[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 117 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9996-S10019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

  The text of the bill (S. 2334), the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as passed by 
the Senate on September 2, 1998, is as follows:

                                S. 2334

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE


                export-import bank of the united states

       The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 
     to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and 
     borrowing authority available to such corporation, and in 
     accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided

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     by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
     may be necessary in carrying out the program for the current 
     fiscal year for such corporation: Provided, That none of the 
     funds available during the current fiscal year may be used to 
     make expenditures, contracts, or commitments for the export 
     of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any country 
     other than a nuclear-weapon State as defined in Article IX of 
     the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 
     eligible to receive economic or military assistance under 
     this Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.


                         subsidy appropriation

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, 
     and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $785,000,000 to 
     remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That 
     such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
     be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
     of 1974: Provided further, That such sums shall remain 
     available until 2013 for the disbursement of direct loans, 
     loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in 
     fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or any prior 
     Act appropriating funds for foreign operations, export 
     financing, or related programs for tied-aid credits or grants 
     may be used for any other purpose except through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph 
     are made available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the 
     Export Import Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the 
     purchase or lease of any product by any East European 
     country, any Baltic State or any agency or national thereof.


                        administrative expenses

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
     guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be computed on an 
     accrual basis), including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
     and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
     exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses for members of the Board of Directors, $49,000,000: 
     Provided, That necessary expenses (including special services 
     performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 
     personal services) in connection with the collection of 
     moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, repossession or sale of 
     pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the Export-
     Import Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Export-Import 
     Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, or 
     the evaluation of the legal or technical aspects of any 
     transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or 
     insurance commitment has been made, shall be considered 
     nonadministrative expenses for the purposes of this heading: 
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of 
     section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 
     (a) thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 1999.


                overseas private investment corporation

                           noncredit account

       The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
     to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments 
     within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance 
     with law as may be necessary: Provided, That the amount 
     available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
     and insurance programs (including an amount for official 
     reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed 
     $35,000) shall not exceed $32,000,000 of which not more than 
     $16,500,000 may be made available until the Corporation 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations on measures taken 
     to (1) establish sector specific investment funds; and (2) 
     support regional investment initiatives in Georgia, Armenia 
     and Azerbaijan through the Caucasus Fund: Provided further, 
     That the Corporation shall provide a report to the Committees 
     on Appropriations within 45 days of enactment regarding the 
     use of funds it has made or plans to make available 
     consistent with the President's Global Climate Change 
     Initiative: Provided further, That project-specific 
     transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs 
     incurred in claims settlements, and other direct costs 
     associated with services provided to specific investors or 
     potential investors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered 
     administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.


                            program account

       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $50,000,000, 
     as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation noncredit account: Provided, That such 
     costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
     as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974: Provided further, That such sums shall be available for 
     direct loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments 
     incurred or made during fiscal years 1999 and 2000: Provided 
     further, That such sums shall remain available through fiscal 
     year 2007 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans 
     obligated in fiscal year 1999, and through fiscal year 2008 
     for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated 
     in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That in addition, such 
     sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses to carry 
     out the credit program may be derived from amounts available 
     for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and 
     insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said account.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                      trade and development agency

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $43,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: 
     Provided, That the Trade and Development Agency may receive 
     reimbursements from corporations and other entities for the 
     costs of grants for feasibility studies and other project 
     planning services, to be deposited as an offsetting 
     collection to this account and to be available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2000, for necessary expenses under this 
     paragraph: Provided further, That such reimbursements shall 
     not cover, or be allocated against, direct or indirect 
     administrative costs of the agency.

                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

       For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out 
     the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for 
     other purposes, to remain available until September 30, 1999, 
     unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:


                  agency for international development

                         development assistance

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     sections 103 through 106, section 301, and chapter 10 of part 
     I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the 
     International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 
     1980 (Public Law 96-533) and the provisions of section 401 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $1,904,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of the 
     amount appropriated under this heading, up to $20,000,000 may 
     be made available for the Inter-American Foundation and shall 
     be apportioned directly to that Agency: Provided further, 
     That of the amount appropriated under this heading, up to 
     $8,000,000 may be made available for the African Development 
     Foundation and shall be apportioned directly to that agency: 
     Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading, the amount made available for activities to 
     strengthen global surveillance and control of infectious 
     diseases, that is in addition to funds made available for the 
     prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/
     AIDS, shall be at least equal to the amount available in 
     fiscal year 1998 for such purposes under the heading ``Child 
     Survival and Disease Programs Fund'': Provided further, That 
     such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     not less than $50,000,000 should be made available for 
     activities addressing the health and nutrition needs of 
     pregnant women and mothers: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $100,000,000 shall be made available for the United Nations 
     Children's Fund: Provided further, That not less than 
     $435,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
     shall be made available to carry out the provisions of 
     section 104(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available in 
     this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior 
     appropriations may be made available to any organization or 
     program which, as determined by the President of the United 
     States, supports or participates in the management of a 
     program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
     this heading may be used to pay for the performance of 
     abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or 
     coerce any person to practice abortions; and that in order to 
     reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 
     shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects 
     which offer, either directly or through referral to, or 
     information about access to, a broad range of family planning 
     methods and services: Provided further, That in awarding 
     grants for natural family planning under section 104 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be 
     discriminated against because of such applicant's religious 
     or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family 
     planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 
     with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 
     further, That for purposes of this or any other Act 
     authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign operations, 
     export financing, and related programs, the term 
     ``motivate'', as it relates to family planning assistance, 
     shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent 
     with local law, of information or counseling about all 
     pregnancy options: Provided further, That nothing in this 
     paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
     prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding section 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, of the funds appropriated under this heading in this 
     Act, and of the unobligated balances of funds previously 
     appropriated under this heading, $2,500,000 shall be 
     transferred to ``International Organizations and Programs'' 
     for a contribution to the International Fund for Agricultural 
     Development (IFAD): Provided

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     further, That of the aggregate amount of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for Eastern European 
     Democracy Act of 1989, $305,000,000 should be made available 
     for agriculture and rural development programs including 
     international agriculture research programs: 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: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading that are made available 
     for assistance programs for displaced and orphaned children 
     and victims of war, not to exceed $25,000, in addition to 
     funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to 
     monitor and provide oversight of such programs: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for 
     agriculture programs in Laos: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $15,000,000 shall be made available for the American Schools 
     and Hospitals Abroad Program: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading not less than $500,000 
     shall be made available for support of the United States 
     Telecommunications Training Institute: Provided further, That 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
     available for Haiti, $250,000 shall be made available to 
     support a program to assist Haitian children in orphanages: 
     Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading and made available for activities pursuant to the 
     Microenterprise Initiative, not less than one-half shall be 
     expended on programs providing loans of less than $300 to 
     very poor people, particularly women, or for institutional 
     support of organizations primarily engaged in making such 
     loans: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of the amounts made available under title 
     II of this Act, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
     available only for assistance to the Iraqi democratic 
     opposition for such activities as organization, training, 
     communication and dissemination of information, and 
     developing and implementing agreements among opposition 
     groups: Provided further, That any agreement reached 
     regarding the obligation of funds under the previous proviso 
     shall include provisions to ensure appropriate monitoring on 
     the use of such funds: Provided further, That of this amount 
     not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available as a grant 
     to Iraqi National Congress, to be administered by its 
     Executive Committee for the benefit of all constituent groups 
     of the Iraqi National Congress: Provided further, That of the 
     amounts previously appropriated under section 10008 of Public 
     Law 105-174 not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available 
     as a grant to INDICT, the International Campaign to Indict 
     Iraqi War Criminals, for the purpose of compiling information 
     to support the indictment of Iraqi officials for war crimes: 
     Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
     this section, not less than $1,000,000 shall be made 
     available as a grant to INDICT, the International Campaign to 
     Indict Iraqi War Criminals, for the purpose of compiling 
     information to support the indictment of Iraqi officials for 
     war crimes: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this section, not less than $3,000,000 shall 
     be made available only for the conduct of activities by the 
     Iraqi democratic opposition inside Iraq: Provided further, 
     That within 30 days of enactment of this Act the Secretary of 
     State shall submit a detailed report to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress on implementation of this heading.


                                 cyprus

       Of the funds appropriated under the headings ``Development 
     Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than 
     $15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus to be used 
     only for scholarships, administrative support of the 
     scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed 
     at reunification of the island and designed to reduce 
     tensions and promote peace and cooperation between the two 
     communities on Cyprus.


                                 burma

       Of the funds appropriated under the heading ``Development 
     Assistance'', not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
     available to support democracy activities in Burma, democracy 
     and humanitarian activities along the Burma-Thailand border, 
     and for Burmese student groups and other organizations 
     located outside Burma: Provided, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading, not less than $500,000 shall be 
     made available for newspapers, media, and publications 
     promoting democracy in and related to Burma: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
     $5,000,000 shall be made available to support the provision 
     of medical supplies and services, education and humanitarian 
     assistance to displaced Burmese along the Burma borders: 
     Provided further, That of the funds made available for 
     democracy activities under this heading, not less than 
     $2,000,000 shall be made available subject to written 
     consultation and guidelines provided by the leadership of the 
     Burmese government elected in 1990: Provided further, That 
     funds made available for Burma-related activities under this 
     heading may be made available notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law: Provided further, That the provision of 
     such funds shall be made available subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


                                CAMBODIA

       None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for activities or programs for Cambodia until the 
     Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations that: (1) Cambodia has held free and fair 
     elections; (2) during the twelve months prior to the 
     elections, no candidate of any opposition party was murdered; 
     (3) all political candidates were permitted freedom of 
     speech, assembly and equal access to the media; (4) voter 
     registration and participation rates did not exceed the 
     eligible population in any region; (5) refugees and overseas 
     Cambodians were permitted to vote; (6) the Central Election 
     Commission was comprised of representatives from all parties; 
     and (7) international monitors were accorded appropriate 
     access to polling sites: Provided, That the restriction on 
     funds made available under this paragraph shall not apply to 
     demining or humanitarian programs or activities administered 
     by nongovernmental organizations.


                               INDONESIA

       Of the funds appropriated under the headings ``Economic 
     Support Fund'' and ``Development Assistance'', not less than 
     $100,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
     Indonesia: Provided, That not less than 50 percent of such 
     funds shall be made available to address nationwide food, 
     medical, fuel, and other shortages: Provided further, That 
     not less than 80 percent of the assistance made available for 
     Indonesia under this heading shall be made available, 
     administered or distributed through indigenous non-
     governmental or private voluntary organizations: Provided 
     further, That not less than $6,000,000 shall be made 
     available to support the development of political 
     institutions and parties: Provided further, That not less 
     than $8,000,000 of the funds made available under this 
     heading shall be made available to improve transparency and 
     regulation of banking, financial, insurance, and securities 
     institutions: Provided further, That not less than $8,000,000 
     of the funds made available under this heading shall be made 
     available to support legal and judicial reforms: Provided 
     further, That thirty days after enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator of the Agency for International Development 
     shall provide the Committees on Appropriations with a 
     nationwide assessment of economic, legal, political and 
     humanitarian consequences and needs resulting from the 
     economic collapse in Indonesia.


                   MITCH MC CONNELL CONSERVATION FUND

       Of the funds made available under the headings ``Economic 
     Support Fund'' and ``Development Assistance'', not less than 
     $1,200,000 shall be made available for research, 
     conservation, training and related activities for the 
     Province of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, of which not less 
     than $500,000 shall be made available for activities 
     conducted by the Charles Darwin Research Station: Provided, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading, $200,000 
     shall be made available to support training and conservation 
     activities conducted by the Galapagos National Park Service: 
     Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
     heading, not less than $500,000 shall be made available as a 
     contribution to an endowment for the Charles Darwin Research 
     Station and Foundation: Provided further, That additional 
     funds for this endowment may be made available to match 
     private sector donations.


                   international disaster assistance

       For necessary expenses for international disaster relief, 
     rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to 
     section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
     amended, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     not less than $500,000 shall be available only to Catholic 
     Relief Services solely for the purpose of the purchase, 
     transport, or installation of a hydraulic drilling machine to 
     provide potable drinking water in the region of the Nuba 
     Mountains in Sudan.


          TREASURY INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

       For necessary expenses to carry out Department of the 
     Treasury international affairs technical assistance 
     activities, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     which shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, for economic technical assistance and for related 
     programs.


                           debt restructuring

       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans 
     and loan guarantees, as the President may determine, for 
     which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made 
     available for programs within the International Affairs 
     Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, reducing, 
     or canceling amounts, through debt buybacks and swaps, owed 
     to the United States as a result of concessional loans made 
     to eligible Latin American and Caribbean countries, pursuant 
     to part IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 
     modifying concessional credit agreements with least developed 
     countries, as authorized under section 411 of the Agriculture 
     Trade and Assistance Act of 1954 as amended; and of modifying 
     any obligation, or portion of such obligation of Honduras to 
     pay for purchases of United States agricultural commodities

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     guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation under export 
     credit guarantee programs authorized pursuant to section 5(f) 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 
     1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of 
     1966, as amended (Public Law 89-808), or section 202 of the 
     Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95-
     501); $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.


         micro and small enterprise development program account

       For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, 
     $1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That such costs 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That section 
     108(i)(2)(C) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended 
     to read as follows: ``(C) No guarantee of any loan may 
     guarantee more than 50 percent of the principal amount of any 
     such loan, except guarantees of loans in support of 
     microenterprise activites may guarantee up to 70 percent of 
     the principal amount of any such loan.''. In addition, for 
     administrative expenses to carry out programs under this 
     heading, $500,000, all of which may be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the 
     Agency for International Development: Provided further, That 
     funds made available under this heading shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2000.


             urban and environmental credit program account

       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans 
     authorized by sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize loan 
     principal, 100 per centum of which shall be guaranteed, 
     pursuant to the authority of such sections. In addition, for 
     administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed loan 
     programs, $4,000,000, all of which may be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the 
     Agency for International Development: Provided further, That 
     the second and third sentences of section 222(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and the third and fourth 
     sentences of section 223(j) of such Act are repealed.


                  private and voluntary organizations

       None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     by this Act for development assistance may be made available 
     to any United States private and voluntary organization, 
     except any cooperative development organization, which 
     obtains less than 20 per centum of its total annual funding 
     for international activities from sources other than the 
     United States Government: Provided, That the Administrator of 
     the Agency for International Development may, on a case-by-
     case basis, waive the restriction contained in this 
     paragraph, after taking into account the effectiveness of the 
     overseas development activities of the organization, its 
     level of volunteer support, its financial viability and 
     stability, and the degree of its dependence for its financial 
     support on the agency: Provided further, That section 123(g) 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the paragraph 
     entitled ``Private and Voluntary Organizations'' in title II 
     of the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations 
     Act, 1985 (as enacted in Public Law 98-473) are hereby 
     repealed.
       Funds appropriated or otherwise made available under title 
     II of this Act should be made available to private and 
     voluntary organizations at a level which is at least 
     equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. Such 
     private and voluntary organizations shall include those which 
     operate on a not-for-profit basis, receive contributions from 
     private sources, receive voluntary support from the public 
     and are deemed to be among the most cost-effective and 
     successful providers of development assistance.


     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

       For payment to the ``Foreign Service Retirement and 
     Disability Fund'', as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980, $44,552,000.


     operating expenses of the agency for international development

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667, $475,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act for programs administered by the 
     Agency for International Development may be used to finance 
     printing costs of any report or study (except feasibility, 
     design, or evaluation reports or studies) in excess of 
     $25,000 without the approval of the Administrator of the 
     Agency or the Administrator's designee.


 operating expenses of the agency for international development office 
                          of inspector general

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667, $30,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2000, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 
     Inspector General of the Agency for International 
     Development.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance


                         economic support fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II, $2,305,600,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $1,080,000,000 
     shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be 
     available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be 
     disbursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by 
     October 31, 1998, whichever is later: Provided further, That 
     not less than $775,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, 
     which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and of which 
     sum cash transfer assistance shall be provided with the 
     understanding that Egypt will undertake significant economic 
     reforms which are additional to those which were undertaken 
     in previous fiscal years and, of which not less than 
     $200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Import Program 
     assistance: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading for Egypt not less than $40,000,000 shall 
     be made available to establish an Enterprise Fund for Egypt, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, 
     That the provisions of subsection (b) under the heading 
     ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'' shall 
     be applicable to funds made available for an Enterprise Fund 
     for Egypt: Provided further, That in exercising the authority 
     to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the President 
     shall ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause 
     an adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports 
     from the United States to such country: Provided further, 
     That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than $150,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
     Jordan: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used to 
     support victims of and programs related to the Holocaust.


          assistance for eastern europe and the baltic states

       (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East 
     European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $432,500,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2000, which shall be 
     available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     economic assistance and for related programs for Eastern 
     Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading and the headings 
     ``International Narcotics and Law Enforcement'', 
     ``Development Assistance'', and ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     not to exceed $200,000,000 shall be made available for Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina.
       (b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior 
     appropriations Acts that are or have been made available for 
     an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-
     bearing accounts prior to the Fund's disbursement of such 
     funds for program purposes. The Fund may retain for such 
     program purposes any interest earned on such deposits without 
     returning such interest to the Treasury of the United States 
     and without further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made 
     available for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the 
     minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 
     and activities.
       (c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the 
     administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 
     of economic assistance.
       (d) With regard to funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this heading for the economic revitalization 
     program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and local currencies 
     generated by such funds (including the conversion of funds 
     appropriated under this heading into currency used by Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina as local currency and local currency returned 
     or repaid under such program)--
       (1) the Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development shall provide written approval for grants and 
     loans prior to the obligation and expenditure of funds for 
     such purposes, and prior to the use of funds that have been 
     returned or repaid to any lending facility or grantee; and
       (2) the provisions of section 533 of this Act shall apply.


  assistance for the new independent states of the former soviet union

       (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the New 
     Independent States of the former Soviet Union and for related 
     programs, $740,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2000: Provided, That the provisions of such chapter shall 
     apply to funds appropriated by this paragraph: Provided 
     further, That such sums as may be necessary may be 
     transferred to the Export-Import Bank of the United States 
     for the cost of any financing under the Export-Import Bank 
     Act of 1945 for activities for the New Independent States.
       (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than $210,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
     Ukraine: Provided, That 50 percent of the amount made 
     available in this subsection, exclusive of funds made 
     available for nuclear safety, Free Market Democracy Fund 
     activities and law enforcement reforms, shall be withheld 
     from obligation and expenditure until the Secretary of State 
     reports to the Committees on Appropriations that Ukraine has 
     undertaken significant economic reforms additional to those 
     achieved in fiscal year 1998, and include: (1) reform and 
     effective enforcement of commercial and tax codes; and (2) 
     continued progress on resolution of complaints by U.S. 
     investors: Provided further,

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     That the report in the previous proviso shall be provided 120 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
     further, That if the Secretary cannot certify that progress 
     has been achieved, the funds withheld shall be returned to 
     the United States Treasury: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available for Ukraine under this subsection, not 
     less than $22,000,000 shall be made available only for 
     assistance for comprehensive legal restructuring necessary to 
     support a decentralized market-oriented economic system, and 
     the implementation of reforms necessary to establish an 
     independent judiciary including the education of judges, 
     attorneys, and law students: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available for Ukraine under this subsection, not 
     less than $8,000,000 shall be made available to support law 
     enforcement institutions and training: Provided further, That 
     not less than $25,000,000 of such funds shall be made 
     available for nuclear reactor safety programs, of which not 
     less than $1,000,000 shall be made available for personnel 
     security initiatives at all nuclear reactor installations: 
     Provided further, That of such funds, not less than $700,000 
     shall be made available to establish and support a Free 
     Market Democracy Fund to be administered by the United States 
     Ambassador to Ukraine in consultation with the Coordinator 
     for the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union.
       (c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than $95,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
     Georgia, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be made 
     available to support economic reforms including small 
     business development and the development of banking, 
     insurance and securities institutions: Provided, That of the 
     funds made available under this subsection, not less than 
     $8,000,000 shall be made available for judicial reform and 
     law enforcement training: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this subsection, not less than 
     $20,000,000 shall be made available to support training and 
     infrastructure for secure communications and surveillance 
     systems for border and customs control.
       (d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than $90,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
     Armenia, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
     available for an endowment for the American University of 
     Armenia: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
     this subsection, not less than $4,000,000 shall be made 
     available for nuclear safety activities.
       (e) Funds made available under this Act or any other Act 
     may not be provided for assistance to the Government of 
     Azerbaijan until the President determines, and so reports to 
     the Congress, that the Government of Azerbaijan is taking 
     demonstrable steps to cease all blockades and other offensive 
     uses of force against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh: Provided, 
     That the restriction of this subsection and section 907 of 
     the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply to--
       (1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 
     title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 1424 of the 
     ``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997'';
       (2) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other 
     assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
       (3) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development 
     Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
       (4) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.);
       (5) any activity carried out by a member of the Foreign 
     Commercial Service while acting within his or her official 
     capacity; or
       (6) humanitarian assistance.
       (f) Of the funds made available under this heading for 
     nuclear safety activities, not to exceed 9 percent of the 
     funds provided for any single project may be used to pay for 
     management costs incurred by a United States national lab in 
     administering said project.
       (g) Of the funds appropriated under title II of this Act, 
     including funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than $10,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
     Mongolia: Provided, That funds made available for assistance 
     for Mongolia may be made available in accordance with the 
     purposes and utilizing the authorities provided in chapter 11 
     of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (h) None of the funds appropriated under this heading may 
     be made available for Russia unless the President determines 
     and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that the Government of Russia has terminated implementation 
     of arrangements to provide Iran with technical expertise, 
     training, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a 
     nuclear reactor, related nuclear research facilities or 
     programs, or ballistic missile capability.

                           Independent Agency


                              peace corps

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $221,000,000, including the 
     purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
     administrative purposes for use outside of the United States: 
     Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided further, 
     That funds appropriated under this heading shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2000.

                          Department of State


          international narcotics control and law enforcement

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $222,000,000: Provided, That 
     of this amount not less than $9,000,000 shall be made 
     available for Law Enforcement Training and Demand Reduction: 
     Provided further, That in addition to any funds previously 
     made available for the International Law Enforcement Academy 
     for the Western Hemisphere, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
     made available to establish and operate the International Law 
     Enforcement Academy for the Western Hemisphere at the 
     deBremond Training Center in Roswell, New Mexico.


                    migration and refugee assistance

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
     enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by 
     law, a contribution to the International Committee of the Red 
     Cross, assistance to refugees, including contributions to the 
     International Organization for Migration and the United 
     Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other activities 
     to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of 
     personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 
     through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized 
     by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $650,000,000: 
     Provided, That not more than $12,000,000 shall be available 
     for administrative expenses: Provided further, That not less 
     than $70,000,000 shall be made available for refugees from 
     the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other refugees 
     resettling in Israel.


     united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
     1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 260(c)), $20,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the funds made 
     available under this heading are appropriated notwithstanding 
     the provisions contained in section 2(c)(2) of the Act which 
     would limit the amount of funds which could be appropriated 
     for this purpose.


    nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

       For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism 
     and related programs and activities, $170,000,000, to carry 
     out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, section 
     504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the Nonproliferation and 
     Disarmament Fund, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining 
     activities, clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related 
     activities notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     including activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
     international organizations, section 301 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary 
     contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development 
     Organization (KEDO): Provided, That of this amount not to 
     exceed $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, may 
     be made available for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament 
     Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to promote 
     bilateral and multilateral activities relating to 
     nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided further, That such 
     funds may also be used for countries other than the New 
     Independent States of the former Soviet Union and 
     international organizations when it is in the national 
     security interest of the United States to do so: Provided 
     further, That such funds shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading not to exceed $35,000,000 may be made available for 
     demining, clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related 
     activities: Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available for demining and related activities, not to exceed 
     $500,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 
     purposes, may be used for administrative expenses related to 
     the operation and management of the demining program: 
     Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading up to $40,000,000 may be made available for the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of 
     State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel 
     is not being denied its right to participate in the 
     activities of that Agency: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
     $35,000,000 may be made available to the Korean Peninsula 
     Energy Development Organization only for the administrative 
     expenses and heavy fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed 
     Framework: Provided further, That such funds may be obligated 
     to KEDO only if, thirty days prior to such obligation of 
     funds, the President certifies and so reports to Congress 
     that: (1)(A) the parties to the Agreed Framework are taking 
     steps to assure that progress is made on the implementation 
     of the January 1, 1992, Joint Declaration on the 
     Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the 
     implementation of the North-South dialogue, and (B) North 
     Korea is complying with all provisions of the Agreed 
     Framework between North Korea and

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     the United States and with the Confidential Minute; (2) North 
     Korea is cooperating fully in the canning and safe storage of 
     all spent fuel from its graphite-moderated nuclear reactors; 
     (3) North Korea has not significantly diverted assistance 
     provided by the United States for purposes for which it was 
     not intended; (4) North Korea is not actively pursuing the 
     acquisition or development of a nuclear capability (other 
     than the light-water reactors provided for by the 1994 Agreed 
     Framework Between the United States and North Korea); and (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: Provided 
     further, That the President may waive the certification 
     requirements of the preceding proviso if the President 
     determines that it is vital to the national security 
     interests of the United States: Provided further, That no 
     funds may be obligated for KEDO until 30 days after 
     submission to Congress of the waiver permitted under the 
     preceding proviso: Provided further, That the obligation of 
     any funds for KEDO shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees an annual report (to 
     be submitted with the annual presentation for appropriations) 
     providing a full and detailed accounting of the fiscal year 
     request for the United States contribution to KEDO, the 
     expected operating budget of the Korean Peninsula Energy 
     Development Organization, to include unpaid debt, proposed 
     annual costs associated with heavy fuel oil purchases, and 
     the amount of funds pledged by other donor nations and 
     organizations to support KEDO activities on a per country 
     basis, and other related activities: Provided further, That 
     the Director of Central Intelligence will provide for review 
     and consideration by the House Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence, House International Relations Committee, House 
     National Security Committee, Senate Appropriations Committee, 
     Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Foreign 
     Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee all 
     relevant intelligence bearing on North Korea's compliance 
     with the provisions of this proviso. Such provision will 
     occur not less than 45 days prior to the President's 
     certification as provided for under this heading: Provided 
     further, That for the purposes of this heading, the term 
     intelligence includes National Intelligence Estimates, 
     Intelligence Memoranda, Findings and other intelligence 
     reports based on multiple sources or including the assessment 
     of more than one member of the Intelligence Community.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


             international military education and training

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $50,000,000: Provided, That the civilian personnel for whom 
     military education and training may be provided under this 
     heading may include civilians who are not members of a 
     government whose participation would contribute to improved 
     civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, 
     or respect for human rights: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading for grant financed military 
     education and training for Guatemala may only be available 
     for expanded international military education and training.


                   foreign military financing program

       For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President 
     to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, $3,322,910,000: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $1,860,000,000 
     shall be available for grants only for Israel, and not less 
     than $1,300,000,000 shall be made available for grants only 
     for Egypt: Provided further, That the funds appropriated by 
     this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed within thirty 
     days of enactment of this Act or by October 31, 1998, 
     whichever is later: Provided further, That to the extent that 
     the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such 
     purposes, grants made available for Israel by this paragraph 
     shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States, be 
     available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less 
     than 26.5 percent shall be available for the procurement in 
     Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 
     research and development: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated by this paragraph, not less than $48,000,000 
     shall be available for assistance for Jordan: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, a 
     total of $15,300,000 shall be available for assistance for 
     Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated by this paragraph, not less than 
     $7,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 
     Tunisia: Provided further, That during fiscal year 1999, the 
     President is authorized to, and shall, direct the draw-downs 
     of defense articles from the stocks of the Department of 
     Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and 
     military education and training of an aggregate value of not 
     less than $5,000,000 under the authority of this proviso for 
     Tunisia for the purposes of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961: Provided further, That funds appropriated by 
     this paragraph shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any 
     requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: 
     Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     paragraph shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance 
     with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, 
     section 1501(a): Provided further, That $30,000,000 of the 
     funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 
     heading shall be made available for the purpose of 
     facilitating the integration of Poland, Hungary, and the 
     Czech Republic into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans authorized 
     by section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as follows: cost 
     of direct loans, $20,000,000: Provided, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans of not to exceed $167,000,000.
       None of the funds made available under this heading shall 
     be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, 
     defense services, or design and construction services that 
     are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms 
     Export Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to 
     make such procurements has first signed an agreement with the 
     United States Government specifying the conditions under 
     which such procurements may be financed with such funds: 
     Provided, That all country and funding level increases in 
     allocations shall be submitted through the regular 
     notification procedures of section 515 of this Act: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be available for Sudan and Liberia: Provided 
     further, That funds made available under this heading may be 
     used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related 
     activities, and may include activities implemented through 
     nongovernmental and international organizations: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
     available for Guatemala: Provided further, That only those 
     countries for which assistance was justified for the 
     ``Foreign Military Sales Financing Program'' in the fiscal 
     year 1989 congressional presentation for security assistance 
     programs may utilize funds made available under this heading 
     for procurement of defense articles, defense services or 
     design and construction services that are not sold by the 
     United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act: 
     Provided further, That, subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds made 
     available under this heading for the cost of direct loans may 
     also be used to supplement the funds available under this 
     heading for grants, and funds made available under this 
     heading for grants may also be used to supplement the 
     funds available under this heading for the cost of direct 
     loans: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     this heading shall be expended at the minimum rate 
     necessary to make timely payment for defense articles and 
     services: Provided further, That not more than $29,910,000 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
     obligated for necessary expenses, including the purchase 
     of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use 
     outside of the United States, for the general costs of 
     administering military assistance and sales: Provided 
     further, That not more than $340,000,000 of funds realized 
     pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 
     Department of Defense during fiscal year 1999 pursuant to 
     section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that 
     this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


                        peacekeeping operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $75,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be obligated or expended except as 
     provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available under this heading for the 
     Multilateral Force and Observers (MFO) may be made available 
     until the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that the Director General employed prior to 
     1998 has not been retained in any capacity by the MFO.

               TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE


                  funds appropriated to the president

                  international financial institutions

       the international bank for reconstruction and development

       contribution to the international development association

       For payment to the International Development Association by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, $800,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
     may be obligated or made available until the Secretary of the 
     Treasury certifies that the Comptroller General has been 
     provided full and regular access to: (1) the financial and 
     related records of IDA for the purposes of conducting audits 
     of current loans and financial assistance provided by the 
     institution; and (2) management personnel manuals, 
     procedures, and policy guidelines: Provided further, That 
     following the review conducted in the previous proviso, the 
     Comptroller General shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations on the results of the

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     audit and recommendations to improve institutional personnel 
     procedures, especially regarding the protection of 
     individuals alleging mismanagement, fraud, or abuses: 
     Provided further, That the obligation of funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


          contribution to the inter-american development bank

       For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, for the United States share of the 
     paid-in share portion of the increase in capital stock, 
     $25,610,667.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the Inter-American 
     Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
     to the callable capital portion of the United States share of 
     such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $1,503,718,910.


               contribution to the asian development bank

       For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary 
     of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in 
     portion of the increase in capital stock, $13,221,596, to 
     remain available until expended.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank 
     may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable 
     capital portion of the United States share of such capital 
     stock in an amount not to exceed $647,858,204.


  contribution to the european bank for reconstruction and development

       For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $35,778,717, 
     for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 
     increase in capital stock, to remain available until 
     expended.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the European Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal 
     year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United 
     States share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
     $123,237,803.

                International Organizations and Programs

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 
     section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 
     Participation Act of 1973, $170,000,000: Provided, That none 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 
     available for the United Nations Fund for Science and 
     Technology: Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 
     shall be made available to the World Food Program: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this 
     heading, may be provided to the Climate Stabilization Fund 
     until fifteen days after the Department of State provides a 
     report to the Committees on Foreign Relations and 
     Appropriations detailing the number of Fund employees and 
     associated salaries and the fiscal year 1998 and 1999 Fund 
     activities, programs or projects and associated costs: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading may be made available to the Korean Peninsula 
     Energy Development Organization (KEDO) or the International 
     Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS


                          obligations of funds

       Sec. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled 
     ``International Disaster Assistance'', and ``United States 
     Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', not more 
     than 15 percent of any appropriation item made available by 
     this Act shall be obligated during the last month of 
     availability.


     prohibition of bilateral funding for international financial 
                              institutions

       Sec. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, none of the funds contained in title 
     II of this Act may be used to carry out the provisions of 
     section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


                    limitation on residence expenses

       Sec. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall be for 
     official residence expenses of the Agency for International 
     Development during the current fiscal year: Provided, That 
     appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the 
     maximum extent possible, United States-owned foreign 
     currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.


                         limitation on expenses

       Sec. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 
     entertainment expenses of the Agency for International 
     Development during the current fiscal year.


               limitation on representational allowances

       Sec. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be 
     available for representation allowances for the Agency for 
     International Development during the current fiscal year: 
     Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure 
     that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned 
     foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available by this Act for 
     general costs of administering military assistance and sales 
     under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not 
     to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment 
     expenses and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
     representation allowances: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available by this Act under the heading 
     ``International Military Education and Training'', not to 
     exceed $50,000 shall be available for entertainment 
     allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not 
     to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment and 
     representation allowances: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available by this Act for the Peace Corps, not to 
     exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available for entertainment 
     expenses: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     by this Act under the heading ``Trade and Development 
     Agency'', not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for 
     representation and entertainment allowances.


                 prohibition on financing nuclear goods

       Sec. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     (other than funds for ``Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, 
     Demining and Related Programs'') pursuant to this Act, for 
     carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, 
     except for purposes of nuclear safety, to finance the export 
     of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.


        Prohibition Against Direct Funding for Certain Countries

       Sec. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended 
     to finance directly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, 
     Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria: Provided, 
     That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on 
     obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, 
     credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank 
     or its agents.


                             Military Coups

       Sec. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended 
     to finance directly any assistance to any country whose duly 
     elected Head of Government is deposed by military coup or 
     decree: Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such 
     country if the President determines and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that subsequent to the 
     termination of assistance a democratically elected government 
     has taken office.


                       Transfers Between Accounts

       Sec. 509. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated under an appropriation account to which they 
     were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically 
     provided for in this Act, unless the President, prior to the 
     exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a 
     written policy justification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall 
     be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.


                  Deobligation/Reobligation Authority

       Sec. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section 1311 of 
     the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as having been 
     obligated against appropriations heretofore made under the 
     authority of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the same 
     general purpose as any of the headings under title II of this 
     Act are, if deobligated, hereby continued available for the 
     same period as the respective appropriations under such 
     headings or until September 30, 1999, whichever is later, and 
     for the same general purpose, and for countries within the 
     same region as originally obligated: Provided, That the 
     Appropriations Committees of both Houses of the Congress are 
     notified fifteen days in advance of the reobligation of such 
     funds in accordance with regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       (b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry out 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the end of 
     the fiscal year immediately preceding the current fiscal year 
     are, if deobligated, hereby continued available during the 
     current fiscal year for the same purpose under any authority 
     applicable to such appropriations under this Act: Provided, 
     That the authority of this subsection may not be used in 
     fiscal year 1999.


                         Availability of Funds

       Sec. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
     expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
     provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
     the purposes of chapters 1, 8, and 11 of part I, section 667, 
     and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, as amended, and funds provided under the heading 
     ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'', 
     shall remain available until expended if such funds are 
     initially obligated before the expiration of their respective 
     periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 
     of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash 
     disbursements in order to address balance of payments or 
     economic

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     policy reform objectives, shall remain available until 
     expended: Provided further, That the report required by 
     section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
     designate for each country, to the extent known at the time 
     of submission of such report, those funds allocated for cash 
     disbursement for balance of payment and economic policy 
     reform purposes.


            limitation on assistance to countries in default

       Sec. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used to furnish assistance to any country which 
     is in default during a period in excess of one calendar year 
     in payment to the United States of principal or interest on 
     any loan made to such country by the United States pursuant 
     to a program for which funds are appropriated under this Act: 
     Provided, That this section and section 620(q) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds made 
     available in this Act or during the current fiscal year for 
     Nicaragua, and for any narcotics-related assistance for 
     Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru authorized by the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act.


                           commerce and trade

       Sec. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 
     available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and none 
     of the funds otherwise made available pursuant to this Act to 
     the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance any 
     loan, any assistance or any other financial commitments for 
     establishing or expanding production of any commodity for 
     export by any country other than the United States, if the 
     commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the 
     time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become 
     operative and if the assistance will cause substantial injury 
     to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
     commodity: Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to 
     the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of 
     Directors the benefits to industry and employment in the 
     United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 
     States producers of the same, similar or competing commodity, 
     and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
     to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding 
     feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, 
     consultancy, publication, conference, or training in 
     connection with the growth or production in a foreign country 
     of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete 
     with a similar commodity grown or produced in the United 
     States: Provided, That this subsection shall not prohibit--
       (1) activities designed to increase food security in 
     developing countries where such activities will not have a 
     significant impact in the export of agricultural commodities 
     of the United States; or
       (2) research activities intended primarily to benefit 
     American producers.


                          surplus commodities

       Sec. 514. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
     the United States Executive Directors of the International 
     Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International 
     Development Association, the International Finance 
     Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
     International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the 
     Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North American 
     Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development, the African Development Bank, and the African 
     Development Fund to use the voice and vote of the United 
     States to oppose any assistance by these institutions, using 
     funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, 
     for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
     for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 
     assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
     producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.
       (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
     States executive directors of international financial 
     institutions listed in subsection (a) of this section to use 
     the voice and vote of the United States to support the 
     purchase of American produced agricultural commodities with 
     funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act.


                       notification requirements

       Sec. 515. For the purpose of providing the Executive Branch 
     with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of the 
     funds made available under this Act for ``Development 
     Assistance'', ``Debt restructuring'', ``International 
     organizations and programs'', ``Trade and Development 
     Agency'', ``International narcotics control and law 
     enforcement'', ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
     States'', ``Assistance for the New Independent States of the 
     Former Soviet Union'', ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     ``Peacekeeping operations'', ``Operating expenses of the 
     Agency for International Development'', ``Operating expenses 
     of the Agency for International Development Office of 
     Inspector General'', ``Nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 
     demining and related programs'', ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'', ``International military education and training'', 
     the Inter-American Foundation, the African Development 
     Foundation, ``Peace Corps'', ``Migration and refugee 
     assistance'', shall be available for obligation for 
     activities, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, 
     countries, or other operations not justified or in excess of 
     the amount justified to the Appropriations Committees for 
     obligation under any of these specific headings unless the 
     Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
     previously notified fifteen days in advance: Provided, That 
     the President shall not enter into any commitment of funds 
     appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act for the provision of major defense 
     equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other major 
     defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or 
     combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 
     per centum in excess of the quantities justified to Congress 
     unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified fifteen 
     days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, That 
     this section shall not apply to any reprogramming for an 
     activity, program, or project under chapter 1 of part I of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of less than 10 per centum 
     of the amount previously justified to the Congress for 
     obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 
     current fiscal year: Provided further, That the requirements 
     of this section or any similar provision of this Act or any 
     other Act, including any prior Act requiring notification in 
     accordance with the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do 
     so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: 
     Provided further, That in case of any such waiver, 
     notification to the Congress, or the appropriate 
     congressional committees, shall be provided as early as 
     practicable, but in no event later than three days after 
     taking the action to which such notification requirement was 
     applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating 
     such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided 
     pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the 
     emergency circumstances.
       Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


limitation on availability of funds for international organizations and 
                                programs

       Sec. 516. Subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under 
     this Act or any previously enacted Act making appropriations 
     for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
     programs, which are returned or not made available for 
     organizations and programs because of the implementation of 
     section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall 
     remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000: 
     Provided, That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961, is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
     thereof ``, or at the discretion of the President, Communist 
     countries listed in section 620(f) of this Act''.


              economic support fund assistance for israel

       Sec. 517. The Congress finds that progress on the peace 
     process in the Middle East is vitally important to United 
     States security interests in the region. The Congress 
     recognizes that, in fulfilling its obligations under the 
     Treaty of Peace Between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the 
     State of Israel, done at Washington on March 26, 1979, Israel 
     incurred severe economic burdens. Furthermore, the Congress 
     recognizes that an economically and militarily secure Israel 
     serves the security interests of the United States, for a 
     secure Israel is an Israel which has the incentive and 
     confidence to continue pursuing the peace process. Therefore, 
     the Congress declares that, subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, it is the policy and the intention of the 
     United States that the funds provided in annual 
     appropriations for the Economic Support Fund which are 
     allocated to Israel shall not be less than the annual debt 
     repayment (interest and principal) from Israel to the United 
     States Government in recognition that such a principle serves 
     United States interests in the region.


   prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization

       Sec. 518. None of the funds made available to carry out 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
     be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method 
     of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
     practice abortions. None of the funds made available to carry 
     out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 
     may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary 
     sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or 
     provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo 
     sterilizations. None of the funds made available to carry out 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
     be used to pay for any biomedical research which relates in 
     whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, 
     abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family 
     planning. None of the funds made available to carry out part 
     I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
     obligated or expended for any country or organization if the 
     President certifies that the use of these funds by any such 
     country or organization would violate any of the above 
     provisions related to abortions and involuntary 
     sterilizations: Provided, That none of

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     the funds made available under this Act may be used to lobby 
     for or against abortion.


                      FUNDING FOR FAMILY PLANNING

       Sec. 519. In determining eligibility for assistance from 
     funds appropriated to carry out section 104 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, non-governmental and multilateral 
     organizations shall not be subjected to requirements more 
     restrictive than the requirements applicable to foreign 
     governments for such assistance.


                     north korean narcotics report

       Sec. 520. Reporting Requirements Regarding North Korean 
     Narcotics Activity. (a) In General.--Not later than 3 months 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall 
     transmit to the appropriate committees a report on the 
     cultivation, production, and transshipment of opium by North 
     Korea. The report shall be based on all available 
     information.
       (b) Annual Reporting Requirement.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, beginning on March 1, 1999, the 
     President shall include in the annual International Narcotics 
     Control Strategy Report required by section 489 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h) information 
     regarding the cultivation, production, and transshipment of 
     opium by North Korea.


                   special notification requirements

       Sec. 521. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     be obligated or expended for Colombia, India, Haiti, Liberia, 
     Pakistan, Serbia, Sudan, or the Democratic Republic of Congo 
     except as provided through the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committee on Appropriations.


              definition of program, project, and activity

       Sec. 522. For the purpose of this Act, ``program, project, 
     and activity'' shall be defined at the Appropriations Act 
     account level and shall include all Appropriations and 
     Authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limitations with 
     the exception that for the following accounts: Economic 
     Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing Program, 
     ``program, project, and activity'' shall also be considered 
     to include country, regional, and central program level 
     funding within each such account; for the development 
     assistance accounts of the Agency for International 
     Development ``program, project, and activity'' shall also be 
     considered to include central program level funding, either 
     as (1) justified to the Congress, or (2) allocated by the 
     executive branch in accordance with a report, to be provided 
     to the Committees on Appropriations within thirty days of 
     enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


               child survival, aids, and other activities

       Sec. 523. Up to $10,000,000 of the funds made available by 
     this Act for assistance for family planning, health, child 
     survival, basic education and AIDS, may be used to reimburse 
     United States Government agencies, agencies of State 
     governments, institutions of higher learning, and private and 
     voluntary organizations for the full cost of individuals 
     (including for the personal services of such individuals) 
     detailed or assigned to, or contracted by, as the case may 
     be, the Agency for International Development for the purpose 
     of carrying out family planning activities, child survival, 
     and basic education activities, and activities relating to 
     research on, and the prevention, treatment and control of 
     acquired immune deficiency syndrome or other diseases in 
     developing countries: Provided, That funds appropriated by 
     this Act that are made available for child survival 
     activities or disease programs including activities relating 
     to research on, and the treatment and control of, acquired 
     immune deficiency syndrome may be made available 
     notwithstanding any provision of law that restricts 
     assistance to foreign countries: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated by this Act that are made available for family 
     planning activities may be made available notwithstanding 
     section 512 of this Act and section 620(q) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.


       prohibition against indirect funding to certain countries

       Sec. 524. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated to finance 
     indirectly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, 
     Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the People's Republic of 
     China, unless the President of the United States certifies 
     that the withholding of these funds is contrary to the 
     national interest of the United States.


                           reciprocal leasing

       Sec. 525. Section 61(a) of the Arms Export Control Act is 
     amended by striking out ``1998'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``the current fiscal year''.


                NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

       Sec. 526. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense 
     articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent 
     and under the same conditions as are other committees 
     pursuant to subsection (c) of that section: Provided, That 
     before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense 
     articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of 
     Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in 
     accordance with the regular notification procedures of such 
     Committees: Provided further, That such Committees shall also 
     be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense 
     articles.


                       AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

       Sec. 527. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 
     and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 
     and section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956.


       PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES

       Sec. 528. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated for bilateral assistance under any heading 
     of this Act and funds appropriated under any such heading in 
     a provision of law enacted prior to enactment of this Act, 
     shall not be made available to any country which the 
     President determines--
       (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or 
     group which has committed an act of international terrorism, 
     or
       (2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
       (b) The President may waive the application of subsection 
     (a) to a country if the President determines that national 
     security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The 
     President shall publish each waiver in the Federal Register 
     and, at least fifteen days before the waiver takes effect, 
     shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver 
     (including the justification for the waiver) in accordance 
     with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


                 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

       Sec. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) 
     of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide 
     financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-NATO allies 
     for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 
     option to purchase) of defense articles from United States 
     commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment 
     (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having 
     possible civilian application), if the President determines 
     that there are compelling foreign policy or national security 
     reasons for those defense articles being provided by 
     commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale 
     under such Act.


                         COMPETITIVE INSURANCE

       Sec. 530. All Agency for International Development 
     contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into 
     under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that 
     United States insurance companies have a fair opportunity to 
     bid for insurance when such insurance is necessary or 
     appropriate.


                  STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION

       Sec. 531. Except as provided in section 581 of the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1990, the United States may not sell or 
     otherwise make available any Stingers to any country 
     bordering the Persian Gulf under the Arms Export Control Act 
     or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961.


                          DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

       Sec. 532. In order to enhance the continued participation 
     of nongovernmental organizations in economic assistance 
     activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     including endowments, debt-for-development and debt-for-
     nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a 
     grantee or contractor of the Agency for International 
     Development may place in interest bearing accounts funds made 
     available under this Act or prior Acts or local currencies 
     which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
     assistance provided under title II of this Act and any 
     interest earned on such investment shall be used for the 
     purpose for which the assistance was provided to that 
     organization.


                           SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

       Sec. 533. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--(1) 
     If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign 
     country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under 
     agreements which result in the generation of local currencies 
     of that country, the Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development shall--
       (A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
     separate account established by that government;
       (B) enter into an agreement with that government which sets 
     forth--
       (i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated, and
       (ii) the terms and conditions under which the currencies so 
     deposited may be utilized, consistent with this section; and
       (C) establish by agreement with that government the 
     responsibilities of the Agency for International Development 
     and that government to monitor and account for deposits into 
     and disbursements from the separate account.
       (2) Uses of Local Currencies.--As may be agreed upon with 
     the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a 
     separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent 
     amount of local currencies, shall be used only--
       (A) to carry out chapters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
     part II (as the case may be), for such purposes as--
       (i) project and sector assistance activities, or
       (ii) debt and deficit financing, or
       (B) for the administrative requirements of the United 
     States Government.
       (3) Programming Accountability.--The Agency for 
     International Development shall

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     take all necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the 
     local currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) 
     from the separate account established pursuant to subsection 
     (a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(2).
       (4) Termination of Assistance Programs.--Upon termination 
     of assistance to a country under chapters 1 or 10 of part I 
     or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), any 
     unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a separate 
     account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
     disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by the 
     government of that country and the United States Government.
       (5) Conforming Amendments.--The tenth and eleventh provisos 
     contained under the heading ``Sub-Saharan Africa, Development 
     Assistance'' as included in the Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 and 
     sections 531(d) and 609 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     are repealed.
       (6) Reporting Requirement.--The Administrator of the Agency 
     for International Development shall report on an annual basis 
     as part of the justification documents submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the use of local currencies 
     for the administrative requirements of the United States 
     Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such 
     report shall include the amount of local currency (and United 
     States dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used for such 
     purpose in each applicable country.
       (b) Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.--(1) If 
     assistance is made available to the government of a foreign 
     country, under chapters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash 
     transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
     country shall be required to maintain such funds in a 
     separate account and not commingle them with any other funds.
       (2) Applicability of Other Provisions of Law.--Such funds 
     may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of 
     law which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance 
     including provisions which are referenced in the Joint 
     Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
     accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (H. Report No. 98-
     1159).
       (3) Notification.--At least fifteen days prior to 
     obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector 
     assistance, the President shall submit a notification through 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations, which shall include a detailed description of 
     how the funds proposed to be made available will be used, 
     with a discussion of the United States interests that will be 
     served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a 
     description of the economic policy reforms that will be 
     promoted by such assistance).
       (4) Exemption.--Nonproject sector assistance funds may be 
     exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) only 
     through the notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


  compensation for united states executive directors to international 
                         financial institutions

       Sec. 534. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     as payment to any international financial institution while 
     the United States Executive Director to such institution is 
     compensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 
     whatever compensation such Director receives from the United 
     States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual 
     occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while 
     any alternate United States Director to such institution is 
     compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the 
     rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level 
     V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       (b) For purposes of this section, ``international financial 
     institutions'' are: the International Bank for Reconstruction 
     and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
     Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 
     African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the 
     International Monetary Fund, the North American Development 
     Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development.


         compliance with united nations sanctions against iraq

       Sec. 535. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act to carry out the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of chapter 2 of 
     part I, relating to the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation) or the Arms Export Control Act may be used to 
     provide assistance to any country that is not in compliance 
     with the United Nations Security Council sanctions against 
     Iraq unless the President determines and so certifies to the 
     Congress that--
       (1) such assistance is in the national interest of the 
     United States;
       (2) such assistance will directly benefit the needy people 
     in that country; or
       (3) the assistance to be provided will be humanitarian 
     assistance for foreign nationals who have fled Iraq and 
     Kuwait.


           competitive pricing for sales of defense articles

       Sec. 536. Direct costs associated with meeting a foreign 
     customer's additional or unique requirements will continue to 
     be allowable under contracts under section 22(d) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act. Loadings applicable to such direct costs 
     shall be permitted at the same rates applicable to 
     procurement of like items purchased by the Department of 
     Defense for its own use.


 authorities for the peace corps, international fund for agricultural 
    development, inter-american foundation and african development 
                               foundation

       Sec. 537. (a) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
     provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
     contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations 
     for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
     programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities 
     authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 
     Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Development 
     Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conducting 
     activities or is proposing to conduct activities in a country 
     for which assistance is prohibited.
       (b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, limitations 
     on the availability of funds for ``International 
     Organizations and Programs'' in this or any other Act, 
     including prior appropriations Acts, shall not be construed 
     to be applicable to the International Fund for Agricultural 
     Development.


                  impact on jobs in the united states

       Sec. 538. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to provide--
       (a) any financial incentive to a business enterprise 
     currently located in the United States for the purpose of 
     inducing such an enterprise to relocate outside the United 
     States if such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce 
     the number of employees of such business enterprise in the 
     United States because United States production is being 
     replaced by such enterprise outside the United States;
       (b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or 
     developing in a foreign country any export processing zone or 
     designated area in which the tax, tariff, labor, environment, 
     and safety laws of that country do not apply, in part or in 
     whole, to activities carried out within that zone or area, 
     unless the President determines and certifies that such 
     assistance is not likely to cause a loss of jobs within the 
     United States; or
       (c) assistance for any project or activity that contributes 
     to the violation of internationally recognized workers 
     rights, as defined in section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 
     1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any 
     designated zone or area in that country: Provided, That in 
     recognition that the application of this subsection should be 
     commensurate with the level of development of the recipient 
     country and sector, the provisions of this subsection shall 
     not preclude assistance for the informal sector in such 
     country, micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 
     agriculture.


                      sanctions relating to kosova

       Sec. 539. (a) Restrictions.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, no sanction, prohibition, or requirement 
     with respect to Serbia or Montenegro, may cease to be 
     effective, unless the President first submits to the Congress 
     a certification described in subsection (b).
       (b) Certification.--A certification described in this 
     subsection is a certification that--
       (1) there is substantial progress toward--
       (A) the realization of a separate identity for Kosova and 
     the right of the people of Kosova to govern themselves; or
       (B) the creation of an international protectorate for 
     Kosova;
       (2) there is substantial improvement in the human rights 
     situation in Kosova; and
       (3) international human rights observers are allowed to 
     return to Kosova; and
       (4) the elected government of Kosova is permitted to meet 
     and carry out its legitimate mandate as elected 
     representatives of the people of Kosova; and
       (5) the requirements of the Contact Group demarche to the 
     Government of Kosova of June 1998 have been met.
       (c) Waiver Authority.--The President may waive the 
     application in whole or in part, of subsection (a) if the 
     President certifies to the Congress that the President has 
     determined that the waiver is necessary to meet emergency 
     humanitarian needs or to achieve a negotiated settlement of 
     the conflict in Kosova that is acceptable to the parties.


                          special authorities

       Sec. 540. (a) Funds appropriated in title II of this Act 
     that are made available for Afghanistan, Lebanon, and for 
     victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 
     humanitarian assistance for Romania, and humanitarian 
     assistance for the peoples of Kosova, may be made available 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided, That 
     any such funds that are made available for Cambodia shall be 
     subject to the provisions of section 531(e) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 and section 906 of the International 
     Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985.
       (b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 
     provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical

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     forestry and biodiversity conservation activities and, 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, energy programs aimed at 
     reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such 
     assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (c) The Agency for International Development may employ 
     personal services contractors, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for the purpose of administering programs 
     for the West Bank and Gaza.


        policy on terminating the arab league boycott of israel

       Sec. 541. It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the Arab League countries should immediately and 
     publicly renounce the primary boycott of Israel and the 
     secondary and tertiary boycott of American firms that have 
     commercial ties with Israel; and
       (2) the President should--
       (A) take more concrete steps to encourage vigorously Arab 
     League countries to renounce publicly the primary boycotts of 
     Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts of American 
     firms that have commercial relations with Israel as a 
     confidence-building measure;
       (B) take into consideration the participation of any 
     recipient country in the primary boycott of Israel and the 
     secondary and tertiary boycotts of American firms that have 
     commercial relations with Israel when determining whether to 
     sell weapons to said county;
       (C) report to Congress on the specific steps being taken by 
     the President to bring about a public renunciation of the 
     Arab primary boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary 
     boycotts of American firms that have commercial relations 
     with Israel; and
       (D) encourage the allies and trading partners of the United 
     States to enact laws prohibiting businesses from complying 
     with the boycott and penalizing businesses that do comply.


                       anti-narcotics activities

       Sec. 542. (a) Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     assistance may be provided to strengthen the administration 
     of justice in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean 
     and in other regions consistent with the provisions of 
     section 534(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except 
     that programs to enhance protection of participants in 
     judicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section 660 
     of that Act.
       (b) Section 534(c) and the second and third sentences of 
     section 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 are 
     repealed.


                       eligibility for assistance

       Sec. 543. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental 
     Organizations.--Restrictions contained in this or any other 
     Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be 
     construed to restrict assistance in support of programs of 
     nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this 
     Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, and 11 of 
     part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961, and from funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'': 
     Provided, That the President shall take into consideration, 
     in any case in which a restriction on assistance would be 
     applicable but for this subsection, whether assistance in 
     support of programs of nongovernmental organizations is in 
     the national interest of the United States: Provided further, 
     That before using the authority of this subsection to furnish 
     assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental 
     organizations, the President shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations under the regular notification procedures of 
     those committees, including a description of the program to 
     be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons 
     for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That 
     nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 
     existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or 
     involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any other 
     Act.
       (b) Public Law 480.--During fiscal year 1999, restrictions 
     contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance 
     for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance 
     under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
     of 1954: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 
     carry out title I of such Act and made available pursuant to 
     this subsection may be obligated or expended except as 
     provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply--
       (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act or any comparable provision of law prohibiting assistance 
     to countries that support international terrorism; or
       (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
     assistance to countries that violate internationally 
     recognized human rights.


                                earmarks

       Sec. 544. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which are 
     earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs within the 
     same account notwithstanding the earmark if compliance with 
     the earmark is made impossible by operation of any provision 
     of this or any other Act or, with respect to a country with 
     which the United States has an agreement providing the United 
     States with base rights or base access in that country, if 
     the President determines that the recipient for which funds 
     are earmarked has significantly reduced its military or 
     economic cooperation with the United States since enactment 
     of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; however, before exercising 
     the authority of this subsection with regard to a base rights 
     or base access country which has significantly reduced its 
     military or economic cooperation with the United States, the 
     President shall consult with, and shall provide a written 
     policy justification to the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is 
     reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made 
     available under the same terms and conditions as originally 
     provided.
       (b) In addition to the authority contained in subsection 
     (a), the original period of availability of funds 
     appropriated by this Act and administered by the Agency for 
     International Development that are earmarked for particular 
     programs or activities by this or any other Act shall be 
     extended for an additional fiscal year if the Administrator 
     of such agency determines and reports promptly to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that the termination of 
     assistance to a country or a significant change in 
     circumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds can 
     be obligated during the original period of availability: 
     Provided, That such earmarked funds that are continued 
     available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 
     only for the purpose of such earmark.


                         ceilings and earmarks

       Sec. 545. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act shall 
     not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
     Act specifically so directs.


                 prohibition on publicity or propaganda

       Sec. 546. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
     the United States not authorized before the date of 
     enactment of this Act by the Congress.


            purchase of american-made equipment and products

       Sec. 547. (a) To the maximum extent possible, assistance 
     provided under this Act should make full use of American 
     resources, including commodities, products, and services.
       (b) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
     extent practicable, all agriculture commodities, equipment 
     and products purchased with funds made available in this Act 
     should be American-made.
       (c) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
     any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
     this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
     extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
     describing the statement made in subsection (b) by the 
     Congress.
       (d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress 
     annually on the efforts of the heads of each Federal agency 
     and the United States directors of international financial 
     institutions (as referenced in section 514) in complying with 
     this sense of Congress.


           prohibition of payments to united nations members

       Sec. 548. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any 
     assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United 
     Nations.


                          consulting services

       Sec. 549. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
     are a matter of public record and available for public 
     inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
     law, or under existing Executive order pursuant to existing 
     law.


             private voluntary organizations--documentation

       Sec. 550. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act shall be available to a private 
     voluntary organization which fails to provide upon timely 
     request any document, file, or record necessary to the 
     auditing requirements of the Agency for International 
     Development.


  Prohibition on Assistance to Foreign Governments that Export Lethal 
   Military Equipment to Countries Supporting International Terrorism

       Sec. 551. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be available to any foreign 
     government which provides lethal military equipment to a 
     country the government of which the Secretary of State has 
     determined is a terrorist government for purposes of section 
     40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act. The prohibition under 
     this section with respect to a foreign government shall 
     terminate 12 months after that government ceases to provide 
     such military equipment. This section applies with respect to 
     lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered 
     into after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other 
     similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President 
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     furnishing such assistance is important to the national 
     interests of the United States.
       (c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exercised, the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
     assistance. Any such report shall include a detailed 
     explanation of the assistance to be provided, including the 
     estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and an 
     explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 
     national interests.


 Withholding of Assistance for Parking Fines Owed by Foreign Countries

       Sec. 552. (a) In General.--Of the funds made available for 
     a foreign country under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 per centum of the total 
     unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties owed to 
     the District of Columbia by such country as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act shall be withheld from obligation for 
     such country until the Secretary of State certifies and 
     reports in writing to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that such fines and penalties are fully paid to 
     the government of the District of Columbia.
       (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, 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.


    Limitation on Assistance for the PLO for the West Bank and Gaza

       Sec. 553. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President 
     has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the 
     Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of 
     Public Law 104-107) or any other legislation to suspend or 
     make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, 
     That if the President fails to make the certification under 
     section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act 
     of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition under other 
     legislation, funds appropriated by this Act may not be 
     obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.


                     war crimes tribunals drawdown

       Sec. 554. If the President determines that doing so will 
     contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide 
     or other violations of international humanitarian law, the 
     President may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, of up to 
     $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 
     Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 
     former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council or 
     such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
     establish to deal with such violations, without regard to the 
     ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: 
     Provided, That the determination required under this section 
     shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required 
     under section 552(c): Provided further, That sixty days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, and every one hundred 
     eighty days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations describing the 
     steps the United States Government is taking to collect 
     information regarding allegations of genocide or other 
     violations of international law in the former Yugoslavia and 
     to furnish that information to the United Nations War Crimes 
     Tribunal for the former 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 Committees on 
     Appropriations.


                               landmines

       Sec. 555. (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the 
     United States Government to sign the Convention on the 
     Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer 
     of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction as soon as 
     practicable. This subsection shall not apply unless the Joint 
     Chiefs of Staff and the unified combatant commanders certify 
     in writing to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on National Security of the House of 
     Representatives that the signing of the Convention is 
     consistent with the combat requirements and safety of the 
     Armed Forces of the United States.
       (b) Demining Equipment.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, demining equipment available to the Agency 
     for International Development and the Department of State and 
     used in support of the clearance of landmines and unexploded 
     ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a 
     grant basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms and 
     conditions as the President may prescribe.


           restrictions concerning the palestinian authority

       Sec. 556. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a 
     new office of any department or agency of the United States 
     Government for the purpose of conducting official United 
     States Government business with the Palestinian Authority 
     over Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 
     entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of 
     Principles: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply 
     to the acquisition of additional space for the existing 
     Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That 
     meetings between officers and employees of the United States 
     and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 
     Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO 
     Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of conducting 
     official United States Government business with such 
     authority should continue to take place in locations other 
     than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, officers and 
     employees of the United States Government may continue to 
     meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians 
     (including those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian 
     Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental 
     discussions.


               prohibition of payment of certain expenses

       Sec. 557. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act under the heading ``International 
     Military Education and Training'' or ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program'' for Informational Program activities may 
     be obligated or expended to pay for--
       (1) alcoholic beverages;
       (2) food (other than food provided at a military 
     installation) not provided in conjunction with Informational 
     Program trips where students do not stay at a military 
     installation; or
       (3) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
     substantially of a recreational character, including entrance 
     fees at sporting events and amusement parks.


                  special debt relief for the poorest

       Sec. 558. (a) Authority to Reduce Debt.--The President may 
     reduce amounts owed to the United States (or any agency of 
     the United States) by an eligible country as a result of--
       (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
       (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms 
     Export Control Act; or
       (3) any obligation or portion of such obligation for a 
     Latin American country, to pay for purchases of United States 
     agricultural commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation under export credit guarantee programs authorized 
     pursuant to section 5(f) of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the 
     Food for Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89-808), 
     or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as 
     amended (Public Law 95-501).
       (b) Limitations.--
       (1) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised only to implement multilateral official debt relief 
     ad referendum agreements, commonly referred to as ``Paris 
     Club Agreed Minutes''.
       (2) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised only in such amounts or to such extent as is 
     provided in advance by appropriations Acts.
       (3) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised only with respect to countries with heavy debt 
     burdens that are eligible to borrow from the International 
     Development Association, but not from the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development, commonly referred to as 
     ``IDA-only'' countries.
       (c) Conditions.--The authority provided by subsection (a) 
     may be exercised only with respect to a country whose 
     government--
       (1) does not have an excessive level of military 
     expenditures;
       (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts of 
     international terrorism;
       (3) is not failing to cooperate on international narcotics 
     control matters;
       (4) (including its military or other security forces) does 
     not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights; and
       (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
     application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
       (d) Availability of Funds.--The authority provided by 
     subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Debt 
     restructuring''.
       (e) Certain Prohibitions Inapplicable.--A reduction of debt 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered assistance 
     for purposes of any provision of law limiting assistance to a 
     country. The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised notwithstanding section 620(r) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.


             authority to engage in debt buybacks or sales

       Sec. 559. (a) Loans Eligible for Sale, Reduction, or 
     Cancellation.--
       (1) Authority to sell, reduce, or cancel certain loans.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President 
     may, in accordance with this section, sell to any eligible 
     purchaser any concessional loan or portion thereof made 
     before January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible country as 
     defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on receipt of 
     payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or cancel such 
     loan or portion thereof, only for the purpose of 
     facilitating--
       (A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or 
     debt-for-nature swaps; or

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       (B) a debt buyback by an eligible country of its own 
     qualified debt, only if the eligible country uses an 
     additional amount of the local currency of the eligible 
     country, equal to not less than 40 per centum of the price 
     paid for such debt by such eligible country, or the 
     difference between the price paid for such debt and the face 
     value of such debt, to support activities that link 
     conservation and sustainable use of natural resources with 
     local community development, and child survival and other 
     child development, in a manner consistent with sections 707 
     through 710 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if the 
     sale, reduction, or cancellation would not contravene any 
     term or condition of any prior agreement relating to such 
     loan.
       (2) Terms and conditions.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the President shall, in accordance with 
     this section, establish the terms and conditions under which 
     loans may be sold, reduced, or canceled pursuant to this 
     section.
       (3) Administration.--The Facility, as defined in section 
     702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall notify 
     the administrator of the agency primarily responsible for 
     administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of 
     purchasers that the President has determined to be eligible, 
     and shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, 
     reduction, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this 
     section. Such agency shall make an adjustment in its accounts 
     to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation.
       (4) Limitation.--The authorities of this subsection shall 
     be available only to the extent that appropriations for the 
     cost of the modification, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, are made in advance.
       (b) Deposit of Proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale, 
     reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, or 
     canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the 
     United States Government account or accounts established for 
     the repayment of such loan.
       (c) Eligible Purchasers.--A loan may be sold pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who presents plans 
     satisfactory to the President for using the loan for the 
     purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-
     development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
       (d) Debtor Consultations.--Before the sale to any eligible 
     purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursuant to this 
     section, of any loan made to an eligible country, the 
     President should consult with the country concerning the 
     amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and their 
     uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, 
     or debt-for-nature swaps.
       (e) Availability of Funds.--The authority provided by 
     subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Debt 
     restructuring''.


                   limitation on assistance for haiti

       Sec. 560. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated 
     by this Act may be provided for assistance for the central 
     Government of Haiti until the President reports to the 
     Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations 
     and the Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives, that the central Government of Haiti--
       (1) has completed privatization of (or placed under long-
     term private management or concession) three major public 
     entities including the completion of all required 
     incorporating documents, the transfer of assets, and the 
     eviction of unauthorized occupants of the land or facility;
       (2) has re-signed or is implementing the bilateral 
     Repatriation Agreement with the United States and in the 
     preceding six months that the central Government of Haiti is 
     cooperating with the United States in halting illegal 
     emigration from Haiti;
       (3) is conducting thorough investigations of extrajudicial 
     and political killings and has made substantial progress in 
     bringing to justice a person or persons responsible for one 
     or more extrajudicial or political killings in Haiti;
       (4) is cooperating with United States authorities and with 
     U.S.-funded technical advisors supporting the Haitian 
     National Police in the investigations of political and 
     extrajudicial killings;
       (5) has taken action to remove from the Haitian National 
     Police, national palace and residential guard, ministerial 
     guard, and any other public security entity or unit of Haiti 
     those individuals who are credibly alleged to have engaged in 
     or conspired to conceal gross violations of internationally 
     recognized human rights or credibly alleged to have engaged 
     in or conspired to engage in narcotics trafficking; and
       (6) has ratified or is implementing in the Haitian National 
     Assembly the counter-narcotics agreements signed in October 
     1997.
       (b) Exception.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply to the provision of counter-narcotics assistance, 
     support for the Haitian National Police's Special 
     Investigations Unit, the International Criminal Investigative 
     Assistance Program (ICITAP), anti-corruption programs for the 
     Haitian National Police, customs assistance, humanitarian 
     assistance, and education programs.
       (c) Availability of Electoral Assistance.--Funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be available to the central 
     Government of Haiti to support elections in Haiti when the 
     President reports to the Congress that the central Government 
     of Haiti--
       (1) has achieved a transparent settlement of the contested 
     April 1997 elections; and
       (2) has made concrete progress on the constitution of a 
     credible and competent provisional election council that is 
     acceptable to a broad spectrum of political parties and civic 
     groups.
       (d) Support for Political Parties and Grass Roots Civic 
     Organizations.--Notwithstanding the limitations set forth in 
     subsections (a) or (c) of this section, or any other 
     provision of law, of funds otherwise allocated for Haiti not 
     to exceed $3,000,000 may be made available for the 
     development and support of political parties and for the 
     development of grass roots civic organizations in Haiti.
       (e) Availability of Administration of Justice Assistance.--
     (1) 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.
       (f) Reporting.--The Secretary of State shall provide 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 and of the Senate on a biannual basis--
       (1) in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, a 
     report showing the status and number of U.S. personnel 
     deployed in and around Haiti in Department of Defense, Drug 
     Enforcement Administration, or United Nations missions, 
     including breakdowns by functional or operational assignment 
     for these personnel, and the cost to the United States of 
     these operations; and
       (2) an activity report of the OAS/U.N. International 
     Civilian Mission to Haiti (MICIVIH).


  REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN AID IN REPORT OF SECRETARY OF 
                                 STATE

       Sec. 561. (a) Foreign Aid Reporting Requirement.--In 
     addition to the voting practices of a foreign country, the 
     report required to be submitted to Congress under section 
     406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act fiscal 
     years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a), shall include a side-
     by-side comparison of individual countries' overall support 
     for the United States at the United Nations and the amount of 
     United States assistance provided to such country in fiscal 
     year 1998.
       (b) United States Assistance.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``United States assistance'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 481(e)(4) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).


                           burma labor report

       Sec. 562. Not later than ninety days after enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations a report addressing labor 
     practices in Burma: Provided, That the report shall provide 
     comprehensive details on child labor practices, worker's 
     rights, forced relocation of laborers, forced labor performed 
     to support the tourism industry, and forced labor performed 
     in conjunction with, and in support of, the Yadonna gas 
     pipeline: Provided further, That the report should address 
     whether the government is in compliance with international 
     labor standards: Provided further, That the report should 
     provide details regarding the United States government's 
     efforts to address and correct practices of forced labor in 
     Burma.


                                 HAITI

       Sec. 563. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to 
     purchase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the civilian-led 
     Haitian National Police and Coast Guard: Provided, That the 
     authority provided by this section shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


              Limitation on Assistance to Security Forces

       Sec. 564. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be provided to any unit of the security forces of a foreign 
     country if the Secretary of State has credible information to 
     believe such unit has committed gross violations of human 
     rights, unless the Secretary determines and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that the government of such 
     country is taking effective measures to bring the responsible 
     members of the security forces unit to justice: Provided, 
     That nothing in this section shall be construed to withhold 
     funds made available by this Act from any unit of the 
     security forces of a foreign country not credibly alleged to 
     be involved in gross violations of

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     human rights: Provided further, That in the event that funds 
     are withheld from any unit pursuant to this section, the 
     Secretary of State shall promptly inform the foreign 
     government of the basis for such action and shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, assist the foreign government in 
     taking effective measures to bring the responsible members of 
     the security forces to justice.


                                Cambodia

       Sec. 565. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     United States Executive Directors of the international 
     financial institutions to use the voice and vote of the 
     United States to oppose loans to the Government of Cambodia, 
     except loans to support basic human needs, unless: (1) 
     Cambodia has held free and fair elections; (2) during the 
     twelve months prior to the elections, no candidate of any 
     opposition party was murdered; (3) all political candidates 
     were permitted freedom of speech, assembly and equal access 
     to the media; (4) voter registration and participation rates 
     did not exceed the eligible population in any region; (5) 
     refugees and overseas Cambodians were permitted to vote; (6) 
     the Central Election Commission was comprised of 
     representatives from all parties; and (7) international 
     monitors were accorded appropriate access to polling sites.


      limitations on transfer of military equipment to east timor

       Sec. 566. In any agreement for the sale, transfer, or 
     licensing of any lethal equipment or helicopter for Indonesia 
     entered into by the United States pursuant to the authority 
     of this Act or any other Act, the agreement shall state that 
     such items will not be used in East Timor.


   restrictions on voluntary contributions to united nations agencies

       Sec. 567. (a) Prohibition on Voluntary Contributions for 
     the United Nations.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to 
     pay any voluntary contribution of the United States to the 
     United Nations (including the United Nations Development 
     Program) if the United Nations implements or imposes any 
     taxation on any United States persons.
       (b) Certification Required for Disbursement of Funds.--None 
     of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
     this Act may be made available to pay any voluntary 
     contribution of the United States to the United Nations 
     (including the United Nations Development Program) unless the 
     President certifies to the Congress 15 days in advance of 
     such payment that the United Nations is not engaged in any 
     effort to implement or impose any taxation on United States 
     persons in order to raise revenue for the United Nations or 
     any of its specialized agencies.
       (c) Definitions.--As used in this section the term ``United 
     States person'' refers to--
       (1) a natural person who is a citizen or national of the 
     United States; or
       (2) a corporation, partnership, or other legal entity 
     organized under the United States or any State, territory, 
     possession, or district of the United States.


RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES PROVIDING SANCTUARY TO INDICTED 
                             WAR CRIMINALS

       Sec. 568. (a) Bilateral Assistance.--None of the funds made 
     available by this or any prior Act making appropriations for 
     foreign operations, export financing and related programs may 
     be provided for any country, entity, or canton described in 
     subsection (e).
       (b) Multilateral Assistance.--
       (1) Prohibition.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     instruct the United States executive directors of the 
     international financial institutions to work in opposition 
     to, and vote against, any extension by such institutions of 
     any financial or technical assistance or grants of any kind 
     to any country or entity described in subsection (e).
       (2) Notification.--Not less than 15 days before any vote in 
     an international financial institution regarding the 
     extension of financial or technical assistance or grants to 
     any country or entity described in subsection (e), the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
     of State, shall provide to the Committee on Appropriations 
     and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives a written 
     justification for the proposed assistance, including an 
     explanation of the United States position regarding any such 
     vote, as well as a description of the location of the 
     proposed assistance by municipality, its purpose, and its 
     intended beneficiaries, including the names of individuals 
     with a controlling or substantial financial interest in the 
     project.
       (3) Definition.--The term ``international financial 
     institution'' includes the International Monetary Fund, the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 
     International Development Association, the International 
     Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guaranty 
     Agency, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development.
       (c) Exceptions.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (d), subsections (a) 
     and (b) shall not apply to the provisions of--
       (A) humanitarian assistance;
       (B) democratization assistance;
       (C) assistance for cross border physical infrastructure 
     projects involving activities in both a sanctioned country, 
     entity, or canton and a nonsanctioned contiguous country, 
     entity, or canton, if the project is primarily located in and 
     primarily benefits the nonsanctioned country, entity, or 
     canton and if the portion of the project located in the 
     sanctioned country, entity, or canton is necessary only to 
     complete the project;
       (D) small-scale assistance projects or activities requested 
     by United States Armed Forces that promote good relations 
     between such forces and the officials and citizens of the 
     areas in the United States SFOR sector of Bosnia;
       (E) implementation of the Brcko Arbitral Decision;
       (F) lending by the international financial institutions to 
     a country or entity to support common monetary and fiscal 
     policies at the national level as contemplated by the Dayton 
     Agreement;
       (G) direct lending to a nonsanctioned entity, or lending 
     passed on by the national government to a nonsanctioned 
     entity; or
       (H) assistance to the International Police Task Force for 
     the training of a civilian police force.
       (2) Notification.--Not less than 15 days after any 
     assistance described in subsection (a) is disbursed to any 
     country, entity, or canton described in subsection (e), the 
     Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of 
     the Agency for International Development, shall publish in 
     the Federal Register a justification for the proposed 
     assistance, including a description of the location of the 
     proposed assistance project by municipality, its purpose, and 
     the intended recipient of the assistance, including the names 
     of individuals, companies and their boards of directors, and 
     shareholders with controlling or substantial financial 
     interest in the companies.
       (d) Further Limitations.--
       (1) Prohibition on assistance where indicted war criminals 
     have interests.--Notwithstanding subsection (c) or subsection 
     (f), no assistance may be made available by this Act, or any 
     prior Act making appropriations for foreign operations, 
     export financing and related programs, in any country, 
     entity, or canton described in subsection (e), for a program, 
     project, or activity in which an indicted war criminal is 
     known to have any financial or material interest.
       (2) Prohibition on assistance where responsible authorities 
     fail to act.--Notwithstanding subsection (c) or subsection 
     (f)(1), no assistance (other than emergency foods, medical 
     assistance, demining assistance, or democratization 
     assistance) may be made available by this Act, or any prior 
     Act making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
     financing and related programs for any program, project, or 
     activity in a community within any country, entity, or canton 
     described in subsection (e) if authorities within that 
     community are failing to arrest and transfer or arrange for 
     the surrender and transfer to the Tribunal of all persons 
     within their community who have been publicly indicted by the 
     Tribunal.
       (e) Sanctioned Country, Entity, or Canton.--A sanctioned 
     country, entity, or canton described in this section is one 
     whose competent authorities have failed, as determined by the 
     Secretary of State, to take necessary and significant steps 
     to apprehend and transfer to the Tribunal all persons who 
     have been publicly indicted by the Tribunal.
       (f) Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
     Secretary of State may waive the application of subsection 
     (a) with respect to specified bilateral programs or projects, 
     or subsection (b) with respect to specified international 
     financial institution programs or projects, in a sanctioned 
     country, entity, or canton upon providing a written 
     determination to the Committee on Appropriations and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     International Relations of the House of Representatives that 
     such assistance directly supports the implementation of the 
     Dayton Agreement and its Annexes, which include the 
     obligation to apprehend and transfer indicted war criminals 
     to the Tribunal; and
       (2) Limited waiver with respect to brcko.--The Secretary of 
     State may only waive the application of subsection (a), 
     subsection (b), or subsection (d)(2) with respect to any 
     project of assistance for Brcko--
       (A) upon the transmittal of a written determination 
     described in paragraph (1); and
       (B) until the international arbitration panel determines 
     the status of Brcko.
       (3) Limited waiver with respect to banja luka.--The 
     Secretary of State may only waive the application of 
     subsection (a), subsection (b), or subsection (d)(2) with 
     respect to any project of assistance for Banja Luka--
       (A) upon the transmittal of a written determination 
     described in paragraph (1); and
       (B) until a date which is 30 days after the date of 
     parliamentary elections in the Bosnian-Serb entity which are 
     currently scheduled for September 1998.
       (g) Report.--Not later than 15 days after the date of any 
     written determination under paragraphs (f)(1), (2) or (3), 
     the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee 
     on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives regarding the status of efforts to secure the 
     voluntary surrender or apprehension and transfer of persons 
     indicted by the Tribunal, in accordance with

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     the Dayton Agreement, and outlining obstacles to achieving 
     this goal.
       (h) Termination of Sanctions.--The sanctions imposed 
     pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (d)(2) with respect to 
     a country, entity, or canton shall cease to apply only if the 
     Secretary of State determines and certifies to Congress that 
     the authorities of that country, entity, or canton have 
     apprehended and transferred to the Tribunal all persons who 
     have been publicly indicted by the Tribunal.
       (i) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) Country.--The term ``country'' means Bosnia-
     Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia-Montenegro (Federal Republic 
     of Yugoslavia).
       (2) Entity.--The term ``entity'' refers to the Federation 
     of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska.
       (3) Canton.--The term ``canton'' means the administrative 
     units in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (4) Dayton agreement.--The term ``Dayton Agreement'' means 
     the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, together with annexes relating thereto, done at 
     Dayton, November 10 through 16, 1995.
       (5) Tribunal.--The term ``Tribunal'' means the 
     International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
       (j) Role of Human Rights Organizations and Government 
     Agencies.--In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary of 
     State, the Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development, and the executive directors of the international 
     financial institutions shall consult with representatives of 
     human rights organizations and all government agencies with 
     relevant information to help prevent publicly indicted war 
     criminals from benefitting from any financial or technical 
     assistance or grants or loans provided to or in any country, 
     entity, or canton described in subsection (e).


         EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CERTAIN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

       Sec. 569. Section 105 of Public Law 104-164 (110 Stat. 
     1427) is amended by striking ``1996 and 1997'' and inserting 
     ``1999 and 2000''.


ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STOCKPILING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR 
                           FOREIGN COUNTRIES

       Sec. 570. (a) Value of Additions to Stockpiles.--Section 
     514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking the word ``and'' after 
     ``1997'', and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and inserting 
     before the period at the end the following: ``and 
     $340,000,000 for fiscal year 1999''.
       (b) Requirements Relating to the Republic of Korea and 
     Thailand.--Section 514(b)(2)(B) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2321h(b)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``Of the amount specified in subparagraph (A) for 
     fiscal year 1999, not more than $320,000,000 may be made 
     available for stockpiles in the Republic of Korea and not 
     more than $20,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in 
     Thailand.''.


 To Prohibit Foreign Assistance to the Government of Russia should it 
 enact laws which would discriminate against minority religious faiths 
                       in the Russian Federation

       Sec. 571. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act 
     may be made available for the Government of Russian 
     Federation, after 180 days from the date of enactment of this 
     Act, unless the President determines and certifies in writing 
     to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate that the Government of the 
     Russian Federation has implemented no statute, executive 
     order, regulation or similar government action that would 
     discriminate, or would have as its principal effect 
     discrimination, against religious groups or religious 
     communities in the Russian Federation in violation of 
     accepted international agreements on human rights and 
     religious freedoms to which the Russian Federation is a 
     party.


                        Greenhouse Gas Emissions

       Sec. 572. (a) Funds made available in this Act to support 
     programs or activities promoting country participation in the 
     Framework Convention on Climate Change or climate change 
     activities in the energy, industry, urban, land use 
     (primarily forestry, biodiversity and agriculture) sectors 
     shall only be made available subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (b) The President shall provide a detailed account of all 
     Federal agency obligations and expenditures for climate 
     change programs and activities, domestic and international, 
     for fiscal year 1998, planned obligations for such activities 
     in fiscal year 1999, and any plan for programs thereafter 
     related to the implementation or the furtherance of protocols 
     pursuant to, or related to negotiations to amend the 
     Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) in conjunction 
     with the President's submission of the Budget of the United 
     States Government for Fiscal Year 2000: Provided, That such 
     report shall include an accounting of expenditures by agency 
     with each agency identifying climate change activities and 
     associated costs by line item as presented in the President's 
     Budget Appendix.


withholding assistance to countries violating united nations sanctions 
                             against libya

       Sec. 573. (a) Withholding of Assistance.--Except as 
     provided in subsection (b), whenever the President determines 
     and certifies to Congress that the government of any country 
     is violating any sanction against Libya imposed pursuant to 
     United Nations Security Council Resolution 731, 748, or 883, 
     then not less than 5 percent of the funds allocated for the 
     country under section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 out of appropriations in this Act shall be withheld from 
     obligation and expenditure for that country.
       (b) Exception.--The requirement to withhold funds under 
     subsection (a) shall not apply to funds appropriated in this 
     Act for allocation under section 653(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for development assistance or for 
     humanitarian assistance.
       (c) Waiver.--Funds may be provided for a country without 
     regard to subsection (a) if the President determines that to 
     do so is in the national security interest of the United 
     States.


       AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

       Sec. 574. Prohibition on Assistance to the Democratic 
     Republic of Congo. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be provided to the 
     central Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo until 
     such time as the President reports in writing to the Speaker 
     of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate, the International Relations Committee of the House, 
     the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, the 
     Appropriations Committee of the Senate, and the 
     Appropriations Committee of the House that the central 
     Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is--
       (1) investigating and prosecuting those responsible for 
     civilian massacres, serious human rights violations, or other 
     atrocities committed in the Congo; and
       (2) implementing a credible democratic transition program, 
     which includes--
       (A) the establishment of an independent electoral 
     commission;
       (B) the release of individuals detained or imprisoned for 
     their political views;
       (C) the maintenance of a conducive environment for the free 
     exchange of political views, including the freedoms of 
     association, speech, and press; and
       (D) the conduct of free and fair national elections for 
     both the legislative and executive branches of government.
       (b) Notwithstanding the aforementioned restrictions, the 
     President may provide electoral assistance to the central 
     Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo for any fiscal 
     year if the President certifies to the International 
     Relations Committee of the House, the Foreign Relations 
     Committee of the Senate, the Appropriations Committee of the 
     Senate, and the Appropriations Committee of the House that 
     the central Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo 
     has taken steps to ensure that conditions in subsections 
     (a)(2) (A), (B), and (C) have been met.


                 Export Financing Transfer Authorities

       Sec. 575. Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation 
     other than for administrative expenses made available for 
     fiscal year 1999 for programs under title I of this Act may 
     be transferred between such appropriations for use for any of 
     the purposes, programs and activities for which the funds in 
     such receiving account may be used, but no such 
     appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
     shall be increased by more than 25 per centum by any such 
     transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall 
     be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.


           new independent states of the former soviet union

       Sec. 576. (a) None of the funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Assistance for the New Independent States of the 
     Former Soviet Union'' shall be made available for assistance 
     for a Government of the New Independent States of the former 
     Soviet Union--
       (1) unless that Government is making progress in 
     implementing comprehensive economic reforms based on market 
     principles, private ownership, respect for commercial 
     contracts, and equitable treatment of foreign private 
     investment; and
       (2) if that Government applies or transfers United States 
     assistance to any entity for the purpose of expropriating or 
     seizing ownership or control of assets, investments, or 
     ventures.
     Assistance may be furnished without regard to this subsection 
     if the President determines that to do so is in the national 
     interest.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former 
     Soviet Union'' shall be made available for assistance for a 
     Government of the New Independent States of the former Soviet 
     Union if that government directs any action in violation of 
     the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any 
     other new independent state, such as those violations 
     included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds 
     may be made available without regard to the restriction in 
     this subsection if the President determines that to do so is 
     in the national security interest of the United States.
       (c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former 
     Soviet Union'' shall be made available for any state to 
     enhance its military capability: Provided, That this 
     restriction does not apply to demilitarization, demining or 
     nonproliferation programs.

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       (d) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Assistance for 
     the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' shall 
     be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance to the 
     New Independent States of the former Soviet Union shall be 
     subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating to 
     environment and natural resources) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961.
       (f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations Acts 
     that are or have been made available for an Enterprise Fund 
     in the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union may 
     be deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing accounts prior 
     to the disbursement of such funds by the Fund for program 
     purposes. The Fund may retain for such program purposes any 
     interest earned on such deposits without returning such 
     interest to the Treasury of the United States and without 
     further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made available 
     for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate 
     necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
       (g) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, or 
     making grants, with funds appropriated in this Act or prior 
     appropriations Acts under the heading ``Assistance for the 
     New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' for 
     projects or activities that have as one of their primary 
     purposes the fostering of private sector development, the 
     Coordinator for United States Assistance to the New 
     Independent States and the implementing agency shall 
     encourage the participation of and give significant weight to 
     contractors and grantees who propose investing a significant 
     amount of their own resources (including volunteer services 
     and in-kind contributions) in such projects and activities.
       (h) None of the funds appropriated for assistance for the 
     New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union in this or 
     any other Act shall be made available for Russia until the 
     Secretary of State certifies that agreement has been reached 
     with the Government of Russia that such assistance is not 
     taxed nor is subject to taxation.


                  PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS

       Sec. 577. Section 516(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Publication.--Each notice required by this subsection 
     shall be published in the Federal Register as soon as 
     practicable after it has been provided to the congressional 
     committees specified in section 634A(a). In any case in which 
     the President concludes that such publication would be 
     harmful to the national security of the United States, only a 
     statement that a notice has been provided pursuant to this 
     subsection to such committees shall be published.''.


            REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS

       Sec. 578. Limited Waiver of Reimbursement Requirement for 
     Certain Foreign Students. Section 214(l)(1) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)), as 
     added by section 625(a)(1) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
     and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3009-
     699), is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by redesignating clauses (i) and 
     (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively;
       (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
     (i) and (ii), respectively;
       (3) by striking ``(l)(1)'' and inserting ``(l)(1)(A)''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) The Attorney General shall waive the application of 
     subparagraph (A)(ii) for an alien seeking to pursue a course 
     of study in a public secondary school served by a local 
     educational agency (as defined in section 14101 of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     8801)) if the agency determines and certifies to the Attorney 
     General that such waiver will promote the educational 
     interest of the agency and will not impose an undue financial 
     burden on the agency.''.


   National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial 
                                Policies

       Sec. 579. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     each annual report required by subsection 1701(a) of the 
     International Financial Institutions Act, as amended (Public 
     Law 95-118, 22 U.S.C. 262r), shall comprise--
       (1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the major 
     policies and operations of the international financial 
     institutions;
       (2) the major issues affecting United States participation;
       (3) the major developments in the past year;
       (4) the prospects for the coming year;
       (5) the progress made and steps taken to achieve United 
     States policy goals (including major policy goals embodied in 
     current law) with respect to the international financial 
     institutions; and
       (6) such data and explanations concerning the 
     effectiveness, operations, and policies of the international 
     financial institutions, such recommendations concerning the 
     international financial institutions, and such other data and 
     material as the Chairman may deem appropriate.
       (b) The requirements of Sections 1602(e), 1603(c), 1604(c), 
     and 1701(b) of the International Financial Institutions Act, 
     as amended (Public Law 95-118, 22 U.S.C. 262p-1, 262p-2, 
     262p-3 and 262(r)), Section 2018(c) of the International 
     Narcotics Control Act of 1986, as amended (Public Law 99-570, 
     22 U.S.C. 2291 note), Section 407(c) of the Foreign Debt 
     Reserving Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-240, 22 U.S.C. 2291 
     note), Section 14(c) of the Inter-American Development Bank 
     Act, as amended (Public Law 86-147, 22 U.S.C. 283j-1(c)), and 
     Section 1002 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian 
     Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (Public Law 
     102-511) (22 U.S.C. 286ll(b)) shall no longer apply to the 
     contents of such annual reports.


         LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

       Sec. 580. (a) Prohibition of Funds.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     may be obligated or expended with respect to providing funds 
     to the Palestinian Authority.
       (b) Waiver.--The prohibition included in subsection (a) 
     shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
     tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibition is 
     important to the national security interests of the United 
     States.
       (c) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant 
     to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a 
     period of six months at a time and shall not apply beyond 
     twelve months after enactment of this Act.


  SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING UNITED STATES CITIZENS HELD IN PRISONS IN 
                                  PERU

       Sec. 581. It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) as a signatory of the International Covenant on Civil 
     and Political Rights, the Government of Peru is obligated to 
     grant prisoners timely legal proceedings pursuant to Article 
     9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political 
     Rights, which requires that ``anyone arrested or detained on 
     a criminal charge shall be brought promptly before a judge or 
     other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power 
     and shall be entitled to trial within a reasonable time or 
     release'', and that ``any one who is deprived of his liberty 
     by arrest or detention shall be entitled to take proceedings 
     before a court, in order that that court may decide without 
     delay on the lawfulness of his detention and order his 
     release if the detention is not lawful'';
       (2) the Government of Peru should respect the rights of 
     prisoners to timely legal procedures, including the rights of 
     all United States citizens held in prisons in that country; 
     and
       (3) the Government of Peru should take all necessary steps 
     to ensure that any United States citizen charged with 
     committing a crime in that country is accorded open and fair 
     proceedings in a civilian court.


REPORT ON TRAINING PROVIDED TO FOREIGN MILITARY PERSONNEL IN THE UNITED 
                                 STATES

       Sec. 582. (a) Not later than January 31, 1999, the 
     Inspector General of the Department of Defense and the 
     Inspector General of the Department of State shall jointly 
     submit to Congress a report describing the following:
       (1) The training provided to foreign military personnel 
     within the United States under any programs administered by 
     the Department of Defense or the Department of State during 
     fiscal year 1998.
       (2) The training provided (including the training proposed 
     to be provided) to such personnel within the United States 
     under such programs during fiscal year 1999.
       (b) For each case of training covered by the report under 
     subsection (a), the report shall include--
       (1) the location of the training;
       (2) the duration of the training;
       (3) the number of foreign military personnel provided the 
     training by country, including the units of operation of such 
     personnel;
       (4) the cost of the training;
       (5) the purpose and nature of the training; and
       (6) an analysis of the manner and the extent to which the 
     training meets or conflicts with the foreign policy 
     objectives of the United States, including the furtherance of 
     democracy and civilian control of the military and the 
     promotion of human rights.


SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN RECOVERING 
  CHILDREN ABDUCTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND TAKEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES.

       Sec. 583. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) many children in the United States have been abducted 
     by family members who are foreign nationals and living in 
     foreign countries;
       (2) children who have been abducted by an estranged father 
     are very rarely returned, through legal remedies, from 
     countries that only recognize the custody rights of the 
     father;
       (3) there are at least 140 cases that need to be resolved 
     in which children have been abducted by family members and 
     taken to foreign countries;
       (4) although the Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
     International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on October 
     25, 1980, has made progress in aiding the return of abducted 
     children, the Convention does not address the criminal 
     aspects of child abduction, and there is a need to reach 
     agreements regarding child abduction with countries that are 
     not parties to the Convention; and
       (5) decisions on awarding custody of children should be 
     made in the children's best interest, and persons who violate 
     laws of the

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     United States by abducting their children should not be 
     rewarded by being granted custody of those children.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the United States Government should promote 
     international cooperation in working to resolve those cases 
     in which children in the United States are abducted by family 
     members who are foreign nationals and taken to foreign 
     countries, and in seeing that justice is served by holding 
     accountable the abductors for violations of criminal law.


  SUPPORT FOR PEACEFUL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TRANSITION IN INDONESIA

       Sec. 584. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) Indonesia is the World's 4th most populous nation, with 
     a population in excess of 200,000,000 people.
       (2) Since 1997, political, economic, and social turmoil in 
     Indonesia has escalated.
       (3) Indonesia is comprised of more than 13,000 islands 
     located between the mainland of Southeast Asia and Australia. 
     Indonesia occupies an important strategic location, 
     straddling vital sea lanes for communication and commercial 
     transportation including all or part of every major sea route 
     between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, more than 50 
     percent of all international shipping trade, and sea lines of 
     communication used by the United States Pacific Command to 
     support operations in the Persian Gulf.
       (4) Indonesia has been an important ally of the United 
     States, has made vital contributions to the maintenance of 
     regional peace and stability through its leading role in the 
     Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asia 
     Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), and has promoted 
     United States economic, political, and security interests in 
     Asia.
       (5) In the 25 years before the onset of the recent 
     financial crisis in Asia, the economy of Indonesia grew at an 
     average rate of 7 percent per year.
       (6) Since July 1997, the Indonesian rupiah has lost 70 
     percent of its value, and the Indonesian economy is now at a 
     near standstill characterized by inflation, tight liquidity, 
     and rising unemployment.
       (7) Indonesia has also faced a severe drought and massive 
     fires in the past year which have adversely affected its 
     ability to produce sufficient food to meet its needs.
       (8) As a consequence of this economic instability and the 
     drought and fires, as many as 100,000,000 people in Indonesia 
     may experience food shortages, malnutrition, and possible 
     starvation as a result of being unable to purchase food. 
     These conditions increase the potential for widespread social 
     unrest in Indonesia.
       (9) Following the abdication of Indonesia President Suharto 
     in May 1998, Indonesia is in the midst of a profound 
     political transition. The current president of Indonesia, 
     B.J. Habibie, has called for new parliamentary elections in 
     mid-1999, allowed the formation of new political parties, and 
     pledged to resolve the role of the military in Indonesian 
     society.
       (10) The Government of Indonesia has taken several 
     important steps toward political reform and support of 
     democratic institutions, including support for freedom of 
     expression, release of political prisoners, formation of 
     political parties and trade unions, preparations for new 
     elections, removal of ethnic designations from identity 
     cards, and commitments to legal and civil service reforms 
     which will increase economic and legal transparency and 
     reduce corruption.
       (11) To address the food shortages in Indonesia, the United 
     States Government has made more than 230,000 tons of food 
     available to Indonesia this year through grants and so-called 
     ``soft'' loans and has pledged support for additional wheat 
     and food to meet emergency needs in Indonesia.
       (12) United States national security interests are well-
     served by political stability in Indonesia and by friendly 
     relations between the United States and Indonesia.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the decision of the Clinton Administration to make 
     available at least 1,500,000 tons of wheat, wheat products, 
     and rice for distribution to the most needy and vulnerable 
     Indonesians is vital to the well-being of all Indonesians;
       (2) the Clinton Administration should work with the World 
     Food Program and nongovernmental organizations to design 
     programs to make the most effective use of food donations in 
     Indonesia and to expedite delivery of food assistance in 
     order to reach those in Indonesia most in need;
       (3) the Clinton Administration should adopt a more active 
     approach in support of democratic institutions and processes 
     in Indonesia and provide assistance for continued economic 
     and political development in Indonesia, including--
       (A) support for humanitarian programs aimed at preventing 
     famine, meeting the needs of the Indonesian people, and 
     inculcating social stability;
       (B) leading a multinational effort (including the active 
     participation of Japan, the nations of Europe, and other 
     nations) to assist the programs referred to in subparagraph 
     (A);
       (C) calling on donor nations and humanitarian and food aid 
     programs to make additional efforts to meet the needs of 
     Indonesia and its people while laying the groundwork for a 
     more open and participatory society in Indonesia;
       (D) working with international financial institutions to 
     recapitalize and reform the banking system, restructure 
     corporate debt, and introduce economic and legal transparency 
     in Indonesia;
       (E) urging the Government of Indonesia to remove, to the 
     maximum extent possible, barriers to trade and investment 
     which impede economic recovery in Indonesia, including 
     tariffs, quotas, export taxes, nontariff barriers, and 
     prohibitions against foreign ownership and investment;
       (F) urging the Government of Indonesia to--
       (i) recognize the importance of the participation of all 
     Indonesians, including ethnic and religious minorities, in 
     the political and economic life of Indonesia;
       (ii) take appropriate action to assure the support and 
     protection of minority participation in the political, 
     social, and economic life of Indonesia; and
       (iii) release individuals detained or imprisoned for their 
     political views;
       (G) support for efforts by the Government of Indonesia to 
     cast a wide social safety net in order to provide relief to 
     the neediest Indonesians and to restore hope to those 
     Indonesians who have been harmed by the economic crisis in 
     Indonesia;
       (H) support for efforts to build democracy in Indonesia in 
     order to strengthen political participation and the 
     development of legitimate democratic processes and the rule 
     of law in Indonesia, including support for organizations, 
     such as the Asia Foundation and the National Endowment for 
     Democracy, which can provide technical assistance in 
     developing and strengthening democratic political 
     institutions and processes in Indonesia;
       (I) calling on the Government of Indonesia to repeal all 
     laws and regulations that discriminate on the basis of 
     religion or ethnicity and to ensure that all new laws are in 
     keeping with international standards on human rights; and
       (J) calling on the Government of Indonesia to establish, 
     announce publicly, and adhere to a clear timeline for 
     parliamentary elections in Indonesia.
       (c) Report.--(1) Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     Congress a report containing the following:
       (A) A description and assessment of the actions taken by 
     the Government of the United States to work with the 
     Government of Indonesia to further the objectives referred to 
     in subsection (b)(3).
       (B) A description and assessment of the actions taken by 
     the Government of Indonesia to further such objectives.
       (C) An evaluation of the implications of the matters 
     described and assessed under subparagraphs (A) and (B), and 
     any other appropriate matters, for relations between the 
     United States and Indonesia.
       (2) The report under this subsection shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.


          CONDEMNING ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN INDONESIA IN MAY 1998

       Sec. 585. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) In May 1998, more than 1,200 people died in Indonesia 
     as a result of riots, targeted attacks, and violence in 
     Indonesia. According to numerous reports by human rights 
     groups, United Nations officials, and the press, ethnic 
     Chinese in Indonesia were specifically targeted in the riots 
     for attacks which included acts of brutality, looting, arson, 
     and rape.
       (2) Credible reports indicate that, between May 13 and May 
     15, 1998, at least 150 Chinese women and girls, some as young 
     as 9 years of age, were systematically raped as part of a 
     campaign of racial violence in Indonesia, and 20 of these 
     women subsequently died from injuries incurred during these 
     rapes.
       (3) Credible evidence indicates that these rapes were the 
     result of a systematic and organized operation and may well 
     have continued to the present time.
       (4) Indonesia President Habibie has stated that he believes 
     the riots and rapes to be ``the most inhuman acts in the 
     history of the nation'', that they were ``criminal'' acts, 
     and that ``we will not accept it, we will not let it happen 
     again.''.
       (5) Indonesian human rights groups have asserted that the 
     Indonesia Government failed to take action necessary to 
     control the riots, violence, and rapes directed against 
     ethnic Chinese in Indonesia and that some elements of the 
     Indonesia military may have participated in such acts.
       (6) The Executive Director of the United Nations 
     Development Fund for Women has stated that the attacks were 
     an ``organized reaction to a crisis and culprits must be 
     brought to trial'' and that the systematic use of rape in the 
     riots ``is totally unacceptable . . . and even more 
     disturbing than rape war crimes, as Indonesia was not at war 
     with another country but caught in its own internal crisis''.
       (7) The Indonesia Government has established the Joint 
     National Fact Finding Team to investigate the violence and 
     allegations of gang rapes, but there are allegations that the 
     investigation is moving slowly and that the Team lacks the 
     authority necessary to carry out an appropriate 
     investigation.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the mistreatment of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia and the 
     criminal acts carried out against them during the May 1998 
     riots in Indonesia is deplorable and condemned;
       (2) a complete, full, and fair investigation of such 
     criminal acts should be completed by

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     the earliest possible date, and those identified as 
     responsible for perpetrating such criminal acts should be 
     brought to justice;
       (3) the investigation by the Government of Indonesia, 
     through its Military Honor Council, of those members of the 
     armed forces of Indonesia suspected of possible involvement 
     in the May 1998 riots, and of any member of the armed forces 
     of Indonesia who may have participated in criminal acts 
     against the people of Indonesia during the riots, is 
     commended and should be supported;
       (4) the Government of Indonesia should take action to 
     assure--
       (A) the full observance of the human rights of the ethnic 
     Chinese in Indonesia and of all other minority groups in 
     Indonesia;
       (B) the implementation of appropriate measures to prevent 
     ethnic-related violence and rapes in Indonesia and to 
     safeguard the physical safety of the ethnic Chinese community 
     in Indonesia;
       (C) prompt follow through on its announced intention to 
     provide damage loans to help rebuild businesses and homes for 
     those who suffered losses in the riots; and
       (D) the provision of just compensation for victims of the 
     rape and violence that occurred during the May 1998 riots in 
     Indonesia, including medical care;
       (5) the Clinton Administration and the United Nations 
     should provide support and assistance to the Government of 
     Indonesia, and to nongovernmental organizations, in the 
     investigations into the May 1998 riots in Indonesia in order 
     to expedite such investigations; and
       (6) Indonesia should ratify the United Nations Convention 
     on Racial Discrimination, Torture, and Human Rights.
       (c) Support For Investigations.--Of the amounts 
     appropriated by this Act for Indonesia, the Secretary of 
     State, after consultation with Congress, shall make available 
     such funds as the Secretary considers appropriate in order to 
     provide support and technical assistance to the Government of 
     Indonesia, and to independent nongovernmental organizations, 
     for purposes of conducting full, fair, and impartial 
     investigations into the allegations surrounding the riots, 
     violence, and rape of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia in May 
     1998.
       (d) Report.--(1) Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     Congress a report containing the following:
       (A) An assessment of--
       (i) whether or not there was a systematic and organized 
     campaign of violence, including the use of rape, against the 
     ethnic Chinese community in Indonesia during the May 1998 
     riots in Indonesia; and
       (ii) the level and degree of participation, if any, of 
     members of the Government or armed forces of Indonesia in the 
     riots.
       (B) An assessment of the adequacy of the actions taken by 
     the Government of Indonesia to investigate the May 1998 riots 
     in Indonesia, bring the perpetrators of the riots to justice, 
     and ensure that similar riots do not recur.
       (C) An evaluation of the implications of the matters 
     assessed under subparagraphs (A) and (B) for relations 
     between the United States and Indonesia.
       (2) The report under this subsection shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.


 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

       Sec. 586. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, 
     technical support, training, consulting services, or any 
     other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 
     Corporation or any similar organization.


                   TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN

       Sec. 587. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
     Attorney General and appropriate nongovernmental 
     organizations, shall--
       (1) develop curricula and conduct training for United 
     States consular officers on the prevalence and risks of 
     trafficking in women and children, and the rights of victims 
     of such trafficking; and
       (2) develop and disseminate to aliens seeking to obtain 
     visas written materials describing the potential risks of 
     trafficking, including--
       (A) information as to the rights of victims in the United 
     States of trafficking in women and children, including legal 
     and civil rights in labor, marriage, and for crime victims 
     under the Violence Against Women Act; and
       (B) the names of support and advocacy organizations in the 
     United States.


SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE MURDER OF FOUR AMERICAN CHRUCHWOMEN IN 
                              EL SALVADOR

       Sec. 588. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following 
     findings--
       (1) the December 2, 1980 brutal assault and murder of four 
     American churchwomen by members of the Salvadoran National 
     Guard was covered up and never fully investigated;
       (2) on July 22 and July 23, 1998, Salvadoran authorities 
     granted three of the National Guardsmen convicted of the 
     crimes early release from prison;
       (3) the United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador 
     determined in 1993 that there was sufficient evidence that 
     the Guardsmen were acting on orders from their superiors;
       (4) in March 1998, four of the convicted Guardsmen 
     confessed that they acted after receiving orders from their 
     superiors;
       (5) recently declassified documents from the State 
     Department show that United States Government officials were 
     aware of information suggesting the involvement of superior 
     officers in the murders;
       (6) United States officials granted permanent residence to 
     a former Salvadoran military official involved in the cover-
     up of the murders, enabling him to remain in Florida; and
       (7) despite the fact that the murders occurred over 17 
     years ago, the families of the four victims continue to seek 
     the disclosure of information relevant to the murders.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) information relevant to the murders should be made 
     public to the fullest extent possible;
       (2) the Secretary of State and the Department of State are 
     to be commended for fully releasing information regarding the 
     murders to the victims' families and to the American public, 
     in prompt response to congressional requests;
       (3) the President should order all other Federal agencies 
     and departments that possess relevant information to make 
     every effort to declassify and release to the victims' 
     families relevant information as expeditiously as possible;
       (4) in making determinations concerning the 
     declassification and release of relevant information, the 
     Federal agencies and departments should presume in favor of 
     releasing, rather than of withholding, such information; and
       (5) the President should direct the Attorney General to 
     review the circumstances under which individuals involved in 
     either the murders or the cover-up of the murders obtained 
     residence in the United States, and the Attorney General 
     should submit a report to the Congress on the results of such 
     review not later than January 1, 1999.


   REPORT ON ALL UNITED STATES MILITARY TRAINING PROVIDED TO FOREIGN 
                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

       Sec. 589. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     State shall jointly provide to the Congress by January 31, 
     1999, a report on all overseas military training provided to 
     foreign military personnel under programs administered by the 
     Department of Defense and the Department of State during 
     fiscal years 1998 and 1999, including those proposed for 
     fiscal year 1999. This report shall include, for each such 
     military training activity, the foreign policy justification 
     and purpose for the training activity, the cost of the 
     training activity, the number of foreign students trained and 
     their units of operation, and the location of the training. 
     In addition, this report shall also include, with respect to 
     United States personnel, the operational benefits to United 
     States forces derived from each such training activity and 
     the United States military units involved in each such 
     training activity. This report may include a classified annex 
     if deemed necessary and appropriate.
       (b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress shall 
     be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations and Foreign 
     Relations Committees of the Senate and the Appropriations and 
     International Relations Committees of the House.


    SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE TRIAL IN THE NETHERLANDS OF THE 
         SUSPECTS INDICTED IN THE BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103

       Sec. 590. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) On December 21, 1988, 270 people, including 189 United 
     States citizens, were killed in a terrorist bombing on Pan Am 
     Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
       (2) Britain and the United States indicted 2 Libyan 
     intelligence agents--Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi and Lamen 
     Khalifa Fhimah--in 1991 and sought their extradition from 
     Libya to the United States or the United Kingdom to stand 
     trial for this heinous terrorist act.
       (3) The United Nations Security Council called for the 
     extradition of the suspects in Security Council Resolution 
     731 and imposed sanctions on Libya in Security Council 
     Resolutions 748 and 883 because Libyan leader, Colonel 
     Muammar Qadaffi, refused to transfer the suspects to either 
     the United States or the United Kingdom to stand trial.
       (4) The sanctions in Security Council Resolutions 748 and 
     883 include a worldwide ban on Libya's national airline, a 
     ban on flights into and out of Libya by other nations' 
     airlines, a prohibition on supplying arms, airplane parts, 
     and certain oil equipment to Libya, and a freeze on Libyan 
     government funds in other countries.
       (5) Colonel Qaddafi has continually refused to extradite 
     the suspects to either the United States or the United 
     Kingdom and has insisted that he will only transfer the 
     suspects to a third and neutral country to stand trial.
       (6) On August 24, 1998, the United States and the United 
     Kingdom proposed that Colonel Qadaffi transfer the suspects 
     to the Netherlands, where they would stand trial before a 
     Scottish court, under Scottish law, and with a panel of 
     Scottish judges.
       (7) The United States-United Kingdom proposal is consistent 
     with those previously endorsed by the Organization of African 
     Unity, the League of Arab States, the Non-Aligned Movement, 
     and the Islamic Conference.
       (8) The United Nations Security Council endorsed the United 
     States-United Kingdom proposal on August 27, 1998, in United 
     Nations Security Council Resolution 1192.
       (9) The United States Government has stated that this 
     proposal is nonnegotiable and has called on Colonel Qadaffi 
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     promptly, positively, and unequivocally to this proposal by 
     ensuring the timely appearance of the two accused individuals 
     in the Netherlands for trial before the Scottish court.
       (10) The United States Government has called on Libya to 
     ensure the production of evidence, including the presence of 
     witnesses before the court, and to comply fully with all the 
     requirements of the United Nations Security Council 
     resolutions.
       (11) Secretary of State Albright has said that the United 
     States will urge a multilateral oil embargo against Libya in 
     the United Nations Security Council if Colonel Muammar 
     Qadaffi does not transfer the suspects to the Netherlands to 
     stand trial.
       (12) The United Nations Security Council will convene on 
     October 30, 1998, to review sanctions imposed on Libya.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) Colonel Qadaffi should promptly transfer the indicted 
     suspects Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah to 
     the Netherlands to stand trial before the Scottish court;
       (2) the United States Government should remain firm in its 
     commitment not to negotiate with Colonel Qadaffi on any of 
     the details of the proposal approved by the United Nations in 
     United Nations Security Council Resolution 1192; and
       (3) if Colonel Qadaffi does not transfer the indicted 
     suspects Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah to 
     the Netherlands by October 29, 1998, the United States 
     Permanent Representative to the United Nations should--
       (A) introduce a resolution in the United Nations Security 
     Council to impose a multilateral oil embargo against Libya;
       (B) actively promote adoption of the resolution by the 
     United Nations Security Council; and
       (C) assure that a vote will occur in the United Nations 
     Security Council on such a resolution.


                   DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN NIGERIA

       Sec. 591. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) The bilateral development assistance program in Nigeria 
     has been insufficiently funded and staffed, and the United 
     States has missed opportunities to promote democracy and good 
     governance as a result.
       (2) The recent political upheaval in Nigeria necessitates a 
     new strategy for United States bilateral assistance program 
     in that country that is focused on promoting a transition to 
     democracy.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the President, acting through the United States Agency for 
     International Development, should--
       (1) develop a new strategy for United States bilateral 
     assistance for Nigeria that is focused on the development of 
     civil society and the rule of law and that involves a broad 
     cross-section of Nigerian society but does not provide for 
     any direct assistance to the Government of Nigeria, other 
     than humanitarian assistance, unless and until that country 
     successfully completes a transition to civilian, democratic 
     rule;
       (2) increase the number of United States personnel at such 
     Agency's office in Lagos, Nigeria, from within the current, 
     overall staff resources of such Agency in order for such 
     office to be sufficiently staffed to carry out paragraph (1); 
     and
       (3) consider the placement of such Agency's personnel 
     elsewhere in Nigeria.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the 
     United States Agency for International Development, shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations 
     and International Relations of the House of Representatives a 
     report on the strategy developed under subsection (b)(1).


               COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION CERTIFICATION

       Sec. 592. Section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2781) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``that the President'' 
     and all that follows and inserting ``unless the President 
     determines and certifies to Congress for purposes of that 
     fiscal year that the government of the country is cooperating 
     fully with the United States, or is taking adequate actions 
     on its own, to help achieve United States antiterrorism 
     objectives.'';
       (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (e);
       (3) by inserting after subsection (a), as so amended, the 
     following new subsections (b), (c), and (d):
       ``(b) Requirement for Continuing Cooperation.--(1) 
     Notwithstanding the submittal of a certification with respect 
     to a country for purposes of a fiscal year under subsection 
     (a), the prohibition in that subsection shall apply to the 
     country for the remainder of that fiscal year if the 
     President determines and certifies to Congress that the 
     government of the country has not continued to cooperate 
     fully with United States, or to take adequate actions on its 
     own, to help achieve United States antiterrorism objectives.
       ``(2) A certification under paragraph (1) shall take effect 
     on the date of its submittal to Congress.
       ``(c) Schedule for Certifications.--(1) The President 
     shall, to the maximum extent practicable, submit a 
     certification with respect to a country for purposes of a 
     fiscal year under subsection (a) not later than September 1 
     of the year in which that fiscal year begins.
       ``(2) The President may submit a certification with respect 
     to a county under subsection (a) at any time after the date 
     otherwise specified in paragraph (1) if the President 
     determines that circumstances warrant the submittal of the 
     certification at such later date.
       ``(d) Considerations for Certifications.--In making a 
     determination with respect to the government of a country 
     under subsection (a) or subsection (b), the President shall 
     consider--
       ``(1) the government's record of--
       ``(A) apprehending, bringing to trial, convicting, and 
     punishing terrorists in areas under its jurisdiction;
       ``(B) taking actions to dismantle terrorist organizations 
     in areas under its jurisdiction and to cut off their sources 
     of funds;
       ``(C) condemning terrorist actions and the groups that 
     conduct and sponsor them;
       ``(D) refusing to bargain with or make concessions to 
     terrorist organizations;
       ``(E) isolating and applying pressure on states that 
     sponsor and support terrorism to force such states to 
     terminate their support for terrorism;
       ``(F) assisting the United States in efforts to apprehend 
     terrorists who have targeted United States nationals and 
     interests;
       ``(G) sharing information and evidence with United States 
     law enforcement agencies during the investigation of 
     terrorist attacks against United States nationals and 
     interests;
       ``(H) extraditing to the United States individuals in its 
     custody who are suspected of participating in the planning, 
     funding, or conduct of terrorist attacks against United 
     States nationals and interests; and
       ``(I) sharing intelligence with the United States about 
     terrorist activity, in general, and terrorist activity 
     directed against United States nationals and interests, in 
     particular; and
       ``(2) any other matters that the President considers 
     appropriate.''; and
       (4) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``national interests'' and inserting ``national security 
     interests''.


               EQUALITY FOR ISRAEL IN THE UNITED NATIONS

       Sec. 593. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
     the ``Equality for Israel at the United Nations Act of 
     1998''.
       (b) Effort to Promote Full Equality at the United Nations 
     for Israel.--
       (1) Congressional statement.--It is the sense of the 
     Congress that--
       (A) the United States must help promote an end to the 
     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 Nations region 
     blocs, which serve as the basis for participation in 
     important activities of the United Nations, including 
     rotating membership on the United Nations Security Council; 
     and
       (B) the United States Ambassador to the United Nations 
     should take all steps necessary to ensure Israel's acceptance 
     in the Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) regional bloc, 
     whose membership includes the non-European countries of 
     Canada, Australia, and the United States.
       (2) Reports to congress.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this legislation and on a semiannual 
     basis thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report which includes 
     the following information (in classified or unclassified form 
     as appropriate)--
       (A) actions taken by representatives of the United States, 
     including the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 
     to encourage the nations of the Western Europe and Others 
     Group (WEOG) to accept Israel into their regional bloc;
       (B) efforts undertaken by the Secretary General of the 
     United Nations to secure Israel's full and equal 
     participation in that body;
       (C) specific responses solicited and received by the 
     Secretary of State from each of the nations of Western Europe 
     and Others Group (WEOG) on their position concerning Israel's 
     acceptance into their organization; and
       (D) other measures being undertaken, and which will be 
     undertaken, to ensure and promote Israel's full and equal 
     participation in the United Nations.


                  SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA-MONTENEGRO

       Sec. 594. (a) Continuation of Executive Branch Sanctions.--
     The sanctions listed in subsection (b) shall remain in effect 
     until January 1, 2000, unless the President submits to the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations in the 
     Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and International 
     Relations of the House of Representatives a certification 
     described in subsection (c).
       (b) Applicable Sanctions.--
       (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
     States executive directors of the international financial 
     institutions to work in opposition to, and vote against, any 
     extension by such institutions of any financial or technical 
     assistance or grants of any kind to the government of Serbia-
     Montenegro.
       (2) The Secretary of State should instruct the United 
     States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to block any consensus to allow 
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     the OSCE or any organization affiliated with the OSCE.
       (3) The Secretary of State should instruct the United 
     States Representative to the United Nations to vote against 
     any resolution in the United Nations Security Council to 
     admit Serbia-Montenegro to the United Nations or any 
     organization affiliated with the United Nations, to veto any 
     resolution to allow Serbia-Montenegro to assume the United 
     Nations' membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic 
     of Yugoslavia, and to take action to prevent Serbia-
     Montenegro from assuming the seat formerly occupied by the 
     Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
       (4) The Secretary of State should instruct the United 
     States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization to oppose the extension of the 
     Partnership for Peace program or any other organization 
     affiliated with NATO to Serbia-Montenegro.
       (5) The Secretary of State should instruct the United 
     States Representatives to the Southeast European Cooperative 
     Initiative (SECI) to oppose and to work to prevent the 
     extension of SECI membership to Serbia-Montenegro.
       (c) Certification.--A certification described in this 
     subsection is a certification that--
       (1) the representatives of the successor states to the 
     Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have successfully 
     negotiated the division of assets and liabilities and all 
     other succession issues following the dissolution of the 
     Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
       (2) the government of Serbia-Montenegro is fully complying 
     with its obligations as a signatory to the General Framework 
     Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
       (3) the government of Serbia-Montenegro is fully 
     cooperating with and providing unrestricted access to the 
     International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, 
     including surrendering persons indicted for war crimes who 
     are within the jurisdiction of the territory of Serbia-
     Montenegro, and with the investigations concerning the 
     commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity in 
     Kosova;
       (4) the government of Serbia-Montenegro is implementing 
     internal democratic reforms; and
       (5) Serbian, Serbian-Montenegrin federal governmental 
     officials, and representatives of the ethnic Albanian 
     community in Kosova have agreed on, signed, and begun 
     implementation of a negotiated settlement on the future 
     status of Kosova.
       (d) Statement of Policy.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the United States should not restore full diplomatic 
     relations with Serbia-Montenegro until the President submits 
     to the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations in 
     the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and 
     International Relations in the House of Representatives the 
     certification described in subsection (c).
       (e) Exemption of Montenegro.--The sanctions described in 
     subsection (b)(1) should not apply to the government of 
     Montenegro.
       (f) Definition.--The term ``international financial 
     institution'' includes the International Monetary Fund, the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 
     International Development Association, the International 
     Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guaranty 
     Agency, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development.
       (g) Waiver Authority.--
       (1) The President may waive the application in whole or in 
     part, of any sanction described in subsection (b) if the 
     President certifies to the Congress that the President has 
     determined that the waiver is necessary to meet emergency 
     humanitarian needs or to achieve a negotiated settlement of 
     the conflict in Kosova that is acceptable to the parties.
       (2) Such a wavier may only be effective upon certification 
     by the President to Congress that the United States has 
     transferred and will continue to transfer (subject to 
     adequate protection of intelligence sources and methods) to 
     the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 
     all information it has collected in support of an indictment 
     and trial of President Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, 
     crimes against humanity, or genocide.
       (3) In the event of a waiver, within seven days the 
     President must report the basis upon which the waiver was 
     made to the Select Committee on Intelligence and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations in the Senate, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee 
     on International Relations in the House of Representatives.


   FUNDING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY PREPARATORY 
                               COMMISSION

       Sec. 595. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, or prior 
     Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
     financing, and related programs, not less than $28,900,000 
     shall be made available for expenses related to the 
     Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission: 
     Provided, That such funds may be made available through the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committee on 
     Appropriations.


       REPORT ON IRAQI DEVELOPMENT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

       Sec. 596. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) Iraq is continuing efforts to mask the extent of its 
     weapons of mass destruction and missile programs;
       (2) proposals to relax the current international inspection 
     regime would have potentially dangerous consequences for 
     international security; and
       (3) Iraq has demonstrated time and again that it cannot be 
     trusted to abide by international norms or by its own 
     agreements, and that the only way the international community 
     can be assured of Iraqi compliance is by ongoing inspection.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the international agencies charged with inspections in 
     Iraq--the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the 
     United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) should maintain 
     vigorous inspections, including surprise inspections, within 
     Iraq; and
       (2) the United States should oppose any efforts to ease the 
     inspections regimes on Iraq until there is clear, credible 
     evidence that the Government of Iraq is no longer seeking to 
     acquire weapons of mass destruction and the means of 
     delivering them.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report to 
     Congress on the United States Government's assessment of 
     Iraq's nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction programs 
     and its efforts to move toward procurement of nuclear weapons 
     and the means to deliver weapons of mass destruction. The 
     report shall also--
       (1) assess the United States view of the International 
     Atomic Energy Agency's action team reports and other IAEA 
     efforts to monitor the extent and nature of Iraq's nuclear 
     program; and
       (2) include the United States Government's opinion on the 
     value of maintaining the ongoing inspection regime rather 
     than replacing it with a passive monitoring system.


                     SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING IRAN

       Sec. 597. (a) The Senate finds that--
       (1) 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;
       (2) Iran continues to oppose the Arab-Israeli peace process 
     and refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist;
       (3) Iran continues aggressively to seek weapons of mass 
     destruction and the missiles to deliver them;
       (4) it is long-standing United States policy to offer 
     official government-to-government dialogue with the Iranian 
     regime, such offers having been repeatedly rebuffed by 
     Tehran;
       (5) 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; 
     and
       (6) 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.
       (b) Therefore it is the sense of the Senate that--
       (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 United States policy 
     toward Iran until there is credible and sustained evidence of 
     a change in Iranian policies.


   JOINT UNITED STATES-CANADA COMMISSION ON CATTLE, BEEF, AND DAIRY 
                                PRODUCTS

       Sec. 598. (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;
       (5) the expansion of the Northwest Pilot Project;
       (6) tariff rate quotas; and
       (7) 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.

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       (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, beef, and dairy products.


SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY 
                      FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

       Sec. 599. (a) It is the sense of the Senate that:
       (1) The United States 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 
     United States agricultural products.
       (2) The United States Department of Agriculture should 
     increase the amount of GSM export credit available above the 
     $5,500,000,000 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 $150,000,000;
       (B) Algeria--an additional $140,000,000;
       (C) Bulgaria--an additional $20,000,000; and
       (D) Romania--an additional $20,000,000.
       (3) The United States 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 United States Department of 
     Agriculture should consider Vietnam for PL-480 assistance and 
     increased GSM.


 FUNDING FOR THE CLAIBORNE PELL INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 
                           AND PUBLIC POLICY

       Sec. 599A. 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.


                         aid office of security

       Sec. 599B. (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 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.


  SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING BALLISTIC MISSILE DEVELOPMENT BY NORTH 
                                 KOREA

       Sec. 599C. (a) Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) North Korea has been active in developing new 
     generations of medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic 
     missiles, including both the Nodong and Taepo Dong class 
     missiles.
       (2) North Korea is not an adherent to the Missile 
     Technology Control Regime, actively cooperates with Iran and 
     Pakistan in ballistic missile programs, and has declared its 
     intention to continue to export ballistic missile technology.
       (3) North Korea has shared technology involved in the Taepo 
     Dong I missile program with Iran, which is concurrently 
     developing the Shahab-3 intermediate-range ballistic missile.
       (4) North Korea is developing the Taepo Dong II 
     intermediate-range ballistic missile, which is expected to 
     have sufficient range to put at risk United States 
     territories, forces, and allies throughout the Asia-Pacific 
     area.
       (5) Multistage missiles like the Taepo Dong class missile 
     can ultimately be extended to intercontinental range.
       (6) The bipartisan Commission to Assess the Ballistic 
     Missile Threat to the United States emphasized the need for 
     the United States intelligence community and United States 
     policy makers to review the methodology by which they assess 
     foreign missile programs in order to guard against surprise 
     developments with respect to such programs.
       (b) It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) North Korea should be forcefully condemned for its 
     August 31, 1998, firing of a Taepo Dong I intermediate-range 
     ballistic missile over the sovereign territory of another 
     country, specifically Japan, an event that demonstrated an 
     advanced capability for employing multistage missiles, which 
     are by nature capable of extended range, including 
     intercontinental range;
       (2) the United States should reassess its cooperative space 
     launch programs with countries that continue to assist North 
     Korea and Iran in their ballistic missile and cruise missile 
     programs;
       (3) any financial or technical assistance provided to North 
     Korea should take into account the continuing conduct by that 
     county of activities which destabilize the region, including 
     the missile firing referred to in paragraph (1), continued 
     submarine incursions into South Korea territorial waters, and 
     violations of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea 
     and South Korea;
       (4) the recommendations of the Commission to Assess the 
     Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States should be 
     incorporated into the analytical processes of the United 
     States intelligence community as soon as possible; and
       (5) the United States should accelerate cooperative theater 
     missile defense programs with Japan.


    SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL 
        TELECOMMUNICATION UNION OF WORLD STANDARDS FOR WIRELESS 
                      TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

       Sec. 599D. (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 interest 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.
       Titles I through V of this Act may be cited as the 
     ``Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1999''.

               TITLE VI--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE


                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                     fiscal year 1998 supplemental

     CONTRIBUTION to the INTERNATIONAL BANK for RECONSTRUCTION and 
                              DEVELOPMENT

                      GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

       For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction 
     and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the 
     United States contribution to the Global Environment Facility 
     (GEF), $47,500,000 to remain available until expended for 
     contributions previously due.


          CONTRIBUTION to the INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

                      FUND for SPECIAL OPERATIONS

       For payment to the Inter-American Bank by the Secretary of 
     the Treasury, for the United States share of the increase in 
     resources for the Fund for Special Operations, $21,152,000, 
     to remain available until expended for contributions 
     previously due.


  CONTRIBUTION to the ENTERPRISE for AMERICAS MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT 
                                  FUND

       For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral 
     Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the 
     United States contribution to the Fund, $50,000,000 to remain 
     available until expended for contributions previously due.


               CONTRIBUTION to the ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

       For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to the increases in resources of the Asian 
     Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Development Bank 
     Act, as amended, $187,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for contributions previously due.


              CONTRIBUTION to the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

       For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 
     Development Fund, $5,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended, for contributions previously due.


                  loans to International Monetary Fund

                       new arrangements to borrow

       For loans to the International Monetary Fund (Fund) under 
     the New Arrangements to Borrow, the dollar equivalent of 
     2,462,000,000

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     Special Drawing Rights, to remain available until expended; 
     in addition, up to the dollar equivalent of 4,250,000,000 
     Special Drawing Rights previously appropriated by the Act of 
     November 30, 1983 (Public Law 98-181), and the Act of October 
     23, 1962 (Public Law 87-872), for the General Arrangements to 
     Borrow, may also be used for the New Arrangements to Borrow.


                          united states quota

       For an increase in the United States quota in the 
     International Monetary Fund, the dollar equivalent of 
     10,622,500,000 Special Drawing Rights, to remain available 
     until expended.

                         conditions and reports

       Sec. 601. Conditions for the Use of Quota Resources. (a) 
     None of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
     ``United States Quota, International Monetary Fund'' may be 
     obligated, transferred or made available to the International 
     Monetary Fund until 30 days after the Secretary of the 
     Treasury certifies that the major shareholders of the 
     International Monetary Fund, including the United States, 
     Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, the 
     United Kingdom, and Canada have publicly agreed to, and will 
     seek to implement in the Fund, policies that provide for 
     conditions in stand-by agreements or other arrangements 
     regarding the use of Fund resources, requiring that the 
     recipient country--
       (1) liberalize restrictions on trade in goods and services 
     and on investment, at a minimum consistent with the terms of 
     all international trade obligations and agreements; and
       (2) eliminate the practice or policy of government directed 
     lending on non-commercial terms or provision of market 
     distorting subsidies to favored industries, enterprises, 
     parties, or institutions.
       (b) Subsequent to the certification provided in subsection 
     (a), in conjunction with the annual submission of the 
     President's budget, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     report to the appropriate committees on the implementation 
     and enforcement of the provisions in subsection (a).
       (c) The United States shall exert its influence with the 
     Fund and its members to encourage the Fund to include as part 
     of its conditions of stand-by agreements or other uses of the 
     Fund's resources that the recipient country take action to 
     remove discriminatory treatment between foreign and domestic 
     creditors in its debt resolution proceedings. The Secretary 
     of the Treasury shall report back to the Congress six months 
     after the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, on 
     the progress in achieving this requirement.
       (d) Bankruptcy Law Reform.--The United States shall exert 
     its influence with the International Monetary Fund and its 
     members to encourage the International Monetary Fund to 
     include as part of its conditions of assistance that the 
     recipient country take action to adopt, as soon as possible, 
     modern insolvency laws that--
       (1) emphasize reorganization of business enterprises rather 
     than liquidation whenever possible;
       (2) provide for a high degree of flexibility of action, in 
     place of rigid requirements of form or substance, together 
     with appropriate review and approval by a court and a 
     majority of the creditors involved;
       (3) include provisions to ensure that assets gathered in 
     insolvency proceedings are accounted for and put back into 
     the market stream as quickly as possible in order to maximize 
     the number of businesses that can be kept productive and 
     increase the number of jobs that can be saved; and
       (4) promote international cooperation in insolvency matters 
     by including--
       (A) provisions set forth in the Model Law on Cross-Border 
     Insolvency approved by the United Nations Commission on 
     International Trade Law, including removal of discriminatory 
     treatment between foreign and domestic creditors in debt 
     resolution proceedings; and
       (B) other provisions appropriate for promoting such 
     cooperation.

     The Secretary of the Treasury shall report back to Congress 
     six months after the enactment of this Act, and annually, 
     thereafter, on the progress in achieving this requirement.
       (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create 
     any private right of action with respect to the enforcement 
     of its terms.
       Sec. 602. Transparency and Oversight. (a) Not later than 30 
     days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall certify to the appropriate committees that the 
     Board of Executive Directors of the International Monetary 
     Fund has agreed to provide timely access by the Comptroller 
     General to information and documents relating to the Fund's 
     operations, program and policy reviews and decisions 
     regarding stand-by agreements and other uses of the Fund's 
     resources.
       (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct, and the 
     U.S. Executive Director to the International Monetary Fund 
     shall agree to--
       (1) provide any documents or information available to the 
     Director that are requested by the Comptroller General;
       (2) request from the Fund any documents or material 
     requested by the Comptroller General; and
       (3) use all necessary means to ensure all possible access 
     by the Comptroller General to the staff and operations of the 
     Fund for the purposes of conducting financial and program 
     audits.
       (c) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
     Comptroller General and the U.S. Executive Director of the 
     Fund, shall develop and implement a plan to obtain timely 
     public access to information and documents relating to the 
     Fund's operations, programs and policy reviews and decisions 
     regarding stand-by agreements and other uses of the Fund's 
     resources.
       (d) No later than October 1, 1998 and, not later than March 
     1 of each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall submit a report to the appropriate committees on the 
     status of timely publication of Letters of Intent and Article 
     IV consultation documents and the availability of information 
     referred to in (c).
       Sec. 603. Advisory Commission. (a) The President shall 
     establish an International Financial Institution Advisory 
     Commission (hereafter ``Commission'').
       (b) The Commission shall include at least five former 
     United States Secretaries of the Treasury.
       (c) Within 180 days, the Commission shall report to the 
     appropriate committees on the future role and 
     responsibilities, if any, of the International Monetary Fund 
     and the merit, costs and related implications of 
     consolidation of the organization, management, and activities 
     of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development and the World Trade 
     Organization.
       Sec. 604. Bretton Woods Conference. Not later than 180 days 
     after the Commission reports to the appropriate committees, 
     the President shall call for a conference of representatives 
     of the governments of the member countries of the 
     International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development and the World Trade 
     Organization to consider the structure, management and 
     activities of the institutions, their possible merger and 
     their capacity to contribute to exchange rate stability and 
     economic growth and to respond effectively to financial 
     crises.
       Sec. 605. Reports. (a) Following the extension of a stand-
     by agreement or other uses of the resources by the 
     International Monetary Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     in consultation with the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund, 
     shall submit a report to the appropriate committees providing 
     the following information--
       (1) the borrower's rules and regulations dealing with 
     capitalization ratios, reserves, deposit insurance system and 
     initiatives to improve transparency of information on the 
     financial institutions and banks which may benefit from the 
     use of the Fund's resources;
       (2) the burden shared by private sector investors and 
     creditors, including commercial banks in the Group of Seven 
     Nations, in the losses which have prompted the use of the 
     Fund's resources;
       (3) the Fund's strategy, plan and timetable for completing 
     the borrower's pay back of the Fund's resources including a 
     date by which the borrower will be free from all 
     international institutional debt obligation; and
       (4) the status of efforts to upgrade the borrower's 
     national standards to meet the Basle Committee's Core 
     Principles for Effective Banking Supervision.
       (b) Following the extension of a stand-by agreement or 
     other use of the Fund's resources, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall report to the appropriate committees in 
     conjunction with the annual submission of the President's 
     budget, an account--
       (1) of outcomes related to the requirements of section 
     5010; and
       (2) of the direct and indirect institutional recipients of 
     such resources: Provided, That this account shall include the 
     institutions or banks indirectly supported by the Fund 
     through resources made available by the borrower's Central 
     Bank.
       (c) Not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress providing the information requested in 
     paragraphs (a) and (b) for the countries of South Korea, 
     Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
       Sec. 606. Certifications. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall certify to the appropriate committees that the 
     following conditions have been met--
       (1) No International Monetary Fund resources have resulted 
     in support to the semiconductor, steel, automobile, 
     shipbuilding, or textile and apparel industries in any form;
       (2) The Fund has not guaranteed nor underwritten the 
     private loans of semiconductor, steel, automobile, 
     shipbuilding, or textile and apparel manufacturers; and
       (3) Officials from the Fund and the Department of the 
     Treasury have monitored the implementation of the provisions 
     contained in stabilization programs in effect after July 1, 
     1997, and all of the conditions have either been met, or the 
     recipient government has committed itself to fulfill all of 
     these conditions according to an explicit timetable for 
     completion; which timetable has been provided to and approved 
     by the Fund and the Department of the Treasury.
       (b) Such certifications shall be made 14 days prior to the 
     disbursement of any Fund resources to the borrower.
       (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
     States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund 
     to use the voice and vote of the Executive Director to oppose 
     disbursement of further funds if such certification is not 
     given.

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       (d) Such certifications shall continue to be made on an 
     annual basis as long as Fund contributions continue to be 
     outstanding to the borrower country.
       (e) After consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury 
     and the United States Trade Representative, the Secretary of 
     Commerce shall establish a team composed of employees of the 
     Department of Commerce--
       (1) to collect data on import volumes and prices, and 
     industry statistics in--
       (A) the steel industry;
       (B) the semiconductor industry;
       (C) the automobile industry;
       (D) the textile and apparel industry; and
       (E) shipbuilding;
       (2) to monitor the effect of the Asian economic crisis on 
     these industries;
       (3) to collect accounting data from Asian producers; and
       (4) to work to prevent import surges in these industries or 
     to assist United States industries affected by such surges in 
     their efforts to protect themselves under the trade laws of 
     the United States.
       (f) The Secretary of Commerce shall provide administrative 
     support, including office space, for the team.
       (g) The Secretary of the Treasury and the United States 
     Trade Representative may assign such employees to the team as 
     may be necessary to assist the team in carrying out its 
     functions under subsection (e).
       Sec. 607. Limitations on International Monetary Fund Loans 
     to Indonesia. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
     the United States Executive Director of the International 
     Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States 
     to prevent the extension of International Monetary Fund 
     resources--
       (1) directly to or for the direct benefit of the President 
     of Indonesia or any member of the President's family; and
       (2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     Executive Director to use the United States voice and vote to 
     oppose further disbursement of funds to Indonesia on any 
     International Monetary Fund terms or conditions less 
     stringent than those imposed on the Republic of Korea and the 
     Philippines Republic.
       Sec. 608. Advocacy of Policies to Enhance the General 
     Effectiveness of the International Monetary Fund. The 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
     Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to use 
     aggressively the voice and vote of the United States to 
     vigorously promote policies to encourage the opening of 
     markets for agricultural commodities and products by 
     requiring recipient countries to make efforts to reduce trade 
     barriers.
       Sec. 609. Advisory Committee on IMF Policy. (a) In 
     general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish an 
     International Monetary Fund Advisory Committee (in this 
     section referred to as ``Advisory Committee'').
       (b) Membership.--The Advisory Committee shall consist of 8 
     members appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, after 
     appropriate consultations with the relevant organizations, as 
     follows--
       (1) at least 2 members shall be representatives from 
     organized labor;
       (2) at least 2 members shall be representatives from 
     nongovernmental environmental organizations;
       (3) at least 2 members shall be representatives from 
     nongovernmental human rights or social justice organizations.
       (c) Duties.--Not less frequently than every six months, the 
     Advisory Committee shall meet with the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to review and provide advice on the extent to which 
     individual International Monetary Fund country programs meet 
     requisite policy goals, particularly those set forth as 
     follows--
       (1) in this Act;
       (2) in Article I(2) of the Fund's Articles of Agreements, 
     to promote and maintain high levels of employment and real 
     income and the development of the productive resources of all 
     members;
       (3) in section 1621 of Public Law 103-306, the Frank/
     Sanders amendment on encouragement of fair labor practices;
       (4) in section 1620 of Public Law 95-118, as amended, on 
     respect for, and full protection of, the territorial rights, 
     traditional economies, cultural integrity, traditional 
     knowledge, and human rights of indigenous peoples;
       (5) in section 1502 of Public Law 95-118, as amended, on 
     military spending by recipient countries and military 
     involvement in the economies of recipient countries;
       (6) in section 701 of Public Law 95-118, on assistance to 
     countries that engage in a pattern of gross violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights; and
       (7) in section 1307 of Public Law 95-118, on assessments of 
     the environmental impact and alternatives to proposed actions 
     by the International Monetary Fund which would have a 
     significant effect on the human environment.
       (d) Inapplicability of Termination Provisions of the 
     Federal Advisory Committee Act.--Section 14(a)(2) of the 
     Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the 
     Advisory Committee.
       Sec. 610. Borrower Countries. The Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall consult with the office of the United States Trade 
     Representative regarding prospective International Monetary 
     Fund borrower countries, including their status with respect 
     to title III of the Trade Act of 1974 or any executive order 
     issued pursuant to the aforementioned title, and shall take 
     these consultations into account before instructing the 
     United States Executive Director of the International 
     Monetary Fund on the United States position regarding loans 
     or credits to such borrowing countries.
       Sec. 611. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, 
     ``appropriate committees'' includes the Appropriations 
     Committee, the Committee on Foreign Relations, Committee on 
     Finance and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 
     Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and 
     the Committee on Banking and Financial Services in the House 
     of Representatives.
       Sec. 612. Availability of Funds. Funds made available in 
     Title VI shall be available upon date of enactment of this 
     Act.
       Sec. 613. Progress Reports to Congress on United States 
     Initiatives to Update the Architecture of the International 
     Monetary System. Not later than July 15, 1999 and July 15, 
     2000, the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the 
     Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, Foreign Relations, and Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs and House Committees on Appropriations and 
     Banking and Financial Services on the progress of efforts to 
     reform the architecture of the international monetary system. 
     The reports shall include a discussion of the substance of 
     the United States position in consultations with other 
     governments and the degree of progress in achieving 
     international acceptance and implementation of such position 
     with respect to the following issues:
       (1) Adapting the mission and capabilities of the 
     International Monetary Fund to take better account of the 
     increased importance of cross-border capital flows in the 
     world economy and improving the coordination of its 
     responsibilities and activities with those of the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
       (2) Advancing measures to prevent, and improve the 
     management of, international financial crises, including by--
       (A) integrating aspects of national bankruptcy principles 
     into the management of international financial crises where 
     feasible; and
       (B) changing investor expectations about official rescues, 
     thereby reducing moral hazard and systemic risk in 
     international financial markets--

     in order to help minimize the adjustment costs that the 
     resolution of financial crises may impose on the real 
     economy, in the form of disrupted patterns of trade, 
     employment, and progress in living standards, and reduce the 
     frequency and magnitude of claims on United States taxpayer 
     resources.
       (3) Improving international economic policy cooperation, 
     including among the Group of Seven countries, to take better 
     account of the importance of cross-border capital flows in 
     the determination of exchange rate relationships.
       (4) Improving international cooperation in the supervision 
     and regulation of financial institutions and markets.
       (5) Strengthening the financial sector in emerging 
     economies, including by improving the coordination of 
     financial sector liberalization with the establishment of 
     strong public and private institutions in the areas of 
     prudential supervision, accounting and disclosure 
     conventions, bankruptcy laws and administrative procedures, 
     and the collection and dissemination of economic and 
     financial statistics, including the maturity structure of 
     foreign indebtedness.
       (6) Advocating that implementation of European Economic and 
     Monetary Union and the advent of the European Currency Unit, 
     or euro, proceed in a manner that is consistent with strong 
     global economic growth and stability in world financial 
     markets.
       Sec. 614. Sense of Congress Regarding the IMF Response to 
     the Economic Crisis in Russia. (a) Congress finds that--
       (1) Russia is currently facing a severe economic crisis 
     that threatens President Boris Yeltsin's ability to maintain 
     power;
       (2) the Russian Communist Party may well soon be a part of 
     the government of the Russian Republic and may be given real 
     influence over Russian economic policies;
       (3) the International Monetary Fund has continued to 
     provide funding to Russia despite Russia's refusal to 
     implement reforms tied to the funding;
       (4) the Russian economic crisis follows a similar crisis in 
     Asia;
       (5) the International Monetary Fund imposed strict 
     requirements on the Republic of Korea and other democratic 
     and free market nations in Asia;
       (6) the International Monetary Fund has not imposed the 
     same requirements on Russia; and
       (7) Russia has not made the same commitment to free market 
     economic principles as the Republic of Korea, and other Asian 
     nations receiving assistance from the International Monetary 
     Fund.
       (b) It is the sense of Congress that the International 
     Monetary Fund should not provide funding to a Russian 
     government whose economic policies are significantly affected 
     by the Russian Communist Party, or under significantly less 
     free market conditions than those imposed on the Republic of 
     Korea and other democratic, free market nations in Southeast 
     Asia.
       This title may be cited as the ``International Monetary 
     Fund Appropriations Act of 1998''.

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              TITLE VII--ASSISTANCE FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

       Sec. 701. 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. 702. 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. 703. 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. 704. 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. 705. 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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