this amount, $1,000,000 is authorized for each 
     fiscal year 1998 and 1999 for Tibetan refugees in India. This 
     section authorizes an additional $80,000,000 for each of the 
     fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the resettlement of refugees 
     in Israel; and $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998 
     and 1999 for displaced Burmese. The total amount available 
     for refugee programs for fiscal years '98 and '99 is 
     $704,500,000.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1102) authorizes a total of 
     $650,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for 
     Migration and Refugee Assistance.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1231) authorizes 
     $650,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $704,500,000 for fiscal 
     year 1999 for Migration and Refugee Assistance. The total for 
     each fiscal year includes specific authorization of no more 
     than $2 million for the Tibetan refugee program, the 
     resettlement of refugees in Israel and for humanitarian 
     assistance for the displaced Burmese.


   United States Policy Regarding the Involuntary Return of Refugees

       The House bill (sec. 1701) provides that no funds 
     authorized by division B be used for the involuntary return 
     of refugees to countries in which they have a well-founded 
     fear of persecution, except on grounds recognized as 
     precluding refugee protection under the 195l Convention and 
     the 1967 Protocol. It would not prohibit funding for the 
     return of persons who had been found to be non-refugees by a 
     process genuinely calculated to identify and protect 
     refugees.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1241) is similar to the 
     House bill with a technical change.


US Policy with Respect to the Involuntary Return of Person in Danger of 
                         Subjection to Torture

       The House bill (sec. 1702) prohibits the involuntary return 
     of any person to country in which he or she is in serious 
     danger of being subjected to torture.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1606) prohibits the United 
     States from expelling, extraditing, or otherwise effecting 
     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.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1242) is similar to the 
     House bill but makes a statement of policy regarding 
     implementation of the Torture Convention. The provision gives 
     the authority to the appropriate federal agencies to 
     promulgate regulations to implement the Convention, subject 
     to the conditions of ratification set by the Senate in its 
     resolution of ratification of the Torture Convention. The 
     conference provision also makes clear that the regulations 
     will be consistent with the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (INA). The provision agreed to by the conferees does not 
     permit for judicial review of of the regulations or of most 
     claims under the Convention. Finally, the Conference 
     provision ensures that the Attorney General is not prevented 
     from detaining any individual under the INA.


        Reprogramming of Migration and Refugee Assistance Funds

       The House bill (sec. 1262) provides a waiver of the 15-day 
     notification requirement of the drawdown of funds from the 
     migration and refugee account in the case of an emergency.
       The Senate amendment has no similar provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1243) is identical to the 
     House bill.


                     Eligibility for refugee status

       The Senate amendment (Sec. 1624) amends current law to 
     permit the unmarried children of Vietnamese persons who 
     emigrate to the United States under the Orderly Departure 
     Program to also qualify for emigration under the program.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 1244) is identical to the 
     Senate provision.


        Report to Congress Concerning Cuban Emigration Policies

       The House bill (sec. 1261) requires periodic reports on the 
     Cuban Government's methods of enforcing its 1994 and 1995 
     anti-immigration agreements with the United States, on 
     treatment of persons returned to Cuba under the 1995 
     agreement, and on the methods used by the United States to 
     monitor such treatment and enforcement.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1245) is similar to the 
     House bill with technical change on the first reporting date.

  Organization of the Department of State; Personnel; Foreign Service


                   Coordinator for Counter terrorism

       The House bill (sec. 1301) establishes the office of the 
     Coordinator for Counter terrorism.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1301) is identical to the 
     House bill.


  Elimination of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Burdensharing

       The House bill (sec. 1302) eliminates the statutory 
     requirements for the Assistant Secretary for South Asia, the 
     Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment and Science and 
     the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Burden sharing.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1131) eliminates the Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary for Burden sharing.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1302) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.


                          Personnel Management

       The House bill (sec. 1303) provides that the official with 
     primary responsibility for matters relating to personnel in 
     the Department of State, or that person's deputy, shall have 
     substantial professional qualifications in the field of human 
     resource policy and management.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1303) is similar to the 
     House bill and includes technical changes.


        Diplomatic Security Officials of the Department of State

       The House bill (sec. 1304) provides that any Assistant 
     Secretary with primary responsibility for diplomatic 
     security, or that person's principal deputy, shall have 
     substantial professional qualifications in the fields of (1) 
     management and (2) federal law enforcement, intelligence, or 
     security.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1304) is similar to the 
     House bill. It modifies the House provision so that any 
     ``official'' with primary responsibility, rather than any 
     ``Assistant Secretary'' with such responsibility (or that 
     person's deputy), is required to have the stated 
     qualifications. This provision is intended to apply even if 
     the primary responsibility for diplomatic security is lodged 
     with someone other than an Assistant Secretary.
       The committee of conference is concerned that a lack of 
     professional expertise in the areas of security, law 
     enforcement, intelligence, and management at the top often 
     places the Bureau at an operational disadvantage. The head of 
     the Diplomatic Security bureau must contend with the 
     institutional indifference to security matters while keeping 
     abreast of threats and countermeasures. Professionally 
     experienced leadership should help improve the 
     implementation of security standards, oversight of 
     regional security operations, confidence within the 
     executive branch agencies, and advocacy within the State 
     Department for appropriate resources. In short qualified 
     leadership will ensure that the duties assigned to the 
     Diplomatic Security Service are fully executed.


       Nomination of Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries

       The conference substitute (sec. 1306) added this section to 
     require that the President identify the particular position 
     the Under Secretary or the Assistant Secretary will occupy 
     when the nomination is transmitted to the Senate for 
     confirmation.


                         Foreign Service Reform

       The Senate bill (Sec. 1138): 1) requires that Foreign 
     Service Officers, as Officers commissioned by the President, 
     receive in all such instances their regular salaries based 
     upon rank and service; (2) makes it possible to confer a 
     Presidential award without requiring an accompanying cash 
     payment; and (3) requires the Secretary of State to develop 
     and implement a plan to identify officers who are ranked by 
     promotion boards in the bottom 5% of their class for any two 
     of five years, and recommend such officers for separation 
     from the Foreign Service.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 1311) is similar to the 
     Senate bill but eliminates the requirement regarding regular 
     salaries. The substitute also amends the expedited separation 
     out requirement to add protections where one supervisor has a 
     grudge against an individual he or she is supervising.


             Retirement Benefits for Involuntary Separation

       The House bill (sec. 1326) corrects drafting oversights 
     regarding retirement benefits for the foreign service 
     employees under the ``new system'' for those who are 
     involuntarily separated. The amendment makes clear that 
     separated members cannot receive both immediate retirement 
     benefits and severance-type payments.
       The Senate amendment had no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1312 ) is identical to the 
     House bill.


    Authority of Secretary to Separate Convicted Felons From Service

       The House bill (sec. 1323) excludes individuals who have 
     been convicted of a crime for which a sentence of 
     imprisonment of greater than one year may be imposed from the 
     right to have the cause for their separation established in a 
     hearing before the Foreign Service Grievance Board.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1313) is identical to the 
     House bill. The committee of conference believes that because 
     of the special trust placed in members of the Foreign 
     Service, in the case of an individual who has been convicted 
     of a felony and where the Secretary has determined that the 
     individual be separated for cause, the due process rights of 
     the individual will have been sufficiently protected by the 
     processes of the criminal

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     justice system, and the individual in question may be 
     separated without the need for a hearing before the 
     Grievance Board.


                           Career Counseling

       The House bill (sec. 1324) provides that the statutory 
     authority permitting career counseling and related job 
     placement services that may be provided to employees prior to 
     their separation from the Foreign Service shall not be 
     construed to permit an assignment that consists primarily of 
     paid time to conduct a job search and without other 
     substantive duties. This limitation would not have applied to 
     individuals being separated from the Foreign Service and who 
     are both (a) not receiving an immediate annuity, and (b) have 
     not been stationed in the United States within one year prior 
     to their separation.
       The Senate amendment contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1314) modifies the House 
     provision to prohibit any member of the foreign service to be 
     assigned to more than one month of paid time, free of other 
     substantive duties, to undertake a job search. This 
     limitation does not apply to the one month ``job search 
     seminar'' currently offered to certain departing employees. 
     The Committee of conference does not intend to create an 
     entitlement to either program. The Administration may further 
     limit or eliminate the program.
       As in the House bill, the effective date of this new 
     provision is delayed for 180 days so as not to disadvantage 
     individuals who had relied on the earlier policies of the 
     Administration.


                 Limitations on Management Assignments

       The House bill (sec. 1328) amends section 1017(e) of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 to modify the definition of 
     ``management official'' to include only those individuals 
     involved in labor-management relations or personnel programs. 
     Section 1017 was previously amended to restrict the movement 
     of Foreign Service personnel between certain positions in 
     labor organizations and management positions in the Foreign 
     Affairs agencies in order to prevent conflicts of interests 
     from arising. This provision is intended to continue to 
     protect against conflicts of interest, but narrows the 
     application of the two-year prohibition to individuals who 
     take management jobs subsequent to serving in a position with 
     the American Foreign Service Association and vice versa.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1141) is identical to the House 
     bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1315) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment.


          Availability pay for the diplomatic security service

       The House bill (sec. 1327) extends eligibility for law 
     enforcement availability pay (LEAP) to certain agents with 
     the Department of State's Diplomatic Security service. The 
     House intended to provide LEAP to certain individuals (1) 
     whose ``primary'' duties consist of ``performing'' protective 
     functions or criminal investigations or both, and (2) who 
     actually worked the required hours.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1139) is similar to the House 
     bill but it does not contain either of the two conditions set 
     out above.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1316) is similar to the 
     House bill. It deletes condition (1) and retains condition 
     (2) of the House bill.


                     Non overtime Differential Pay

       The House bill (sec. 1322) allows the Secretary of State to 
     substitute another day in lieu of Sunday for purposes of 
     Sunday premium pay in countries where the normal workweek 
     includes Sunday.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1134) is virtually identical to 
     the House bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1317) is identical to the 
     House bill.


          Report Concerning Minorities and the Foreign Service

       The House bill (sec. 1325) requires the Secretary of State 
     to submit an annual report concerning minorities in the 
     Foreign Service.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1318) is similar to the 
     House bill with two modifications: (1) it requires a report 
     only for calendar years 1998 and 1999; and (2) it deletes the 
     redundant requirement to provide the numbers and percentages 
     of all minorities in the Foreign Service.

    Authorities and Activities for United States Information Agency


                    Authorization of Appropriations

       The House bill (sec. 1106) authorizes a total of 
     $1,112,928,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $1,102,928,000 for 
     1999 for the U.S. Information Agency.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1301) authorizes a total of 
     $1,093,120,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $1,083,410,000 for 
     1999 for the U.S. Information Agency.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1401) authorizes a total of 
     $1,116,300,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $1,115,363,000 for 
     1999 for the U.S. Information Agency. The conference report 
     includes the following subauthorizations:
       (1) Vietnam Fulbright exchange programs: $5,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
       (2) South Pacific exchanges programs: $500,000 for fiscal 
     year 1998 and $500,000 for fiscal year 1999.
       (3) East Timorese Scholarships: $500,000 for fiscal year 
     1998 and $500,000 for fiscal year 1999.
       (4) Tibetan Exchanges: $500,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
     $500,000 for fiscal year 1999.
       Vietnam Fulbright Authorization. The Senate bill (section 
     1301 (b)) authorizes to be appropriated $5,000,000 in each of 
     the fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the Vietnam Fulbright 
     Program established by Section 229 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (PL 102-138).
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1401(3)(A) (ii)) is 
     identical to the Senate provision.
       This program was first authorized at an annual level of $3 
     million in fiscal year 1994 and was funded at $2.7 million in 
     fiscal year 1997. The increase in authorization will provide 
     for an increase in the number of scholarships given to 
     Vietnamese candidates to study in the United States and an 
     expansion of the teaching program in Vietnam including the 
     curricula and the number of American teachers and Vietnamese 
     students.
       The conferees remain deeply concerned about the current 
     lack of political and religious freedom in Vietnam. However, 
     the conferees believe that exchange programs of this nature, 
     which provide educational opportunities and exposure to 
     American institutions and values, can be important tools in 
     hastening the transition of countries like Vietnam into free 
     and open societies. The conferees understand that the 
     Vietnamese Government does not select the participants in 
     this program and that any Vietnamese citizen can apply for 
     admission to this program. The conferees expect USIA to 
     continue to ensure that opportunities to participate in the 
     program are made available to all qualified applicants and to 
     administer this program under the guidelines set out in 
     Section 102 of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign 
     Provisions Act of 1996 (PL 104-319).
       The success of the Vietnam Fulbright Program and similar 
     programs in like countries will be marked by the extent of 
     progress toward freedom and democracy. The conferees will 
     continue to monitor this program to evaluate its impact on 
     such progress.
       Women's World Cup Soccer. The committee of conference is 
     pleased to note that the 1999 Women's World Cup soccer event 
     will take place in the United States. The committee of 
     conference recognizes that the U.S. Information Agency has 
     provided support for similar events in the past since such 
     competitions offer opportunities to advance the public 
     diplomacy goals of the United States. Accordingly, the 
     committee of conference urges the U.S. Information Agency to 
     provide appropriate support within available resources for 
     exchange-related activities associated with the World Cup.
       National Endowment for Democracy. The Senate amendment 
     (sec. 1302) authorizes $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
     $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 to carry out the National 
     Endowment for Democracy Act. The section prescribes in law 
     current National Endowment for Democracy (NED) practice, that 
     55 percent of funding will be divided equally between the 
     four major NED grantees: the International Republican 
     Institute (IRI), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the 
     Free Trade Union Institute (FTUI), and the Center for 
     International Private Enterprise.
       The House bill (sec. 1106(9)) authorizes $30,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 to 
     carry out the National Endowment for Democracy Act.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1401(9)) is identical to 
     the House bill.


                         Retention of Interest

       The House bill (sec. 1402) authorizes grantees of the 
     National Endowment of Democracy to deposit their grant money 
     in interest bearing accounts and to use the interest for the 
     purposes of the grant.
       The Senate bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1411) is identical to the 
     House bill.


                      Use of Selected Program Fees

       The House bill (sec. 1404) expands the United States 
     Information Agency's existing fee retention authority.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1311) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1412) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment, with technical changes to fully rewrite the 
     section of law amended by the section.


                       Muskie Fellowship Program

       The House bill (sec. 1405) expands the fields of study 
     covered by the Muskie Fellowship Exchange Program which 
     operates in the former Soviet Union, Lithuania, Latvia, and 
     Estonia. In addition, the provision replaces the term 
     ``Soviet Union'' in the statute with ``Independent States of 
     the Former Soviet Union.''
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1313) is nearly identical to the 
     House bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1413) is identical to the 
     House bill.


   Working Group on United States Government Sponsored International 
                         Exchanges and Training

       The House bill (sec. 1406) establishes an interagency 
     working group on international exchanges and training to 
     improve the coordination, efficiency and effectiveness of US 
     government sponsored exchange programs.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1317) is similar to the House 
     bill.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1414) is similar to the 
     House bill with technical changes.


   Educational/Cultural Exchanges and Scholarships for Tibetans and 
                                Burmese

       The House bill (sec. 1407) requires USIA to provide 30 
     scholarships for Tibetans and 15

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     scholarships for Burmese. It also requires USIA to establish 
     exchange programs for Tibetans and Burmese.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1415) is similar to the 
     House bill. The provision was redrafted to amend current law 
     (Section 103(b)(1) of PL 104-319) to extend the Tibet and 
     Burmese scholarship program for fiscal years 1998 and 1999. 
     In addition, section 1732 of the House bill was incorporated 
     into this section which provides for participants from Tibet 
     to be active in the preservation of Tibet's culture, religion 
     and language.


                     United States-Japan Commission

       The House bill (sec. 1408) amends the United States-Japan 
     Friendship Act (PL 94-118) to permit the Commission to invest 
     the trust fund in either Japan or US Government securities.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1618) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1416) is identical to the 
     House bill.


                      Surrogate Broadcasting Study

       The House bill (sec. 1409) requires the USIA to conduct 
     studies on the feasibility of providing surrogate 
     broadcasting service to Africa and Iran.
       The Senate has no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1417) is similar to the 
     House bill but eliminates the study regarding Iran.


                       Radio Broadcasting to Iran

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1315) provides $2 million of the 
     grant funds designated for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to 
     be available for broadcasting to Iran. It also requires a 
     report on how this new surrogate broadcasting service will be 
     implemented.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1418) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.


        Authority to Administer Summer Travel and Work Programs

       The House bill (sec. 1410) authorizes the Director of USIA 
     to administer the summer travel/work program without regard 
     to the pre-placement requirements of the ``J'' visa.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1319) is virtually identical.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1419) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.


     Permanent Administrative Authorities Regarding Appropriations

       The House bill (sec. 1411) allows the USIA to transfer 
     among accounts in the second year of a two-year bill and 
     makes this authority permanent. The transfers could exceed 
     the authorized levels, but are subject to limitation. The 
     limitations are that amounts appropriated to the Salaries and 
     Expenses and Exchange Program accounts may not exceed by more 
     than 5% the authorized level. No other appropriation account 
     may exceed by more than 10% the amount authorized.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1312) is similar to the House 
     provision, except that it permits the transfer to occur in 
     either year of a two year authorization and makes the 
     authority permanent.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1420) is the same as the 
     House bill.


                      Voice of America Broadcasts

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1316) requires that the Voice of 
     America devote programming time each day to broadcasting 
     information on the individual States of the United States. 
     The broadcasts are to include information on the products, 
     cultural and educational facilities, and trade opportunities.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1421) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment. The committee of conference notes that the 
     House Report (105-94) discussed this issue in support of 
     expanding VOA programming to incorporate specific interests 
     of the states and territories. Such programming is in keeping 
     with U.S. international broadcasting standards and 
     principles.


              International Conferences and Contingencies

       The House bill (sec. 1102) provides authorization of 
     appropriations for voluntary and assessed contributions to 
     international organizations, voluntary and assessed 
     contributions to UN peacekeeping, and international 
     conferences and contingencies.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1201) provides authorization of 
     appropriations for international conferences and 
     contingencies on; $3,944,000 for fiscal year 1998, and 
     $3,500,000 for fiscal year 1999.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1501) provides $3,500,000 
     for fiscal years 1998, and $1,223,000 for fiscal year 1999 
     for international conferences and contingencies.


        Restrictions Relating to International Criminal Tribunal

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1211) requires that any 
     participation of the United States in an international 
     criminal court is subject to the advise and consent of the 
     Senate and statutory implementing legislation.
       The House bill has no similar provision
       The conference substitute (sec. 1502) is similar to the 
     Senate bill but clarifies the definition of membership and 
     jurisdiction under such a court. The provision also makes 
     clear that nothing in the section would prohibit the sharing 
     of information, expertise, or other such assistance with such 
     a court prior to Congressional approval. Finally, the 
     conference substitute makes clear that this provision does 
     not apply to the existing Rwanda and Former Yugoslavia war 
     crimes tribunals.


              Membership in the Inter-Parliamentary Union

       The Senate bill (Sec. 1213) requires either a cap of 
     $500,000 on U.S. payments to the Inter-Parliamentary Union 
     (IPU) or withdrawal by the United States. The fund also 
     requires that funds allocated for travel by Members of 
     Congress be returned to the State Department.
       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 1503) makes technical and 
     conforming amendments to the Senate provision. The provision 
     has the same effect of capping U.S. payments at $500,000 or 
     requiring withdrawal so that the United States will not 
     accumulate arrears to the IPU. The provision also makes 
     conforming amendments to delete the permanent appropriation 
     for travel by Members of Congress. Unobligated balances in 
     this account shall be transferred to the U.S. Treasury 
     following enactment of this Act. This provision was requested 
     by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives due to a lack of Congressional interest 
     during the last decade. The Secretary of the Senate has 
     indicated that interested Members of Congress can still 
     travel under Leadership authorization and use State 
     Department 502b funds.


                 Service in International Organizations

       The House bill (sec. 1501) repeals a provision in the 
     Federal Employees International Organizations Services Act 
     which entitles a Federal employee after terminating his/her 
     service with an international organization and reentering the 
     federal service, the difference between (a) the salary, 
     allowance, post adjustment and other monetary benefits 
     actually paid to him/her by the international organization 
     and (b) salary/benefits that he/she would have received had 
     he/she been detailed to the international organization but 
     paid by the U.S. Government.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1504) is similar to the 
     House bill with technical changes.


                    Reports regarding Foreign Travel

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1214) requires any officer or 
     employee of United States Executive agencies attending any 
     international conference or engaging in any other foreign 
     travel to submit a report to the Director of the Office of 
     International Conferences of the Department of State stating 
     the purpose, duration and estimated cost of the travel. The 
     requirement does not apply to the President, the Vice 
     President, or any person traveling on a delegation led by the 
     President or Vice President, or any officer or employee of 
     the Executive Office of the President, or the foreign travel 
     of officers or employees of United States Executive agencies 
     who are carrying out intelligence or intelligence-related 
     activities, or law enforcement activities, or the deployment 
     of members of the Armed forces of the United States or U.S. 
     Government officials engaged in sensitive diplomatic 
     missions.
       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1505) is similar to the 
     Senate amendment but makes changes to limit the application 
     of the reporting requirement to travel to and from 
     international conferences and meetings. The exception to this 
     reporting requirement is narrowed to apply only to the 
     President or Vice President (not their staffs), and officers 
     or employees engaged in protective functions, intelligence 
     activities, or sensitive diplomatic missions. For all other 
     travel, the substitute requires the President to submit a 
     report detailing the cost of and number of persons engaged in 
     international travel.

                  ACDA Authorization of Appropriations

       The House bill (sec. 1107) authorizes $44,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $44,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for the 
     Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1501) authorizes $39,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $0 for fiscal year 1999 for the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1601) authorizes 
     $41,500,000 for fiscal year 1998. For fiscal year 1999, $0 is 
     authorzied for ACDA. The committee of conference notes that 
     there will be an expected 2-fold increase in fees collected 
     from the Machine Readable Visa which can be used to offset 
     costs for ACDA.


                         Statutory construction

       The Senate bill (sec. 1511) reinstates a clarification 
     contained in the Arms Control and Disarmament Act removed in 
     the 102nd Congress. This section makes clear that the Arms 
     Control and Disarmament Agency cannot authorize policies 
     which would interfere with the use of firearms by an 
     individual for the lawful purpose of personal defense, sport, 
     recreation education or training.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1602) is identical to the 
     Senate amendment.

                   TITLE XVIII--EUROPEAN SECURITY ACT

       The House bill (sec. 3201-3207), includes the ``European 
     Security Act of 1998'' which contains various provisions 
     relating to security relations with Europe and Russia, 
     including with respect to NATO enlargement, conventional arms 
     control negotiations in Europe, and ballistic missile 
     defense.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.

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       The conference substitute (sec. 1701-1705) is similar to 
     the House bill with modest changes.
       With respect to NATO enlargement, the Act declares, among 
     other things, that Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic 
     should not be the last emerging democracies in central and 
     Eastern Europe admitted to NATO. To implement this policy, 
     the Act designates Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and 
     Bulgaria as eligible to receive assistance under the NATO 
     Participation Act of 1994. This designation gives these 
     countries the same status under U.S. law as currently enjoyed 
     by Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia. The Act 
     further declares that NATO enlargement should be carried out 
     in such a manner as to underscore the Alliance's defensive 
     nature and demonstrate to Russia that NATO enlargement will 
     enhance the security of all countries in Europe, including 
     Russia.
       With respect to conventional arms control, the Act declares 
     that no revisions to the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe 
     Treaty will be approved for entry into force with respect to 
     the United States that jeopardize fundamental United States 
     security interests in Europe or the effectiveness of NATO as 
     a defensive alliance by, for example, extending rights or 
     imposing responsibilities on new NATO members different from 
     those applicable to current NATO members, or by limiting the 
     ability of NATO to defend the territory of new NATO members.
       With respect to ballistic missile defense, the Act declares 
     that as the United States proceeds with efforts to develop 
     defenses against ballistic missile attack, it should seek to 
     foster a climate of cooperation with Russia on matters 
     related to missile defense. In particular, the United States 
     and its NATO allies should seek to cooperate with Russia in 
     such areas as early warning.
       To implement this policy, the Act provides that no 
     agreement establishing a demarcation between theater and 
     strategic missile defense systems may enter into force with 
     respect to the United States without the advice and consent 
     of the Senate pursuant to Article II, section 2, clause 2 of 
     the Constitution. The purpose of this restriction is to 
     prevent the Administration from implementing such an 
     agreement on its own on the theory that Congress has 
     ``preauthorized'' the implementation of such an agreement in 
     prior legislation.
       The Act further implements this policy regarding ballistic 
     missile defense by requiring the submission of a report on 
     cooperative ballistic missile defense efforts with Russia, 
     including in the area of early warning, not later than 
     July 1, 1998, July 1, 1999, and July 1, 2000. This report 
     shall include, among other matters, a discussion of the 
     status of any dialogue with Russia aimed at exploring the 
     potential for mutual accommodation of outstanding issues 
     between the two countries arising under the ABM Treaty.


 Reports on Claims by U.S. Firms Against the Government of Saudi Arabia

       The House bill (sec. 1703) requires a report every 120 days 
     on the progress in resolving the commercial disputes between 
     US firms and the Government of Saudi Arabia.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1801) is the same as the 
     House bill with some modifications to the report 
     requirements.


      Reports on Determinations under title IV of the LIBERTAD Act

       The House bill (sec. 1705) requires the Secretary of State 
     to make quarterly reports to the Congress on the 
     implementation of Title IV of the Cuban Liberty and 
     Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-114).
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1802) is similar to the 
     House language, although it does not amend the permanent law 
     but applies through September 30, 1999. The conference 
     substitute also clarifies that the reports shall not identify 
     the names of entities under review pursuant to Title IV of 
     the LIBERTAD Act.


 Report on Compliance with the Hague Convention on International Child 
                               Abduction

       The House bill (sec. 1710) requires periodic reports on the 
     compliance of the signatories to the Hague Convention on the 
     Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1803) is similar to the 
     House bill with the addition that the report include efforts 
     by the State Department to encourage other countries to 
     become signatories of the Convention, and limiting the 
     reporting requirement to fiscal years 1998 and 1999.


          Ecumenical Patriarchate by the Government of Turkey

       The House bill (sec. 1711) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the US should recognize the Ecumenical Patriarchate, 
     located in Istanbul, Turkey as the spiritual center for more 
     than 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1804) is the same as the 
     House bill, except that the reference to the US using its 
     influence as a permanent member of the UN Security Council 
     was deleted.


                    Report on Relations with Vietnam

       The House bill (sec. 1714) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that US-Vietnamese relations should be developed in such a 
     way as to facilitate maximum progress in the areas of POW/
     MIA, human rights, and refugee issues, regional stability and 
     economic relations.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1805) requires the 
     Secretary of State to report on the extent to which the 
     Government of Vietnam is 1) cooperating with the US on the 
     fullest possible accounting of POW/MIA's; 2) has made 
     progress on the release of political and religious prisoners; 
     3) is cooperating on requests by the U.S. to obtain full and 
     free access to persons for interviews under the Orderly 
     Departure and Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese 
     Refugees programs; 4) has taken action to end corrupt 
     practices in connections with exit visas; and 5) is making 
     efforts to interview and resettle former reeducation camp 
     victims and other persons.


           Reports concerning human rights violations in Laos

       The House bill (sec. 1723) requires a report on the 
     allegations of persecution and abuse of the Hmong and Laotian 
     refugees who have returned to Laos.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1806) is identical to the 
     House bill.


  Report on an alliance against narcotics trafficking in the Western 
                               Hemisphere

       The Senate amendment (section 1608(a)) expresses the sense 
     of the Congress that the President should discuss with the 
     democratically-elected Western Hemisphere governments, during 
     the President's trips in the region in 1997 and through other 
     consultations, the prospect of forming a multilateral 
     alliance to address drug trafficking. In such consultations, 
     the President should seek such governments' input on the 
     possibility of forming alliance structures to (1) develop a 
     regional, multilateral strategy to address the drug 
     trafficking threat; and (2) establish a new mechanism for 
     improving multilateral coordination of drug interdiction and 
     drug-related law enforcement activities in the Western 
     Hemisphere.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (section 1807) is the same as the 
     Senate amendment with technical changes.


                Taiwan and the World Trade Organization

       House bill (sec. 1722) expresses that Congress favors 
     public support by officials of the Department of State for 
     the accession of Taiwan to the World Trade Organization.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1808) is the same as the 
     House bill with a few modifications.


               Programs and Projects of the IAEA in Cuba

       The House bill (sec. 1801) withholds funds to a country in 
     the amount equal to the value of nuclear fuel and related 
     assistance provided by that country to Cuba during the 
     preceding year.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1809) is the same as the 
     House bill.


 Limitation on Assistance to Countries aiding Cuba Nuclear Development

       The House bill (sec. 1801) prohibits assistance to 
     countries aiding Cuba's nuclear programs.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1810) is the same as the 
     House bill.


                     International Fund For Ireland

       The House bill (sec. 1737) amends the Anglo-Irish Agreement 
     Support Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-415) to strongly recommend that 
     U.S. contributions ``shall'' be used in a manner that 
     effectively increases employment opportunities in communities 
     with rates of unemployment ``significantly'' higher than the 
     local or urban average of unemployment in Northern Ireland 
     (defined as the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, 
     Tyrone, and Fermanagh).
       Funding should be provided by the IFI only if individuals 
     or entities receiving such funds are in compliance with the 
     ``principles of economic justice.'' The principles of 
     economic justice are defined as the ``MacBride Principles'' 
     as modified, include:
       (1) Increasing the representation of individuals, from 
     under represented religious groups in the workforce, 
     including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, 
     and technical jobs,
       (2) Providing adequate security for the protection of 
     minority employees at the workplace,
       (3) Banning provocative sectarian or political emblems from 
     the workplace,
       (4) Providing that all job openings be advertised publicly 
     and providing that special recruitment efforts be made to 
     attract applicants from under represented religious groups,
       (5) Providing that layoff, recall and termination 
     procedures do not favor a particular religious group,
       (6) Abolishing job reservations, apprenticeship 
     restrictions and differential employment criteria which 
     discriminate on the basis of religion,
       (7) Providing for the development of training programs that 
     will prepare substantial numbers of minority employees for 
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     jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the 
     creation of new programs to train, upgrade and improve the 
     skills of minority employees,
       (8) Establishing procedures to assess, identify and 
     actively recruit minority employees with the potential for 
     further advancement, and
       (9) Proving for the appointment of a senior management 
     staff member to be responsible for the employment efforts of 
     the entity and, within a reasonable period of time, the 
     implementation of the principles described above.
       The section also includes the principles of economic 
     justice to insure that these principles should be applied by 
     those individuals or entities who receive any portion of the 
     U.S. contribution to the International Fund for Ireland.
       In addition a new provision was added to insure nothing 
     shall require quotas or reverse discrimination, which is 
     consistent with the intent and purpose of the MacBride 
     principles.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1811) is similar to the 
     House bill except the mandatory requirement that the US 
     contributions shall be used in a manner that effectively 
     increases employment opportunities in communities with 
     rates of unemployment ``significantly'' higher than the 
     local or urban average of unemployment in Northern Ireland 
     (defined as the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, 
     Tyrone, and Fermanagh) is changed to ``should''.


      US Policy with Respect to Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

       The House bill (sec. 1709) contains four provisions which 
     together reaffirm and strengthen U.S. policy as reflected in 
     the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-45) that 
     Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1603) similar to the House bill.
       The conference substitute sec. 1812(a) authorizes the 
     appropriation of $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and 
     $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 for the construction of a 
     U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. This subsection restates and 
     updates the Jersusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-45). It 
     reiterates Congressional intent concerning the establishment 
     of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel, no later than May 
     31, 1999.
       Subsection (b) urges the President to correct the current 
     anomalous situation in which the United States Ambassador to 
     Israel, currently resident in Tel Aviv, does not supervise 
     all U.S. diplomatic and consular activities in the State of 
     Israel, and particularly, does not supervise the Consul 
     General and consualte personnel in Jerusalem, Israel.
       Subsection (c) requires new public documents to describe 
     Jerusalem as Israel's capital as a prerequisite for funding 
     under the bill. This requirement follows State Department 
     practice in such publications as the ``Background Notes'' for 
     Israel.
       Subsection (d) requires that for purposes of registration 
     of birth, certification of nationality, or issuance of a 
     passport, that the Secretary of State, upon the request of a 
     U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem, record the place of birth as 
     Israel. The section does not constitute a requirement that 
     U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem have Israel recorded as their 
     place of birth.
       A reporting requirement pertaining to subsection (a) is 
     required by P.L. 104-45. The committee of conference 
     recommends that that report also include information 
     pertaining to subsections (b), (c), and (d). Accordingly, the 
     commitment to implement subsection (b) should be detailed, 
     the new public documents referred to in subsection (c) should 
     be included with the report, and the Department of State 
     should indicate the steps taken to inform U.S. citizens born 
     in Jerusalem of the option they may exercise in seeking 
     implementation of subsection (d). The Department of State 
     should also include the number of citizens requesting the 
     change permitted by subsection (d).


               Support for Democratic Opposition in Iraq

       The conference substitute (sec. 1813) adds a new section on 
     Iraq. The committee of conference notes that bringing Saddam 
     Hussen and other Iraqi officials to justice for war crimes 
     has been a stated goal of President Clinton's administration 
     since 1993. Legislation encouraging the Administration to 
     pursue this course has passesd the House (H. Con. Res. 137) 
     and is pending in the Senate (S. Con. Res. 78). Secretary of 
     State Albright's statement of February 26, 1998 is noted: 
     ``We look forward to working effectively with them in the 
     future.'' The overt support for political activities and 
     broadcasting by opposition forces can have a significant 
     impact inside Iraq. In addition, the committee of conference 
     notes that disparate Kurdish, Shiite, and Sunni groups 
     have in the past been willing to set aside their 
     differences and unite under the umbrella of the Iraqi 
     National Congress (INC) to effectively challenge Saddam 
     Hussein. The committee of conference recommends supporting 
     efforts to reunite these disparate groups under a unified 
     umbrella, whether it be the INC or another opposition 
     group, to present a solid, pro-democracy, Iraqi front 
     against Saddam Hussein. The Administration is expected to 
     work closely with the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
     the Committee on International Relations in the 
     development of the program, including the selection of 
     grantees.


                   Development of Democracy in Serbia

       The House bill (sec. 1713) expresses a sense of Congress 
     regarding the various methods and actions that can be taken 
     to support the development of democracy in the Republic of 
     Serbia. The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1814) is similar to the 
     House bill with modifications to consolidate the findings.


                            Cuba Assistance

       The House bill (sec. 1901) makes $2 million available for 
     democracy programs in Cuba under chapter 4 part II of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1815) is the same as the 
     House bill.


Foreign Organizations that Perform or Promote Abortion; Forced Abortion 
                                in China

       The House bill (sec. 2101)
       The Senate amendment had no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1816) combines House bill 
     sections 2101 and 2102. Section 2101 concerns U.S. population 
     assistance to foreign organizations that perform or promote 
     abortions. Section 2102 concerns UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 
     activities in the People's Republic of China in relation to 
     forced abortions carried out in connection with the Chinese 
     government's population program.
       The conference substitute prohibits, inter alia, population 
     assistance to foreign organizations that ``engage in any 
     activity or effort to alter the laws or governmental policies 
     of any foreign country concerning the circumstances under 
     which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited.'' Such 
     practices include not only overt lobbying for such changes, 
     but also such other activities as sponsoring, rather than 
     merely attending, conferences and workshops on the alleged 
     defects of the abortion laws, as well the drafting and 
     distribution of materials or public statements calling 
     attention to such alleged defects.

                   Division C--United Nations Reform


                           General Provisions

     Short title
       The House bill has no similar section.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2001) names this division the 
     ``United Nations Reform Act of 1997.''
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2001) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


                              definitions

       The House bill has no similar section.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2002) defines the terms: appropriate 
     congressional committee, designated specialized agency, 
     secretary general, United Nations member, United Nations 
     peacekeeping operation.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2002) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill.


              nondelegation of certification requirements

       The House bill has no similar section.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2003) expresses that the Secretary of 
     State may not delegate the authority in this chapter to make 
     any certification.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2003) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.

               TITLE XXI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS


      assessed contributions to the united nations and affiliated 
                             organizations.

       The House bill (Sec. 1102) provides for $960,389,000 in 
     fiscal year 1998 and $987,590,000 in fiscal year 1999 for 
     assessed contributions to the United Nations and affiliated 
     organizations.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2101) provides for $938,000,000 in 
     fiscal year 1998 and $900,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 for 
     assessed contributions to the United Nations and affiliated 
     organizations, subject to certifications and conditions 
     enumerated below.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2101) provides $901,000,000 
     for fiscal year 1998 and $900,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.


                            no growth budget

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       Of the funds authorized, the Senate bill (Sec. 2101) makes 
     available in fiscal years 1998 and 1999, $80,000,000 on a 
     semi-annual basis only when the Secretary of State certifies 
     to the Congress that no action has been taken by the United 
     Nations to increase the United Nations 1998-99 budget of 
     $2,533,000,000 during that period without finding an offset 
     elsewhere in the United Nations budget during that period.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2101) amends the 
     certification for a no growth budget to become an annual 
     rather than a semi-annual certification


                           inspector general

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2101) withholds 20 percent of the 
     funds made available for the United Nations until the 
     Secretary of State certifies that the Office of Internal 
     Oversight Services (OIOS) continues to function as an 
     independent inspector general. This section requires the 
     Director of the OIOS to report directly to the Secretary 
     General on the adequacy of his resources and to notify 
     in writing each program, project, or activity funded by 
     the United Nations that it has the authority to audit, 
     inspect, or investigate it.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2101) makes several 
     technical and conforming

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     amendments to the inspector general requirements of the 
     Senate bill. This section requires that all reports completed 
     by the Office of Internal Oversight Service, including audit, 
     investigation, inspection, and evaluation reports, are made 
     available to the United Nations members states, regardless of 
     whether or not these reports are provided to the Secretary 
     General.


             prohibition on certain u.n. global conferences

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2101) prohibits U.S. funding of U.N. 
     global conferences.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2101) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill, except that it exempts conferences that 
     were approved by the United Nations prior to enactment of the 
     Act. The Conferees agree that the U.N. Global Conferences 
     referred to in this section are those organized on a one-time 
     basis with universal participation to address a single 
     subject, such as the environment or population, outside of 
     the normal course of regularly scheduled deliberations by 
     existing U.N. bodies. For example, this section would have 
     applied to the Rio Earth Summit, the Beijing Women's 
     Conference, or the Habitat Conference. Should the U.N. 
     schedule a conference of this kind, the U.S. will not fund 
     such a conference nor any arrears related to such a 
     conference. This section does not include conferences 
     directed to the achievement of a binding international 
     agreement, or other legal instrument, on a particular matter 
     (such as, the negotiation on the control and elimination of 
     anti-personnel land mines in the U.N. Conference on anti-
     personnel land mines in the U.N. Conference on Conventional 
     Weapons and the U.N. Conference on Disarmament).


                    reduction in the number of posts

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2101) requires annual withholding of 
     $50,000,000 until the Secretary of State certifies that in 
     fiscal year 1998 that 1,000 authorized posts have been 
     suppressed at the United Nations, and that in fiscal year 
     1999 the United Nations is maintaining a vacancy rate of at 
     least five percent for professional staff and 2.5 percent for 
     general services staff. Both policies have been presented by 
     Secretary General Kofi Annan as part of the 1998-99 budget 
     for the United Nations.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2101) makes several 
     technical and conforming amendments to the post reduction 
     requirements of the Senate bill. The Conferees note the 
     Secretary General's intention to abolish 1,000 posts, and 
     understand that this reform represents the deletion of 1,000 
     posts that will not be filled. The Conferees intend that the 
     transfer of posts due to changes in UN budget methodology, or 
     for any other purpose, must not be counted toward the 1,000 
     post suppression required by this section. For example, posts 
     from the jointly-financed activities which still exist, but 
     are deleted from the UN staffing table because of the use of 
     net budgeting, would not be included in the 1,000 post 
     suppression.


prohibition on funding organizations other than the united nations from 
                   the united nations regular budget

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2101) requires the Secretary of State 
     to certify that no United States contributions have been used 
     to fund other international organizations out of the United 
     Nations regular budget. This certification is not intended to 
     refer to the U.N. giving grants or payments to other 
     organizations.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2101) makes several 
     technical and conforming amendments to the prohibition on 
     funding of other organizations in the Senate bill. The 
     Conferees clarified that no portion of the U.S. contribution 
     to the United Nations regular budget should be used to fund 
     the operating costs of another organization, which has been 
     established through a framework treaty. Such organizations 
     are those established under separate treaties of a framework 
     nature, composed only of parties to the treaties, having 
     their own secretariats. This term does not include U.N. human 
     rights treaty bodies. Should any such framework treaty 
     organization be funded out of the regular budget, the 
     provision will require that the U.S. withhold from its U.S. 
     assessment to the U.N. budget the U.S. share of the amount 
     budgeted for such organizations.


               Limitation on U.S. Assessed Contributions

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2101) caps the amount authorized in 
     assessed contributions to international organizations at 
     $901,000,000 for fiscal years 1999 and 2000. Additional 
     authorization is required to exceed this amount.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2101) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


                     Refund of Excess Contributions

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2101) requires that the United States 
     continue to press its policy that the organizations in this 
     account should have procedures in place to return excess 
     contributions to member states when contributions exceed 
     expenditures.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2101) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


    Assessed contributions for international peacekeeping activities

       The House bill (Sec. 1102) authorizes $240 million for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $240 million for fiscal year 1999 for 
     assessed peacekeeping operations and activities.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2103) authorizes $200 million for 
     fiscal year 1998 and $205 million for fiscal year 1999 for 
     assessed peacekeeping operations and activities. This section 
     also consolidates many current reporting requirements 
     regarding international peacekeeping activities.
       The Conference substitute (Sec. 2102) authorizes $210 
     million for fiscal year 1998 and $220 million for fiscal year 
     1999 for assessed peacekeeping operations and activities.


Codification of Required Notice of Proposed United Nations Peacekeeping 
                               Operations

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2103) consolidates many current 
     reporting requirements regarding international peacekeeping 
     activities.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2102) amends the timing of 
     notification and makes amendments to the funding and troop 
     levels that trigger notification.

                 TITLE XXII--UNITED NATIONS ACTIVITIES


          United Nations Policy on Israel and the Palestinians

       The House bill (Sec. 1522) requires reports on efforts to 
     promote full equality at the UN for Israel. Section 1522 
     expresses a sense of Congress to expand Israel's 
     participation at the United Nations. The Secretary is 
     required to submit a report not later than 90 days after the 
     date of enactment (and on a quarterly basis thereafter) that 
     outlines actions taken by the United States to encourage the 
     Western European and Other Group (WEOG) to accept Israel as a 
     member, and the efforts undertaken by the Secretary General 
     of the United States to secure Israel's participation in that 
     body. The report must include the specific responses of each 
     of the WEOG member states regarding their position concerning 
     Israel's membership as well as other measures either underway 
     or planned to promote Israel's full and equal participation 
     in the United Nations.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2102) provides that it shall be the 
     policy of the United States to assist Israel in gaining 
     acceptance into a United Nations regional bloc. It states 
     further that it shall be the policy of the United States to 
     seek the abolition of the U.N. Special Committee to 
     Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of 
     the Palestinian People and other Arabs of the Occupied 
     Territories; the U.N.'s Committee on the Exercise of the 
     Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; the U.N.'s 
     Division for the Palestinian Rights; and the U.N.'s Division 
     on Public Information on the Question of Palestine. The 
     Secretary of State is required to consult with the 
     appropriate congressional committees on steps taken to these 
     ends, including efforts to bring Israel into the Western 
     Europe and Others Groups of the U.N.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2201) requires that the it 
     be the policy of the United States to assist Israel in 
     gaining acceptance into a United Nations regional bloc. It 
     states further that it shall be the policy of the United 
     States to seek the abolition of the U.N. Special Committee to 
     Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of 
     the Palestinian People and other Arabs of the Occupied 
     Territories; the U.N.'s Committee on the Exercise of the 
     Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; the U.N.'s 
     Division for the Palestinian Rights; and the U.N.'s Division 
     on Public Information on the Question of Palestine. The 
     section requires an annual report on actions taken by the 
     United States to encourage the Western European and Other 
     Group (WEOG) to accept Israel as a member, and the efforts 
     undertaken by the Secretary General of the United States to 
     secure Israel's participation in that body. The conference 
     substitute also requires the Secretary to consult with 
     Congress when submitting the annual report on the specific 
     responses of each of the WEOG member states regarding their 
     position concerning Israel's membership as well as other 
     measures either underway or planned to promote Israel's full 
     and equal participation in the United Nations.


Data on costs incurred in support of United Nations peace and security 
                               operations

       The House bill has no similar division.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2104) requires the United States to 
     report annually to the United Nations on the total costs of 
     United Nations peacekeeping activities--including assessed, 
     voluntary and incremental costs--to the United Nations. The 
     section also requires the United States to request that the 
     United Nations prepare and publish a report that compiles 
     similar information for other United Nations member states.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2202) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill. The Conferees expect that this 
     comprehensive reporting will quantify all costs to the United 
     States for peacekeeping activities, and enable the Congress 
     to consider those costs in relation to the proposed operation 
     or expansion of an operation prior to action by the United 
     Nations Security Council.


 Reimbursement for goods and services provided by the United States to 
                           the United Nations

       The House bill contains no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (section 2105) requires that the United 
     States seek and receive reimbursement for any assistance, 
     including personnel, services, supplies, equipment, and 
     facilities, to the United Nations, United Nations assessed 
     peacekeeping operations, and

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     bilateral assistance designed to assist that country to 
     participate in the peacekeeping operation.
       The Senate bill is prospective in its application and 
     permits the President to waive the provision if he determines 
     that an important national interest exists. However, such a 
     waiver is subject both to notification requirements of 
     section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act and a joint 
     resolution of disapproval by Congress if Congress disapproves 
     of the President's determination.
       The Senate bill also exempts direct assistance for U.S. 
     military personnel. The Administration requested this 
     provision, and understands that it is designed only to allow 
     for incidental costs in support of U.S. troops such as extra 
     blankets, latrines, or other similar services that the U.N. 
     does not ordinarily supply for troops carrying out a U.N. 
     peacekeeping operation.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2203) makes several changes 
     but, like the Senate provision, is intended to ensure that 
     the U.S. Government is reimbursed by the U.N. in a timely 
     manner for military assistance it provides in support of the 
     U.N. or U.N. peacekeeping operations, whether this assistance 
     is provided to the U.N. or to another country participating 
     in such an operation. The conference substitute makes clear 
     that this provision is not intended to apply to civilian 
     police monitors, which are funded individually by the nation 
     contributing monitors.
       As drafted, the conferees believe that this section does 
     not impede the President in his ability to use any 
     constitutional authority to provide assistance at any time. 
     The conference substitute exempts the deployment of United 
     States troops by the President from the requirement of 
     reprogramming procedures under section 634A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961. As written, this section does not 
     affect the President's constitutional authority as Commander-
     in-Chief. Nothing in this section shall be construed as an 
     authorization of the use of force.


  United States policy regarding United Nations peacekeeping missions

       The House bill has no similar section.
       The Senate bill (section 2107) makes clear that the policy 
     of the United States is to limit the size and scope of United 
     Nations peacekeeping missions. It is not the policy of the 
     United States to support major U.N. peacekeeping operations 
     such as the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in the 
     former Yugoslavia. Smaller peacekeeping missions should be 
     considered on a case by case basis (with full consultation 
     with Congress as required in section 2102 of this Act).
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2204) is nearly identical 
     to section 2107 of the Senate bill and also consolidates 
     section 2106 of the Senate bill into this provision. Thus, 
     this section also makes clear that the stated policy of the 
     United States is not to fund peacekeeping activities out of 
     the regular budget unless the President determines and 
     notifies Congress that an important national security 
     interest exists.
       The Conferees expect that a clear statement of this policy 
     will save United States taxpayers millions of dollars as it 
     limits the scope and mandate of United Nations peacekeeping 
     missions.


 Reform in Budget Decision-making Procedures of the United Nations and 
                          Specialized Agencies

       The House bill (Sec. 1521) extends current law allowing the 
     President to withhold 20 percent of appropriated funds for 
     the U.N. or any of its specialized agencies if the U.N. or 
     the agency fails to implement consensus-based budget decision 
     making procedures. The President is directed to notify 
     Congress of any decisions to withhold the U.S. share of an 
     assessed contribution to the United Nations.
       The Senate bill has no similar provision.
       The conference substitute is nearly identical to the House 
     bill.


 Continued Extension of Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities of the 
          International Organizations Immunities Act to UNIDO

       The House bill (Sec. 1524) extends U.S. privileges and 
     immunities to the United Nations Industrial Development 
     Organization consistent with longstanding U.S. policy 
     regarding U.S. withdrawal from multilateral organizations.
       The Senate bill has no similar provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.


   Sense of the Congress regarding Compliance with Child and Spousal 
            Support Obligations by United Nations Personnel

       The House bill (Sec. 1728) urges the Secretary of State to 
     fully comply with regulations regarding compliance with child 
     and spousal support obligations by United Nations personnel. 
     The House bill also withholds $10 million until the Secretary 
     certifies that the U.N. is enforcing child and spousal 
     support payments, and reforming its pension policy.
       The Senate bill has no similar provision.
       The conference substitute deletes the withholding 
     requirement but continues to urge that the Secretary of State 
     ensure that the U.N. is enforcing child and spousal support 
     payments.


                    Organization of American States

       The House bill (Sec. 1502) expresses the Sense of the 
     Congress that the Secretary of State should make every effort 
     to pay the United States share of assessed funding levels for 
     the Organization of American States (OAS).
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2108) is identical to the House bill.
       The conference substitute deletes this provision. The 
     Conferees recognize that the OAS is uniquely important to the 
     United States interests in the Western Hemisphere, especially 
     in the areas of trade, anti-drug trafficking efforts, support 
     for human rights and democracy, and that the OAS is 
     disproportionately supported by the United States 
     contribution of 59 percent. Responding in part to the 
     leadership of the United States, the OAS is continuing broad 
     reforms in its agenda and its budget. The Committee notes 
     that the OAS operating budget has not grown for the past 
     three years. It was the intent of both the Senate and House 
     provisions that the State Department consider these factors 
     when allocating resources to international organizations.

                TITLE XXII--ARREARS PAYMENTS AND REFORM

               Chapter 1--Arrearage to the United Nations


                    Authorization of appropriations

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2201) section authorizes $100,000,000 
     in fiscal year 1998, $475 million in fiscal year 1999, and 
     $244 million in fiscal year 2000 for the repayment of 
     arrears to the United Nations, United Nations peacekeeping 
     activities, United Nations specialized agencies, and other 
     international organizations.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2301) is nearly identical.


                         Disbursement of funds

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2202) outlines the manner in which 
     disbursements will be made, and requires that certification 
     of specified reforms be completed prior to any disbursement 
     of funds by the United States. This section also requires a 
     30 day notification by the Secretary of State to Congress 
     prior to the disbursement of any funds.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2302) is nearly identical, 
     except that it contains a limited waiver of certain 
     conditions. In response to a direct request from the 
     Secretary of State, we agreed to grant the Secretary a very 
     limited waiver authority upon assurances that it would be 
     exercised only if strict conditions are met. We continue to 
     believe that achievement of each of the reforms contained in 
     this plan is essential if the United Nations is to be able to 
     contend with the challenges of the 21st Century. Thus, we 
     expect that all of the conditions required by the legislation 
     will be met and that there will be no need to use the waiver 
     authority.
       The bill grants the Secretary of State a very limited 
     authority to waive one of the conditions in each of the 
     second and third years of the U.N. payment plan. This waiver 
     may be exercised only if substantial progress has already 
     been made in meeting the condition proposed to be waived. 
     Further, prior to exercising such a waiver, the Secretary of 
     State must first consult with the appropriate Congressional 
     Committees to explain in detail why it is important to the 
     national interest of the United States to do so.
       Most important, this section prohibits the Secretary from 
     waiving requirements to reduce U.S. assessment rates or to 
     establish an inspector general in the specialized agencies. 
     The Secretary of State, while serving as the U.S. Permanent 
     Representative to the United Nations, proposed a bold plan to 
     reduce the U.S. assessment to 20 percent. That proposal was 
     incorporated into this legislation and its is expected that 
     the Administration will achieve this reduction within three 
     years. For this reason, this section strictly prohibits the 
     Secretary from waiving the requirements on reducing the U.S. 
     assessment rates for peacekeeping operations or for the U.N. 
     regular budget. Also, the Conferees continue to believe that 
     the specialized agencies are in need of serious, independent 
     scrutiny. Therefore, the requirement that there be 
     established within the World Health Organization (WHO), the 
     Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the 
     International Labor Organization (ILO) an inspector general 
     to investigate cases of waste, fraud and abuse, cannot be 
     waived.
       While we rejected outright the Administration's proposal to 
     allow a waiver of the U.S. assessment rates, we are persuaded 
     that an unforeseen circumstance may arise which prohibits 
     total achievement of the legislative requirements related to 
     the assessment rates. For this reason, the Administration 
     should be allowed some flexibility if it has substantially 
     achieved the requirement to reduce the U.S. general budget 
     assessment to 20 percent. If Congress is convinced that the 
     Administration has substantially achieved the requirement to 
     reduce the U.S. assessment to 20 percent, we commit to act 
     expeditiously to consider legislation to release the funds in 
     Fiscal Year 2000.
       Throughout the three year reform period, the we expect that 
     the Administration will consult with Congress regularly to 
     discuss the status of each of these reforms and to explain 
     well in advance if a particular reform cannot be met 
     fully.

   Subchapter B--United States Sovereignty/Certification requirements


                     Supremacy of the Constitution

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2211) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the United States Constitution controls 
     U.S. law and no action by the United Nations or any of its 
     agencies has caused the U.S. to violate the Constitution.

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       The conference substitute (Sec. 2311) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


                     No United Nations Sovereignty

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2211) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that neither the United Nations nor its 
     specialized agencies have exercise authority over the United 
     States or taken forward steps to require that the U.S. cede 
     sovereignty.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2311) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


                       No United Nations Taxation

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2211) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that U.S. law does not give the United Nations 
     any legal authority to tax the American people; no taxes or 
     comparable fees have in fact been imposed; and there has been 
     no effort sanctioned by the United Nations to develop, 
     advocate or promote such a taxation proposal.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2311) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


                    No United Nations Standing Army

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2211) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the United Nations has not taken formal 
     steps to create or develop a standing army under Article 43 
     of the United Nations Charter.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2311) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


                            No Interest Fees

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2211) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that interest fees have not been levied on the 
     U.S. for any arrears owed to the United Nations.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2311) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


                 No United Nations Real Property Rights

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2211) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that neither the United Nations nor its 
     specialized agencies have exercised any authority or control 
     over public or private property in the United States.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2311) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill. This section should not be construed to 
     override obligations of the parties to the International 
     Organizations Immunities Act, the Agreement Regarding the 
     Headquarters of the United Nations, supplemental agreements 
     to the Agreement, the Convention on the Privileges and 
     Immunities of the United Nations, or under any other 
     agreement with the United States according the United Nations 
     or its specialized agencies privileges and immunities, or 
     apply to property occupied or utilized under lease or 
     contract with private or government owners.


                   Termination of Borrowing Authority

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2211) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the United Nations has not engaged in 
     external borrowing, nor have the financial regulations of the 
     United Nations or any of its specialized agencies been 
     amended to permit borrowing, nor has the United States paid 
     any interest for any loans incurred through external 
     borrowing by the United Nations or its specialized agencies.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2311) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.

Subchapter C--Reform of Assessments and United Nations Peace Operations


            Certification requirements for fiscal year 1999

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2221) requires that the Secretary 
     shall not make her 1999 certification if she determines the 
     1998 certifications are no longer valid, and prior to payment 
     of authorized arrears in fiscal year 1999, certify that the 
     certification requirements set out below have been met.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2321) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill.


                       Contested Arrears Account

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2211) requires that prior to 
     disbursement of any funds authorized in this title, a 
     contested arrears or some other appropriate mechanism has 
     been created for the U.S. This account represents the 
     difference between what the United Nations says is owed by 
     the United States and the amount recognized by the United 
     States Congress. Thus, the sum of the obligations that the 
     Congress is authorizing in this legislation is the total that 
     the Congress shall authorize to be appropriated to the U.N. 
     for its arrears under the regular and peacekeeping budgets. 
     Agreement must be reached with the United Nations that any 
     monies identified in this account will not affect the voting 
     rights of the United States as contained in Article 19 of the 
     United Nations charter.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2321) is nearly identical, 
     but the timing of the certification was moved to fiscal year 
     1999 certifications at the request of the Administration.


                 Limitation on Share of Regular Budget

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2211) requires that the share of the 
     total regular budget assessment for the United Nations and 
     its specialized agencies does not exceed 22 percent for any 
     member.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2311) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


      Limitation on Assessed Share of Budget for Peace Operations

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2221) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the share of the total peacekeeping budget 
     for each United Nations assessed peace operation does not 
     exceed 25 percent for any member.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2321) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


           Transfer of Regular Budget-Funded Peace Operations

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2221) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the mandates of two peace operations 
     funded from the regular budget, the United Nations Truce 
     Supervision Organization (UNTSO) and the United Nations 
     Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) are 
     subject to annual review by the Security Council, and the 
     Congressional notification requirements for peacekeeping 
     activities.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2321) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.

               Subchapter D--Budget and Personnel Reform


                       Certification requirements

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary 
     shall not make her fiscal year 2000 certification if she 
     determines the fiscal year 1998 and 1999 certifications are 
     no longer valid, and prior to payment of authorized arrears 
     in fiscal year 2000, certify that the certification 
     requirements set out below have been met.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill.


             Limitation on Assessed Share of Regular Budget

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the share of the total regular budget 
     assessment for the United Nations and its specialized 
     agencies does not exceed 20 percent for any member.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


              Inspector General for Certain Organizations

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the three largest specialized agencies, 
     the International Labor Organization, the Food and 
     Agriculture Organization, and the World Health Organization 
     have each established an internal inspector general office 
     comparable to the Office of Internal Oversight Services 
     established in the United Nations following a similar 
     certification requirement in the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, FY94-95 (section 401 of P.L. 103-236).
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill.


              New Budget Procedures for the United Nations

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the United Nations is implementing budget 
     procedures that require the budget agreed to at the start of 
     a budgetary cycle to be maintained, and the system wide 
     identification of expenditures by functional categories. For 
     purposes of this section, system-wide identification of 
     expenditures by functional categories is defined to mean an 
     object class distribution of resources. The object class 
     distribution should accompany the initial regular assessed 
     budget estimates for both the United Nations and its 
     specialized agencies.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


           Sunset Policy for Certain United Nations Programs

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the United Nations and the International 
     Labor Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, 
     and the World Health Organization have each established an 
     evaluation system that requires a determination as to the 
     relevance and effectiveness of each program. The United 
     States is required to seek a ``sunset'' date for each program 
     unless the program demonstrates relevance and effectiveness.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill. The Conferees strongly object to the 
     incorporation of funding for terminated programs into the 
     baseline of the UN budget for the next biennium. Funding for 
     programs which have ceased and one-time expenditures should 
     not be carried over into the next budget cycle. The sunset of 
     programs should result in financial savings for the member 
     states.


   United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary 
                               Questions

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the United States have a seat on the 
     United Nations Committee on Administrative and Budgetary 
     Questions (ACABQ). Until 1997, the United States has served 
     on this committee since the creation of the United Nations. 
     This committee is key to the budgetary decisions at the 
     United Nations and the United States, as the largest 
     contributing nations, should have a seat on this Committee.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill.


                            National Audits

       The House bill has no similar provision.

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       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the General Accounting Office (GAO) shall 
     have access to United Nations financial data so that the GAO 
     may perform nationally mandated reviews of all United Nations 
     operations.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill. Financial data means data pertaining to 
     the financial transactions of the United Nations as well as 
     data relating to its organization and activities. It is 
     contemplated that as a result of this provision, GAO will 
     have access to the data it determines it needs to conduct 
     reviews of all U.N. operations.


                               Personnel

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the United Nations is enforcing a 
     personnel system based on merit and is enforcing a worldwide 
     availability of its international civil servants; a code of 
     conduct is being implemented that requires, among other 
     standards, financial disclosure statements by senior United 
     Nations officials; a personnel evaluation system is being 
     implemented; periodic assessments are being completed by the 
     United Nations to determine total staffing levels and 
     reporting of those assessments; and the United States has 
     completed a review of the United Nations allowance system, 
     including recommendations for reductions in allowances.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill.


                    Reduction in Budget Authorities

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the International Labor Organization, the 
     Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Health 
     Organization have each approved a budget that reflects a 
     decline in the budget approved for 2000-01 from the levels 
     agreed to for 1998-99.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill.


    New Budget Procedures and Financial Regulations for Specialized 
                                Agencies

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2231) requires that the Secretary of 
     State certify that the International Labor Organization, the 
     Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Health 
     Organization have each established procedures require the 
     budget agreed to at the start of a budgetary cycle to be 
     maintained; the system wide identification of expenditures by 
     functional categories; and approval of supplemental budget 
     requests to the secretariat in advance of appropriations for 
     those requests.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2331) is nearly identical 
     to the Senate bill.

                  Chapter 2--Miscellaneous provisions


          Statutory construction in relation to existing laws

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2241) makes clear that this Act does 
     not change or reverse any previous provision of law regarding 
     restriction on funding to international organizations.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2341) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.


Prohibition on payments relating to UNIDO and other organizations from 
       which the United States has withdrawn or rescinded funding

       The House bill has no similar provision.
       The Senate bill (Sec. 2242) prohibits payment to 
     organizations from which the United States has withdrawn or 
     from which Congress has rescinded funding, including the 
     United Nations Industrial Organization and the World Tourism 
     Organization.
       The conference substitute (Sec. 2342) is identical to the 
     Senate bill.

                            Other Provisions


     Statement concerning Return of Wrongfully Confiscated Foreign 
                               Properties

       The House bill (sec. 1715) expresses a sense of Congress 
     supporting efforts and encouraging further actions by post-
     communist countries to address the questions of the status of 
     wrongly confiscated properties.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1909) is identical to the 
     Senate.


                        Payment of Iraqi Claims

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1601), at subsection (a), 
     requires that all nondiplomatic accounts of the Government of 
     Iraq in the United States that have been blocked pursuant to 
     the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1701 et seq.) vest in the President. It further requires that 
     the President liquidate such accounts within 30 days of the 
     date of enactment of the Act, and transfer the amounts from 
     such liquidation into the Iraq Claims Fund, established under 
     subsection (b).
       The House bill contains no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


       Prohibition on funding for UNESCO World Heritage Programs

       The House bill (sec. 1525) prohibits funds authorized by 
     this Act to be made available for the Man and Biosphere 
     Program or the World Heritage Program administered by UNESCO.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


   Comprehensive compilation of Arms Control and Disarmament Studies

       The House bill (sec. 1601) repeals a reporting requirement 
     to compile arms control and disarmament studies because a 
     similar report is produced by another organization.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                              Use of Funds

       The House bill (sec. 1602) amends current law by 
     eliminating a requirement to use the Government Printing 
     Office and allowing the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 
     to procure printing and binding from local vendors.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

       The House bill (sec. 1707) is a sense of Congress that RFE/
     RL should continue surrogate broadcasting beyond the year 
     2000 to countries whose people do not yet fully enjoy freedom 
     of expression.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1328) revised the House 
     provision to require that the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
     issue a report to include an assessment of the need for 
     continued funding of RFE/RL broadcasts in the year 2000 and 
     beyond.


                 U.S. Citizens held in Prisons in Peru

       The House bill (sec. 1716) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that Peru should respect the rights of prisoners to timely 
     legal procedures, including the rights of all US citizens 
     held in prisons in Peru.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1613) expresses a sense of the 
     Senate that the Government of Peru should take all necessary 
     steps to ensure that US citizens charged with a crime is 
     accord fair proceedings in a civilian court.
       The conference substitute does not include any provision.


                     Prisoners in Andean Countries

       The House bill (sec. 1730) expresses the Sense of Congress 
     that the Governments of the Andean countries should respect 
     the rights of prisoners to timely legal procedures.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                 Special Envoys for Mutual Disarmament

       The House bill (sec. 1718) requires the US Ambassador to 
     the United Nations to support UN efforts to appoint special 
     envoys for conflict prevention to organize and conduct mutual 
     disarmament talks in every region of the world.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


          Transfer of nuclear waste from Taiwan to North Korea

       The House bill (sec. 1719) expresses a sense of 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 are assured 
     that certain safety precautions are met.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                        Assistance for Ethiopia

       The House bill (sec. 1717) states that the Department of 
     State should monitor human rights progress in Ethiopia.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                         Prime Minister Gujral

       The House bill (sec. 1720) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the Administration should support and work closely with 
     Indian Prime Minister Gujral to strengthen relations between 
     the US and India.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                         Sovereignty of Belarus

       The House bill (sec. 1721) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the Administration urge the Government of President 
     Aleksandr Lukashenka of the Republic of Belarus to defend the 
     sovereignty of Belarus.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                            Border Closures

       The House bill (sec. 1724) requires 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.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as to the Senate 
     amendment.


                       Nagorno-Karabagh Conflict

       The House bill (sec. 1725) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the US should take a greater leadership role in working 
     for a negotiated settlement of the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict.

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       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                           Crisis in Albania

       The House bill (sec. 1726) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that among other things, the US should support the new 
     Albanian government as it attempts to reestablish calm and 
     achieve political reconciliation .
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                                Ukraine

       The House bill (sec. 1727) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the President should ensure that Ukraine receives 
     assistance for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for political and 
     economic reforms at a level equal to that allocated to 
     Ukraine for fiscal year 1997.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                               Azerbaijan

       The House bill (sec. 1729) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the President should seek cooperation from the 
     governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey to encourage 
     the construction of a pipeline route from Azerbaijan through 
     Armenia that could reach Turkey and Mediterranean sea ports.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                        Additional Requirements

       The House bill (sec. 1731) permitted counter narcotic 
     military assistance to countries that had been decertified on 
     their cooperation on drug-related matters.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


 US Policy regarding religious persecution and support of terrorism by 
                                 Sudan

       The House bill (sec. 1733) imposed trade and investment 
     sanctions on the government of Sudan until such time as the 
     President certifies to Congress that Sudan is no longer 
     sponsoring or supporting terrorism.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1605) imposed prohibitions on 
     financial transactions on state sponsors of terrorism.
       The conference substitute contains no provision.


                                 Syria

       The House bill (sec. 1734) expresses the sense of Congress 
     that the US should consider applying to Syria sanctions which 
     are currently enforced against Iran and Libya under the Iran 
     and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 if the Government of Syria 
     does not eliminate its destablizing policies.
       The Senate has no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                     Abduction of Donald Hutchings

       The House bill (sec. 1735) expresses the sense of Congress 
     that the militant organization Al-Faran should release Donald 
     Hutchings and three Western Europeans from captivity.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                              cuban cigars

       The House bill (sec. 1736) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that the US should not prohibit the importation into the U.S. 
     of cigars that are the product of Cuba until the Government 
     of Cuba has met certain human rights criteria.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.


                          Lithuania and Latvia

       The House bill (sec. 1738) expresses the sense of Congress 
     that adequate assistance should be provided to Lithuania and 
     Latvia in fiscal year 1998.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                               East Timor

       The House bill (sec. 1739) states that Congress affirms its 
     support for a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in 
     East Timor.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                      NATO Enlargement Assistance

       The House bill (sec. 1740) expresses the sense of Congress 
     that Romania has made progress toward meeting the criteria 
     for accession into NATO and states that the President shall 
     designate Romania as eligible to receive assistance under the 
     program established under the NATO Participation Act.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1612) expresses a sense of the 
     Senate that Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria 
     are to be commended for their progress toward political and 
     economic reform. In addition it states that Romania, Estonia, 
     Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria are designated as eligible to 
     receive assistance under the program established under the 
     NATO participation Act.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                         palestinian land sales

       The House bill (sec. 2201) expresses the sense of Congress 
     condemning the policy and practice of murdering Palestinian 
     sales of land to Jews.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1622) is similar to the House 
     provision.
       The conference substitute does not include any provision.


                                 congo

       The House bill (sec. 2301) makes foreign assistance 
     available to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                                 china

       The House bill (sec. 2401) expresses a sense of Congress 
     regarding the imprisonment of Ngawang Choephel in China.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                              buy american

       The House bill (sec. 2501) requires compliance with the Buy 
     American Act.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.


                      foreign aid reporting reform

       The House bill (sec. 2601-2604) requires detailed annual 
     reports justifying the foreign assistance programs.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


   programs in latin america, the caribbean and the asia and pacific 
                                 region

       The House bill (sec. 2701) requires aid to be proportional 
     by region.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                               indonesia

       The House bill (sec. 2801) expresses the sense of Congress 
     on various political and human rights issues within 
     Indonesia.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                                 libya

       The House bill (sec. 2901) prohibits foreign aid to any 
     country that assists Libya in circumventing UN sanctions.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                                 russia

       The House bill (sec. 3101) prohibits foreign aid to Russia 
     if Russia transfers missiles to China.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                                belarus

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1602) expresses the sense of the 
     Congress that if Belarus concludes a treaty of unification 
     with another country the US Permanent Representative to the 
     UN should introduce resolutions abrogating the sovereign 
     status of Belarus within the UN.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                              italian case

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1611) states that the Congress 
     urges the Italian government to seek a negotiated settlement 
     with an American citizen whose property was confiscated over 
     twenty years ago without fair and proper compensation.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                               iran-iraq

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1615) expresses the sense of the 
     Senate to urge the Clinton Administration to enforce the 
     provisions of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 
     1992.
       The House bill has no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                     christian minorities in china

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1616) expresses the sense of the 
     Senate that the government of the People's Republic of China 
     be urged to release from incarceration all those held for 
     participation in religious activities outside the aegis of 
     the official churches and cease prosecuting those who 
     participate in such religious activities.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                                  nato

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1617) expresses a sense of 
     Congress that NATO should consider a formal dispute 
     resolution process within the Alliance prior to its December 
     1997 ministerial meeting.
       The House bill has no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is the same as House bill.

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                            aviation safety

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1619) expresses a sense of 
     Congress that the need for cooperative efforts in 
     transportation and aviation safety be placed on the agenda 
     for the Summit of the Americas to be held in March 1998.
       The House bill has no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                                 china

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1620) expresses the sense of the 
     Senate that the US should limit the granting of US visas to 
     Chinese government offices who work in entities implementing 
     China's laws and directives on religious practices and 
     coercive family planning.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                          rule of law in china

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1621) expresses the sense of the 
     Senate to encourage the National Endowment for Democracy to 
     expand its activities in China and Hong Kong.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                   facilities in beijing and shanghai

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1623) authorizes appropriations 
     for the renovation and construction of housing and diplomatic 
     facilities at the Embassy in Beijing and the Consulate 
     in Shanghai, China.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute (sec. 1101(4)(B)) is the same as 
     the House bill.


                      Return of Hong Kong to China

       The House bill (sec. 1712) expresses the sense of Congress 
     that the People's Republic of China should respect the rule 
     of law, and the freedom of press, speech, association and 
     movement that the people of Hong Kong currently enjoy.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                    Radio Free Asia/Voice of America

       The House bill (sec. 1108) expresses a sense of Congress 
     that U.S. broadcasting through Radio Free Asia and the Voice 
     of America should increase to 24 hours broadcasting to China.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                        Procurement of Services

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1123) amends the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act to enable the Department to 
     use personal services contracts to obtain expert and other 
     support services for international claims and proceedings. 
     Currently, the law allows the Legal Adviser's Office to 
     obtain these services by contracting with firms. In many 
     cases, the same services could be obtained at half the cost 
     by contracting with an individual. This amendment would 
     permit the Department, for example, to hire an individual 
     accountant or records manager to work on a particular 
     project, rather than having to retain an accounting firm to 
     perform the same task, usually at more than twice the cost.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                  Restrictions on Lobbying Activities

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1132) amends Section 207 of 
     title 18, United States Code, regarding ``Restrictions on 
     former officers, employees, and elected officials of the 
     executive and legislative branches'', to also prohibit any 
     person who serves in the position of chief of mission within 
     the category of senior executive branch personnel who are 
     restricted, for one year after they leave the chief of 
     mission position, from knowingly making representations on 
     behalf of someone with an interest in a matter that is before 
     any officer or employee of the department or agency in which 
     they served.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


               Recovery of Costs of Health Care Services

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1133) has been requested by the 
     Administration. This section, which implements 
     recommendations of the Department of State's Office of the 
     Inspector General, amends section 904 of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 to authorize the Department to recover and retain 
     the costs incurred by the Department for health care services 
     provided to eligible USG employees and their families and to 
     other eligible individuals. The proposed legislation would 
     permit the Department to recover and retain such costs from 
     third-party payers, and to recover directly from the employee 
     if the employee chooses to be uninsured. The Departments of 
     Defense and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Indian Health 
     Service, already have similar authority.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                International Arms Sales Code of Conduct

       The House bill (sec. 2001) expresses the sense of the 
     Congress that the President should attempt to achieve the 
     foreign policy goal of an international arms sales code of 
     conduct with all Wassenaar Arrangement countries.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable amendment.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                     Arms Transfers Code of Conduct

       The House bill (sec. 3001-3006) establishes policy 
     guidelines regarding the provision of U.S. military 
     assistance and arms transfers to foreign governments by 
     prohibiting such assistance and transfers to countries that 
     fail to promote democracy and respect human rights, are 
     engaged in armed aggression, and do not fully participate in 
     the U.N. register of conventional arms.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


Inadmissibility of Members of former Soviet Union Intelligence Services

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1154) denies United States visas 
     to individuals who were employed by the intelligence services 
     of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics prior to the 
     collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


              Withholding of Assistance for Parking Fines

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1212) expands upon current law 
     which requires withholding the proportional amount of foreign 
     aid to what a country owes Washington, D.C. in parking fines, 
     plus ten percent. Section 1212 expands this requirement to 
     New York City, and Virginia, and Maryland.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                   Greenhouse Gas Emissions Agreement

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1609) section requires that the 
     President prepare a detailed and comprehensive report on the 
     economic and environmental impacts of the final negotiating 
     text of any proposed international agreement under the U.N. 
     Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) to reduce 
     greenhouse gas emissions.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


 Sense of the Senate on use of funds in Japan-US Friendship Trust Fund.

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1215) expresses the sense of the 
     Senate that the Japan-US Friendship Commission shall be able 
     to use amounts in the Trust Fund in pursuit of the original 
     mandate of the Commission.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


                   International Information programs

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1318) would change the name of 
     the salaries and expense account for the US Information 
     Agency to International Information Programs.
       The House bill has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the House bill.


               Authorized Strength of the Foreign Service

       The House bill (sec. 1321) establishes personnel end 
     strengths for the Foreign Service.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the Senate 
     amendment.


Statement concerning return of or compensation for wrongly confiscated 
                           foreign properties

       The House bill (sec. 1715) expresses a sense of Congress 
     supporting efforts and encouraging further actions by post-
     Communists countries to address question of the status of 
     wrongfully confiscated properties.
       The Senate amendment has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is the same as the Senate 
     amendment.


                     Extension of Au Pair Programs

       The House bill (sec. 1401) permanently extends the Au Pair 
     program as authorized in P.L. 104-72.
       The Senate amendment (sec. 1314) is virtually identical to 
     the House bill.
       The conference substitute does not include the provision. 
     The extension was passed as a separate bill (PL 105-48).


                              Peace Corps

       The Senate amendment (sec. 1401-1403) authorizes 
     appropriations for the Peace Corps. In addition, section 1403 
     makes certain modifications to current law regarding personal 
     services contractors, overseas travel, and other technical 
     changes.
       The House has no comparable provision.
       The conference substitute is identical to the House bill.
       GPS Standards Negotiations. The Committee of Conference 
     finds that the U.S. Department of Defense-developed and 
     operated Global Positioning System provides crucial 
     information for global navigation, position location and 
     precision timing. With its various

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     military, scientific and commercial uses, GPS is making 
     important contributions to the national security, foreign 
     policy, economic growth, and trade goals of the United 
     States.
       The Committee of Conference further finds that, by seeking 
     to establish GPS as an international standard, the United 
     States can advance national security interests, strengthen 
     cooperative security relations with our allies, and support 
     the competitive leadership of American industry in providing 
     GPS products and services to the global marketplace. The 
     broad use of GPS spurs global economic growth as it 
     contributes to improving infrastructures of both developing 
     and industrial countries.
       The Committee of Conference is pleased that the U.S. 
     Department of State is undertaking an important leadership 
     role in coordinating efforts within the executive branch in 
     pursuit of regional agreements with U.S. allies, starting 
     with Japan, that seek to achieve three critical goals: (1) 
     ensure the operation of the GPS on a continuous worldwide 
     basis free of direct user fees; (2) establish GPS and its 
     augmentations as an acceptable international standard; (3) 
     eliminate any foreign barriers to, and other restrictions of 
     foreign governments on, peaceful applications of GPS.
       The Committee of Conference therefore directs that, not 
     later than 60 days after the enactment of this legislation, 
     and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 
     a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives that provides the status, prospects and 
     results of cooperative activities undertaken by the United 
     States with the governments of other countries to achieve 
     regional agreements that establish GPS and its augmentations 
     as an acceptable international standard.
     For consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, 
     and modifications committed to conference:
     Benjamin A. Gilman,
     Henry Hyde,
     Christopher H. Smith,
     For consideration of the House bill (except title XXI) and 
     the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
     conference:
     William Goodling,
     Dan Burton,
     Doug Bereuter,
                                Managers on the part of the House.
     Jesse Helms,
     Paul Coverdell,
     Chuck Hagel,
     Rod Grams,
     Managers on the part of the Senate.

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