[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 2, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9885-S9887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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      FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                           APPROPRIATIONS ACT

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              HUTCHISON (AND McCONNELL) AMENDMENT NO. 3526

  Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. McConnell) proposed an amendment 
to amendment No. 3500 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill (S. 2334) 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       Add the following proviso:
       (5) North Korea is not providing ballistic missiles or 
     ballistic missile technology to a country the government of 
     which the Secretary of State has determined is a terrorist 
     government for the purposes of section 40(d) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act or any other comparable provision of law.
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                  DODD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3527

  Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. 
Kerry, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Jeffords) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 2334, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill add the following new 
     section:
       Sec.   . (a) Responsibility To Make Available Human Rights 
     Records Pursuant to Pending Requests.--
       (1) Guatemala and honduras.--The United States has received 
     specific written requests for human rights records from the 
     Guatemala Clarification Commission and the National Human 
     Rights Commissioner in Honduras, and from American citizens 
     and their relatives who have been victims of gross violations 
     of human rights in those countries.
       (2) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, each agency shall review all requested human rights 
     records referred to in subsection (a)(1) which it has not yet 
     located or reviewed for the purpose of declassifying and 
     disclosing such records to the public except as provided in 
     subsection (b),
       (b) Postponement of Public Disclosure.--
       (1) Grounds for postponement of public disclosure of human 
     rights records.--An agency may only postpone public 
     disclosure of a human rights record or portions thereof that 
     are responsive to the pending requests--
       (A) pursuant to the declassification standards contained in 
     section 6 of P.L. 102-526 or
       (B)(i) if its public disclosure should be expected to 
     reveal the identity of a confidential human source.
       (ii) however it shall not be grounds for withholding from 
     public disclosure relevant information about an individual's 
     involvement in a human rights matter solely because that 
     individual was or is an intelligence source, however the 
     public disclosure of the fact that the individual was or is 
     such a source may be withheld pursuant to this section.
       (2) Review of decision to withhold records.--The 
     Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel 
     (hereinafter in this section the ``Panel''), established 
     under Executive Order No. 12958, shall--
       (A) review all decisions to withhold the public disclosure 
     of any human rights record that has been identified pursuant 
     to requests referred to in subsection (a)(1), subject to the 
     declassification standards referred to in subsection (b)(1);
       (B) notify the head of the agency in control or possession 
     of the human rights record that was the subject of the review 
     of its determination and publish such determination in the 
     Federal Register;
       (C) contemporaneously notify the President of its 
     determination, who shall have the sole and nondelegable 
     authority to review any determination of the Panel, and whose 
     review shall be based on the declassification standards 
     referred to in subsection (b)(1). Within 30 calendar days of 
     notification, the President shall provide the Panel with an 
     unclassified certification setting forth his decision and the 
     reasons therefor; and
       (D) publish in the Federal Register a copy of any 
     unclassified written certification, statement, and any other 
     materials that the President deems appropriate in each 
     instance.
       (3) References.--For purposes of this section, references 
     in sections 6 and 9 of P.L. 102-526 to ``assassination 
     records'' shall be deemed to be references to ``human rights 
     records.''
       (c) Creation of Positions.--(1) For purposes of carrying 
     out the provisions of this section, there shall be two 
     additional positions on the Panel. The President shall 
     appoint individuals, not currently employees of the United 
     States Government, who have substantial human rights 
     expertise and who are able to meet the requisite security 
     clearance requirements for these positions.
       (2) The rights and obligations of such individuals on the 
     Panel shall be limited to matters relating to the review of 
     human rights records and their service on the panel shall end 
     upon completion of that review.
       (d) Definitions.--In this Section:
       (1) Human rights record.--The term ``human rights record'' 
     means a record in the possession, custody, or control of the 
     United States Government containing information about gross 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights 
     committed in Honduras and Guatemala.
       (2) Agency.--The term agency means any agency of the United 
     States Government charged with the conduct of foreign policy 
     or foreign intelligence, including the Department of State, 
     the Agency for International Development, the Defense 
     Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National 
     Reconnaissance Office, the Department of Justice, the 
     National Security Council, and the Executive Office of the 
     President.
       (3) Gross violations of internationally recognized human 
     rights.--The term ``gross violations of internationally 
     recognized human rights'' have the same meaning as is 
     contained in section 502(B)(d)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961.
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                      BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 3528

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Brownback) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 2334, supra; as follows:

       The Senate finds that according to the Department of State, 
     Iran continues to support international terrorism, providing 
     training, financing, and weapons to such terrorist groups as 
     Hizballah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas;
       Iran continues to oppose the Arab-Israeli peace process and 
     refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist;

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       Iran continues aggressively to seek weapons of mass 
     destruction and the missiles to deliver them;
       It is long-standing U.S. policy to offer official 
     government to government dialogue with the Iranian regime, 
     such offers having been repeatedly refused by Tehran;
       More than a year after the election of President Khatemi, 
     Iranian foreign policy continues to threaten American 
     security and that of our allies in the Middle East;
       Despite repeated offers and tentative steps toward 
     rapprochement with Iran by the Clinton administration, 
     including a decision to waive sanctions under the Iran-Libya 
     Sanctions Act and the President's veto of the Iran Missile 
     Proliferation Sanctions Act, Iran has failed to reciprocate 
     in a meaningful manner.
       Therefore in the sense of the Senate:
       (1) the Administration should make no concessions to the 
     government of Iran unless and until that government moderates 
     its objectionable policies, including taking steps to end its 
     support of international terrorism, opposition to the Middle 
     East peace process, and the development and proliferation of 
     weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery; and
       (2) there should be no change in U.S. policy toward Iran 
     until there is credible and sustained evidence of a change in 
     Iranian pol-
     icies.
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                 DeWINE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3529

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. DeWine for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Graham, 
Mr. Grassley, Mr. Faircloth, and Mr. Bond) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 2334 supra; as follows:

       On page 10 line 19, insert ``Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under the previous proviso not less than 
     $80,000,000 shall be made available for alternative 
     development programs to drug production in Colombia, Peru and 
     Bolivia.
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                 CRAIG (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3530

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Craig for himself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Leahy, 
and Mr. Jeffords) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as 
follows;

       At the appropriate place, insert:

     SEC.  . JOINT UNITED STATES-CANADA COMMISSION ON CATTLE AND 
                   BEEF.

       (a) Establishment.--There is established a Joint United 
     States-Canada Commission on Cattle, Beef and dairy products 
     to identify, and recommend means of resolving, national, 
     regional, and provincial trade-distorting differences between 
     the United States and Canada with respect to the production, 
     processing, and sale of cattle, beef, and dairy products, 
     with particular emphasis on--
       (1) animal health requirements;
       (2) transportation differences;
       (3) the availability of feed grains;
       (4) other market-distorting direct and indirect subsidies; 
     and
       (5) the expansion of the Northwest Pilot Project.
       (6) tariff rate quotas.
       (7) and other factors that distort trade between the United 
     States and Canada.
       (b) Composition.--
       (1) In general.--The Commission shall be composed of--
       (A) 3 members representing the United States, including--
       (i) 1 member appointed by the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate;
       (ii) 1 member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (iii) 1 member appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture;
       (B) 3 members representing Canada, appointed by the 
     Government of Canada; and
       (C) nonvoting members appointed by the Commission to serve 
     as advisers to the Commission, including university faculty, 
     State veterinarians, trade experts, producers, and other 
     members.
       (2) Appointment.--Members of the Commission shall be 
     appointed not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the first 
     meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall submit a 
     report to Congress and the Government of Canada that 
     identifies, and recommends means of resolving, differences 
     between the United States and Canada with respect to tariff 
     rate quotas and the production, processing, and sale of 
     cattle and beef, and dairy products.
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            CRAIG (AND KEMPTHORNE) AMENDMENTS NOS. 3531-3532

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Craig for himself and Mr. Kempthorne) proposed 
two amendments to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 3531

       On page 82, line 10, strike ``Yugoslavia.'' and insert the 
     following: ``Yugoslavia: Provided further, That the drawdown 
     made under this section for any tribunal shall not be 
     construed as an endorsement or precedent for the 
     establishment of any standing or permanent international 
     criminal tribunal or court: Provided further; That funds made 
     available for the tribunal shall be made available subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committee on 
     Appropriations.
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                           Amendment No. 3532

       At the appropriate place, insert:

     SEC.  . SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       (a) It is the Sense of the Senate that:
       (1) The U.S. Department of Agriculture should use the GSM-
     102 credit guarantee program to provide 100 percent coverage, 
     including shipping costs, in some markets where it may be 
     temporarily necessary to encourage the export of US 
     agricultural products.
       (2) The U.S. Department of Agriculture should increase the 
     amount of GSM export credit available above the $5.5 billion 
     minimum required by the 1996 Farm Bill (as it did in the 
     1991/1992 period). In addition to other nations, extra 
     allocations should be made in the following amounts to:
       (A) Pakistan--an additional $150 million;
       (B) Algeria--an additional $140 million;
       (C) Bulgaria--an additional $20 million; and
       (D) Romania--an additional $20 million.
       (3) The U.S. Department of Agriculture should use the PL-
     480 food assistance programs to the fullest extent possible, 
     including the allocation of assistance to Indonesia and other 
     Asian nations facing economic hardship.
       (4) Given the President's reaffirmation of a Jackson-Vanik 
     waiver for Vietnam, the U.S. Department of Agriculture should 
     consider Vietnam for PL-480 assistance and increased GSM.
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                   REED (AND REID) AMENDMENT NO. 3533

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Reed for himself and Mr. Reid) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       That of the funds made available by prior Foreign 
     Operations Appropriations Acts, not to exceed $750,000 shall 
     be made available for the Claiborne Pell Institute for 
     International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina 
     University.
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                       DeWINE AMENDMENT NO. 3534

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. DeWine) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2334, supra; as follows:

       Beginning on page 90, line 1, after the word ``the'' insert 
     ``central''.
       On page 91, line 11, after the word ``ratified'' insert 
     ``or in implementing''.
       On page 91, strike lines 19 through 20, and insert ``for 
     the Haitian National Police, customs assistance, humanitarian 
     assistance, and education programs.''
       On page 91, line 22, after the word ``available'' insert 
     ``to the Government of Haiti''.
       On page 92, line 5 strike everything after the word 
     ``council'' through the ``period'' on line 7 and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``that is acceptable to a broad spectrum of 
     political parties and civic groups.''
       On page 92, line 8, after the word ``Parties'' insert ``and 
     Grass Roots Civic Organization''.
       On page 92, line 13 after the word ``parties'' insert ``and 
     for the development of grass roots civic organizations''.
       On page 92, insert new section (e):
       ``(e)(1) Availability of Administration of Justice 
     Assistance.--Funds appropriated under this act for the 
     Ministry of Justice shall only be provided if the President 
     certifies to the Committee on Appropriations and the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that Haiti's 
     Ministry of Justice:
       ``(A) Has demonstrated a commitment to the 
     professionalization of judicial personnel by consistently 
     placing students graduated by the Judicial School in 
     appropriate judicial positions and has made a commitment to 
     share program costs associated with the Judicial School;
       ``(B) is making progress in making the judicial branch in 
     Haiti independent from the executive branch, as outlined in 
     the 1987 Constitution; and
       ``(C) Has re-instituted judicial training with the Office 
     of Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT).
       ``(2) The limitation in subsection (e)(1) shall not apply 
     to the provision of funds to support the training of 
     prosecutors, judicial mentoring, and case management.''.
       On page 92, line 14, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(f)''.
       On page 93, strike (f) and all that follows.
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                      McCONNELL AMENDMENT NO. 3535

  Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:


                           office of security

       Sec.   . (a) Establishment of Office.--There shall be 
     established within the Office of the Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development, an Office of Security. 
     Such Office of Security shall, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, have the responsibility for the 
     supervision, direction, and control of all security 
     activities relating to the programs and operations of that 
     Agency.
       (b) Transfer and Allocation of Appropriations and 
     Personnel.--There are transferred to the Office of Security 
     all security

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     functions exercised by the Office of Inspector General of the 
     Agency for International Development exercised before the 
     date of enactment of this Act. The Administrator shall 
     transfer from the Office of the Inspector General of such 
     Agency to the Office of Security established by subsection 
     (a), the personnel (including the Senior Executive Service 
     position designated for the Assistant Inspector General for 
     Security), assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, 
     records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, and other 
     funds held, used, available to, or to be made available in 
     connection with such functions. Unexpended balances of 
     appropriations, and other funds made available or to be made 
     available in connection with such functions, shall be 
     transferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act 
     under the heading ``Operating Expenses of the Agency for 
     International Development''.
       (c) Transfer of Employees.--Any employee in the career 
     service who is transferred pursuant to this section shall be 
     placed in a position in the Office of Security established by 
     subsection (a) which is comparable to the position the 
     employee held in the Office of the Inspector General of the 
     Agency for International Development.
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                 DeWINE (AND LEAHY) AMENDMENT NO. 3536

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. DeWine for himself and Mr. Leahy) proposed an 
amendment to the bill. S. 2334, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new title:

              TITLE __--ASSISTANCE FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

     SEC. __01. AFRICA FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE.

       In providing development assistance under the Africa Food 
     Security Initiative, or any comparable program, the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development--
       (1) shall emphasize programs and projects that improve the 
     food security of infants, young children, school-age 
     children, women, and food-insecure households, or that 
     improve the agricultural productivity, incomes, and marketing 
     of the rural poor in Africa;
       (2) shall solicit and take into consideration the views and 
     needs of intended beneficiaries and program participants 
     during the selection, planning, implementation, and 
     evaluation phases of projects; and
       (3) shall ensure that programs are designed and conducted 
     in cooperation with African and United States organizations 
     and institutions, such as private and voluntary 
     organizations, cooperatives, land-grant and other appropriate 
     universities, and local producer-owned cooperative marketing 
     and buying associations, that have expertise in addressing 
     the needs of the poor, small-scale farmers, entrepreneurs, 
     and rural workers, including women.

     SEC. __02. MICROENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE.

       In providing microenterprise assistance for sub-Saharan 
     Africa, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development shall, to the extent practicable, 
     use credit and microcredit assistance to improve the capacity 
     and efficiency of agriculture production in sub-Saharan 
     Africa of small-scale farmers and small rural entrepreneurs. 
     In providing assistance, the Administrator should take into 
     consideration the needs of women, and should use the applied 
     research and technical assistance capabilities of United 
     States land-grant universities.

     SEC. __03. SUPPORT FOR PRODUCER-OWNED COOPERATIVE MARKETING 
                   ASSOCIATIONS.

       The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development is authorized to utilize relevant 
     foreign assistance programs and initiatives for sub-Saharan 
     Africa to support private producer-owned cooperative 
     marketing associations in sub-Saharan Africa, including rural 
     business associations that are owned and controlled by farmer 
     shareholders in order to strengthen the capacity of farmers 
     in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in national and 
     international private markets and to encourage the efforts of 
     farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to increase their productivity 
     and income through improved access to farm supplies, seasonal 
     credit, and technical expertise.

     SEC. __04. AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF 
                   THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION.

       (a) In General.--The Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation shall exercise its authority under law to 
     undertake an initiative to support private agricultural and 
     rural development in sub-Saharan Africa, including issuing 
     loans, guarantees, and insurance, to support rural 
     development in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly to support 
     intermediary organizations that--
       (1) directly serve the needs of small-scale farmers, small 
     rural entrepreneurs, and rural producer-owned cooperative 
     purchasing and marketing associations;
       (2) have a clear track record of support for sound business 
     management practices; and
       (3) have demonstrated experience with participatory 
     development methods.
       (b) Use of Certain Funds.--The Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation shall utilize existing equity funds, loan, and 
     insurance funds, to the extent feasible and in accordance 
     with existing contractual obligations, to support agriculture 
     and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa.

     SEC. __05. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Development of Plan.--The Administrator of the United 
     States Agency for International Development, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Agriculture and appropriate Department 
     of Agriculture agencies, especially the Cooperative State, 
     Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), shall 
     develop a comprehensive plan to coordinate and build on the 
     research and extension activities of United States land-grant 
     universities, international agricultural research centers, 
     and national agricultural research and extension centers in 
     sub-Saharan Africa.
       (b) Additional Requirements.--The plan described in 
     subsection (a) shall be designed to ensure that--
       (1) research and extension activities respond to the needs 
     of small-scale farmers while developing the potential and 
     skills of researchers, extension agents, farmers, and 
     agribusiness persons in sub-Saharan Africa; and
       (2) sustainable agricultural methods of farming is 
     considered together with new technologies in increasing 
     agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa.
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                  KERREY (AND LOTT) AMENDMENT NO. 3537

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Kerrey for himself and Mr. Lott) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.   . (a) The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The International Telecommunication Union, an agency of 
     the United Nations, is currently developing recommendations 
     for world standards for the next generation of wireless 
     telecommunications services based on the concept of a 
     ``family'' of standards.
       (2) On June 30, 1998, the Department of State submitted 
     four proposed standards to the ITU for consideration in the 
     development of those recommendations.
       (3) Adoption of an open and inclusive set of multiple 
     standards, including all four submitted by the Department of 
     State, would enable existing systems to operate with the next 
     generation of wireless standards.
       (4) It is critical to the interests of the United States 
     that existing systems be given this ability.
       (b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Federal 
     Communications Commission and appropriate executive branch 
     agencies take all appropriate actions to promote development, 
     by the ITU, of recommendations for digital wireless 
     telecommunications services based on a family of open and 
     inclusive multiple standards, including all four standards 
     submitted by the Department of State, so as to allow 
     operation of existing systems with the next generation of 
     wireless standards.
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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 3538

  Mr. LEAHY proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 38, line 22, delete $69,000,000 and insert in lieu 
     thereof $75,000,000.
       On page 7, line 21, delete $1,890,000,000 and insert in 
     lieu thereof $1,904,000,000.
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                       ABRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 3539

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Abraham) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
2334, supra; as follows:

       On page 30, line 7, strike the final period and insert a 
     semicolon, and insert the following: ``Provided further, That 
     amounts appropriated under this heading for fiscal year 1999, 
     and amounts previously appropriated under such heading for 
     fiscal year 1998, shall remain available until expended.''

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